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Contents of Autograph Book of B.H. Hodgson. List of all the contents in the autograph book with page numbers and dates. In Susan Hodgson's hand.

Description: Black and brown hardcover bound notebook with white pages. Handwritten in ink with detailed table of contents and page numbers. Inserts held in place with string. Identified as West 15 in de Menasce handlist.

Contents:

• Continuation of contents of Rivayat MS. N. 29 (B29a) of Bombay University Library (continued from vol. 14. p. 241)
• On p.23: Az kitah-I Sadidar Nasan - Dan chihal u panjum in-kih [as in vol. 12 (West 12 or EWW/1/12), p.50, 51, see pencilled collation there]

Inserts:

• Copied from Prof. Goldman's letter 14 April 1885, following copies from E2 (modern Khurdah Avesta belonging to Dastur Edalju Darabji Rustamji Sanjana)
• A list of transliterated Sanskrit words with their meanings in English copied from "Wilson's Sanskrit Dictionary"
• "Sasanian Pahlavi Matrixes and Type"

Description: Thin black hardbound notebook with ruled white pages handwritten in ink. Inserts held in place with brass paper clips.

Contents:

• Continuation of "Habits des Parsis"
• "List of the Parsi Ceremonial apparatus collected by Professor Haug in India"
• Summary of a section of "The Chronology of Nations"

Continuation of the Comparative Vocabulary of the broken tribes of Nepal. "Continuation of the Comparative vocabulary of the languages of the broken tribes of Nepal by B H Hodgson". Vocabulary sheets comparing English, Kusuńda, Pakhýa, Thakśya and Tháru. Handwritten, 5 large sheets, 9 sides, undated.

Continuation of the Comparative Vocabulary of the Kirântis. "Continuation of the comparative vocabulary of the several dialects of the Kirânti language B.H. Hodgson R.C.S." Vocabulary sheets comparing English, Báhinggyá, Lόhόrόng, Lámbichhang, Báláli, Sángpáng, Dúmi, Kháling and Dúngmáli. With extra annotations. Handwritten, 6 large sheets, 12 sides, undated.

Field Survey Book: black, hardback, one page of field notes containing latitude and longitude of the architecture - a continuation of the Compass Survey of Sri Dheb in Siam (Amphur Vijiem, Changvad Pejabun, Siam).

Description: Blue-green patterned hard cover note book with blue ruled pages, handwritten in ink and pencil. Several inserts. Identified as West 66 in de Menasce handlist.

Contents: Continuation of West 66; Extracts with translation of Framji's appendix.

Inserts:

• folio with folio numbers of the Yasna with possibly sentence long summaries of sets of folios
• folio with "Yasna XXVII" with word and idiom meanings
• scrap of paper with "ta," "da," etc.
• scrap of paper with possibly folio numbers

After Charles became King, all his patronages were considered. This material concerns his decision to continue his patronage of the Royal Asiatic Society. There are two letters:

• Letter from Sir Clive Alderton, Principal Private Secretary to the King and Queen, Buckingham Palace, to Dr Alison Ohta, Director, Royal Asiatic Society to inform that in the review of the patronages of the late Queen and the former Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall, it was decided that the King would be delighted to retain his patronage of the Society. Typed letter with printed letterhead, 1 piece, dated 3 May 2024. With the letter is the accompanying envelope.
• Copy of a letter from Dr Alison Ohta to Sir Clive Alderton to express on behalf of the Society, their delight in hearing that the King will retain the patronage and the wish of the Society to present His Majesty with a copy of the new limited edition of James Tod's Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan. Typed, 2 pieces, dated 8 May 2024.

Three copies of Conze's publication: "contradiction and reality", published by Wightman & Co. Ltd., London (1939). Plus a typed partial draft with handwritten note "Vera's Sutra from Teddy" on title page.

"Conventions for describing types of phrase", and a further single page of "The reconstitution of a mutilated document of the Mohist logicans: the Ta ch'u".