ISSN 1479-8484 The SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research offers current information on Burma research, activities, and resources at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, as well as information on international Burma Studies of relevance to Burma researchers in the United Kingdom.

General Editor: Michael W. Charney (SOAS) Book Review Editor: William Womack (SOAS)

Editorial Board Anne Booth (SOAS) Andrew Huxley (SOAS) Ian Brown (SOAS) Elizabeth Moore (SOAS) Michael W. Charney (SOAS) John Okell (SOAS) William G. Clarence-Smith (SOAS) Justin Watkins (SOAS)

International Advisory Board Michael Aung-Thwin (University of Hawaii) Kennon Breazeale (East-West Center) Wil Dijk (Leiden University) Tilman Frasch (Manchester Metropolitan University) Emmanuel Guillon (INALCO, Paris) Takeshi Hamashita (Kyoto University) Kyaw Yin Hlaing (National University of Singapore) San San Hnin Tun (Cornell University) Victor Lieberman (University of Michigan) Marilyn Longmuir (independent scholar) Guy Lubeigt (Laboratory PRODIG) Kei Nemoto (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) Ryuji Okudaira (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Retired) Oliver B. Pollak (University of Nebraska) Joerg Schendel (Humboldt University) Mika Toyota (National University of Singapore) Rudolf Alexeyevich Yanson (St. Petersburg State University)

SOAS BULLETIN OF BURMA RESEARCH

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Contents ARTICLES, ACCOUNTS, AND NOTES 1 TILMAN FRASCH. A Preliminary Survey of Burmese Manuscripts in

Great Britain and Ireland 7 E. H. SLADEN. Some Account of the Senbyú Pagoda at Mengún,

near the Burmese Capital, in a Memorandum 11 HENRY YULE. Remarks on the Subject [of the Senbyú Pagoda at

Mengún] 19 J. FERGUSSON. NOTE [on the Senbyú Pagoda at Mengún] 22 C. HORNE. Some Remarks upon COL. YULE'S Notes on the Senbyú

Pagoda at Mengun. 24 PÈRE GIUSEPPE D’AMATO. Short Description of the Mines of

Precious Stones, in the District of Kyat-pyen, in the Kingdom of Ava 26 CAPTAIN LAWS. General Remarks on the Coast of Aracan (1831) 29 COLONEL HEYLAND. Notes on Cavalry Employed in Upper Burma

from October 1886 to October 1887 BOOK REVIEWS 39 ANGELENE NAW. Aung San and the Struggle for Burmese

Independence. Reviewed by WILLIAM H. FREDERICK

41 PARIMAL GHOSH. Brave Men of the Hills: Resistance and Rebellion

in Burma, 1825-1932. Reviewed by ALYSSA PHILLIPS

42 STEINBERG, DAVID I. Burma: The State of Myanmar.

Reviewed by JÖRG SCHENDEL 44 ANTHONY WEBSTER. Gentlemen Capitalists: British Imperialism in

South East Asia 1770-1890. Reviewed by STEPHEN LEE KECK

DOCUMENTS 47 Mandalay in 1885-1888: The Letters of James Alfred Colbeck,

Originally Selected and Edited by George H. Colbeck in 1892, Continued

DISSERTATION ABSTRACTS 77 Kyaw Yin Hlaing. The Politics of State-Business Relations in Post-Colonial

Burma ORGANIZATIONS 78 The Cornell Burma/Myanmar Group SEMINARS 79 SOAS 79 Burma Campaign Society 80 Britain Burma Society CONFERENCES 83 UHRC Conference: Traditions of Knowledge in Southeast Asia 86 Northern Illinois University Burma Studies Conference 87 ISEAS Workshop on Myanmar Issues and Myanmar Views

PROGRAMMES 88 SEAMEO Regional Centre for History and Tradition, Myanmar

(Burma) FELLOWSHIPS 90 Postdoctoral Fellowships, Lund University