The Sya'ir Mekka dan Medina is an early Malay account of the Hajj. This series contains Roff's notes concerning the manuscript copies of the account.

• 'Sya'ir Mekka dan Medina: Tentative Summary of Materials' - account of the known manuscripts, typed, 2 versions, 1 heavily annotated, 5 pieces.
• 'Lithograph Editions', notes on the available lithographs, typed and handwritten, 4 pieces.
• 'Summary of MSS', typed and handwritten, 5 pieces.
• 'Transcribed Texts' - transcriptions of some manuscripts, typed and handwritten, 31 pieces.
• 'Catalogue Extracts' - information taken from catalogues, typed and photocopied, 10 pieces.
• 'Supplementary Material Notes' - notes on commentaries on the manuscript, typed and handwritten, 11 pieces.
• 'Group 1 Descriptions' - manuscript descriptions, typed and handwritten, 10 pieces.
• 'Group 2 Descriptions' - manuscript descriptions, typed, handwritten and copied, 6 pieces.
• 'Group 3 Descriptions' - manuscript descriptions, typed, 2 pieces.
• 'Group 4 Descriptions' - manuscript descriptions, typed and handwritten, 8 pieces.
• 'Padris' - bibliographic lists, handwritten, 4 pieces.
• 'The Cairo Connection and The Centre Out There', concerning SEA Islam, handwritten, 6 pieces, undated.
• A note identifying the Sya'ir Mekka dan Medina as an early 19th century Malay account of the hajj, handwritten, 1 piece.

• 'National Total - Malaya (sia) 1900-1982' - photocopy of list of pilgrims from Malaysia with handwritten annotations.

  A small amount of correspondence is with this research information:

• Letter from the Department of Oriental Manuscripts, University of Leiden Library, concerning publishing material from their collection, 2 pieces, typed, proforma, and handwritten, dated [May 1979].
• Invoices from Xerox Reproductions Centers, New York for microfilm reproductions, proforma with handwritten insertions, 3 pieces, dated March 1983.
• Correspondence with Richard Pankhurst, Librarian, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning the copying of a manuscript, 6 pieces, handwritten and typed, dated 15 March - 4 May 1983.
• Correspondence with University Library, University of Malaya, concerning obtaining a manuscript microfilm, 2 pieces, proforma with handwritten insertions and typed, dated 9 -25 May 1983.
• Correspondence with the British Library concerning obtaining microfilm, 3 pieces, typed and handwritten, dated 9 May - 14 June 1983.
• Correspondence with University Library, Cambridge, concerning obtaining microfilm, 2 pieces, typed and handwritten, dated 30 December 1983.
• Letter from Ian Proudfoot, The Australian National University concerning Sya'ir Mekka dan Medina, 1 piece, typed, dated 17 February 1984.
• Correspondence concerning the World Congress on Malay Language and Literature, Kuala Lumpur, 21-25 August 1995, 4 pieces, typed in Malay and English, dated 20 December 1994.

Articles and Notes about Pilgrimage collated by Roff:

• 'The Center Out There: Pilgrim's Goal' by Victor Turner, from History of Religion XII, (1972/73), 191-230, photocopy of article with one page of handwritten notes.
• 'Ritual: The Dhikr' by Michael Gilseman, from Saint and Sufi in Modern Egypt: An essay in the sociology of religion, Oxford University Press, 1973, photocopy.
• 'Islamization, "Communitas", Symbols, and Institutional Structures: A Summary' by William R. Roff, from Islam in Southern Asia: A Survey of Current Research, Franz Steiner Verlag, Wiesbaden, 1975, photocopy.
• 'The Ideology of Maraboutism' by Dale F. Eickelman, from Moroccan Islam: tradition and society in a pilgrimage center, Austin & Lander, University of Texas press, 1976, photocopy.
• 'Quest and the Meaning of Pilgrimage', draft article by Barbara Nimri Aziz, presented at the Pilgrimage and the Concept of the Holy, Tenth ICAES Congress, New Delhi, 10-12 December, 1978, typed.
• 'New Perspectives on Pilgrimage: Mapping Pilgrimage in the Himalayas' by Barbara Nimri Aziz, typed.
• Index and front pages for 'Contesting the sacred: The anthropology of Christian Pilgrimage', edited by John Eade and Michael J. Sallnow, Routledge, 1991, photocopy.
• Research notes, handwritten and photocopy.

These Papers of William (Bill) Roff relate mainly to his research interests in the Hajj pilgrimage particularly among pilgrims from Southeast Asia. The material consists of research notes, papers of Roff and others, and official documents.

Articles from the New York Times concerning a Shiite attack on the Grand Mosque at Mecca. These articles are entitled:

• 'Influx to Mecca a Strain on Saudis', 21 November 1979.
• 'Mecca Mosque Seized by Gunmen Believed to be Militants from Iran', 21 November 1979.
• 'Iranian Pilgrim Tells of Mecca Attack', 22 November 1979.
• 'Gunmen Still Hold Mecca Mosque: Identity and Motives are Unclear', 22 November 1979.
• 'Saudis Say Gunmen Still Hold Mosque' ,23 November 1979.
• 'Saudis Say Mosque is in their Control', 24 November 1979.
• 'New Data Link Mecca Takeover to Political Rift', 25 February 1980.

Two Pilgrim Passes for Mecca:

• Pilgrim Pass for Heji Abdul Azio bin Heji-Samat, a pilgrim from Kelantan, Malaysia. The pass is the portion to be retained by the Malay Pilgrimage Officer at the Jeddah Office, and bears the details of the passholder, his photograph and thumbprint. It is dated 18-19 June 1924.
• Pilgrim Pass for Che Ali bin Mamat, age 21 months, from Kelanatan, Malaysia. The pass was valid for one return journey on pilgrimage to Mecca, and contains his personal and family details and a photograph. Appended is a repot from the Chief Medical Officer, Kelantan, giving dates of the child's smallpox and cholera vaccinations. It is dated 2-18 August 1939.

Papers written by Roff about Hajj. These are:

• 'The meaning of the Meccan Pilgrimage for Southeast Asian Islam'. This came from a folder dated 1977 and is annotated with 'read at Jerusalem Conf., & to be published in proceedings'. Typed, 10 pages. With the paper are handwritten and typed notes on Hajj, and a typed notice from the Colombia University in the City of New York, advertising a lecture series entitled, 'The Pilgrimage Process: Transience as a Means of Religious Community'; 16 pieces.
• 'Pilgrimage and the History of Religions: Theoretical Approaches to the Hajj'. This came from a folder dated 1980 and is annotated, 'Read at Phoenix Conf., & to be published in [Martin] edited vol.'. Typed, 18 pages.
• 'Sanitation and Security: The Imperial Powers and the Nineteenth Century Hajj'. This is annotated 'Arabian Studies, VI' which was published in 1982. Typed, 43 pages.
• 'Works cited', a handwritten bibliography for an unknown paper, 5 pieces.

Handwritten research notes written by Roff collating information gained from manuscripts and publications about the acts of separation associated with Hajj pilgrimage,21 pieces.

Papers by other scholars sent to Roff:

• 'Ziarat: Pilgrimage in an Iranian City', by Anne H. Betteridge, given at 10th ICAES Congress, Delhi, 1978, typed.
• 'The Abortive Uprisings of the Indonesian Communist Party and its Influence on the Pilgrims to Mecca: 1926-1927' by Akira Nagazumi, from Rima, Vol. 14, No. 2, 1980, typed.
• 'Islam in the Mirror of Ritual' by William A. Graham, given at the 1981 Levi della Vida Conference, typed.
• 'The Economic Effect on Indonesia of the Hajj', by Zamakhsyari Dhofier, from Prisma, 36, 1985, early typed draft and photocopy.
• 'The Pilgrim Ships: Southeast Asia' by H.W. Dick, draft chapters, dated 20 May 1986, typed.
• 'Mecca: Center of Communication' by Harry B. Partin, typed, undated.
• "I have been curious for some years about the way the experience of the hajj has changed over time...", untitled paper with annotation asking for Roff's comment, typed, undated.
• 'Ayat hajj ki Sufi tafasir', from Islam awr 'Asr-i Jadid, Delhi, photocopy, in Arabic.

Handwritten research notes, made by Roff, on publications about Hajj. The notes are arranged alphabetically by author of the work, 101 pieces.

Copies of official documents and articles about the Malayan Hajj along with research notes made by Roff. These are:

• 'Political Intelligence Bureau, Singapore', a letter written by R. Onraet, to forward a report compiled by Haji Abdul Majid, the Malay Pilgrim Officer, about the Malay Hajj in 1924. Photocopies, 21 pages, dated 10 October 1924.
• 'Malay Pilgrimage', review of the Malay Pilgrimage that sailed on the S.S. Titan from Singapore, 13 November 1929, arriving in Jeddah on 1 April 1930. Photocopy, 7 pages.
• Letter from Mahmood, Dato' Perdana Mentri Paduka Raja, Kelantan, to bring to the notice of the Government his observations of the Mecca pilgrimage season 1929-1930. Photocopy, 8 pieces, dated 6 November 1930.
• 'Memorandum of Observations and Comments in Reply to the Remarks and Suggestions put forward by the Dato Perdana Mentri of Kelantan, written by Sd. Haji Abdul Majid, Malay Pilgrimage Office, after consultation with Mr C.G. Hope-Gill, British Legation, Jeddah. Photocopy, 4 pieces, dated 26 January 1931.
• 'Annual Report on the Malayan Pilgrimage for the Season 1355-1356 A.H. or 1936-1937 A.D.' written by Haji Abdul Majid. Photocopy, 6 pieces, dated 13 April 1937.
• 'Annual Report on the Malayan Pilgrimage for the Season 1937-1938 A.D. or 1356-1357 A.H.' written by Haji Abdul Majid. Photocopy, 11 pieces, undated.
• 'Annual Report on the Malayan Pilgrimage for the Season 1938-1939 A.D. or 1357-1358 A.H.' written by Haji Abdul Majid, dated 26 March 1939, with covering letter by E.E.H. Beck, Director, Special Branch, Straits Settlements Police, dated 21 April 1939. Photocopy, 10 pieces.
• 'Annual Report on the Malayan Pilgrimage for the Season 1939-1940 A.D. or 1358-1359 A.H.' written by Pin bin Jusoh, Malay Pilgrimage Officer, dated 28 March 1940, with covering letter by A.H. Dickinson, Inspector-General, Straits Settlements Police, dated 31 May 1940. Photocopy, 6 pieces.
• 'Economic Implications of Moslem Pilgrimage from Malaysia' by Abdul Kadir Haji Din, published in Contemporary Southeast Asia, vol.4, Number 1, June 1982, pp. 58-75. Photocopy, 9 pieces.
• Notes about Hajj, 9 handwritten and 1 typed sheet.