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A party of Provincial Governors from Thailand spent four weeks in Britain as the guests of the Foreign Office and under arrangements made by the Central Office of Information.
The photographs shows the visitors during their tour of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, with Professor E.H.S. Simmonds, looking at Thai manuscripts.
The party comprises; Mom Chao Thongkumplew Thong Yai, Governor of Chandaburi; Nai Phol Vongsarote, Governor of Nakornprathom; Nai San Ekmahachai, Governor of Nakornsrithamaraj; Nai Jad Urasyanandha, Governor of Petburi; Police Major-General Samart Vayavananta, Governor of Prachinburi; Nai Supat Wongvatana, Governor of Sakol Nakhorn.

Professor E.H.S. Simmonds as President of the Royal Asiatic Society receiving guests at a dinner in Fishmonger's Hall, City of London, 3 photos with accompanying label.

Diploma of Honorary Membership for Professor Nikolaus Rhodokanakis, dated 8 May 1923. With mark-ups in pencil, probably used as a template when a new design was proposed at a later date.

Diploma of Honorary Fellowship for Professor M. C. Subhadradis Diskul (elected in 1985).

Diploma of Honorary Membership for Louis Massignon, D. Litt Professeur au College de France, dated 14 June 1927. With pencil mark-ups indicating the signatures of the President, Director and Secretary, again probably used as a template for designing a new version.

B&W print of the painting of Professor Horace Hayman Wilson.

Two colour photographs of Professor Francis Robinson, former RAS President, posing in front of the Society's Qajar painting depicting two girls (Head Cat. No. 01.002). Includes a contact sheet of other photographs from the photoshoot, taken on 4 July 2006 by Robert Workman. Photographs taken to marked his retirement as President of the Society in June 2006.

Description: Thin black softcover notebook with unruled white pages, handwritten in ink. Some inserts.
Contents: Professor Ferdinand Justi's Essay "On the Life and Legend of Zoroaster"
Inserts: A folio serving an indexical purpose to Denkart, and a further folio with German-English translation.

B&W print of the photograph of Professor the Rt. Hon. F. Max Muller.

A biographical note of Professor E.H.S. Simmonds by Manas Chitakasem.