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- [1750 - 1798] (Creation)
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7 documents handwritten
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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 manuscripts for possible translation. Their donation was minuted and listed in the Report of the Committee dated 7 May 1828 and found within the Transactions of the Royal Asiatic Society II, 1830, pp. xxxiii-xxxv.
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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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- English
- Persian
- Marathi
- Arabic
- Sanskrit
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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's possession. The ones remaining are those contained within this catalogue.
A full translation of SC29/2/1 has been published as Bakhar of Panipat by Raghunath Yadav Chitragupt originally written in 1761, edited and translated by Uday S. Kulkarni with transliteration by Ninad Bedekar, (Mula Mutha Publishers, Pune, India, 2014).
The manuscripts donated are still in the Society's collections. Details can be found here.
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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.