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Letters regarding the Society’s invitation to various foreign diplomats and monarchs to become its Foreign Extraordinary Fellow, including:

• Letters and notes from E. D. Maclagan, RAS President, and Professor Margoliouth regarding the latter’s proposal that ministers of Eastern States should be made Foreign Extraordinary Members of the Society, with further correspondence, invitation letter drafts and a list of individuals whom the invitation was sent to and their responses. 13 pieces, dated 25 February-20 January 1932
• Letter from J. Matsudaira, Japanese Ambassador, accepting the invitation, with further correspondence (There seems to be a confusion of whom the invitation was intended for, and the Society subsequently suggested Mr Hirosi Saito, Counsellor of Embassy, and Mr Renzo Sawada, First Secretary of Embassy, to apply for ordinary membership). 6 pieces, dated 27 November 1931-8 January 1932
• Letter from Ahmed Ali, Minister of Afghan Legation, accepting the invitation, with further correspondence. 4 pieces, dated 28 November-16 December 1931
• Letter from Alfred Sao-ke Sze, Minister of Chinese Legation, accepting the invitation, with further correspondence. 4 pieces, dated 26 November-18 December 1931
• Letter from H. Afifi, Minister of Royal Egyptian Legation, accepting the invitation, with further correspondence. 2 pieces, dated 27 November-8 December 1931
• Letters relating to invitation to Bajirond Zallaka Agedaw, Minister of Ethiopian Legation. 6 pieces, dated 1 December 1931-6 June 1932
• Letter from H. A. Afnan, Minister of Iraq Legation, accepting the invitations, with further correspondence. 6 pieces, 1 December 1931-29 April 1932
• Letters from Aligolikhay Ausariy, Minister of the Persian Legation, regarding the invitation, with further correspondence. 4 pieces, dated 7-22 December 1931
• Letters from Damras and Subam Sompooli, outgoing and incoming Ministers of the Siamese Legation, accepting the invitation. 10 pieces, dated 12 December 1931-29 May 1933
• Letter from Minister of the Turkish Embassy, accepting the invitation, with further correspondence. 2 pieces, dated 3-10 December, 1931
• Letters with Secretary of the Royal Legation of Hedjaz Nejd regarding the correct title of its Minister Sheikh Hafiz Wahba. 3 pieces, dated 22-23 January 1932
• Letter from Danrong Rajanubhab, Prince of Siam, accepting the invitation, with further correspondence. 6 pieces, dated 14 March-7 July 1932
• Letter from Commanding General Bahadur Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, Minister of the Nepalese Legation, accepting the invitation, with further correspondence and relevant news clippings. 16 pieces, dated 13 April-30 October 1934
• Letter from the Private Secretary to the King of Egypt, accepting the invitation, with relevant correspondence with the Royal Egyptian Legation and Ras el Tin Palace. 17 pieces, dated 20 June 1934-21 March 1938
• Letter from M. R. Smaksman, Assistant Private Secretary to the King and Queen of Siam, communicating the King of Siam’s acceptance of the invitation, with relevant correspondence. 13 pieces, dated 27 May-20 November 1934
• Letters with Ali Mohammad, Minister of the Royal Afghanistan Legation, regarding the invitation to the King of Afghanistan, with relevant correspondence. 9 pieces, dated 24 November 1937-28 April 1938
• Letters with the Royal Iraqi Legation regarding the invitation to the King of Iraq. 5 pieces, dated 26 November-5 December 1937
• Letter from Marichi Man Singh, Private Secretary to the King of Nepal, communicating the King’s wish to decline the invitation ‘because of his seeing no chance whatsoever of being able to do anything or making himself useful’ for the Society, with relevant correspondence. 7 pieces, dated 26 November 1937-3 January 1938
• Letter from W. G. Neale, India Office, explaining that it would be incorrect to invite the Nizam of Hyderabad to be a Foreign Extraordinary Member, as he, being a ruling prince of India, is not a foreign potentate; with relevant correspondence. 6 pieces, dated 10-14 December 1937
• Letter from Harry St John Bridger Philby giving his opinion to the invitation letter to be sent to the King of Saudi-Arabia, with relevant correspondence. 5 pieces, dated 11 December 1937-2 January 1938

Information about, and evidence of engagement with the archival collections of the Society. For collections with a significant amount of material, a separate subseries was created.

The Sir Richard Burton Medal – On 12 April 1921 the Council of the RAS agreed to found a Richard Burton memorial lecture in commemoration, that year, of the 100th anniversary of Burton's birth. A fund was established to finance the lecture and by 1923, £60 had been subscribed. It was decided in March 1923 that part of this would be used to fund the Burton Medal. This would be awarded to the person chosen to deliver the lecture, which was to deal with Burton, his travels or some suitable subject of exploration. The presentation and the lecture would take place triennially. The medal was designed in 1924 by Pinches, to be cast in silver and gilded. In practice those chosen to give the Burton lecture were expected to have undertaken exploration and research in the East, and more particularly in close association with local people, or in difficult circumstances.

This archive contains papers pertaining to the inauguration and awarding of the Sir Richard Burton Medal. The Papers includes:

• Correspondence
• Administrative documents
• Printed materials including newspaper articles
• Examples of the Medal
• Photographs

Letter from John Nankivell to Raymond Head to try to provide some potential sources for provenance of his two drawings in the Society's collections

Correspondence and a newspaper cutting regarding the award of the Burton Memorial Medal to Stephen Hemsley Longrigg.

Letter from the Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to John Pinches to inform that the Burton Memorial Medal had been awarded to Longrigg, to ask them to cast a silver-gilt medal and to provide the inscription. An estimate is requested.

Letter from John Pinches to The Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to provide a quote for the Medal and to advise on the inscription. The letter has handwritten annotations.

Correspondence concerned with the conferment of the Burton Memorial Medal on Professor Mary Boyce.

Letter from Hugh Trevor Lambrick to Professor Beckingham, Royal Asiatic Society, to express his surprise and delight on being awarded the Burton Memorial Medal. He would like to accept the honour and suggests a date for his lecture.

Letter from William George Archer to Professor Charles Beckingham to express his honour at being awarded the Burton Memorial Award and his delight that Lambrick is also a recipient. He writes of the difficulty of producing a new lecture due to commitments and suggests when he may be available.