Archief AR - Papers of Alexander Rogers

The papers presumably came into the Royal Asiatic Society as manuscripts under discussion for publication. There is reference to Beveridge discussing the Rogers' translation of the Memoirs of Jahāngīr in a record of the Anniversary Meeting of the Society held 8 May, 1900 (Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1900, p.600). In the correspondence within these papers it is suggested by Beveridge that the handwritten manuscripts could be destroyed by the Society now that he had prepared type-written manuscripts (AR/2/2). Obviously this advice was not taken.

The Papers mainly consist of original Manuscript drafts for the translations of The Tūzuk-i-Jahāngīrī, or, Memoirs of Jahāngīr and Baihaki's life of Masaud. These are in Rogers' hand but the manuscript for The Tūzuk-i-Jahāngīrī is anootated and edited by Beveridge. There is some correspondence - three letters from Beveridge concerning Roger's translation and preservation of the manuscript.

These Papers had historically been categorized as the Papers of Henry Beveridge who is better known as an orientalist and was connected with the Royal Asiatic Society. However on appraisal, due to the nature of the material and the further manuscript belonging to Rogers, the decision was made to catalogue as the papers of Alexander Rogers.

The Papers are organised into two series covering Manuscripts and Correspondence. Thus:
AR/1 - Manuscripts

• AR/1/1 - Memoirs of Jahāngīr. Volume I
• AR/1/2 - Memoirs of Jahāngīr, Volume II
• AR/1/3 - Memoirs of Jahāngīr, unpublished chapters
• AR/1/4 - Memoirs of Jahāngīr, Index
• AR/1/5 - Baihaki's Life of Masaud

AR/2 - Correspondence

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The Oriental Translation Fund undertook the publcation of Rogers' Memoirs of Jahāngīr, edited by Beveridge. The first volume was published in 1909 and the second volume was published in 1914. We have copies of both volumes within the RAS Collections. We also have copies of other Alexander Rogers publications. More details can be found in our Library catalogue: https://ras.koha-ptfs.co.uk/.