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The majority of administrative correspondence is only kept for its working life. This series contains representative samples of the types of administrative letters and those considered to be of archival value, dating from 1901 to the current day.

Correspondence concerned with the Journal sent and received in the 1970s and 1980s. These are:

• Correspondence between the Royal Asiatic Society, W.E.D. Allen and Professor G.A. Daniyalov, Vice-President of the Daghestan Filiale of the Soviet Academy of Sciences concerning asking Daniyalov to write an article for the Journal on his archaeological discoveries at the Aul of Arakanee in the distirct of Kumukh, Central Daghestan. 7 letters, dated 8 November 1971 - 22 May 1972.
• Correspondence concerned with a specially bound edition of the Journal in honour of Sir Mortimer Wilson for His Imperial Majesty, Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi. Two letters, dated 15 and 23 June 1972.
• Correspondence between the Royal Asiatic Society and Anthony R. Walker concerned with the possible publication of his paper on the Red Lahu people in the hills of northern Thailand. 3 letters, dated 2 - 21 February 1972.
• Correspondence between the Royal Asiatic Society, F.R.C. Bagley, Mrs M.N. Bagley and C.E. Bosworth concerned with the possible publication of an article by F.R.C. Bagley, Lecturer in Persian Studies, University of Durham, about Khuzestan, written after a visit to the region. 5 letters, dated 28 October - 4 December 1972.
• Correspondence between Friedhelm Hardy and Simon Digby concerned with the possible publication of Hardy's article on Madhavendra Puri. 2 letters, dated 2 -13 November 1972.
• Letter from Charles Beckingham, Hon. Editor, to Dennis Duncanson, Chairman of the Publications Committee, regarding the possible payment of book reviewers. He also suggests that David Morgan might be a suitable candidate to work alongside him, and then replace him as Editor of the Journal. 1 letter, dated 10 April 1984.

Letter from W.E.D. Allen to V. Minorsky in which Allen informs Minorsky of his nervous breakdown and his wife's ill health and their respective recoveries. Allen also sends his delight on the Royal Asiatic Society's marking of Minorsky's 85th birthday (Minorsky was awarded the Society's Triennial Gold Medal in 1962, notification of which arrived on his 85th birthday). Dated: 3 April 1962.

Letter from W.E.D. Allen to V. Minorsky in which Allen informs Minorsky that he has had a zerograph copy made of the Volume lent by Minorsky and has returned the original volume. Allen also updates Minorsky on the slow progress of his Hakluyt translation project and offers to send him a spare copy of the work thus far. Dated: 4 August 1962.

Letter from W.E.D. Allen to V. Minorsky in which Allen informs Minorsky of his upcoming trip to London and thanks him for lending him a copy of Zap. Koll. Vost. Vol. V. Dated: 6 July 1962.

Bibliography titled: "Wordage estimated from printed Turkish edition. Summary of contents in French by Professor Awirl Decei of Istanbul". List of volumes of Evliya Celebi's work including dates of volumes, estimates of page number and word count of each volume in Allen's handwriting. Typed manuscript, undated.

Manuscript titled: Translation of Cavit Baysun's article in "Turk Islam Ansiklopedisi". Summary of Turkish work on Evliya Celebi. This summary was used by Allen during his early research on the topic, Allen also attached a copy with his project proposal to Harold Bowen at the Hakluyt Society. Dated: 1948.