Editing Henry Martin (section)

===India===
Martyn arrived in India in April 1806, and for some months he was stationed at Aldeen, near [[Serampur]]. In October 1806, he proceeded to [[Danapur|Dinapur]], where he was soon able to conduct worship among the locals in the vernacular, and established schools. In April 1809, he was transferred to [[Cawnpore]], where he preached to British and Indians in his own compound, in spite of interruptions and threats from local non-Christians.

He occupied himself in linguistic study, and had already, during his residence at Dinapur, been engaged in revising the sheets of his [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]] version of the [[New Testament]]. He now translated the whole of the New Testament into [[Urdu]] also, and into [[Persian language|Persian]] twice. He translated the [[Psalms]] into Persian, the Gospels into Judaeo-Persic, and the [[Book of Common Prayer]] into Urdu, in spite of ill-health and "the pride, pedantry and fury of his chief munshi Sabat." Ordered by the doctors to take a sea voyage, he obtained leave to go to Persia and correct his Persian New Testament. From there, he wanted to go to [[Arabia]], and there compose an [[Arabic language|Arabic]] version. On 1 October 1810, having seen his work at Cawnpore rewarded on the previous day by the opening of a church, he left for [[Calcutta]], from where he sailed on 7 January 1811 for [[Bombay]]. The ship reached port on his thirtieth birthday.<