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(now SOAS, University of London) from 1916 to 1937. Ross read in 49 languages, and spoke in 30. He was director of the British Information Bureau for the Near East. Ross wrote an Introduction to a reprint of

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of the ''Quran''. Along with

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, he wrote and edited a 26-volume series published by

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, ''The Broadway Travellers''. The series included the diary of the 17th-century naval chaplain

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. Ross joined the staff of the

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in 1914, appointed to catalogue the collections of Sir

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. He was an original trustee of the E. J. W. Gibb Memorial Series. In 1934 Edward Denison Ross attended

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. In January 1940, shortly after the outbreak of WWII in Europe, Ross was named head of the British Information Bureau at Istanbul with the rank of Counsellor. As an acquaintance of the deceased Turkish leader Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Ross was eager to serve his country from Turkey. However, the loss of his wife Dora in April 1940 was more than he could bear, and Sir Denison himself died in Istanbul at age 69 in September 1940. He is buried at the Haydarpasha English Cemetery in Uskudar. Denison_Ross_%26_Lama_Lobzang

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Some of these he was the sole author; some he was the translator; some he was joint author :- * 1893 - A year amongst the Persians * 1895 - History Of The Moghuls Of Central Asia; Tarikh-i-rashidi Of Mirza Muhammad ... * 1895 - The Tarikh-i-Rashidi of Mirza Muhammad Haidar, Dughlat: a history of the Mo... * 1895 - The Tarikh-i-rashidi; a history of the Moghuls of central Asia; an English version Muhammad Haidar, Dughlat, d. 1551 * 1899 - The heart of Asia : a history of Russian Turkestan and the Central Asian khan... Skrine, Francis Henry, 1847-1933 * 1900 - Modern Persian Literature * 1900 - The Ruba'iyat of Omar Khayyam; * 1901 - Babism * 1902 - Catalogue of two collections of Persian and Arabic manuscripts preserved in t... * 1904 - The booke of freendeship of Marcus Tullie Cicero * 1905 - Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian manuscripts in the library of the Calcutta University * 1908 - Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian manuscripts in the Oriental public library ... * 1910 - An Arabic history of Gujarat; Zafar ul-walih bi Muzaffar wa alih; by 'Abdallah Muhammad ibn "Ulnar, al-Asaf UlughkhanT, 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn 'Urnar, appr… * 1910 - Marharnu l-'ilali 'l-mu'dila Yafi'T, 'Abd Allah ibn As'ad, -1367 * 1910 - The Persian and Turki divans. * 1912 - Great religions of the world Giles, Herbert Allen, 1845-1935 1912 * 1916 - Stories From Sadis Bustan And Gulistan * 1916 - The Panjab North-west Frontier Province And Kashmir * 1918 - Catalogue Of The Arabic And Persian Manuscripts Vol VI * 1920 - Report of the Calcutta University Commission 1 * 1921 - An Arabic History Of Gujarat Vol LI * 1922 - The Journal Of The Royal Asiatic Socity Of Great Britain Ireland * 1925 - Hong Kong Daily Press Mar 19, 1925 * 1927 - A year amongst the Persians. Impressions as to the life, character, & thought... * 1928 - An index to the Arabic history of Gujarat. Zafar ul-walih bi Muzaffar wa alih * 1928 - Gertrude Bell's Persian pictures * 1928 - Hue and Gabet: travels in Tartary, Thibet and China, 1844-1846 * 1928 - Islam * 1928 - Persian Pictures * 1928 - THE BROADWAY TRAVELLERS * 1928 - Turkestan Down To The Mongol In Asion * 1929 - Islam: beliefs and institutions * 1930 - Jahangir and the Jesuits * 1930 - Jahangir And The Jesuits * 1930 - Jahangir And The Jesuits With An Account Of The Travels Of Benedictr Goes * 1930 - Jewish Travels * 1930 - Persian Art * 1930 - The Orkhon Inscriptions: Being a Translation of Professor Vilhelm Thomsen's .. * 1931 - Persians * 1931 - The Broadway Travellers * 1936 - The Central Structure Of The Mughal Empire * 1938 - Humayun Badshah * 1939 - THIS ENGLISH LANGUAGE * 1950 - The travels of Marco Polo * 1972 - History of the Moghuls of Central Asia, Being the Tarikh-I-Rashidi * 1986 - Dangerous Heart * 2018 - Three Turki manuscripts from Kashghar * Undated - Early Turkish Inscriptions * Undated - The Early Years Of Shah Ismail The Founder Of The Safavi Dynasty * Undated - The first Englishmen in India : letters and narratives of sundry Elizabethans * Undated - The Tarikh-i-rashidi - Murad Butt.Berbercan, M. T. (2013)
Edward Denison Ross Bibliyografyası (Hayatı ve Eserleri)
Çankırı Karatekin Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 4(1), 61-76.

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