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Titel
Datum(s)
- 1847 - 1849 (Vervaardig)
Beschrijvingsniveau
Omvang en medium
1 manuscript and 1 letter handwritten
Context
Naam van de archiefvormer
Biografie
George Grenville Malet was born in Wiltshire in 1804, the son of Charles Warre Malet and Susanna Wales. He joined the East India Company Army in 1822 and served in the Bombay Presidency. During his time as Resident in Khairpur he undertook the translation. He married Mary Fleming Taylor. He died in battle in Bushire, Iran in 1856.
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Institutionele geschiedenis
Naam van de archiefvormer
Biografie
archiefbewaarplaats
Geschiedenis van het archief
The translation was undertaken by George Grenville Malet. This was copied by a number of hands for the East India Company to send to the Royal Asiatic Society.
Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging
The papers were sent by the East India Company to the Royal Asiatic Society.
Inhoud en structuur
Bereik en inhoud
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 was Resident at Khairpur (Khyrpoor) with the assistance of Peer Mahomed, Residency Munshi. The translation was published in Mumbai in 1855, but these papers contain a handwritten manuscript of both the translation and the documentation and correspondence connected to the translation. The translation has been copied by a number of different hands. The signatures of these copyists appear at the end of their section.
With the manuscript is a letter from East India House to the Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform that the Court of Directors of the East India Company were sending to the Society a copy of the Translation and an 'Abstract Translation of a Copper Plate...for a grant of land in Bundlecund. This translation is not with the papers. The letter is dated 6 December 1849.
Waardering, vernietiging en slectie
Aanvullingen
Ordeningstelsel
Voorwaarden voor toegang en gebruik
Voorwaarden voor raadpleging
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Voorwaarden voor reproductie
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Taal van het materiaal
- Engels
Schrift van het materiaal
Taal en schrift aantekeningen
Fysieke eigenschappen en technische eisen
Toegangen
Verwante materialen
Bestaan en verblifplaats van originelen
Bestaan en verblijfplaats van kopieën
Related units of description
A copy of the publication of Malet's translation, published in Bombay in 1855, forms part of the Society's collections.
Aantekeningen
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Trefwoorden
Onderwerp trefwoord
Geografische trefwoorden
Naam ontsluitingsterm
- East India Company 16th- to 19th-century British trading company (Onderwerp)
- Malet George Grenville Captain (Onderwerp)
- Mahomed Masoom 1538-1606 (Onderwerp)
Genre access points
Beschrijvingsbeheer
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Identificatiecode van de instelling
Toegepaste regels en/of conventies
Status
Niveau van detaillering
Verwijdering van datering archiefvorming
Taal (talen)
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Aantekeningen van de archivaris
The papers were catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2023.