File SC13/5 - Catalogue of Malayan Books

Identity area

Reference code

GB 891 SC13-SC13/5

Title

Catalogue of Malayan Books

Date(s)

  • 1828 (Creation)

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File

Extent and medium

handwritten

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Name of creator

Biographical history

Thomas Beighton was born at Ednaston, Derbyshire, on 25 Dec. 1790. He went with the London Missionary Society as a missionary to Malacca. In 1819 he was stationed at Penang. Besides teaching in schools and holding religious services, he set up a printing-read more

Archival history

The list was created by Thomas Beighton and sent to the Royal Asiatic Society.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

The list was sent by Thomas Beighton to the Society in 1828 according to the article, Leona O'Sullivan & Russell Jones (1983) Short notes: Malay manuscripts collected by the Reverend Thomas Beighton. — Fourth European colloquium on Malay andread more

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Scope and content

'Catalogue of Malayan Books' by Thomas Beighton. A list provided by Thomas Beighton, London Missionary Society, to the Royal Asiatic Society of the Malay manuscripts in his possession. These are written in English and in Jawi script.

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Language of material

  • English
  • Malay

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