Showing 8773 results

Letter from Hamilton Gibb to Mrs Davis, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to send his suggestions for the titles for the Prize Essay Competition and also to send a draft letter to Monsieur Bacot of the Société Asiatique concerning the draft Statutes of the proposed International Union of Orientalists. He asks if the Royal Asiatic Society has received a copy of the draft Statutes. With his letter is that to Monsieur Bacot, also dated 28 July 1951.

Letter from Hamilton Gibb, Acting Assistant Secretary, International Union of Orientalists, to Mrs Davis, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform that it has been proposed to hold a General Assembly of the Union at Paris in September 1953. He provides an agenda and asks that a representative be delegated.

Letter from Hamilton Gibb to Professor Beckingham to express his gratitude at the conferment of the Medal and to ask that it be presented to him in Oxford as he is no longer able to travel. Typed letter, undated. With this is a handwritten speech in which Gibb writes of his gratitude and his work in Arabic studies.

Letter from H.A.R. Gibb to C.A. Storey to inform that he and Dr Arberry had met concerning the Presentation List for "Tadhkirat al-Mulūk". He tells that Minorsky has asked to see the list to make further suggestions.

Letter from Harold J. Dodge, Assistant Professor of Literature, Nankai University, to "Whom It May Concern" to recommend Hong-Bin Liu for graduate study.

Letter from Harold Roth to Angus Graham to send his comments on the "Kuan Tze" (Guanzi) chapter. Handwritten notes are with the letter.

Letter from Helen Sarro, Assistant to the Director at New York University Press, to Angus Graham to send him a copy of The Dilemma of Contex t by Ben-Ami Scharfstein. Originally packed with Ben-Ami's Scharfstein's book The Dilemma of Context (Graham Collection).

Letter from Helen Wallis, British Museum Map Room, to Terence Armstrong. The British Museum had been unable to trace a photographic order for Allen's book 'Russian Embassies to Georgian Kings'. Therefore they ask that it be resubmitted. Dated: 8 January 1968.

Letter from Henry Beveridge to Charlotte Hughes, Secretary to the Royal Asiatic Society, in which he writes that he has now corrected the last galley proofs of Rogers' translation of the 12th year of the Memoirs of Jahāngīr to complete the first volume. He writes that the index is also nearly completed. He is also sending the 13th, 14th and part of the 15th years and will send more when he has received the type-written pages from Miss Pitherbridge. He writes that the translation need not go further than the 19th year. Beveridge also writes about some corrections that he has made to the translation. Handwritten letter with printed letterhead "Pitfold, Shottermill, Haslemere, R.S.O.", 2 pieces, 8 sides, dated 3 March 1909.

Letter from Henry Beveridge to Charlotte Hughes, Secretary to the Royal Asiatic Society, in which he writes that he is enclosing the remainder of Alexander Rogers' manuscript. He writes that he has not had the last years typewritten but has corrected Rogers' translation. he writes that he feels that Rogers' Manuscript could now be destroyed as the account of the first 12 years has now been published. Beveridge suggests however that the manuscript for the years 19-22 should be kept as if may be useful in future years. Handwritten with printed letterhead, "Pitfold, Shottermill, Haslemere", 2 pieces, 5 pages, dated 5 May 1909.