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Add MS 45271
- Record Id:
- 040-002017988
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002017987
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001250.0x0001d4
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 45271
- Title:
- Raffles Papers, relating to Kedah
- Scope & Content:
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RAFFLES PAPERS. Vol. I. Letter-book containing:-
(1) A copy of instructions to Captain Light, Superintendent of Penang, for the occupation and government of the island, from John Macpherson (Bart. 1786), Governor-General of Bengal, and his Council; 2 May 1786. An extract is printed in Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia, N.S., ii, 1858, pp. 193-194. ff. 1-5b.
(2) Correspondence, including royal letters and receipts in Malay (ff. 6r-13r, 15r-17r) and Tamil (f.14r), between Light and Raja Abdullah Mukarram Syah ibni Mu'azzam Shah, Sultan of Kedah (r.1778-1797), from whom the island was ceded; 1790-1794, n.d. ff. 6-17b. Typewritten summaries in English are at ff. iii-v. Supplementary to MS. Eur. D. 199 in the India Office Library. See also Eg. MS. 3299.
Malaya: Letter-book of F. Light, as Superintendent of Penang: 1786-1794, n.d.: Engl., Dutch, Malay and Tamil.
includes:
- f. ii Bookplates and Book-stamps: Raffles (Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley): aft. 1817.
- ff. 1-5b Sir John Macpherson, Baronet; Governor-General of India 1785-1786: Instructions to F. Light: 1786.: Copy.
- ff. iii-v, 6-17 b Malaya: Correspondence, etc., of Raja 'Abd Ullah ibni Mu 'azzam Shah, Sultan of Kedah, with F. Light, 1790-1794, n.d.: Malay and Tamil with Engl.: abstracts.
- ff. iii-v, 6-17b Francis Light, Superintendent of Penang: Correspondence, etc., with the Sultan of Kedah, 1790-1794, n.d.: Malay, Tamil and Engl.: abstracts.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002017987
040-002017988 - Is part of:
- Add MS 45271-45273 : RAFFLES PAPERS
Add MS 45271 : Raffles Papers, relating to Kedah - Hierarchy:
- 032-002017987[0001]/040-002017988
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 45271-45273
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_45271 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Dutch
English
Malay
Tamil - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin
Tamil - Start Date:
- 1786
- End Date:
- 1794
- Date Range:
- 1786-1794
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- ff. v + 17. Various Chinese and English papers (one watermarked 'GR'), various sizes, ca. 200 x 210 mm. Armorial bookplate of Sir Stamford Raffles (f. ii). Quarter leather binding with red buckram boards. Parts of a former binding, gilt-stamped with the arms of the East India Company, have been laid down inside the covers.
- Custodial History:
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Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles, colonial governor: Owned (armorial bookplate f. ii).
- Source of Acquisition:
- Presented by Mrs. Drake, 1939.
- Publications:
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M.C. Ricklefs and P. Voorhoeve, Indonesian manuscripts in Great Britain (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977), p.106.
A.T. Gallop, The legacy of the Malay letter (London: published by the British Library for the National Archives of Malaysia, 1994), pp. 133, 205 has full text of letter on f.10r.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)