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These are copies of letter from The National Archives of correspondence concerning the deposit of Richard Burton's consular hat and the walking stick presented by the King of Dahomey. They are:

• Letter from W.J. Sullivan, British Political Adviser to the Commander, Trieste, to Foreign Office Library asking for their advice on a suitable place for disposal of the stick and hat. Typed, dated 23 June 1949
• Letter from S.H. Gellatly, Foreign Office to W.J. Sullivan suggesting that the items are deposited with the Royal Asiatic Society as the Society holds annual Burton Memorial Lectures. Typed, dated 18 July 1949
• Letter from W.J. Sullivan to S.H. Gellatly to inform that he was despatching the items in two parcels by non-confidential bag. Typed, dated 29 July 1949
• Letter from E.J. Passant, Foreign Office, to The Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to ask if they would like the hat and stick. Typed, dated 11 August 1949 (see RB/7/5/1)
• Letter from E.J. Passant to the Secretary, RAS, to ask again concerning the Burton items. Typed, dated 20 September 1949.
• Letter from M. Davis, Secretary, RAS, to E.J. Passant apologizing for not replying - the Society had been closed for holidays during August. The letter states that the Council would be delighted to own the items and to display then at the Burton Memorial Lectures. Handwritten, dated 22 September 1949.
• Letter from Foreign Office to M. Davies, Secretary, RAS, to send the hat and stick and ask for acknowledgement of receipt. Typed, dated 29 September 1949.
• Letter from Richard Winstedt, President, RAS, to Foreign Office to offer thanks on behalf of the Society for the gift of the hat and stick. Handwritten, dated 30 September 1949
• Letter from S.H. Gellatly to W.J. Sullivan to inform him that the hat and stick have been deposited with the Royal Asiatic Society. Typed, dated 11 October 1949.
• Copy of an email from Tony Stockwell, Vice-President RAS, to Alison Ohta, Director RAS, and Kathy Lazenblatt, Librarian RAS, to inform about the files that he has found at the National Archives concerning the Burton hat and stick, dated 17 August 2013.

Twelve small copper-plate rubbings, complete with envelope, and numbered in pencil. The notes on the envelope state that the copper-plate inscriptions are to be headed 'Grant of the Pallava Dynasty'. A small note on the side of the envelope appears to read "sent to Bombay, July 24th". The inscriptions are in a South Indian script, probably Tamil, and have not yet been translated.

Description: Six notebooks without covers, unruled, handwritten in ink. Some have inserts.
Contents:

• Detailed copies of Greek coins front and back. Insert entitled "Inscriptions on Bactrian coins"
• Copies of inscriptions, translations, and transliterations of writing on different monuments and archaeological excavations as published in "Asiatic Researcher Vol. 7", James Prinsep's work, "Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal" esp. 1835.
• Copies of inscriptions, translations, and transliterations of writing on different monuments and archaeological excavations as published in "Asiatic Researcher" Vol. 9 and 1
• Copies of inscriptions, translations, and transliterations of writing on different monuments and archaeological excavations as published in "Asiatic Researcher" Vol. 1, 3
• Copies of inscriptions, translations, and transliterations of writing on different monuments and archaeological excavations as published in "Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal" 1836, 1837
• Copy of a transcription of a copper plate "dug up in the Manamati hills, in the district of Trupura" from "Asiatic Researcher" Vol. 9

Copies of ancient Inscriptions taken by Henry Harkness, or under his immediate superintendence, in Grantha and Tamil, manuscript folio.

Description: Blue and brown patterned hardcover notebook, handwritten in ink, inserts held in place with string, detailed table of contents with page numbers. identified as West 1 from de Menasche handlist.

Contents:

• "Lord's prayer in Zand"
• London MSS., handwritten copy of L22 and folio level description of most folios ranging from L1 - L26
• Pazand Bundhašin from L22 with other miscellaneous passages from the same and a description of the MSS.
• Pahlavi introduction to Vishtasp Yasht from L5, Pahlabi Stayishwai Sirozah from L26, description of several volumes of MSS. from the East India Library.

Inserts:

• traced characters and sections from MSS.
• travel plans
• scrap of paper containing definitions
• folio titled "Zand translation of the Lord's Prayer by M. Hang, Ph.D"
• other miscellaneous papers containing calculations, notes, etc

Description: Blue and brown patterned hardcover notebook, handwritten in ink, inserts held in place with string, detailed table of contents with page numbers. Identified as West 4 in de Menasce handlist.
Contents:

• Copies from London and Munich MSS.
• Pazand Shikhand-gumdni, latter part from H19
• Parsi Gosht-I Fryano, from H7
• Persian extract, from P12, 15, quoted by Spiege
• Parsee Bundahish (fragment) from H9
• Parsee the accursed abalish from H7, misc., Jamasp namah
• Pahlavi Jamasp: copy of transcript from Saujana's MSS.
• Pazand and Zand Nirangs from H21
  *, Pazand-Sanskrit Marriage Formula
• Pazand Para Dabirastan from H22, Bahman Yasht, names of constellations
• Pazand-Sanskrit Aogemadhae from H21, Introduction to Arda Vinafnawak from Dest., Parsi Conversation about religion between Aurmazad & Zaratusht
• Parsi Pandnmaha from H7
• Parsi-Zand Vaj-i Avista in Zand from H7
• Persian remarks aobut the khedyodat from H7
• Parsi remarks about the ressurection from H7,
• Parsi genealogy of Zanatusht
• Zand-Pahlavi fragment Vend. VIII, from H19
• Persian extracts from Rivayats regarding Slaughter of Animals from H19
• Pazand Rivayat of Kamadin Shapur
• Sanskrit-Shikhand-gumani and Persian-Shikhandi-gumani, two fragments each from Prof. Max Muller's MS.("now in India Office building in the library")

Inserts:

• "Dastur Jamapji Minocheharji's address"
• "Contents of Dadistan Codex"
• Copy of a rare "Pahlavi Jamasp-namak" MS. with description of missing passages/sections and a key to reading his markings in the copy.

Description Green and blue patterned hardcover notebook with white pages, handwritten in ink, with inserts, detailed table of content and page numbers. Identified as West 10 in de Menasce handlist.

Contents:

• Pahlavi fragments: Atashi-I Bhiram from Dastun H's MS.
• Dadistani-i-Dini Part II & III from H14, J127, and Kr.

Inserts:

• 2 folios containing the proof copy of West's Book Review of Des Origines du Zoroastrianisme by M. C. de Harlez extracted from Journal Asiatique
• Paper with calculations equating/comparing number of lines of different texts
• two folios with writing in Avestan papers serving as index
• description of contents of Vol 10 & 13 (sent to Dr. Williams Jackson, 11/7/95)

Description: Black and brown hardcover bound notebook with white pages. Handwritten in ink with detailed table of contents and page numbers. Inserts held in place with string. Identified as West 14 in de Menasce handlist.

Contents:

• Z.-Pahlavi. Citak i Avistak i Gasan from the old MS, H6
• Z.-Pahl. Khurshed Nyayish from the same
• Pazand Ashervad from H. fragments
• Pazand Ashirvada Irani from H21
• Gujarati in Devanagari, Names of planets and Zodiac signs, from H21
• Contents of Persia Rivayat H10 & in Bombay University Lib.

Inserts:

• "Hekatompylos" by A.D. Mordtmann
• Kitabi Wama'i Islam
• Colloquy between Zaratusht & Auharwazd regarding religion

"Copied from Various Books and Papers by Annie Hodgson, Brianstone, 1854-1855." A selection of testimonials from Publications "Collected for Harry Hodgson by his affectionate mother A.H. and given on his Birthday 18th Oct". Notebook with marbled cover in which Annie Hodgson has written extracts from articles praising Brian Houghton Hodgson. Also inserted is a comment signed B.H.Hodgson to a footnote from an article by Col. Phayre ("On the History of the Burmah Race", JASB vol. XXXIII, pp. 1-31, 1864). Handwritten, 2 pieces, 1854-1864.

"Conventions for describing types of phrase", and a further single page of "The reconstitution of a mutilated document of the Mohist logicans: the Ta ch'u".