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Green cover book, the title on the front page reads 'Events of the travels of Jaisalmer', Jaisalmer is in Jodhpur, Rajastan. The text refers to the work as a narration by Khodadad Khan, secretary to the office of the Commissioner of Sindh. It is a report which has been approved by a committee with the mention of the town Karachi.

Description: Uncovered notebook with lined pages, handwritten in ink an pencil. Identified as West 57D-1 in de Menasce handlist.
Contents: E.W. West's occasional papers and other literary works - a list of papers he has written, compiled in his own hand.

Draft of article by Henricks and associated letter. These are: Examining the Ma-wang-tui Silk Texts of the Lao-tzu: With Special Note of Their Differences From the Wang Pi Text, offprint from T'oung Pao, Vol. LXV, 4-5. Examining the Ma-wang-tui Silk Texts of the Lao-tzu: With Special Note of Their Differences From the Wang Pi Text, typed draft by Robert G. Henricks, eventually published in T'oung Pao 65.4-5 (1979): 166-199, 59 pieces. Letter from Robert G. Henricks to Angus Graham to send Graham a copy of his T'oung Pao article, dated 27 October 1980.

Printed, stamped, embossed and a wax imprint of examples of some of the emblems used by the Society through its history.

"Excavations at Shahr-i Qumis, Iran, 1971" by John F. Hansman and David Stronach. Reprinted from : National Geographic Society research reports, 1970 Projects, pages 237-258. Printed in Washington D.C. 1979.

Description: Small black leather softcover notebook with ruled white pages. Multiple inserts.
Contents: Excerpts and summaries from various sources relating to Oriental scholars, Persian MSS, astronomy, (e.g. Journal of the Bengal Asiatic Society Col 54 [1885] Part 1, pp. 140-2, Chronology of Ancient Nations by Albiruni, Tarikh-I Tabaristan by Muhammad ibn ul-Hasan", Oriental Memoirs by James Forbes, ; ; "Dr. John Fryer's Travels", Indian Gazetteer)
Inserts:

• Folios with title and citation of articles relating to Zoroastrian Studies
• folio with list of books titled "India. Descriptive Works and Travels (old)
• Reading room request forms
• scraps of paper with "1865 Transit of first point of Aries", directions to some place in Piccadilly, book title "Corpus papyrorum Raineri archiducis Austrioe", containing titles for Ancient British History, transcriptions from fragments of the Persian MSS
• Folios with notes regarding Raja Prithviraj, titled "Early Traces of Pahlavi"

Administrative documents detailing journal exchanges:

• Lists of Exchanges, gifts and purchases of journals and periodicals dating to the early 1930s. Typed and handwritten, 56 pieces.
• 'Royal Asiatic Society Journals etc Exchanged or Bought, & Journals & other series Presented' - a large notebook containing entries dating from 1951 - 1967. This notebook is without its boards or spine and is in fragile condition.
• 'Exchanges Accepted' and 'Exchanges Rejected' listing journals accepted and rejected for exchange between 1964 -1977. Typed, 4 pieces.
• Administrative lists detailing exchanges etc, handwritten and typed for periods, 1980-1982, 1983-1986 (2 sets of lists), 1987-1990 (2 sets of lists), 265 pieces.
• 'Back issues of serials requested' - lists of request for missing issues. Typed, 8 pieces, undated [1996].
• 'Periodical Titles currently Received and on Display in the Reading Room of the Library' - typed list of periodicals, 3 pieces, undated [1990s].
• 'Exchange Journals from which no Periodical or Correspondence has been received for at least Five Years' - typed list, 3 pieces, dated 8 May 2000.
• 'Serials - Numerical Order, 1997/part rev. July 2001' - typed list, 14 pieces.
• 'List of Libraries and Institutions subscribing to the Society's Journal' - photocopied list with handwritten annotation 'Entries marked - also appear on the C.U.P (Cambridge University Press) List! MJP (Michael Pollock, Librarian) 5.12.2001', 10 pieces.
• 'Printout from CUP data base of "free" copies of J.R.A.S. December 2001' - typed list, 21 pieces.
• 'Report on Periodical of Serial Exchanges in the Library of the R.A.S.' - report written by Michael Pollock concerning the history of periodical exchange and current situation. Typed, 2 pieces, dated 3 January 2002.

Correspondence concerned with Journal Exchanges. The subseries has been divided into chronological files.

Exercise book containing riddles. The riddles are numbered but not consecutively. The final page has a list of anagrams. Undated. Handwritten, marbled paper cover

Correspondence concerning an exhibition in the Print Room of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. These are:

• Letter from Jim Harle to John to suggest the idea of having an exhibition in Oxford as part of the sesquicentenary celebrations, dated 2 October 1970.
• Letter from B.W. Robinson, President of Royal Asiatic Society, to Dr James Harle, Department of Eastern Art, Ashmolean Museum, to ask whether an exhibition might be possible at the Ashmolean Museum, dated 20 November 1972.
• Letter from Dr James Harle, Department of Eastern Art, Ashmolean Museum, to B.W. Robinson, President of Royal Asiatic Society, to give his ideas for an exhibition at the Ashmolean and that he would begin planning, dated 28 November 1972.
• Letter from Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Dr James Harle, Department of Eastern Art, Ashmolean Museum, to ask for firm dates for the exhibition, dated 1 March 1973.
• Letter from Dr James Harle, Department of Eastern Art, Ashmolean Museum, to Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform her that the exhibition will run through May 1973 and will be held in the Print Room with material mainly from the Bodleian Library, dated 7 March 1973.
• Letter from Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Dr James Harle, Department of Eastern Art, Ashmolean Museum, to thank him for the details concerning the exhibition and to ask that requests for any loans of material to be sent for the next Council meeting, dated 12 March 1973.
• Letter from Simon Digby to Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform her of the material he will be collecting from the Royal Asiatic Society to take to the Ashmolean Museum, dated 27 April 1973.