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These are handwritten [copies] of manuscripts of the statistical surveys undertaken by Francis Buchanan-Hamilton within the districts of Dinajpur (Bangladesh and India), and Puraniya (Purnia), Shahabad, Bhagalpur, Runggopur, Patna and Gorakhpur in India. Each survey consists of 2 or 3 foolscap volumes. These were rebound in the 1990s.

George Grenville Malet undertook the translation of Mahomed Masoom's A History of Sind. The History, which covers the period from A.D. 710 to A.D. 1590, was written in Persian at the end of the sixteenth century. Malet undertook the translation when he was Resident at Khairpur (Khyrpoor) with the assistance of Peer Mahomed, Residency Munshi. The translation was published in Mumbai in 1855, but these papers contain a handwritten manuscript of both the translation and the documentation and correspondence connected to the translation. The translation has been copied by a number of different hands. The signatures of these copyists appear at the end of their section.

With the manuscript is a letter from East India House to the Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform that the Court of Directors of the East India Company were sending to the Society a copy of the Translation and an 'Abstract Translation of a Copper Plate...for a grant of land in Bundlecund. This translation is not with the papers. The letter is dated 6 December 1849.

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.

Correspondence and information concerning the Papers of Henry Creswicke Rawlinson. These papers were donated in the 1970s. They have not yet been catalogued but a comprehensive list can be found on our website: https://royalasiaticsociety.org/list-of-the-ras-collections-of-sir-henry-creswicke-rawlinson-bart-1810-1895/.

• Correspondence between Gordon Waterfield and Miss Wade, Lord Methuen's estate, concerning the Rawlinson Papers in the archives at Corsham Court. Typed and handwritten, 7 letters, dated 28 May 1963 - 9 September 1964.
• Correspondence concerning the deposit of Rawlinson archives at the National Army Museum and the transfer of archives from St Anthony's College to the Royal Asiatic Society. Typed and handwritten, 2 pieces, dated 6 December 1972- 21 January 1973.
• Correspondence between Helen Sandeman and Godfrey Goodwin, Royal Asiatic Society Librarian, concerning the listing of the Rawlinson papers and transcription of some letters. The list and transcriptions are with the correspondence. Typed and handwritten, 52 pieces, dated 1 February 1989 - 12 February 1990.
• Correspondence from Lesley Adkins to Michael Pollock, Royal Asiatic Society Librarian, to send a copy of the article, 'Dokumente zur Entzifferung der Altpersischen Keilschrift Durch H.C. Rawlinson' from Persica, Vol.7, 1975-8. The article is with this letter. A further letter to enquire again about the collections. Typed and copied, 10 pieces, letters dated 13 November 2002 - 13 April 2003.
• 'A Brief Description of the Collection of Rawlinson Papers at the Royal Asiatic Society' - a copy of the article written by Roger Parsons, Royal Asiatic Society Volunteer, and published in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Volume 25, Issue 3, July 2015. Typed, 13 pieces.
• 'NOTES ON SIGNIFICANT NAMES REFERRED TO IN THE RAWLINSON PAPERS' - biographical notes. Electronic document created in 2012, archival document created in 2025.

The collection consists of two series:

The Papers of Horace Geoffrey Quaritch Wales contain papers relating to his archaeological work in southeast Asia including expedition notes, personal notebooks, diaries, manuscript proofs, correspondence, newspaper cuttings and maps. Listed within this catalogue are objects and items of furniture which were also part of the bequest of Quaritch Wales' wife, Dorothy, to the Royal Asiatic Society.

Documents connected to H.H. Wilson. These are:

• An Analytical Account of the Panchatantra
• Notes on the Vishnu Purana
• Copies of letters sent to and from H.H. Wilson concerning the allowance of the late Colonel Wilford.

The Papers consist of five typed article and chapter drafts.

There is a single item in these Papers - this is a partial translation of Lubb ut-Tawarikh Hind undertaken by Prichard. This is a handwritten manuscript of 44 foolscap sides plus a front cover with the titles "Lubbu-t Táwáríkh Hind" "Translated by Lieut Prichard 15th N.I.", "See Catalogue No.202 From p 284 to 305". A different hand has added "(Khander)" and a further hand has made a comment about the text and the translation. The manuscript is incomplete.

Letters between J. Duncan M. Derrett and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the material he required for his reseearch.