Government of IndiaA Complete Dictionary of the Terms Used by Criminal Tribes in the Punjab Together with a Short History of Each Tribe, and the Names and Places of Residence of Individual Members
Author: Chatterton, Eyre
Keywords: Criminal tribes, Colonial history, Lahore, Punjab, Thugs, Robbery, Andaman Islands, Lahore Central Jail, Police, Tribes
Publisher: ISAAC Pitman & Sons, London
Description: This book is compiled by Darogha of the Lahore Central Jail for the use of the police and jail officers serving in Punjab. Each chapter gives a list of slang terms used by each 'criminal tribe' of Punjab. In the beginning is a brief history of each of these tribes and names of famous thieves and robbers. It further has a list of all the dacoos and robbers imprisoned in the Lahore Central Jail, released from the same Jail, and the dacoos and robbers banished to the Andaman Islands.
Source: Central Secretariat Library
Type: Rare Book
Received From: Central Secretariat Library
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.contributor.author | Chatterton, Eyre |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-23T09:21:03Z |
| dc.date.available | 2018-07-23T09:21:03Z |
| dc.description | This book is compiled by Darogha of the Lahore Central Jail for the use of the police and jail officers serving in Punjab. Each chapter gives a list of slang terms used by each 'criminal tribe' of Punjab. In the beginning is a brief history of each of these tribes and names of famous thieves and robbers. It further has a list of all the dacoos and robbers imprisoned in the Lahore Central Jail, released from the same Jail, and the dacoos and robbers banished to the Andaman Islands. |
| dc.source | Central Secretariat Library |
| dc.format.extent | xiv, 229 p. |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf |
| dc.language.iso | English |
| dc.publisher | ISAAC Pitman & Sons, London |
| dc.subject | Criminal tribes, Colonial history, Lahore, Punjab, Thugs, Robbery, Andaman Islands, Lahore Central Jail, Police, Tribes |
| dc.type | Rare Book |
| dc.date.copyright | 1879 |
| dc.identifier.accessionnumber | AS-004462 |
| dc.format.medium | text |
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.contributor.author | Chatterton, Eyre |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-23T09:21:03Z |
| dc.date.available | 2018-07-23T09:21:03Z |
| dc.description | This book is compiled by Darogha of the Lahore Central Jail for the use of the police and jail officers serving in Punjab. Each chapter gives a list of slang terms used by each 'criminal tribe' of Punjab. In the beginning is a brief history of each of these tribes and names of famous thieves and robbers. It further has a list of all the dacoos and robbers imprisoned in the Lahore Central Jail, released from the same Jail, and the dacoos and robbers banished to the Andaman Islands. |
| dc.source | Central Secretariat Library |
| dc.format.extent | xiv, 229 p. |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf |
| dc.language.iso | English |
| dc.publisher | ISAAC Pitman & Sons, London |
| dc.subject | Criminal tribes, Colonial history, Lahore, Punjab, Thugs, Robbery, Andaman Islands, Lahore Central Jail, Police, Tribes |
| dc.type | Rare Book |
| dc.date.copyright | 1879 |
| dc.identifier.accessionnumber | AS-004462 |
| dc.format.medium | text |
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