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GB 891 WA-WA/2-WA/2/1-WA/2/1/22 · File · 9th May 1962
Part of Papers of William Edward David Allen

Letter from V. Minorsky to W.E.D. Allen in which Minorsky writes of his shock on hearing of Allen's wife's operation and its repercussions. He writes concerning volume 2 of Gibb's publication, he has found volume 1 a useful work of reference. He writes that he is to go to London on the following day to receive the Triennial Gold Medal of the Royal Asiatic Society. Dated: 9 May 1962.

Minorsky Vladimir 1877-1966 Orientalist
GB 891 WA-WA/2-WA/2/1-WA/2/1/33 · File · 7th Jul 1964
Part of Papers of William Edward David Allen

Letter from V. Minorsky to W.E.D. Allen in which he thanks for Allen's Christmas card and asks regarding his health, He asks about Allen's book in the Hakluyt series. Minorsky has had no time to add further translations. He has had visits from a Persian general and then a Georgian Semitic scholar. He also attended a Congress of Islamology, He is involved in a project of republishing his HUDUD. He asks if Allen will be visiting Cambridge in 1965. In a postscript he writes that he is sending a list of his books to Allen to see if there is anything he would like. This list is present with the letter. Dated: 7 July 1964.

Minorsky Vladimir 1877-1966 Orientalist