Subseries CAS/10/4 - India Office Library

Identity area

Reference code

GB 891 CAS-CAS/10-CAS/10/4

Title

India Office Library

Date(s)

  • 1929-1948 (Creation)

Level of description

Subseries

Extent and medium

1 archival folder

Context area

Name of creator

Name of creator

(1880-1973)

Biographical history

Herbert Niel Randle C.I.E. F.B.A. (1880–1973) was the librarian of the India Office Library (1933–49; assistant librarian 1927–33),pro fessor of philosophy at Queen's College, Benares, and a writer on Indian philosophy.

Name of creator

Biographical history

Reynold Alleyne Nicholson was a scholar of both Islamic literature and Islamic mysticism and widely regarded as one of the greatest Rumi scholars and translators in the English language. He was an original trustee of the Gibb Memorial Trust and for manyread more

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Correspondence and reports primarily concerned with Storey cataloguing manuscripts in the India Office Library collections.

Description control area

Description identifier

gb 891 cas/10/4