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These are handwritten notes taken from Foreign Office Records. These are referenced according to the record. There is also a photocopy of a Report from Sir Reader William Bullard to Anthony Eden, dated 21 May 1943 entitled "Persia: Secret". The title for this material comes from the original file in which it was housed.

These are handwritten, referenced notes taken from Foreign Office records concerning the Azerbaijan Crisis. There are also photocopies of several Foreign Office Records:

• Copies of letters from F.T. Gousev to Anthony Eden and from Anthony Eden to Sobolev, 20 January 1945
• Memorandum and Summary of Memorandum on Persian, 4 August 1945
• Letter from Foreign office to Tehran, 21 August 1945
• Resume of the Note Forwarded by the Iranian Government to the Soviet Embassy in Teheran, 17 November 1945
• Note Despatched by the Iranian Government to the Soviet Embassy, Teheran, 22 November 1945
• Note Forwarded by the Iranian Government to the Soviet Embassy, Teheran, 23 November 1945
• Note Forwarded by the Iranian Government to the Soviet Embassy, Teheran, 23 November 1945
• Note from the Soviet Embassy in Teheran to the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 26 November 1945
• Letter from Archibald Clark Kerr, British Embassy, Moscow to V.N. Molotov, People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs, Moscow, 26 November 1945
• Telegram from Archibald Clark Kerr to V.N. Molotov, 26 November 1945

The title for this material comes from the original file in which it was housed.

Paper originally titled "Description of the various classes of vessels constructed and employed by the natives of the coasts of Coromandel, Malabar and the island of Ceylon, for their coasting navigation". John Edye catalogues, classifies and provides short descriptions (with original drafts) of the main river and ocean-going vessels used in Southern India in 1829. The vessels covered range from fishing canoes to ocean-going Dhows and Baggalahs, and provide a comprehensive overview.

The papers consist of a single letter from Joseph Edkins to Thomas William Rhys Davids concerning the philosophy behind Primitive Buddhism including Nirvana and karma.

Copy of the 'Notes of Excavation at Muqeyer during January and February 1858'. A handwritten manuscript with pencil drawings describing Taylor's excavations at Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq, in ancient times known as Ur. This is a description of later excavations, not those first written about by Taylor (wrongly attributed as J.E. Taylor) in the 1855 Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, under the title Notes on the Ruins of Muqeyer.

Personal Papers of Major General Sir Frederic John Goldsmid

An official letter in Arabic script addressed to a Christian man named Mikhail abd-al Massih who comes from the town Kawm al-Asfar; it is a letter of discharge from further military service; illustrative army insignia on top of the page.

Manuscripts of programmes for performances, handwritten in Arabic script, the two performances mentioned are 'Marriage of Antar' which was performed at The National Arabic Opera in the presence of Kadil Tawfiq I. The second performance is of 'Telemachus son of Ulysses' which was possibly performed by the Qurdahi troupes at the Opera House in Cairo, Egypt.

Three books of printed material in Arabic and Persian language, possibly official reports. There is also one page from the book 'Alfiya', Rhymed book of Arabic Grammar , and 16 loose pages from a book relating to Islamic teachings.

Purple cover book possible in Arabic or Persian language, mentions of places such as Molk-e Makran, Jaisalmer, Ragistan, Pokran and Afghanistan. There is also mention of Khodadad Khan who was the secretary to the office of the Commissioner of Sindh.