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Letter from K. Jahn to [C.A. Storey] in which he writes concerning the delay in receiving the recipient's letter. He thanks for the information concerning his book and writes of further editing he has undertaken. He also writes "Momentary I have lost all, my home, my family and all my books. What will the future bring?".

Letter from W.L. Raynes, Clerk to the Trust, to C.A. Storey to enclose a letter from Dr. K. Jahn to which he is sure the Trust will be sympathetic. He asks Storey as to how to direct Luzac in complying with Kahn's request. With this letter is a copy, in Storey's hand, of the letter from Jahn in which he writes that he has found a provisional home in Holland and asks for some copies of his books and maybe others of the Gibb Memorial Series having lost his house, family and books in the war.

Letter from K. Jahn to [C.A. Storey] to thank him for the copy of his book which he was pleased to see after six years. With the letter he sends copies of two personal papers. With this letter are letters of recommendation for Dr. Karel Jahn from Dr Jan Rypka and Professor Dr. K Svoboda, and from the mayor of the commune of Leersum.

Letter from H. Ritter to A.J. Arberry in which he writes concerning his publication.

Letter from University Press, Cambridge, to C.A. Storey to inform that due to the agreement to increase wages and reduce hours of work in the printing industry the Press must increase its charges for composition, presswork and binding. He is unsure how this will affect Kitāb al-Tashbīhāt but will inform when this is known. On this letter Storey has written a copy of his reply in which Storey writes that he had assumed that there would be an increase in cost but is trying to minimise this by copying as much as possible of the manuscript in his own hand to increase the legibility.

Letter from E.G. Raynes, Clerk to the Trust, to C.A. Storey to inform him that instructions have been given to send presentation copies of Kitāb al-Tashbīhāt to Drs Ritter and Bernhard Lewin as well as to the University Library, Uppsala. He writes that Professor Levy thinks the trustees will let Dr A. Mu'id Khan have ten copies and have instructed Raynes to arrange this. He also writes that the liquidators of the Central Uruguay Railway Company are liquidating their ordinary stock As a nominee, Raynes requires Storey's signature for the discharge (see GMT/2/2/49). He states that the questions of transferring stock into other names will be considered at the next Annual Meeting.

A printed sheet of Persian script, undated.

The Papers include publications written or collected by Gerald Tibbetts in connection with his research interests in early Arab navigation in the Indian Ocean. Related to this are draft copies of a lecture given by Tibbetts at the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the origins of navigation in the Indian Ocean.

There is also material collected by Tibbetts relating to his work on the Sindbad Voyage project (1980-1981) and his invitation to participate in the Heritage of Oman Festival.

Offprint of 'A comparison of Medieval Arab methods of navigation with those of the Pacific islands.' by Tibbets from 'Centro de Estudos de Cartografia Antiga', 1979.

'Zur Stellung der Nautikertexte innerhalb der Sternomenklater der Araber von Paul Kunitzsch', article from Der Islam, 1967. This has been heavily annotated by Tibbetts and there are further inserts containing his notes.