These are handwritten manuscripts of the statistical surveys undertaken by Francis Buchanan-Hamilton within the districts of Dinajpur (Bangladesh and India), and Puraniya (Purnia), Shahabad, Bhagalpur , Runggopur, Patna and Gorakhpur in India. Each… read more
George Grenville Malet undertook the translation of Mahomed Masoom's A History of Sind. The History, which covers the period from A.D. 710 to A.D. 1590, was written in Persian at the end of the sixteenth century. Malet undertook the translation when he… read more
The Papers include publications written orcollected by the academic Gerald Tibbetts connected to his research interests in early Arab navigation in the Indian Ocean. Related to this are draft copies of a lecture given by Tibbetts at the Royal Asiatic… read more
The collection consists of two series:
Henry Thomas ColebrookeThe Papers of Horace Geoffrey Quaritch Wales contain papers relating to his archaeological work in southeast Asia including expedition notes, personal notebooks, diaries, manuscript proofs, correspondence, newspaper cuttings and maps. Listed within this… read more
Documents connected to H.H. Wilson. These are:
- An Analytical Account of the Panchatantra
- Notes on the Vishnu Purana
- Copies of letters sent to and from H.H. Wilson concerning the allowance of the late Colonel Wilford.
The Papers consist of five typed article and chapter drafts.
Rawlinson Hugh George 1880-1957 HistorianThere is a single item in these Papers - this is a partial translation of Lubb ut-Tawarikh Hind undertaken by Prichard. This is a handwritten manuscript of 44 foolscap sides plus a front cover with the titles "Lubbu-t Táwáríkh Hind" "Translated by Lieut… read more
There is a single item within these fonds presented to the Royal Asiatic Society by James Caulfeild at the same time as presenting a copy of the manuscript, Pṛthvīrāja-rāsau, to the Society. It is the "Contents of the History of Prithee Raja" (Pṛthvīrāja-… read more
"Journal of a Mission to the Government of some of the Lower Provinces of Siam". A handwritten unbound manuscript of 94 sides describing James Low's Mission to the Rajah of Ligor in 1824. The manuscript is dated 1824 but there is a postscript explaining… read more