Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1836 - 1838 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 archival folder
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Captain Turner Macan (1792-1836) of Carriff, Co. Armagh, was Persian Interpreter to the Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in India. His edition of the Shahnameh was the first ever printed in Europe. The text was prepared from seventeen complete… read more
Name of creator
Biographical history
Richard Macan was with Turner Macan when he died in Calcutta in 1836 and took charge of his affairs.
Repository
Archival history
The Letter Book was compiled by Richard Macan to document his dealings with the estate of Turner Macan to be presented to the executors of Turner Macan's estate, Major Thomas Macan and Mr Graham Johnston.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
It is unknown how this material came into the possession of the Society.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The main item in these papers is the Letter Book, complied by Richard Macan concerned with the sale of the estate of the late Major Turner Macan. There is also a note written by Richard Macan and some modern research notes on the Letter Book and Turner Macan's biography.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
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 governing 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.
Language of material
- English
Allied materials area
Related units of description
Within our Library Collections we have copies of Turner Macan's translations of the Shah nameh and the The Alif laila or Book of the thousand nights and one night. We also have Macan's Kitāb-i Shāhnāmah (كتاب شاهنامه) / taṣnīf-i Abū al-Qāsim Ṭūsī… read more
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Macan Turner 1792-1836 (Subject)
- Macan Richard (Subject)
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Archivist's note
The Papers were catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2019.