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Material associated with loans from the Society's collections between 2011-2014:

• Correspondence and documentation between the Asia Society, New York and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the loan of Shahnamah of Firdausi (RAS Persian 239) for the exhibition, 'Muhammad Juki's Shahnamah of Firdausi'. Computer printed, 69 pieces, dated 23 November 2010-25 January 2011.
• Correspondence and documentation between the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the loan of Shahnamah of Firdausi (RAS Persian 239) for the exhibition, 'Gifts of the Sultan: The Arts of Giving at the Islamic Courts'. This was a version of the exhibition held at the Asia Society. Typed and computer printed, 39 pieces, dated 8 December 2009 - 13 January 2012.
• Correspondence and documentation between the Diss Museum, Norfolk and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the loan of the bust and portrait of Thomas Manning (Head Cat. No. 02.003 and 01.006), including two condition reports by Bronwyn Leone on the portrait. The portrait does not seem to be included in the loan eventually. Typed and handwritten, 8 pieces, dated January to February 2011.
• Correspondence and documentation between the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage, State of Qatar, and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the loan of Shahnamah of Firdausi (RAS Persian 239) for the exhibition, 'Gifts of the Sultan: The Arts of Giving at the Islamic Courts', This was the final destination of this exhibition. Printed and computer printed, 12, pieces, dated 23 - 25 March 2012.
• Correspondence and documentation between the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, Hong Kong, and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the usage rights for historical photos for display in the permanent Exhibition 'The Hong Kong Story' and further usage rights for a photo for the exhibition, 'Hong Kong Observatory - Under the Same Sky 130 years'. Typed and computer printed, 8 pieces, dated 20 June 2011 - 4 June 2013.
• Correspondence and documentation between the Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the loan of material for the Institute's exhibition on the Arabian Nights. Typed, computer printed and handwritten, 17 pieces, dated 26 March 2012.
• Correspondence and documentation between the Fondazione Roma Arte Musei, Italy, and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the loan of the Gulistan of Sa'di (RAS Persian 258) for the exhibition, 'Akbar, the Great Emperor of India'. Typed and computer printed, 31 pieces, dated 4 July 2011 - 25 May 2012.
• Correspondence between the Department of the Study of Religions, SOAS, London, and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the loan of material for the exhibition, 'The Everlasting Flame: Zoroastrianism in history and imagination', with condition reports on Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy's engraving (Head Cat No. 089.009) and Tarikh-i Bukhara (RAS Persian 159(1)). Typed and computer printed, 14 pieces, dated 29 February 2013.
• Correspondence from the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, concerning the loan of manuscripts (RAS Persian 211, RAS Persian 239) and artworks (Head Cat. No. 051.001, 064.001) for the exhibition, 'A Score of Kingdoms' (later renamed to 'Kings & Pawns'), opening in March 2014. Typed, 2 pieces, dated 17 March 2013.
• Correspondence between the British Broadcasting Company and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the loan of the film about Iraq for use in the programme Dan Cruickshank and the Lost Cities of Iraq. Typed, 8 pieces, dated 21 May 2013 - 12 July 2013. Also Correspondence regarding secondary use. Typed, 2 pieces, dated 10 April 2017.
• Correspondence from the Museum of London concerning the renewal of the loan of the framed portrait of the Parsi shipbuilders (Head cat. no. 01.007-008) for one year for their 'Expanding City' gallery, with loan agreement, 3 pieces, dated 21 March 2013. The portrait had been on loan to the Museum since September 2009. Also included are two sets of Exhibition and Loan Condition Report of the portrait compiled by Jacobs Conservation and Preservation in 2013, with close-up images of the portrait, 23 pieces.

Material associated with loans from the Society's collections between 1981 and 1990. These are:

• Correspondence and loan form between the British Library and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the loan of manuscripts for the Library's 'The Art of the Book in India' April - August 1982. Four pieces, typed, printed and handwritten, dated 9 September 1981 - 2 April 1982.
• Correspondence between the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the loan of James Wales' portrait of The Maratha Peshwa and Nana Fadnavis and Patrick Waugh's 'Jain Temple at Kumbhalmer' for the Museum's 'India Observed 1700-1860' as part of the Festival of India 1981 -1982. Seven pieces, typed, dated 20 July 1981 - 4 January 1982.
• Correspondence, loan forms and copies of newspaper articles between the Arts Council of Great Britain and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the loan of paintings to the 'In the Image of Man' Exhibition to be held at the Hayward Gallery, March to June 1982. Typed and photocopied, 21 pieces, dated 5 October 1981 - 20 July 1982.
• Correspondence between the Centro Piementose di Studi sul Medio ed Estemo Oriente, Turin, Italy and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the loan of two miniatures for the centre's 'Courtly Life in Rajasthan' Exhibition. Five pieces, typed, dated 12 September 1984 - 23 April 1985.
• Correspondence between the Asia Society, New York, the British Library and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the loan of manuscripts for the 'Fatehpur Sikri and the Age of Akhbar' Exhibition to be held at the Asia Society Galleries and then at the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 36 pieces, typed, printed and handwritten, dated 27 June 1984 - 1 April 1986.
• Correspondence and loan forms with the Centre for Asian Art, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, the British Library and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the loan of the Society's Shahnama manuscript for the 'Timur and the Princely Vision' Exhibition to be held in 1989. Handwritten typed and printed, 68 pieces, dated 29 May 1986 - 11 December 1989.
• Correspondence between the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the British Library and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the loan of the Society's Masnavi manuscript for the 'Romance of the Taj Mahal' Exhibition, 1989. Typed and photocopied, 22 pieces, dated 14 August 1987 - October 1989.
• Correspondence from Beth Hatefutsoth, The Nahum Goldman Museum of the Jewish Diaspora, Israel, to the Royal Asiatic Society concerning possible loan of visual material concerned with Jews in Iraq before 1952. Typed, 3 pieces, dated 18 July - 15 November 1988.
• A letter from the Tyne and Wear Museums Service concerning the possible loan of Indian miniatures for a forthcoming exhibition at Shipley Art Gallery. Typed with handwritten annotations, dated 12 June 1989.
• Correspondence and publicity material between the British Library and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the loan of Malay and Javanese manuscripts for the 'Paper and Gold: Illuminated Manuscripts from the Indonesian Archipelago, held July - October 1990. Typed, photocopied and printed, 17 pieces, dated 12 February 1990 - 19 October 1990.
• Correspondence and loan forms between the National Portrait Gallery, London and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the loan of paintings for the exhibition, 'The Raj: India and the British 1600-1947'. Typed and printed, 22 pieces, dated 31 January 1990 - 23 April 1991.