Burmese manuscript and notes, 1825.
- Reference:GB 227 msPL399.M2
- Dates of Creation:1825, 1826, 1934, 1935.
- Name of Creator:
- Language of Material:Pali
- Physical Description:1p; 1p; 4pp; 1p
Scope and Content
Burmese manuscript and notes.
Parabaik of Mahaminhlasithu, governor of Prome [Myan Mar], requesting the dispatch of a gunstock maker, provisions, and a dancer, to a [military] camp [at Danubyu ?][Myanmar]. February 1825.
Descriptive note of Robert Saunders Dundas [2nd Viscount Melville], October 1826.
Typescript letter, signed from G E Harvey, to Iain Gordon Campbell reporting on the same (1p). Together with a partial transcription, by G E Harvey, of the parabaik with notes (3p). Signed G E Harvey. 13 St Margaret's Rd, Oxford, 17 December 1934.
Typescript letter, signed from Iain C Gordon Campbell to A Bennet giving the provenance of the same. Signed Iain. C. Gordon-Campbell. Headed notepaper: St Andrews Branch of the League of Prehistorians. St Andrews, 16 January 1935.
Administrative / Biographical History
Mahaminhlasithu, governor of Prome [Myanmar].
Arrangement
Single item
Access Information
By appointment with the Keeper of Manuscripts. Access to records containing confidential information may be restricted.
Acquisition Information
Restored to the custody of the library, 16 January 1935.
Note
Call number used to be ms141
Other Finding Aids
Individual Manuscripts and Small Collections database available as part of Manuscripts Database.
Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements
Parabaik: slate paper 36.8x30.4cm, folded twice.
Descriptive note: paper 36.7x23.5cm folded.
Letters: paper 20.4x25cm approx.
Archivist's Note
Description compiled by Maia Sheridan, Archives Hub project archivist, based on material from the Manuscripts Database
Conditions Governing Use
Applications for permission to quote should be sent to the Keeper of Manuscripts. Reproduction subject to usual conditions: educational use and condition of documents.
Custodial History
Formerly in the Upper United College Hall, 1826
Accruals
None
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