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Handwritten biographical and anecdotal notes on Hugh Richardson. These cannot have been written by Mackenzie as they record Richardson's death in 'approx. 1999'.

Rough biographical notes concerning Professor E.H.S. Simmonds.

Biographical Note about Prof. B. Shirendev, typed on one side of a sheet of paper, dated 21 May 1970.

Biographical material for Beatrice de Cardi including a draft of the introductory speech before her lecture concerning her life and work. One piece bears the information "Nominated by Dr J.E. Reade" and a different sheet states that the material had been compiled by Dr Reade.

Storey collated biographical material concerning current and historical figures involved with Persian, Persian studies and the wider history of Asia. These he arranged alphabetically. The material consists mainly of newspaper cuttings and handwritten notes. The names are given as Storey has spelt them.

• 'The Urdu translation of Saksena's History of Urdu contains portraits of '- list of the biographies in the book. Handwritten, 4 sides.

The rest of the material was divided into alphabetical subseries.

Two Bills of Exchange for Capt James Purefoy. One is for £30 nad addressed to Messrs Smith Richards & Co, 2 Mansion House Place, London; the other is for £20 and addressed to Messrs Edmund Boehm and John Taylor, London. On the reverse of each is written that they should be paid to Robert Turbett. They are both dated 1st March, 1819, printed with handwritten insertions, 2 items each 2 sides.

News article about Soviet economic help to Mongolia from The Times, 19 February 1971.

Article about the purging of members of the Mongolian Academy of Science for not heeding Soviet advice. Handwritten note on top: "from Alan Sanders". From the Far Eastern Economic Review, 19 February 1982.

1994 marked 200 years since the death of Sir William Jones, the founder of the Asiatic Society. Material connected with this anniversary are:

Letter from Chandan Roy Chaudhuri, General Secretary, Asiatic Society, to Dr. D.W. MacDowell, Vice-President, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform of an International Seminar, "The Future of Oriental Studies and the Role of the Asiatic Society", to mark the bi-centenary of the death of Sir William Jones, and to ask for the Royal Asiatic Society to send participants. Dated 25 February 1994.

"International Seminar on The Future of Oriental Studies and the Role of the Asiatic Society Dedicated to the Sacred Memory of Sir William Jones", seminar organised by the Asiatic Society in collaboration with the Ramarkrishna Mission Institute of Calcutta, to be held on 27 - 28 April, 1994, at Vivekananda Hall. Programme and Objectives of the Seminar, 9 pages.

In 2022 the Société Asiatique celebrated its bicentenary. Material connected with this is:

• 'D'un centenaire à l'autre: la Société Asiatique de 1822 à 2022', Programme for an international conference held in honour of the Society's bicentenary from 27-28 January 2022. Computer printed paper, written in French, 4 pieces.
• Medal to celebrate the bicentenary of the Société Asiatique. One side features a rising sun with the words 'Bicentennaire de la Société Asiatique, 1822-2022', and the reverse bears the portraits of Antoine Silvestre de Sacy, Ernest Renan, Émile Senart and Paul Pelliot. The medal is 8 cm in diameter and is housed within a presentation case. The medal was presented to the Royal Asiatic Society by Professor François Déroche on the occasion of his lecture, 22 November 2023, as part of the Royal Asiatic Society's bicentenary celebrations.