Series SC29/2 - Documents of Maratha History collected by Sir Charles Warre Malet

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Reference code

GB 891 SC29-SC29/2

Title

Documents of Maratha History collected by Sir Charles Warre Malet

Date(s)

  • [1750 - 1798] (Creation)

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Extent and medium

7 documents handwritten

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Archival history

The papers of Charles Malet were found within his father's papers by his son, Alexander Malet. They had been collected during Malet's residence in India. The papers were donated to the Oriental Translation Committee with a number of Persian manuscriptsread more

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Scope and content

Documents of Maratha History from the possession of Sir Charles Warre Malet, part of a larger donation of manuscripts and tracts given by his son to the Oriental Translation Committee for possible translation.

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Language of material

  • English
  • Persian
  • Marathi
  • Arabic
  • Sanskrit

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Related units of description

A list of the manuscripts and tracts donated by Alexander Malet to the Oriental Translation Committee can be found in the Transactions of the Royal Asiatic Society II, 1830, pp. xxxiv-xxxv. Unfortunately not all of the tracts are still in the Society'sread more

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Note

The titles for the file entries were taken from the list of donated Tracts in the the Transactions of the Royal Asiatic Society II, 1830.

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