books on non-European peerage - Africa, Asia, Oceania

Was there ever a publication(s) roughly equivalent to Burke's Peerage
or Debrett's (on U.K. peerage), Annuario della Nobilt=E0 (on Italian
peerage) or Annuaire de la Noblesse de France, ..... that covered the
genealogy/nobility of peerage around the world (i.e. Africa, Asia,
Oceania) or information on non-European peerage?

CJ Buyers...

I am afraid that as I said before, this line is not presented in
Finestone's book. He does not give a detailed genealogy, only a
skeleton genealogical table showing the main ruling line. One cannot
even tell how many wives or children, brothers or sisters, anyone
actually included in the table had.

If the only reason you would consider purchasing the book is for your
family line, I would suggest what I usually suggest with these big and
expensive tomes. Please go to a big reference library and have a good
look first, before spending any large sum on something like this.

As for the inclusion of your family line on my website, I would be
happy to do so, provided you have some verifiable sources or
references. You can contact me using my e-mail address and we can
continue the discussion elsewhere.

Cheers,
Christopher Buyers

CJ Buyers...

No it isn't.

Nor do you have leave to reproduce anything from my website here
without my prior permission.

Christopher Buyers

If so, when was it(s) published?

keith...

There is a Peerage of Japan, published in 1912 by The "Japan Gazette".
It is nearly 1000 pages and has 14 colour plates and many portraits.

a.borella...

U > Keith Smith

Keith Smith

Robert Hall...

There is GOLDEN BOOK OF INDIA by Roper Lethbridge [2 vols. reprint of
1893 original edition]
I also have THE ROYAL FAMILIES OF SOUTHEAST ASIA by Finestone and
Talib.=20
I do not know how reliable either one is

a.borella...

also I have bought GOLDEN BOOK OF INDIA by Roper Lethbridge and THE
ROYAL FAMILIES OF SOUTHEAST ASIA by Jeffrey Finestone

I think that Jeffrey Finestone is the greatest genealogist on Southeast
Asia area (the book "The Royal Family of Thailand: The Descendants of
King Chulalongkorn, London, 1989 (or. title
Chulalongkonratchasantatiwong Phraborommaratchawong Hng Prathet Thai) "
is a beautifulst genealogical work.

At this address:
is found a good bibliography about royal families around the world.
Unfortunately the bibliography about non-european peerage is
insufficient (this beautiful site is dedicated only to royal families -
of course)=20

a.borella...

About the Indian peerage I have also:

The Aristocracy of Southern India. Volume II. A Loyal Welcome Gift to
their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales as a memento of
their visit to India in 1906. Vest and Co., Madras, 1908, by A.
Vadivelu.

Chiefs and Leading Families in Rajputana, Office of the Superintendent
of Government Printing, Calcutta, 1894

and

A=2E Vadivelu, The Ruling Chiefs, Nobles & Zamindars of India. G.C.
Loganadham Bros., Madras, 1915.

But all A. Vadivelu's books (all out-of-print) are very important on
the indian native peerage.

a.borella...

of the University of California Libraries) is possible to find some
books on this subject

Some books in the on-line Catalog of the University of California
Libraries are very very rare (i. e. the "Ji Ming feng jue biao (Mao
Naiyong zhu)", Wen cui ge, by Naiyong Mao, on chinese peerage, (Mao
Naiyong zhu is a famous "mandarine" genealogist), publ. at Taibei,
1970 ca., is very rare book: I have see this book only UC Berkeley !!)

a.borella...

Thank you very much for your informations.

In order to buy a copy of "Peerage of Japan", published in 1912 by The
"Japan Gazette". can you send me an antiquarian bookshop that sell it ?

very very thanks=20

keith...

Very sorry but have only ever come across one copy (earlier this year).
Cannot locate any other copies.

Keith Smith

a.borella...

About Japan peerage I have some numbers of the "Nihon keibatsu sosho"
(Murata Yoshiro cho) by Yoshiro Murata (from 1935, publ. in Tokyo :
Hakuundo Shobo, Showa)

(Gary Holtzman) garyholtzman...

I believe there was such a publication called the Almanach de Bruxelles. It was
published in the late 19th/early 20th century IIRC, but I don't know the
specifics. Hopefully, another poster will.