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GB 891 SC51 · Fonds · 1872 - 1876

A handwritten copy of the Mémoire sur l'histoire ancienne du Japon : d'après le Ouen Hien Tong Kao de Ma-Touan-Lin written by the Marquis d'Hervey de Saint Denys, President of the Society of Ethnographie, originally published in 1872. This version wasread more

Saint-Denys Marie-Jean-Léon Lecoq Hervey de 1822-1892 Marquis
Mythic Society
GB 891 RAS ALL10 · Fonds · 1934 - 1989

Correspondence from the interaction of the Mythic Society, based in Bangalore, and the Royal Asiatic Society. These are:

  • Invitation from the President and Council of the Mythic Society, Bangalore, to attend the celebrations of the Silver Jubilee of the
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Mythic Society (Bangalore Library)
GB 891 SC53 · Fonds · [1813]

Two tables listing the communities of the zamindars (landlords) in the parganas of [ ] and Akbarabad (Agra). These are signed and stamped with the signees' seals, one of which dates the table to 1228 Hijri (1813 A.D.). One table also list the Tahsildars (read more

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Notebooks on India
GB 891 SC2 · Fonds · [1900 - 1923]

Twelve notebooks containing the author's notes on India, its religions and inscriptions, mainly extracts from, and comments upon, published authors' works.

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Notes on Cuddapah
GB 891 SK · Fonds · 1830

"Notes on Cudapah" (Kadapa), "Read July 17/30" "Ordered not to be printed Nov 13/30" with label "Catalogue of English MSS. II No 5, Cuddapah, Presented by Mrs Skinner and read before the Society on 17 July 1830. Three anecdotes concerning traditions:

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1823- London, England
GB 891 SC26 · Fonds · 1836 - 1840

Notes on the Ancient Figures and Inscriptions from Márab sent to the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society by George Smythan, and resented by The President of the Society, John Wilson. A description and analysis of inscriptions on stones found by Drread more

Wilson John 1804-1875 missionary
Oriental Societies
GB 891 RAS ALL · Fonds · [1990]

Two lists of Oriental Societies, one detailing their founding dates; and the other giving addresses.

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Oriental Translation Fund
GB 891 OTF · Fonds · 1828 - 2020

The collection features a range of material highlighting the activities of the Oriental Translation Fund both from its origins in 1828 and after being revived in 1888 by Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot.

Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland
GB 891 OS29 · Fonds · 1935 - 2011

Correspondence between the Royal Asiatic Society and other Societies and Institutions. These are:

  • Invitation from the Wellcome Archaeological Research Expedition to the Near East to the Annual Exhibition of Antiquities from Tell Duweir (Lachish),
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Hakluyt society
Papers of Abraham Poliak
GB 891 AP · Fonds · 1968 - 1972

This collection contains correspondence between Abraham Poliak and the Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society (Diana Crawford), concerning the proposed reprint of Poliak's publication, Feudalism in Egypt, Syria, Palestine, and the Lebanon 1250-1900. Thisread more

Poliak (also know as Polak) Abraham 1910-1970 Professor Israeli Historian