| aa |
Analecta Augustiniana (Rome) |
| abc |
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions Archives, Houghton Library, Harvard University |
| abcfm |
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions |
| abcfm Persia Reports |
American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions, Annual Reports, 1832â70 |
| acab |
Appletonsâ Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 11 vols, New York 1887â1928 |
| acmp |
Archives de la Congrégation de la Mission (Lazariste), Paris |
| adb |
Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, LeipzigâMunich 1875â1912 |
| ahp |
Archivum Historiae Pontificiae (Rome) |
| amaep |
Archives du Ministère des Affaires Ãtrangères, Paris |
| anp |
Archives nationales, Paris |
| apf, Acta |
Archivum Sacrae Congregationis de Propaganda Fide: Acta Sacrae Congregationis (1622â1938) 311 vols |
| apf, Lettere e Decreti |
Lettere e decreti della Sacra Congregazione e biglietti di Monsignor Segretario (1622â1892), 388 vols |
| apf, mv |
Miscellanee Varie (xviâxix centuries), 51 vols + index and suppl. vols, New York 1907â13; 1914; 1922 |
| apf, sc mpcl |
Scritture riferite nei Congressi (sc) di Propaganda Fide: Mesopotamia e Persia, Chaldei e Latini (1614â1892), 24 vols + 6 suppl. vols |
| apf, Udienze |
Udienze di Nostro Signore [Audiences with the Pope] (1666â1895), 254 vols |
| arbs |
Azbuchnyi ukazatelâ imenâ russikh dieiatelei dlia âRusskago biograficheskago slovariaâ dukh chastiakh, 2 vols, St Petersburg 1887â8; repr. Vaduz 1963; repr. with special additional section composed for 2003 edition, Moscow 2003 |
| BÄmdÄd, RijÄl-i ĪrÄn |
M. BÄmdÄd, Sharḥ-i ḤÄl-i RijÄl-i ĪrÄn dar Qarn-i 12, 13, 14 ḤijrÄ«, 6 vols, Tehran 1347â53 Sh./1968â74 |
| bdcm |
Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions, G. H. Anderson (ed.), Cambridge 1998 |
| bde |
Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals, T. T. Larsen et al. (eds), Leicester 2003 |
| bdeb |
Blackwell Dictionary of Evangelical Biography, 1730â1860, D. M. Lewis (ed.), 2 vols, Oxford 1995 |
| bfbs |
British and Foreign Bible Society |
|
|
British and Foreign School Society |
| bl |
British Library, London |
| bl, oioc |
British Library London, Oriental and India Office Collections |
| bsoas |
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies |
| Carmelites in Persia |
[H. G. Chick], A Chronicle of the Carmelites in Persia and the Papal Mission of the xvii and xviii centuries, 2 vols, London 1939 |
| Catholicisme |
Catholicisme: hier, aujourdâhui, demain, G. Jacquemet et al. eds, 15 vols, Paris 1948â2000 |
| cdcwm |
Concise Dictionary of the Christian World Mission, S. Neill â G. H. Anderson â J. Goodwin (eds), London 1970 |
| ce |
Catholic Encyclopaedia, 15 vols with index and suppl. vols, New York 1907â13; 1914; 1922 |
| Chatelet, rhm |
A. Chatelet, âLa Mission Lazariste en Perseâ in Revue dâhistoire des missions (Paris), 10â16 (1933â1939) |
| chi |
Cambridge History of Iran, 7 vols, Cambridge, 1968â91 |
| chr |
Cambridge History of Russia, 2 vols, Cambridge 2006 |
| cms |
Church Missionary Society |
| cul, bsa |
Cambridge University Library, British and Foreign Bible Society Archive (now Bible Society Collections) |
| cul, bsa, fc |
Cambridge University Library, British and Foreign Bible Society Collections: Foreign Correspondence Series |
| Darlow and Moule |
T. H. Darlow â H. F. Moule (comps), Historical Catalogue of the printed editions of Holy Scripture in the Library of the British and Foreign Bible Society, 2 vols in 4, London 1903; 1911 |
| dba |
Deutsche Biographische Archiv, Munich 1986 |
| dbf |
Dictionnaire de biographie française, Paris 1933â |
| dbi |
Deutsche Biographische Index, MunichâLondonâParis 1986 |
| dcire |
Dublin Christian Instructor and Repertory of Education, 1818â24 |
| de Challaye/Hornus |
J. M. Hornus (ed.), âUn rapport du [comte de Challaye] consul de France à Erzéroum sur la situation des chrétiens en Perse au milieu du XIXe siècleâ in poc , 21â23 (1971â3), Paris |
| dgb |
Dictionary of German Biography, 10 vols, Munich 2002â06 |
| dhge |
Dictionnaire dâhistoire et de géographie ecclésiastique, Paris 1909â |
| dib |
Dictionary of Irish Biography, 9 vols, Cambridge 2009 |
| ds |
Dictionnaire de spiritualité, 17 vols, Paris 1937â1995 |
|
|
Dictionary of Scottish Church History and Theology, Edinburgh 1993 |
| dtc |
Dictionnaire de théologie catholique, 15 tomes + 4 suppl. vols, Paris 1909â72 |
| eb |
Encyclopaedia Britannica, New YorkâLondon 1981 |
| eci |
Edinburgh Christian Instructor, 1810â1840 |
| ei |
Encyclopaedia of Islam, 12 vols + suppl. fascicles, (2nd ed.), Leiden 1960â2007 |
| EIr |
Encyclopaedia Iranica (E. Yarshater ed.), LondonâNew YorkâCosta Mesa, 1982â; this work is available online with the addition of many fresh entries |
| em |
Encyclopedia of Missions: Descriptive, Historical, Biographical and Statistical, H. O. Dwight â H. A. Tupper â E. M. Bliss (eds), New YorkâLondon 1904; repr. 1975 |
| ems |
Edinburgh Missionary Society |
| ep |
Encyclopedia of Protestantism, H. J. Hillerbrand (ed.), 4 vols, New YorkâLondon 2004 |
| ere |
Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics, Edinburgh 1908â1921 |
| erf |
Encyclopaedia of the Reformed Faith, D. K. McKim, (ed.), Louisville KyâEdinburgh 1992 |
| Ev. Mag. |
Evangelical Magazine, vols 1 (1793)â30(1822); n.s. 1(1823)â46 (1868) |
| Hansard |
Official report of debates in the British parliamentary Houses of Commons and Lords, London 1803â |
| heic |
Honourable East India Company |
| ibmr |
International Bulletin of Missionary Research, 1950â (New Haven, Conn.) |
| ijmes |
International Journal of Middle East Studies, 1970â (Cambridge) |
| jrgs |
Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, 1831â (London) |
| lms |
London Missionary Society |
| lspcj |
London Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews |
| lspcj Annual Reports |
Reports of the London Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews, 56 vols, London 1808â1863 |
| ltk |
Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche, J. Höfer â K. Rahner (eds), 11 vols, Freiburg im Breisgau 1957â68 |
| mbav |
Miscellanea Bibliothecae Apostolicae Vaticanae, 1987â (Vatican City) |
|
|
Modern Encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet History, Gulf Breeze, Florida 1976â2000; supplements 1995â |
| mrupc |
Missionary Record of the United Presbyterian Church, 1847â1900 (Edinburgh) |
| n.d. |
no date |
| nidcc |
New International Dictionary of the Christian Church, Exeter 1978 |
| nls |
National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh |
| oca |
Orientalia Christiana Analecta, 1935â (Rome) |
| ocp |
Orientalia Christiana Periodica, 1935â (Rome) |
| odcc |
Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, 3rd ed. rev., Oxford 2005 |
| odnb |
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 60 vols, Oxford 2004 |
| o.s. |
Old Style Julian calendar |
| padm |
Paris (Bibliothèque du Saulchoir), Archives dominicaines de Mossoul, liasse 9: Lettres des Lazaristes de Perse (1844â1882) aux supérieurs de la mission dominicaine de Mossoul; J.-J. Rhétoré, Notice sur la mission dominicaine des Pères Dominicains en Mésopotamie et Kurdistan (1750â1856), liasse 21 |
| poc |
Proche-Orient chrétien, 1951â (Jerusalem) |
| pro, fo |
Public Record Office (latterly renamed The National Archives), Kew, Surrey: Foreign Office Papers |
| rbs |
Russian Bible Society |
| Religious Monitor |
The Religious Monitor; or, Scots Presbyterian Magazine, (1â17) 21 March 1803â19 (Edinburgh) |
| roc |
Revue de lâOrient chrétien, 1896â1946 (Paris) |
| Russ. biog. sl. |
Russkiy biograficheskiy slovarâ, 25 vols, St Petersburg 1887â1918; repr. Moscow 1962â1997 |
| scpfmr |
Sacrae Congregationis de Propaganda Fide Memoria Rerum, 1622â1972, 3 vols in 5, RomeâFreiburg im BreisgauâVienna 1971â6 |
| s.l. |
sine loco (without place of publication) |
| SmithâChoules |
Smith, T. â J. O. Choules, The Origins and History of Missions; containing Faithful Accounts of the Voyages, Travels, Labors and Successes of the Various Missionaries, who have been sent forth to evangelize the Heathen; compiled from Authentic Documents: forming a Complete Missionary Repository; |
| SmithâDwight |
E. Smith â H. G. O. Dwight, Missionary Researches of the Rev. E. Smith and Rev. H. G. O. Dwight in Armenia: including a Journey through Asia Minor, and into Georgia and Persia, with a Visit to the Nestorian and Chaldean Christians of Oormiah and Salmas, London 1834 |
| sms |
Scottish Missionary Society |
| smsr |
Scottish Missionary Society Records |
| s.n. |
sine nomine (without name of publisher or printer) |
| soas |
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London |
| voc |
Vereenigde Oost-indische Compagnie [United Dutch East Indies Company] |
| wwwbi |
Who Was Who in British India, J. F. Riddick (comp.), Westport, Conn.âLondon 1998 |