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Mss Eur Mack Gen

Record Id:

032-002305422

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002305422

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000074.0x0003b2

LARK:

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Mss Eur Mack Gen

Title:

Colin Mackenzie Papers: General and Miscellaneous Collections

Scope & Content:

The Mackenzie 'General' and Miscellaneous Collections contain some 179 volumes or folders or papers, mainly comprising English translations from the languages of southern and central India (as distinct from Hindustan), and chiefly relating to the antiquities, legends, history, literature, religion and caste system of the peninsula, but also including some materials on other areas and other topics such as Ceylon, Indonesia or Tibet, or the Sikhs, the East India Company, or the Madras Engineers.

Collected throughout his career by Col Colin Mackenzie (c1753-1821), Madras Army 1783-1821, engineer, surveyor, and antiquarian collector.

Collection Area:

India Office Records and Private Papers

Project / Collection:

India Office Private Papers

Hierarchy Tree:

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002305422

Is part of:

not applicable

Contains:

Mss Eur Mack Gen 1-75 : Mackenzie General Collection
Mss Eur Mack Misc 76-179 : Mackenzie Miscellaneous Collection

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Hierarchy:

032-002305422

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

179 items

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1608

End Date:

1826

Date Range:

1608-1826

Era:

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Source of Acquisition:

Purchased, 1823-33

Finding Aids:

For the full description, see C. O. Blagden, Catalogue of Manuscripts in European Languages belonging to the Library of the Inda Office. Volume I: The Mackenzie Collections, Part II: The General Collection (London, 1916)

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Places:

Afghanistan, Asia
Ahmadnagar, Bombay
Ajanta, Hyderabad State
Ambur, Madras
Anagundi, Hyderabad State
Arcot State, India
Aurangabad, Hyderabad State
Balambangan, Malaysia
Bali, Indonesia
Bangkinang, Riau, Indonesia
Bantam, Indonesia
Baramahal, Madras
Baroda State, India
Bellary District, Madras
Bengal, India
Berar, India
Bijapur, Bombay
Borneo, Indonesia
Carnatic Region, India
Cauvery River, India
Central Asia, Asia
China, Asia
Chingleput, Madras
Chitaldroog, Mysore
Chittoor, Madras
Cochin, Madras
Coimbatore, Madras
Conjeeveram, Madras
Coorg Province, South India
Coringa, Madras
Covelong, Madras
Cuttack, Orissa
Daulatabad, Hyderabad State
Deccan, India
Delhi, India
Djiddah , Ottoman Hejaz
East Indies, Asia
Egypt, Africa
Ellora, Hyderabad State
Gingee, Madras
Golconda, Hyderabad
Gooty, Madras
Guntur, Madras
Gwalior State, India
Hyderabad State, India
India, Asia
Indonesia, Asia
Indonesia, South-east Asia, Asia
Indore State, India
Jagannatha Temple, India
Jaipur State, India
Jakarta, Indonesia
Japan, Asia
Java, Indonesia
Jidda, Arabian Peninsula, Asia
Jidda, Ottoman Hijaz
Kanara District, Madras
Kandy, Sri Lanka
Khandesh, Bombay
Kistna River, India
Kondapalli, Madras
Kondavid, Madras
Konkan Coast, Bombay
Kurnool, Madras
Madras, India
Madura, Madras
Makasar, Indonesia
Malabar, India
Malacca, Malaysia
Masulipatam, Kistna District, Madras
Miraj State, India
Mysore State, India
Nagar, Mysore
Nagpur, Central Provinces
Northern Circars, Madras
Panipat, India
Penukonda, Madras
Philippines, Asia
Pondicherry, India
Pulicat, Madras
Rajahmundry, Madras
Ramnad, Madras
Ratnagiri, Bombay
Rayadrug, Madras
Red Sea, World
Saint Thomas's Mount, Madras
Salem, Madras
Sandur State, India
Savanur State, India
Seringapatam, Mysore
Sravana Belgola, Mysore
Sri Lanka, Asia
Srirangam, Madras
Suez - isthmus of, Egypt
Suez, Egypt
Sumatra, Indonesia
Talikota, India
Tanjore, Madras
Telugu Country, India
Tibet, Asia
Tinnevelly, Madras
Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India
Tirupati, Madras
Tranquebar, India
Travancore State, India
Trichinopoly, Madras
Tuticorin, Madras
Vijayanagar, Madras
Wadgaon, India
Warangal, Hyderabad State
Wynaad, Madras