Lexicographical Neighbors of Munshi
Literary usage of Munshi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Narratives of the mission of George Bogle to Tibet, and of the journey of by George Bogle, Clements R. Markham, Thomas Manning (1876)
"exclaimed my munshi, in great surprise. " Why," said I (affecting great coolness,
and speaking in a tone as if I was telling him a story he was unacquainted ..."
2. Autobiography of Lutfullah, a Mohamedan Gentleman and His Transactions with by Lutfullah, Edward Backhouse Eastwick (1858)
"... at Dharampur — My sojourn there — Sudden dismissal — The night march—The
tiger's spring—Sir John Malcolm—No refusing a great man—I become munshi to the ..."
3. The Pamirs: Being a Narrative of a Year's Expedition on Horseback and on by Charles Adolphus Murray Dunmore (1893)
"... Vale of Kashmir—munshi Bagh — Captain Trench, Assistant Resident — City of
Srinagar — Emperor Akbar—Origin of East India Company. ..."
4. Life in the mission, the camp and the zenáná; or, Six years in India by Helen Mackenzie, Colin Mackenzie (1854)
"... Legends—Alta Muhammad on Fasting—Regimental Bazar —Tacts—Official Delays—First
Death in the Regiment —munshi and Monasteries—"Son of Fowl"—Influence of ..."
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