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Material in Persian and Arabic script. These are:

• A bound notebook with cloth cover containing a series of essays on religion and history. An index can be found at the front of the book
• A small handmade notebook held together by a simple tie containing texts in Persian.
• A further small handmade notebook containing texts in Persian
• Pages from an unknown printed text contain historical material, 18 pages. These are in a fragile condition.
• The final few pages and the back board of an unknown publication of a history text.
• Large blue sheet on which is compiled genealogical material, handwritten.
• Four sides of paper with words taken from gravestones, handwritten.

Items separated from their original letters. These are:

• Copies of 2 letters sent between Terence Phelps to Dr. W. Zwalf, British Museum, concerning the site of Kapilavastu. These are dated 15 and 19 October 1993;
  *Photocopy of an extract from 'The Maha-Bodhi and the United Buddhist World', 1901-2, concerning a German Buddhist priest;
• An extract from 'The Piprahwa Stupa in the Birdpore Estate containing the relics of Buddha' from the Peppé Papers, Centre of South Asian Studies, Cambridge;
• A file from the Department of Revenue and Agriculture, 24 March 1899.

The travel itineraries of Quaritch Wales and his wife, Dorothy. The series contains thirty-six itineraries, including visits to: Greece, Venice, Italy, Germany, India, Russia and Central Asia, Siam and Burma, Malaya and Southern Thailand.

Itinerary for Professor B. Shirendev's visit to Britain, sponsored by the University of Leeds and The British Council from 12-25 May 1970.

It's Called the Blues by Herbert Krohn, printed in Evergreen, March 1968. Photocopy with notes from Krohn to Angus Graham.

Ivor Montagu's "Mongolia joins the Modern World". A column about modern Mongolia from The Times, 26 July 1961.

"A brief descripton of the Jaipur-related documents deposited with the Royal Asiatic Society by Dr Michael Willis.The list was compiled by Rima Hooja, dated 16 June 2003.

Proofs from J.J. Modi's Jāmāspī in Pahlavi. Persian and Pazand texts. Unbound material stamped with "Rough Proof from B.E.S. Press" 18 February and 24 February 1902. The texts were published in 1897 and 1903.

The Society's collections hold two Jambudvipa - RAS Cat.065.001 and RAS Cat.069.001. The information about these is:

• 'Royal Asiatic Society, Number 065.001, Jambudvipa, a Jain map of the universe, c.1830' - an article by Dr Nalini Balbir concerning this item. Also with this is another article by Balbir, 'Jain Yantra kept at the Royal Asiatic Society', dated January 2012.
• 'Science Museum: 5000 years of Science and Innovation - Illuminating India' - advertising brochure for the exhibition in which the Society's Jambudvipa is featured, 2017-2018.
• 'The Silk Road to Silicon Valley - 5000 years of Indian innovation' - copy of an article from The Times, 3 October 2017 concerning the Science Museum exhibition in which the Jambudvipa was shown.

James Forlong bequeathed money to the Royal Asiatic Society to come to the Society upon the death of his wife. The money was to be used towards the establishment of an 'Imperial Oriental College or School' and in particular for the promotion of lectures. This fund was to be administered by the Royal Asiatic Society. With the opening of the School of Oriental Studies, London, it was necessary to negotiate with the School about the use of the Fund. These papers consist of administrative documents and correspondence concerned with both the inauguration of the Forlong Fund and its continuing application for lectures and scholarships. The administrative documents and correspondence concerning the publications undertaken can be found in the Society's publication records.