HISTORY
 
OF THE
 
ORIGIN AND PROGRESS
 
OF THE
 
SICKS.
 

To JOHN MOTTEUX, ESQ. Chairman of the Hon­ourable Court of Directors, for the Affairs of the Honourable United East India Company.

SIR,

CONFORMABLY to the wish which you were pleased to express, that I should furnish you with an account of the rise and present state of the tribe of people called Sicks; I now beg leave to submit to your perusal, the following translation which I have made, of a Persian manuscript, written by my desire while I resided at the court of Dehly; to which I have added, all the information which I have by other channels acquired, respecting that people; and I have accompanied the whole with a map, specifying the extent of their territories, the names of their chiefs, together with the places of their respective residence, and the number of their forces.—I shall be very happy, if this tract is thought in any degree worthy of your attention, and beg leave to subscribe myself, with great truth and respect,

Your most obliged humble Servant,

JAMES BROWNE.

HARLEY-STREET,
Sept. 17, 1787.