Archive Reference (shelfmark): Mss Eur D742 - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur D742
Title:: Raffles Family Collection.
Scope & Content:: Official and private papers and letters relating chiefly to the career of Sir Stamford Raffles (1781-1826), East India Company servant 1795-1824, Lieutenant- Governor of Java 1811-16, Governor of Benkulen 1818-24, founder of Singapore 1819; including letters to Raffles from Malay and Indonesian r...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English and Malay
Date Range:: 1799-1957
Extent:: 46 volumes / files

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur D742/1
Title:: Malay letters, dated c 1810-11, to Sir T.S. Raffles from Malay and Indonesian rulers, mainly concerning the impending British invasion of Java in 1811; also a few miscellaneous Malay letters of different provenance.
Scope & Content:: Letters in Malay in Jawi script, mostly dated ca. 1810-11, to Thomas Stamford Raffles acting as Agent to the Governor General with the Malay States, in Melaka, from Malay and Indonesian rulers, mainly concerning the impending British invasion of Java in 1811; also a few miscellaneous Malay lette...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Balinese and Malay
Date Range:: 1780-1824
Extent:: 133 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur D742/1, f 1
Title:: f.1. Letter in Malay from Paduka Seri Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Halim Syah of Kedah to T.S.Raffles in Melaka, 26 Rabiulawal 1226 (20 April 1811). Concerning his problems with the Siamese, and mentions that he is enclosing a copy of his letter to the Gov.-Gen. of Bengal [Lord Minto]. Red ink seal. Heading: Al-mustahiqq. 1 f. of English paper, 'Curteis & Son 1806', Britannia; 39.3 x 31.6 cm. Reproduced in Gallop 1994:151, 216; translated in Ahmat 1971:1-3.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Malay
Date Range:: Unspecified
Extent:: 1 letter

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur D742/1, f 2
Title:: f.2. Letter in Malay from Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Halim Syah of Kedah to T.S.Raffles in Melaka, Isnin 26 Rabiulakhir 1226 (20 May 1811). Red ink seal. Heading: Al-mustahiqq. 1 f. of English paper, Britannia; 26.7 x 32.5 cm. Reproduced in Gallop 1994:65, 218; translated in Ahmat (1971:4).
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Malay
Date Range:: Unspecified
Extent:: 1 letter

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur D742/1, f 3
Title:: f.3. Letter in Malay from Paduka Seri Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Halim Syah ibn al-marhum Paduka Seri Sultan Abdullah al-Mukaram Syah of Kedah to the Gov.-Gen. of Bengal [Lord Minto], Isnin 26 Rabiulakhir 1226 (20 May 1811). Red ink seal. Heading: Al-mustahiqq. 1 f. of English paper, '1808', Britannia; 41.0 x 32.5 cm. Reproduced in Gallop 1994:67, 218. Translated in Ahmat (1971:5).
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Malay
Date Range:: Unspecified
Extent:: 1 letter

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur D742/1, f 4
Title:: f.4. Copy of a letter in Malay from Paduka Seri Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Halim Syah ibn al-marhum Paduka Seri Sultan Abdullah al-Mukaram Syah of Kedah to the Gov.-Gen. of Bengal [Lord Minto], 26 Zulkaidah 1225 (23 December 1810). 1 f. of European paper, '1807', 37.0 x 29.8 cm. Reproduced in Gallop 1994:151, 209-210.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Malay
Date Range:: Unspecified
Extent:: 1 letter

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur D742/1, f 5
Title:: f.5. Copy of a letter in Malay from Tuan Cina Lam Tu to the Raja of Pulau Pinang reporting that when his son Tuan Cina Kemak died last year on the 25th day of the 12th month, he was away from Pulau Pinang on a voyage to Medan. 1 f. European paper, ‘D B’; 31.4 x 21.3 cm. Reproduced in Gallop 1994:75, 206.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Malay
Date Range:: Unspecified
Extent:: 1 letter

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur D742/1, f 6
Title:: f.6. Letter in Malay from Tunku Long to T.S.Raffles [in Pulau Pinang], Sabtu 20 Rabiulawal (no year). Black ink seal. Heading: Qawluh al-haqq. 1 f. of Asian paper, 17.0 x 20.6 cm. Reproduced in Gallop 1994:151, 206.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Malay
Date Range:: Unspecified
Extent:: 1 letter

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur D742/1, f 9
Title:: f.9. Letter in Malay from Philip Dundas, President Governor of Pulau Pinang to the Yang Dipertuan [Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Halim Syah] of Kedah, 5 Muharam [1221] Ahad (Sunday 25 March 1806). Red ink seal, with signature of Dundas underneath. Heading: Qawluh al-haqq. 1 f. of English paper, Britannia, 20.1 x 33.1 cm. Reproduced in Gallop 1994:88, 205.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Malay
Date Range:: Unspecified
Extent:: 1 letter

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur D742/1, f 12
Title:: f.12. Enclosure in letter ff.10-11 above: Inilah daftar ambilan bayaran Tuan Sultan Mahmud yang mulia Riau Lingga, 'This is the list of goods charged to His Highness Sultan Mahmud of Riau Lingga'. List begins: 'Jumlah muatan yang dalam keci Tunku Sayid Husain bin Abdul Rahman ‘Aidid yang duduk di Pulau Pinang itu yang diambil oleh Tuan Sultan Mahmud banyaknya tiga puluh tiga ribu tujuh ratus dua puluh tiga rial tiga suku harga dagangnya', with two columns labelled 'duit' and 'rial'. 1 sheet ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Malay
Date Range:: Unspecified
Extent:: 1 letter

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