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Handwritten copy of the University of Oxford's Vice Chancellor's (Dr Bellamy) ovation on the occasion of Hodgson receiving his honorary degree. Handwritten in Latin, 2 sides, dated July 1889.

A small handmade notebook with a beige paper cover. It contains pencilled notes which appear to be notes about books and treatises to read or that have been read. Some notes seem to be concerned with the construction of language. Handwritten in English, Greek, Latin, Chinese. Undated

A small handmade notebook with a beige paper cover. Mainly notes on language construction and usage. Handwritten in English, Latin, Greek, Chinese. Inserted is a slip of paper with Chinese calligraphy (Possible translation: How can this be so? How can this be so? I will repeat it 100 times! It's a government official's. How can one enter its garden directly and call the daughter, as if it’s just a thatched hut with neither door keepers nor servants standing aside? Even frivolous writings of jokes haven't been so ludicrous. Li's comments. Supplied via Twitter 17/03/16)

A small handmade notebook with a beige paper cover with two loose sheets inserted into the notebook. Includes notes on books, on Bible Scripture and on language construction and usage. Handwritten in English, French, Greek, Latin, Chinese. Undated

A hand-drawn map of Baiswara, Eastern Uttar Pradesh, which Simon Digby notes is named in Hindi, with one note in English by Elliot, appearing to state next to four names that "these are subdivisions of the Lokhandee (?) [caste?] throughout Baiswara". There is also another note in an Arabic script, probably Persian, on the reverse of the map.

Han Phonology and Textual Criticism by Nils Göran David Malmqvist from the Centre of Oriental Studies Occasional papers 1 (1963), 1-31.

Unfinished half front elevation of Cave No. 68 in pencil. Scale is 2 ft. to an inch.

Two Pilgrim Passes for Mecca:

• Pilgrim Pass for Heji Abdul Azio bin Heji-Samat, a pilgrim from Kelantan, Malaysia. The pass is the portion to be retained by the Malay Pilgrimage Officer at the Jeddah Office, and bears the details of the passholder, his photograph and thumbprint. It is dated 18-19 June 1924.
• Pilgrim Pass for Che Ali bin Mamat, age 21 months, from Kelanatan, Malaysia. The pass was valid for one return journey on pilgrimage to Mecca, and contains his personal and family details and a photograph. Appended is a repot from the Chief Medical Officer, Kelantan, giving dates of the child's smallpox and cholera vaccinations. It is dated 2-18 August 1939.

Papers written by Roff about Hajj. These are:

• 'The meaning of the Meccan Pilgrimage for Southeast Asian Islam'. This came from a folder dated 1977 and is annotated with 'read at Jerusalem Conf., & to be published in proceedings'. Typed, 10 pages. With the paper are handwritten and typed notes on Hajj, and a typed notice from the Colombia University in the City of New York, advertising a lecture series entitled, 'The Pilgrimage Process: Transience as a Means of Religious Community'; 16 pieces.
• 'Pilgrimage and the History of Religions: Theoretical Approaches to the Hajj'. This came from a folder dated 1980 and is annotated, 'Read at Phoenix Conf., & to be published in [Martin] edited vol.'. Typed, 18 pages.
• 'Sanitation and Security: The Imperial Powers and the Nineteenth Century Hajj'. This is annotated 'Arabian Studies, VI' which was published in 1982. Typed, 43 pages.
• 'Works cited', a handwritten bibliography for an unknown paper, 5 pieces.

Handwritten research notes written by Roff collating information gained from manuscripts and publications about the acts of separation associated with Hajj pilgrimage,21 pieces.