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The Burrisaul Guns
GB 891 JDB-JDB/1-JDB/1/8 · File · [1870-1891]
Part of Papers of John Drew Bate

This file contains a number of newspaper articles concerning the Burrisaul (Barisal) Guns, with some accompanying notes by John Drew Bate. There are 4 copies of a proof for one article written by Bate, but it is unclear whether the other articles are his authorship.

GB 891 RAS BMM-RAS BMM/1-RAS BMM/1/1-RAS BMM/1/1/4 · File · 1921 - 1923
Part of Royal Asiatic Society Richard Burton Memorial Medal

A small account book of The National Provincial and Union Bank of England Limited, Oxford Branch, bearing the names and money given by donors to the Burton Memorial Fund spanning from 6 June 1921 - 6 October 1923. Bound notebook with white cover on which has been written in ink, The Burton Memorial Fund.

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1823- London, England
GB 891 LOR-LOR/1-LOR/1/3-LOR/1/3/1 · File · 19th Oct 1935
Part of Papers of David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer and Emily Overend Lorimer

"Speakers of a Language that is, perhaps related to no other: The Burusho of Hunza - a Mountain People of Northern Kashmir". Illustrated article with accompanying photo-articles, "The Crafts and Husbandry of the Burusho: A Mountain People in the "Apex" of India", and "Domestic and Outdoor Life in Hunza: A Peasant Community whose Language is Unique" by Emily Overend Lorimer. Printed in The Illustrated London News, 19 October, 1935. 2 pieces, 3 sides, the fourth side has an article "2-M.P.H. Relics on Salt Flats on which Campbell reached 300 M.P.H."

Emily Overend Lorimer
The Capture of Bassein 1739
GB 891 HGR-HGR/3 · File · [1915 - 1948]
Part of Papers of Hugh George Rawlinson

"The Capture of Bassein 1739". Manuscript of article concerning the capture of the Portuguese fortress of Bassein by the Marathas. Manuscript has author's name as H.G. Rawlinson at its end and at head of article H.G.R. has been annotated. Typed, 6 pages, undated.

Rawlinson Hugh George 1880-1957 Historian
GB 891 WA-WA/4-WA/4/2-WA/4/2/3 · File · 1954
Part of Papers of William Edward David Allen

"The Centenary of John Frederick Baddeley" by W.E.D. Allen, reprinted from The Geographicsl Journal, Vol. CXX, Part 4, December 1954. Five copies of a review of Baddeley's life. Uncovered printed material within a makeshift folder composed from an old envelope.

Allen, William Edward David, 1901-1973, Caucasian historian
The Chinese particle tzeng
GB 891 ACG-ACG/13-ACG/13/16 · Subseries · 1977
Part of Papers of Angus C. Graham

The Chinese particle tzeng by Angus Graham was published in Early China no.3 (1977). The material consists of drafts for the article and correspondence with David Keightley concerning it.

Graham Angus Charles 1919-1991