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Sloane MS 4098
- Record Id:
- 040-002116494
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002112337
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000711.0x000327
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100181356060.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Sloane MS 4098
- Title:
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[Trading permit from King Sandawizaya of Arakan]
- Scope & Content:
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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
- Project / Collection:
- Burmese Collection
Sloane Collection - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002112337
040-002116494 - Is part of:
- Sloane MS 1-4100 : Sloane Manuscripts
Sloane MS 4098 : [Trading permit from King Sandawizaya of Arakan] - Hierarchy:
- 032-002112337[4116]/040-002116494
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Sloane MS 1-4100
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- A single leaf
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100181356060.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Burmese
- Scripts:
- Burmese
- Start Date:
- 1728
- End Date:
- 1728
- Date Range:
- 1728
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: A single palm leaf with one pointed edge. With two royal seal impressions inscribed in Pali 'Supreme Lord, Master of the Golden Palace'.
Dimensions: 920 mm x 55 mm.
Script: Burmese (Arakanese), 8-9 lines.
- Custodial History:
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"A piece of palm leaf written in the Barman, or Boman character, made use of in Pegu." Samuel Ayscough 'A catalogue of the manuscripts preserved in the British Museum hitherto undescribed: consisting of five thousand volumes, including the collections of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart., the Rev. Thomas Birch, D.D. and about five hundred volumes bequeathed, presented, or purchased at various times.' (London, 1782), vol. II, p. 904.
"Burman. Used in Pegu." written with pencil on the manuscript.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Sloane Collection. Collected by Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) and purchased at his death by the Act of Parliament, which established the British Museum. 'Purch. by Act of Parlt.', 1753.
- Publications:
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https://blogs.bl.uk/asian-and-african/2018/09/a-new-display-of-southeast-asian-manuscripts-from-the-sloane-collection.html
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)