From the second half of the eighteenth century, a growing interest in Oriental studies developed in the British Empire, and important contributions by numerous scholars to this field date from this period. One of the most significant of these scholars was Sir William Ouseley (1768-1842), who is best known today for his three volumes of Travels in Various Countries of the East, More Particularly Persia (1819-1823). But he was also a prolific author of important studies and editor of Oriental tex ...