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Letter From Mrs Catherine Melia, Executive Officer, Royal Asiatic Society, to Major E.R.B. Hudson to thank for his donation, dated 29 January 2004.

Letter from Ernest Grierson, Honorary Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Eleanor Hull, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform her of an anonymous donation to aid the payment of the Secretary's salary for the next two years, dated 15 April 1920.

Donation Agreement Form to lay out the terms of the donation between the donor and the Royal Asiatic Society. Created in 2016. Electronic document.

Dodder a Journal with covering letter from the Editors, Anne M. Birrell, Sharon Fidler, Carl Taeusch and Sam Yamashita.

Documents in Persian and Urdu regarding the enumeration of the population, castes and tribes of a Zila (noted in Arabic script) in Gorakhpur, with seals and attestations of Tahsildars and other local officials, some dated 1844.

Documents of Maratha History from the possession of Sir Charles Warre Malet, part of a larger donation of manuscripts and tracts given by his son to the Oriental Translation Committee for possible translation.

Documents regarding the Zila District of Fatehpur (Fathpur), with the reports or letters generally being addressed to 'The Secretary Sahib at Agra'. All in Arabic script, some noted as being Urdu, with sporadic notes in Devanagari script. Simon Digby notes seven bodies of material within this file, including: 1) Urdu report from Bhola Nath, describing the conditions of Parganas in the Zila of Fatehpur. 2) Urdu report from Madhu Ram, describing the conditions of Parganas in the Zila of Fatehpur. 3) Table of castes and tribes of Zamindars in the Pargana of Ghazipur, Zila Fatehpur, attested by the Qanungos (hereditory registrars of landed property). 4) Similar tables of castes and tribes of Zamindars from a) the districts attached to the Tahsildari (tax inspectors) of Fatehpur and b) for the Pargana of Fatehpur proper. 5) Three similar tables of castes and tribes of Zamindars for the Parganas of Ekdala and Dhata. 6) Tahsildar's report for some Parganas, including Karanpur and Muhsinpur. 7) Three further reports of Tahsildars.

Various documents concerned with Sagol Kangjei, the traditional Manipur polo game from which polo is said to have originated. These are:

• Manipur Polo: XVIII All Manipur Polo Tournament and IV Women Polo Tournament 1997', Souvenir Programme
• 'History of Polo Game in Manipur' by L. Joychandra Singh, President, All Manipur Polo Association, Imphal
• Copy of 'Sagol-Kangjei (The Manipuri Pony Polo)' compiled and sent by P. Lalit downloaded from members.tripod.com, the Manipur Page, 30 July 1999
• Article on Wrestling/hockey, in Manipuri
• Copy of 'Joseph Ford Shere - Father of Polo' by Lt. Col. M. Ranjot Singh
• Copy of 'Sagol Kangjei: The Traditional Polo of Manipur' by Maisnam Khelen, Honorary Secretary, All Manipur Polo Association
• Copy of 'Sagon Kangjei (Polo)' by P.B. Singh published in Regional Integration (A Quarterly Journal)
• Copy of Souvenir Programme for Manipur Polo 1991
• Notes on polo - handwritten

One manuscript table showing the castes of Zamindars and extent of holdings in the Parganas (administrative units) of Budaun (Bada'on), Azampur and Azamabad, with seals of local Tahsildars (tax inspectors) and Qanungos (local, hereditary registrars of landed property). Written in Arabic script, probably Persian or Urdu. Simon Digby notes that it was probably compiled for Henry Miers Elliot.

Various documents concerning the district of Allahabad, some unbound and others loosely tied. Written in various languages, possibly Urdu, Persian and Hindi.