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The Papers consist of manuscripts of translations made by Rehatsek often with notes, prefaces etc by Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot, to whom Rehatsek had sent the translations.

Life of Muhammad by Ibn Hisham translated by Rehatsek. This is a handwritten manuscript of 1070 pages, bound into a volume with an introductory letter by Arbuthnot, dated 3 October 1898, also bound at the front of the volume. Rehatsek includes an index and a section entitled "Errors and omissions of Dr. Weil". The manuscript is undated but with the manuscript are 2 boards from Rehatskek sending it to Arbuthnot by book post. These have a Bombay postmark of 16 January 1891.

"A Persian tract on the observances of the Zena'nah pp.1 to 10" and also entitled "A Persian text on the observances of women. Translated by E. Rehatsek". This is an handwritten manuscript of 10 pages + title page, undated but written on the reverse of sheets of paper taken from a Bachelor of Arts Examination Paper in Persian for 1878. Rehatsek has translated chapters on religious ablution and bathing; occasions on which it is necessary to omit prayers; fasting; marriage; the wedding night; childbirth; bathing; music and its seasons; intercourse of a wife with her husband and his mother and sister; some cooked dishes; amulets against the evil eye; who may see the child and who not; invocations and imprecations; guests; adoption of a sister. He has annotated his own translation with supplementary notes in the margins.

Proof copy of 1688 Revolution in Siam , each page is stamped with "3 Oct 1967 Proof with Compliments of Cathay Press".

Notes from the manuscript include:

This is a copy of an article that was published in the Journal of the Siam Society (Vol. 27.1) in 1935.

Manuscripts concerned with Constantine Phaulkon (1648-1688).

Appendix No.1, titled "Phaulkon's Letter of 20 Nov. 1686 to P. La Chaise". Typed notes.

Pages 53, 54, 55, beginning with "and disarm the ministers..."of an unknown manuscript. It mentions the Rajah, Henry Gannon, General Nightingale, and a Macassar expedition. Typed, 3 pages.

Page 32, beginning with "to promote a firm alliance..." A single typed sheet which mentions the King of Siam and Monsieur de Chaumont. The page is damaged so not all the text is readable.