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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'Private Memo (Poona 1822.) Distribution of 5,18,00.000Rs. the property of Nana Furnevees (Fadnavis) between 1796 and 1800'. List of amounts distributed and recipients in the years preceding Nana Fadnavis' death.
Sem título'Account of the Assassination of Nanzain Rou Peshwa". Document relating the assassination of Narayanrao Bhat (10 August 1755 – 30 August 1773). He was the 10th Peshwa of the Maratha Confederacy from November 1772 until his assassination in August 1773.
A summary in the form of an akhbar of the events of Maratha history from the time of Shahuji I Bhonsle to that of Madhav Rao Peshwa and Jankoji Rao Shinde . The original note titles this 'Account of Sendip'.
Letter from "Succaram Bapoo (Sakharam Bapu) to Madhoo (Madhu) Rao Bulal 31 May 1766". Letter written in Marathi with title in English in a different hand.
Sem títuloDocuments of Marathi history dating to the eighteenth and nineteenth century presented to the Royal Asiatic Society by Sir Alexander Malet in 1828 and by General John Briggs in 1874. The papers donated by Briggs are predominantly correspondence from the Peshwa Court at the time of Nana Fadnavis and were given by Nana Fadnavis' widow to Briggs in 1825. Those from Malet were collected by his father, Sir Charles Warre Malet, during his political career in India and are predominantly handwritten accounts of Marathi history.
Each of the documents also has a description provided by Simon Digby when Honorary Librarian at the Royal Asiatic Society from 1970. The documents written in Marathi are in modi script.
Sem título"Letter in Madhoo (Madhu) Rao's own hand to Nana Furnevees (Fadnavis) dated 14 May 1767". Letter in Marathi with title in English written in a different hand.
Sem título"Letter in Madhoo (Madhu) Rao's own hand to Nana Furnevees (Fadnavis) dated 9 September 1767" written in Marathi with title in English in a different hand.
Sem títuloLetter from Succaram Bapoo (Sakharam Bapu). This has been identified as such by Simon Digby, the signature being identifiable at the bottom of the sheet. But it has no English title.
Sem título'Memo in the handwriting of Govind [Rao Puigley]' listing the names of French Allies, English Allies and Neutral traders. Under the ink title there is a pencil written one which, though difficult to decipher, suggests the author was a clerk. The document is undated.