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Letter from W.L. Raynes, Clerk to the Trust, to C.A. Storey to inform Storey that he has received 25 bound copies of Mathnawi IV.7 and 12 bound copies of Kitab Al-Badi N.S.X. from Cox & Allen. He also sends Luzac's Sales Account to December 1941. He writes that Dow & Lester have despatched the brasses but they have not yet been received. With this letter is a copy of the Luzac Sales Account.

Material associated with loans from the Society's collections between 1970 and 1980. These are:

• Correspondence between The British Council, the Royal Asiatic Society and Luzac & Company Ltd. concerning the loan of books for the Council's exhibition, 'British Books on the Arab World'. Seven pieces, typed, dated 17 December 1970 - 23 June 1971.
• Correspondence between A. Lodge, Librarian, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, and Secretary of the South-East Asia Library Group, and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the loan of the Society's Javanese and Balinese manuscripts to Dr. Theodore Pigeaud, Netherlands, for the purpose of cataloguing them. Four pieces, typed, dated 15 March 1971 - 22 June 1971.
• Correspondence between the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal, and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the loan of manuscripts for their exhibition commemorating the 25th centenary of the Persian Empire. Seven pieces, typed and handwritten, dated 6 March 1972 - 5 May 1972.
• Correspondence between the India Office Library, London, and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the loan of the Society's manuscript, Rāmcaritmānas for an exhibition to be held the Conference Room of the India Office Library in conjunction with a conference at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. Four pieces of correspondence, typed, dated 15 January 1974 - 30 January 1974. The exhibition booklet is also with this correspondence.
• Letter from C.B.F. Walker, British Museum, to John Hansman, Royal Asiatic Society, to return two letters from the Papers of Henry Creswicke Rawlinson which he had borrowed. Typed, one piece, dated 25 January 1974.
• Correspondence between R. Borger for the Göttingen Muncipal Museum and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning loan of material from the Papers of Henry Creswicke Rawlinson for an exhibition honouring the second centenary of G.F. Grotefend, decipherer of cuneiform. Typed, 10 pieces, dated 20 February 1975 - 29 April 1975.
• Correspondence between the British Museum and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the loan of the Society's 'Sa'di's Gulistan' manuscript for the museum's exhibition, 'Islamic painting in India'. Two pieces, typed, dated 28 October 1975 - 18 December 1975.

World of Islam Festival April- June 1976
In 1976 the World of Islam Festival was staged. The Society's main contribution was the loan of manuscripts to an exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, London for their exhibition, 'Arts of Islam'. However, alongside the administrative documents concerning the loans are other administrative documents, publicity material and newspaper articles:

• World of Islam Festival Trust Exhibitions Committee - amended Minutes of the First Meeting of 6 November 1973, 7 pieces, typed.
• Correspondence between the World of Islam Festival Trust, the Arts Council of Britain, the British Library and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the Society's participation in the Festival and in particular the loan of manuscripts to the exhibition. 15 pieces, typed, dated 18 September 1974 - 28 July 1976.
• Loan forms for the manuscripts lent to the Hayward Gallery. Printed forms with typewritten insertions and additional typed information, 7 pieces.
• Publicity and invitations for allied lectures and exhibitions to be held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History, the Royal Festival Hall in conjunction with the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Cairo, an International Islamic Conference at the Royal Albert Hall, the British Institute of Persian Studies, the British School of Archaeology in Iraq, the British Institute in Eastern Africa, the Royal Commonwealth Society, the Royal Institute of British Architects, the Architectural Association School of Architecture and the Royal Scottish Museum with the University of Edinburgh. 14 pieces, printed and typed.
• 'Islamic Council of Europe,' a printed leaflet explaining the objectives of the council.
• Two colour pamphlets advertising the festival. One is titled ' World of Islam Festival and the other is a copy of the Aramco world magazine, May -June 1976 dedicated to the Festival.
• Newspaper articles from The Times advertising and commenting on the Festival and wider issues connected to Islam in Britain. Printed, 6 articles, dated 21 March 1975 - 14 April 1976. Also photocopies of articles specifically commenting on the exhibition from The Times, Observer, The Illustrated London News, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Financial Times and The Sunday Times, 10 April - May 1976.

1977-1980

• Letter from John Hansman, British Institute of Persian Studies, to Charles Beckingham, President, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning the possible loan of archives and artworks for an exhibition to mark the official opening of the new British Institute of Persian Studies. Typed with handwritten annotations, 1 piece, dated 12 March 1977.
• Correspondence and loan form from the Scottish Arts Council for manuscripts lent by the Society to their Persian Miniature Paintings Exhibition at the Edinburgh Festival 1977. Printed and typed, 3 pieces, dated 1 -5 April 1977.
• Loan Agreement between Asia House Gallery, New York, and the Royal Asiatic Society for loan of the Chinese photographic album compiled by Mr Howell, 1 piece, dated 28 July 1977.
• Correspondence from the British Museum concerning the loan of the Society's Jami' al-Tawarikh manuscript for a temporary exhibition of Islamic paintings. Two pieces, typed, dated 30 June 1978 - 31 January 1979.
• Correspondence from the British Council regarding a loan of the Society's Journal to an exhibition touring in Europe. 1 piece, printed and typed, dated 4 January 1979.
• Correspondence between the British Library and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the loan, and necessary export licence required, of the Society's Persian manuscript to an exhibition at Asia House, New York. Typed, handwritten and photocopies, 12 pieces, dated 2 January 1979 - 10 February 1979.

Letter from W.L. Raynes, Clerk to the Trust, to C.A. Storey to enclose a letter from Luzac and to enquire whether he should ask Luzac to approach the Ministry of Supply. With this letter is a copy of the letter from Luzac to W.L. and E.G. Raynes regarding the binding of the books and that a concession might be made as the books are required for export which would be a means of obtaining foreign currency.

Postcard from Luzac & Co. to C.A. Storey to state that they have received instructions to send copies of some of the Gibb Fund Volumes to Dr Reser. Luzac wanted to check who had sent the request, Storey or Raynes, but as the request was marked urgent they felt it important to inform Storey they can only partially complete the order as they are still waiting for Volumes from the binder.