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Reference (shelfmark):: Or 17020
Title:: Palm leaf prescription made for Alfred Sercombe Griffin
Scope & Content:: Framed single palm leaf containing a medical prescription made for Alfred Sercombe Griffin (1878-1943) in Maymyo, Shan States, Burma, 1907. Written in mixed Burmese, Shan and Pali with Burmese script.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Burmese, Pali, and Shan
Date Range:: 1907
Extent:: 1 palm leaf, framed

Reference (shelfmark):: Sloane MS 4098
Title:: [Trading permit from King Sandawizaya of Arakan]
Scope & Content:: A permit from King Sandawizaya of Arakan (r. 1710-1731 A.D.) to the Armenian merchant Khwajeh Georgin, giving him permission to trade. Dated 1090 (1728 A.D.). Longest and earliest dated palm leaf in the Burmese Collection. In Arakanese.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Burmese
Date Range:: 1728
Extent:: A single leaf

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