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Letter from W.E.D. Allen to the Secretary of Societé Asiatique in which Allen asks that Gray may be able to join the society. Dated: 15 August 1958.

Letter from W.E.D. Allen to V. Minorsky to return Daghestan Sbornik Vol. III to Minorsky. Also with this letter is a note of Minorsky's address in Cambridge. Dated: 1 August 1961.

Letter from WW.E.D. Allen to V. Minorsky in which Allen details his intention of sharing a book on al-Ghazal's embassy to the Vikings with Minorsky. Dated: 11 November 1959.

Letter from W.E.D. Allen to V. Minorsky with which Allen is sending a cheque to pay for the books he bought from the bibliography. Dated: 12 February 1965.

Letter from W.E.D. Allen to V. Minorsky in which Allen thanks Minorsky for lending Dagestanski Sbornik. He informs Minorsky of meeting Nicholas Rast, professor of geology at Liverpool University. Dated: 16 March 1961.

Letter from W.E.D. Allen to V. Minorsky in which Allen writes of their holiday in the Caribbean - not a success. He also writes of the progress of his book with the Hakluyt Society and that he thinks they would be delighted to consider a translation of Afansi Nikitine by Minorsky. Allen writes of the procedure of proposal. Dated: 18 May 1963.

Letter from W.E.D. Allen to V. Minorsky in which he expresses his concern for the Professor's conjunctivitis. Allen's progress with the Hakluyt volumes has been slow due to business preoccupations. He informs that some American company has republished all the earlier Hakluyt volumes. Dated: 18 May 1965.

Letter from W.E.D. Allen to V. Minorsky in which Allen informs Minorsky of his nervous breakdown and his wife's ill health and their respective recoveries. Allen also sends his delight on the Royal Asiatic Society's marking of Minorsky's 85th birthday (Minorsky was awarded the Society's Triennial Gold Medal in 1962, notification of which arrived on his 85th birthday). Dated: 3 April 1962.

Letter from W.E.D. Allen to V. Minorsky in which Allen offers to rebind Minorsky's copy of volume 5 of Zap.Koll.Vost and return it in January. Allen also informs Minorsky of his possible upcoming visit to Cambridge. Dated: 31 October 1961.

Letter from W.E.D. Allen to V. Minorsky in which Allen informs Minorsky that he has had a zerograph copy made of the Volume lent by Minorsky and has returned the original volume. Allen also updates Minorsky on the slow progress of his Hakluyt translation project and offers to send him a spare copy of the work thus far. Dated: 4 August 1962.