John Leyden
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John Caspar Leyden was a Scottish poet, indologist and folklorist.
Portrait of Dr. John Leyden by W. and A.K. Johnston, National Galleries of Scotland
Malay Annals
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The Malay Annals, originally titled Sulalatus Salatin, is a literary work that gives a romanticised history of the origin, evolution and destruction of the Malacca Sultanate. The work, composed in the
John Leyden
…Leyden and Raffles shared a common interest in Eastern languages, and it was during this brief stay that Leyden worked on an English translation of the Malay Annals, which was posthumously published with an introduction by Raffles in 1821. He would continue his correspondence with Raffles after leaving the island…
The frontispiece of a Jawi edition of the Malay Annals