Archief ER - Papers of Edward Rehatsek

On the cover of ER/1/1, A Translation of the Nigaristan by Muir Uddin Jaiwuia, it states that the manuscript was given to the Royal Asiatic Society by F.F. Arbuthnot in 1895. In Thomas Wright's "The Life of Sir Richard Burton, Volume II" (Everett & Co., 1906), p.70-71, he states that these manuscripts were in the possession of Arbuthnot but failed to reach publication because of Arbuthnot's death but that these manuscripts were in the possession of the Royal Asiatic Society. In Appendix IX of the same volume, p.xiii, those manuscripts within these Papers which were not published are listed by the author with some comments upon them. So it is possible that all the handwritten manuscripts were given to the Society by Arbuthnot in 1895.

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The Journal for the Royal Asiatic Society 1892 (3, July), pp. 581-595, carries an article "Life and Labours of Mr. Edward Rehatsek" by F.F. Arbuthnot which acts as both an obituary for him and also gives a detailed list of Rehatsek's publications.
The Society holds within its Collections copies of the publications: Catalogue raisonné of the Arabic, Hindostani, Persian, and Turkish mss. in the Mulla Firuz library (1873); On Hindu civilization in the Far East, as represented by architectural monuments and inscriptions (ca.1890); The Rauzat-us-safa, or, Garden of Purity by Muhammad bin Khāvendshāh bin Mahmūd, commonly called Mirkhond (1891-1894);The life of Muhammad, apostle of Allah by Ibn Ishaq [translated from the Arabic by Edward Rehatsek], edited by Michael Edwardes (1964);The Gulistan, or, Rose garden of Saʻdī, translated by Edward Rehatsek, edited with a preface by W. G. Archer and introduction by G. M. Wickens ([1964]). Full details can be found on our Library catalogue: https://ras.koha-ptfs.co.uk/.