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A handwritten letter in Persian script (official language of Mogul India in 1857), the letter is addressed to Major General Sir Frederic John Goldsmid and mentions Commissioner of Sindh, Bartle Frere, and Colonel Morder from Pune. The letter is sent from Muhammad Khan of Hyderabad who prays for Colonel Morder's good health after becoming infected with cholera by drinking water from River Indus. Muhammad Khan vows to pay him a visit.

A List of Lists. One side of paper has a list of 9 different lists pertaining to Hodgson's possessions. On reverse are various titles pertaining to lists and dates ranging from 1854-58. Handwritten, 1 piece, 2 sides, 1854-1858.

"A List of Malay and Javanese Books - Lady Raffles requests to present to the Asiatic Society the Malay & Javanese manuscripts which were collected by Sir Stamford Raffles. Lady Raffles believes the enclosed Paper contains a list of them. Lower [Grosvenor] (address given in membership list 1825) Street Jul 12/30". The Donation is recorded as on January 16th 1830. Handwritten list, 3 pieces, 7 sides.

A List of the Character Variants and Their Occurrences in the Ma-wang-tui Texts of the Lao-tzu (Introduction), copy of the draft introduction by Robert G. Henricks. There are missing pages in the notes section (notes 11-20). Published in the Journal of Chinese Linguistics Vol. 10, No. 2 (JUNE 1982), pp. 207-275.

'A List of the Oriental Coins preserved in the British Museum' by Bernhard Dorn - handwritten list of coins, undated.

A loose plate with photograph of "Buddha from Pangkalan, Ipoh, Perak". Black and white photograph loose sheet from a book or journal.

A Maldivian Nakaiyterikaṅ (astrology) manuscript. At the commencement of the manuscript it is titled in English, "Nek-ket Were-ingay foy which means our conjuring book". This is followed by an explanation of its use, e.g. in consulting before undertaking a voyage. This copy was made in September 1817 by Nalle Tandy, a "Chitty man" who was the interpreter of the Maldivian language.

"A New System of Sword Exercise for Infantry by Richard F. Burton, author of 'A System of Bayonet Exercises' (1853)". (London: William Clowes & Sons 1876.) Red cloth binding, gold lettering on front with crossed swords.

A New Theory on the Origins of Mohism draft by Chow Tse-tsung (University of Wisconsin), eventually published in Wen-lin: Studies in the Chinese Humanities, Vol. 2 (1968) presented at the 27th International Congress of Orientalists, Ann Arbor, 1967.

Description: Blue and yellow patterned soft cover notebook, handwritten in ink. Identified as West 50 in de Menasce handlist.
Contents: A Pahlavi Glossary. On the inside cover there is a list of all the sources used and their respective abbreviations. West also notes the words that don't appear in any glossary.