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Date(s)
- 1982 (Création/Production)
- 1825 - 1887 (Création/Production)
Niveau de description
Étendue matérielle et support
1 archival box
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Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
Michael John Rowlandson was born in 1804, in Hungerford, Berkshire, his father being the Vicar of Warminster. He joined the Indian army as a cadet in 1820, becoming a lieutenant in 1821 and a major in 1824. He served at the College of Fort St. George as… read more
Histoire archivistique
The papers were the private documents of Rowlandson and seem to have been kept within the family until their donation to the Royal Asiatic Society in 1982.
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
The Papers were donated by Muriel Turner, great-granddaughter of Rowlandson, in 1982.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
This material contains 4 handwritten notebooks and a letter concerning their donation.
Mode de classement
Due to the small size of the Collection it was catalogued as one series.
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d'accès
Open. Please contact the archivist using the email address given here. The archive is open on Tuesdays and Fridays 10-5, and Thursdays 2-5. Access is to any researcher without appointment but it will help if an appointment is made via phone or email.… read more
Conditions de reproduction
Digital photography (without flash) for research purposes may be permitted upon completion of a copyright declaration form, and with respect to current UK copyright law.
Langue des documents
- arabe
- anglais
- hindi
- persan
Zone des sources complémentaires
Unités de description associées
Within the RAS Collections we also have:
- Tohfut-ul-mujahideen : an historical work in the Arabic language / translated into English by M.J. Rowlandson. (1833)
- An analysis of Arabic quotations which occur in the Gulistan of Muslih-ud-Deen Sheikh Sadi, as … read more
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Note de l'archiviste
The Papers were catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2018.