(Personal Copy of Douglas Craven Phillott, Printed 1898 ) Urdu Version. TRANSLATED AND PUBLISHED UNDER THE ORDERS OF GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, CAPTAIN D. C. PHILLOTT. 3RD. PUNJAB CAVALARY. Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas Craven Phillott (28 June 1860 - 11 September 1930[1]) was a British army officer who served in India and later as Consul in Persia. A scholar of Urdu, Persian and Hindustani, he published numerous translations of literary and historical works. He was also interested in falconry and wrote a translation of a Persian treatise on the subject.