Citation
[Official letter from Taw Sein Ko of the Office of Supdt. Archaeological Survey, Burma, Mandalay to C.O. Blagdgen, 17 July 1919]
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Title:
[Official letter from Taw Sein Ko of the Office of Supdt. Archaeological Survey, Burma, Mandalay to C.O. Blagdgen, 17 July 1919]
Series Title:
Correspondence of Dr Charles Otto Blagden (MS 360895)
Creator:
ToÊ» CinÊ» Khui, 1864-1930 ( Author, Primary )
Place of Publication:
Mandalay
Publisher:
The Office
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Language:
English

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Blagden, Charles Otto (1864-1949), orientalist
Blagden, Charles Otto, 1864-1949 ( lcna )
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Myanmar -- Mandalay Region -- Mandalay District -- Mandalay
Coordinates:
21.975 x 96.083333

Notes

General Note:
Transferred from the South East Asian Department, School of Oriental and African Studies, 1977
General Note:
Dr Charles Otto Blagden was born the 30th September 1864, the eldest son of William George Blagden. He was educated at Dulwich College and at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He was appointed to the Straits Settlements Civil Service in 1888 and held various administrative and judicial posts in Malacca and Singapore. He retired for health reasons in 1897. Returning to England he studied at Gray?s Inn and was called to the Bar in 1900. From 1910 he developed an academic career becoming Examiner in Malay at the University of London in that year. In 1917 he joined the newly-opened School of Oriental and African Studies as Lecturer in Malay Studies. He remained in the service of the School until 1935 when he retired as Reader in Malay Studies. At various dates he was a Vice-President of the Royal Anthropological Society and of the Royal Asiatic Society. His most important published work was (with W.W.Skeat) the comparative vocabulary of aboriginal races in Pagan races of the Malay Peninsula which appeared in 1906. Blagden also interested himself in Burmese studies especially Mon inscriptions. He died 25th August 1949.
General Note:
MS 360895. Box 1. Folder 3. Item 28
General Note:
This letter is believed to be in the public domain under UK Crown Copyright
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VIAF (name authority) : ToÊ» CinÊ» Khui, 1864-1930 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/18150767
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ToÊ» CinÊ» Khui wrote under the name Taw Sein Ko
General Note:
VIAF (name authority) : Blagden, Charles Otto, 1864-1949 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/15513790

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Rights Management:
All applicable rights reserved by the source institution and holding location.
Resource Identifier:
619/30 J.A. ( Letter number )
MS 360895 ( SOAS manuscript number )
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_, __ ....... ./ ffiu nf J\rcbrenlngiml MANDALAY "-/j 191. 9 ) \ ... D$ar .. Blagd en,. dated the 24th !flay \ .. j . llfany t banks 1919 acknowledging the rece.ipt of a copy of my };rote on the nueeting betwee n Kyanzttth. a and a Chola Prince", . which is intended for insert ion in my forthcoming Annual Report, which has been :t:ina.lly :passed and b.as had to be su.bmi tted tothe I.1ocal Government by the 15th June. recommend the excision of my Note,whicb,you thj_nk,canriot stand after the evidence collected recently by lttx M Coedes in his a.;rt icle i tl ed Royaume de )!ri in :Rulletf>n 'de 11 e?ole Francaise 0' extreme Orient, XVlll ,6, (1918), Nhicb goes to show that alias K aq a ram was not Pegu any plac e in Burma,but a pos;:;essi9n of tbe Sou.th Sumatran Ki:ng,s of' Palembeng .. nd. a1most certe.inly -Kedah in Jl[a.lay Peninsula. This evidence has not-yet been accepted by me,and it is too of fact ,in accordance with M.Duroiselle' s _ proposal ,11(! ' .., Coede' s and myself :are p:oine: to thrtrsb. out thesub.j ect ., further. We,scholars,differ at the outset,in order to agree at tbe Bnd, Nothing is so refreshing and invigorating as to have a discussion over a knotty . poin-t. 2.

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2. To start the hall rolling,M.Duroiselle has sent to M.Coedes ,cO f)i-e s of para0'raphs 46 ana 47 of my Annual Report. The fonner is written by M .Duroiselle and the latter by me I (Bnclose ,for your information, copies of b otb,. paragraphs. containing the four Ntyazadi :boqwx: Inscriptions will soon he out. On puhlication,a dozen copies wtll be s tBnt to you. 4. .As you are aware ;I shEtll attain my 55th year in December next ,e.nd I have applied to the Government to be allowed to nd rr.zy application has hee n referred to the GOVi3rnment of-India, whose orders are awaited. On rny retiram0nt ,M.Duroiselle will succeed. me. I am anxious to retire, he cause I have -r)ut in. 38 years' service, qnd hecause I want prolonFed r,::;st vary badly. 5. Sir John JJ[arsb.all, our Director7rtenera1 of Archaeo-loe;y,is now on lec:;.ve in .England. If' you Clesire -to see hirn and discuss about matters relating to Archaeology, I dares ay you. will get his address from the I -ndia o-rrice 6. In my ret:trament I intend t o devote rn_yself to Chinese studies .. Yours sincerely, . : Es q.1 s Court s .. w 5