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A plate of part of the 'Akshobhya in his Abhirati Heaven', the 15th century image from Western Tibet (Guge) which is found in the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection now in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. This plate shows only the bottom left corner of the image. Pencilled on its surround is '165e'.

The George Staunton Prize was initiated in 2007 for an article by a young scholar working on topics related to the history, archaeology, literature, language, religion, anthropology and art of Asia. A 'young scholar' was defined as someone in the process of completing their PhD or someone who has been awarded their doctorate within the previous five years. Award winning submissions were published in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society and the winners received a prize of £250. Since its initiation the Prize has been awarded irregularly. Winners include:

• 2007- Nile Green for the article, ‘Jack Sepoy and the Dervishes: Islam and the Indian Soldier in Princely India’.
• 2008 - S.P. Ong for the article, 'Jurisdictional Politics in Canton and the First English Translation of the Qing Penal Code (1810)'.
• 2010 - joint winners: Felicia Yap for 'Eurasians in British Asia during the Second World War' and Martin Worthington for 'On Names and Artistic Unity in the Standard Version of the Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic'.
• 2014 - Dr Fozia Bora for her article, 'Did Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn Destroy the Fatimids' Books? Historiographical Enquiry'.
• 2023 - Dr Kelsey Granger for her article, 'From Tomb-Keeper to Tomb-Occupant: The Changing Conceptualisation of Dogs in Early China'.

There is limited archival material at this stage but it contains:

2007

• One letter to enter an article for the prize, dated 26 May 2007.
• Official letter from Charlotte de Blois, Executive Editor, Royal Asiatic Society, to Nile Green to inform that he has been awarded the prize. Digital document, dated 30 May 2008.
• Copies of emails between Nile Green, Charlotte de Blois and Sarah Ansari, Honorary Editor, concerning receiving the prize, Typed, 1 piece, dated 2 May 2008.

2008

• One letter to enter an article for the prize, dated 28 May 2008.
• Copies of emails between Charlotte de Blois and Sujit Sivasundaram concerning assessment of entered essays. Typed, 2 pieces, dated 1 July - 14 November 2008.

2010

• Two letters to enter an article for the prize, dated 15 and 27 October 2010.

2011

• Two letters to enter an article for the prize, undated.
• Advertisement for submissions for both the Professor Mary Boyce Prize and the Sir George Staunton Prize.

2014

• 'Staunton Submissions' - list of candidates and their referees. Digital document, undated.
• 'Staunton Opinions' - summary of opinions of the judges for the articles submitted. Digital document, undated.

2015

• Advertisement for the Sir George Staunton Prize, articles to be submitted before 31 December 2015.

The Royal Asiatic Society initiated the Professor Mary Boyce Prize for articles relating to the study of religion in Asia. Award winning submissions receive £250 and are published in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. The focus of the prize is any religion, anywhere in Asia and at any time, and the Society’s main aim is to encourage the submission of pieces of original, unpublished research that make innovative contributions to understanding, learning and scholarship.
Since its initiation the Prize has been awarded irregularly. Winners include:
2007 - Julius N, Tsai for the article, Reading the ‘Inner Biography of the Perfected Person of Purple Solarity’: Religion and Society in an Early Daoist Hagiography.
2009 - Alexander Wynne for the article, The Buddha's ‘skill in means’ and the genesis of the five aggregate teaching.

There is limited archival material at this stage but it contains:

2007

• Judge's comment upon submissions for the Prize, electronic document.

2008

• Draft publicity poster for the Professor Mary Boyce Prize and the George Staunton Prize, electronic document.

2009

• Copies of emails between Charlotte de Blois, Executive Editor, Royal Asiatic Society, and Alexander Wynne, winner, Professor Mary Boyce Prize concerning his entry and award. Two pieces, dated 9 June -14 July 2009.

2010

• Submission letter for entry to the prize. Handwritten, 1 piece.

2011

• Draft publicity poster for the Professor Mary Boyce Prize and the George Staunton Prize. Computer printed, 1 piece.

In 2022 the Society appointed Professor Benjamin Hopkins (George Washington University) Chair, Professor Susanne Brandtstädter (Koln), Professor Magnus Marsden (Sussex), Dr Rian Thum (Manchester), and Professor Arne Westad (Yale) to be the adjudicating panel.

The winner was Sonia Wigh (university of Exeter) for her thesis, The Body of Words: A social history of sex and the body in early modern South Asia.

The shortlisted candidates were Taushif Kara (University of Cambridge) for Abode of peace: Islam, empire and the Khoja diaspora; Katie Campbell (University of Cambridge) for Cities and the Mongol Conquest: Urban Change 1200-1400; Melyn McKay (University of Oxford) for For women there are two Nirvanas: Risk and Freedom in Myanmar’s contemporary Buddhist revival movement: and Matthew Woolgar (University of Oxford) for Communism in Context: The Indonesian Communist Party in West Java.

The archival material consists of 16 digital photographs of the award ceremony which took place on 19 January 2023.

In 2023 the Society appointed Professor Benjamin Hopkins (George Washington University), Professor Susanne Brandtstädter (Koln), Professor Magnus Marsden (Sussex), Dr Rian Thum (Manchester), and Professor Nile Green (UCLA) to be the adjudicators.

The Prize was won by Dr. Thomas Barrett (University of Oxford), for his thesis Foreigners and the Making of the Chinese Diplomat.

The shortlisted candidates were Dr. Kelsey Granger (University of Cambridge) for Gifts from afar: The Creation of an Imperial Lapdog in Tang-Song China; Dr. Mariano Errichiello (School of Oriental and African Studies) for IIme Ksnum: an Esoteric Interpretation of Zoroastrianism, History and Beliefs; and Dr Yui Chim Lo (University of Oxford) for Imagining the Continent’s Future: China, India and Post-War Asia, 1937-1949.

The archival material consists of a publicity poster (digital) for the award ceremony and 5 digital photographs taken at the event which was held on 25 May 2024.

Charles Storey's main work was in collating the information for, and writing part of his bio-bibliographical survey of Persian Literature. Volume I is in 2 parts but was published in sections by Luzac & Co. Volume I covers Qurʾānic Literature; History and Biography and was originally published:

• Part 1, Sec. I: Qurʾānic Literature, London, 1927.
• Part 1, Sec. II: fasc. 1. A. General History. B. The Prophets and Early Islam, London, 1935.
• Part 1, Sec. II: fasc. 2. C-L. Special Histories of Persia, Central Asia and the remaining parts of the world except India, London, 1936.
• Part 1, Sec. II: fasc. 3. History of India, London, 1939..
• Part 2, Biography, Additions and corrections, Indexes, London, 1953.

The material in this series is concerned with the writing and publication of this volume:

• Volume I entries - handwritten descriptions which became the entries in Volume I. This is incomplete. The pages present are numbered, 87, 91, 93, 96, 101, 103, 118, 175, 202, 360, 308, 405, 408, 442-546, 548-718, 852, 871, 877, 887-888, 897, 900, 905, 1036-1106, 1114-1116, 1120-1121, 1129-1130, 1137-1140.
• Corrections for Volume I Part 1. These appeared in Part 2 - handwritten notes listing the corrections needed listed by page and line. The corrections only run to page 205 of the publication. The notes are page numbered but incomplete. Those present are 2-97, 100-126, 211-217, 220-221, 228-237, 245-254, 259-272, 295-299.
• Index for Volume I Part 1 - handwritten lists of entries 191-281. A note states that these were sent to Austin (publisher) on 22 August 1934.
• Draft of the opening pages of Part 1 plus other introductory pages. These are handwritten and numbered by Storey li-lxiii, lxv-lxxx, lxxxii-lxxxiii. They have been numbered in a different hand 4246, 4249-4261, 4263-4278, 4288-4289.
• Proof copy for pp.1-16, of Part I
• Complete proof copy for Part 2 with some handwritten annotations.
• Proof copies for parts of Volume I, Part 2. These have been annotated and dated as to their reading or return and consist of: pp. 781-796 dated 23 December 1946; pp. 893-924 dated 16 October 1947; pp. 925-941, 2 copies, dated 26 March 1947 NS 2 November 1950; pp. 941-988, dated 2 February 1948; pp. 989-1020, dated 23 February 1948; pp. 1021-1068, undated; pp.1069-1084, dated 10 November 1948; pp.1085-1164, dated 27 October 1950.

Storey made many notes in his lifetime of research. Some have been catalogued within the Persian Literature Volumes. This series contains those that have not been assigned to any of the individual volumes.
These are:

• Bibliographical research notes - handwritten notes similar to the volume entries. Some have indications that they may have been used in the volumes but they have not been specifically ordered as volume entries.
• Notebook without cover with notes in Arabic from the 'Home Services Miscellany' - this notebook has suffered from water damage.
• Notes on periodicals - handwritten.
• 'Arabic lexicographical notes' - handwritten, title according to label within original file.
• 'Lexicographical notes - Persian I' - handwritten, title according to label within original file.
• Research notes in Arabic and English notes on manuscript pages, annotations and miniatures, handwritten.
• Research notes on 'Philologika' by Von Hellmut Ritter and other publications concerning Ansani, The Suhrawardiyya, 'Ain al-qudat, Kubra, and Najm al-Din Dajah, handwritten.
• Lists for the contents of MSS Eur. A.11; Persian manuscript titles, listed by size; Contents of the Persian Delhi Manuscripts, Volume III; A handlist of Arabic Printed Works divided by size; and 'Additions'. These are all typed lists. It is unknown which institution's lists from where these have been taken.
• A large bound notebook containing notes on Course in Bengal Madrassas; Courses at Panjab University; Prospectus of Studies and Examinations for the indigenous Arabic Schools of the United Provinces, 1911; Books Studied in al_Jami al-Azhan; Courses at Deoband. Also within this book are pressed flowers many of which are labelled. Several of these have also come loose and have been placed with a separate folder for safekeeping with loose labels. Inserted within the front cover are some handwritten notes, a copy of a letter from Professor Browne on Persian research, a news cutting - 'Baronet in the Dock: Extraordinary Allegations' and a sheet of a Persian newspaper.
• Large exercise book with covers missing containing notes in Arabic and English on Arabic texts. Inserted within the book are 2 printed sheets advertising a Seminar for the Comparative Study of Religions at the College, Baroda.
• Small bound exercise book with the title 'Rough Index to PL (Persian Literature)' with the annotation 'Get a large notebook for use as index'. This index is arranged alphabetically. Inserted into the notebook is a single sheet headed 'Proverbs not Indexed'. Index is in English but this list in Arabic script.
• Two pocket notebooks, one with a red cover and one unbound containing mixed research notes in Arabic and English.
• Shelf Lists of the Storey Collections of Printed Books and Persian Manuscripts - typed lists.
• Manuscript location/Index lists for catalogues - these probably belong to a volume of Persian Literature but it was not possible to identify them, handwritten.
• Seven pieces of miscellaneous notes, typed and handwritten.

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.

Biographical material for individuals with names commencing A:

• Afshār Qāsim - lū - 'Hoisting the Flag' - concerning Mr Afshar, the new Persian Chargé d'Affaires in London, news cutting from the Daily Telegraph, 16 January 1954.
• Ahmad - 'Alī ('Ābid) - copy of the curriculum vitae for Ahmad - 'Alī ('Ābid), Lecturer in Arabic, Aligarh Muslim University, handwritten, undated.
• Ferhat Abbas - 'Rebel leader' article concerning Ferhat Abbas, the leader of the Algerian rebels from The Observer, 11 December 1960.
• Alā (Husain) - two articles concerning Hussein Ala, one speculating whether he would be made Persian ambassador in London, and an obituary. Both from the Daily Telegraph, 1 September 1953 and 14 July 1964. Further obituary, 'Husain Ala: Former Iranian Prime Minister', from the Times, 14 July 1964.
• Assadullah Alam 'A new premier for Persia' concerning the resignation of Assadullah Alam, Premier of Persia. From the Evening Standard, 7 March 1964.
• Hassan Ali Mansur 'Formation of New Cabinet in Iran' concerning the new Prime Minister Hassan Ali Mansur and the appointments in his Cabinet. The Times, 9 March1964.
• Albu (J.) - notes on publications by Albu - handwritten, undated.
• Amīn al-Husainī - 'Mufti of Jerusalem' concerning the evasion of arrest by Mohammed Amin El Husseini, Observer 16 June 1946.
• Ali Amini 'The Persian Scene: The Causes of Financial Instability' concerning the formation of the new Iranian Government under Ali Amini and the economic and financial situation in the country, Financial Times, 20 June 1961.
• Ansāri - Notes in Persian in Storey's hand. Two pieces.
• Arfá (Hassan) 'Persian Old Squire' concerning Arfa's rise from cavalry officer to Chief of Staff and Iranian Ambassador in Turkey, The Times, 14 January 1965.
• Arthur J. Arberry Orientalists' - review of 'Oriental Essays' by A.J. Arberry concerning key orientalists in Arabic and Persian Studies. From the Observer, 7 August 1960.
• Stephen Austin - copy of the obituary for Stephen Austin, publisher of Oriental books, taken from the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1892, p.409. Handwritten, 4 pieces.
• Ayub Khan 'Soldier President' concerning the President of Pakistan's visit to the Queen at Windsor Castle and his credentials, The Observer, 1 May 1960.
• Muhammad Husain Āzād - biographical notes giving details of his birth and move to Lahore. Further notes and a copy of his obituary from the Civil and Military Gazette, 23 January 1910. Handwritten, 5 pieces.
• Aga Khan, seven newspaper articles, 'His Highness the Aga Khan,' from the Sunday Times, 8 December 1957; 'Installation of Aga Khan', from the Times 24 January 1958; '100,000 See Installation of Aga Khan' from the Daily Telegraph, 24 January 1958.; 'On a Throne of Gold in Karachi' from the Evening Standard, 24 January 1958; 'What is the truth about the Aga Khan?' from the Daily Mail, 29 January 1958; 'Aga Khan Denies Cut Prayers Plea' from the Daily Telegraph, 26 February 1958; and an article on the Aga Khan receiving an honorary degree from Harvard University, from Daily Telegraph, 12 June 1959. These tell of the Aga Khan's arrival in Karachi in 1958, and give a profile of the man.
• Khaled Al Azm - 'The man who has sold a nation' - article on how Khaled Al Azm, Syria Defence Minister and probably the richest man in Syria has allied his country with the Russians, News Chronicle, 17 August 1957.
• Maulana Azad 'Indian Minister of Education' - obituary for Maulana Abul Kalam Azad from The Times, 22 February 1959.

Biographical material for individuals with names commencing S:

• Sadleir (G.F.) handwritten biographical notes from a letter to the Times Literary Supplement, 1955.
• San'att handwritten note as to a source of San'att's portrait.
• Sanglākh - biographical notes, handwritten in Arabic script.
• Sir Jadunath Sarkar obituary notice for the Indian historian, The Times, 21 May 1958.
• Sa'ūd 'A new palace for an oil-rich king' - photo article showing the palace of Kind Saud, The Times, 15 April1958.
• Shādmān - handwritten biographical notes.
• Shafī' (M) handwritten biographical notes from World Biography, 1948.
• Princess Shahnaz 'Women's Women of 1958...and this is the girl with the fairy tale charm', article concerning the Shah of Persia's only daughter, Evening Standard, 1 January 1958.
• Siddīq Hasan Khān handwritten biographical notes, 12 pieces.
• Sipihr (M. Taqī) biographical notes, handwritten in Arabic script.
• Freya Stark portrait of Freya Stark taken by Douglas Glass, The Sunday Times, 15 October 1960.
• S.M. Stern notification of Stern's appointment to a junior research fellowship at All Soul's College, Oxford, The Times, 23 July 1957; notification of Stern reading prayers at the funeral of William Cohn, The Times, 2 March 1961.
• Suhailī 'New Prime Minister of Persia' concerning the appointment of Aly Soheily, The Times, 16, February 1943; 'New Ambassador' concerning Soheily's appointment as Ambassador to Britain, The Times, 21 October 1950; 'Ambassador Dies' concerning Soheily's death, Daily Telegraph, 2 May 1958. Further obituary notices from The Times and Daily Telegraph, 2 May 1958.
• Suhrawardi (Hasan Shādid) Recommendations for Suhrawardi's scholarship, printed pamphlet, 1910; 'Pakistan Prime Minister', article concerning the appointment of Suhrawardi as Pakistan's Prime Minister, The Times, 9 August 1955; 'New Start for Pakistan' concerning the changes being implemented by Suhrawardi, The Times, 13 September 1956; photographs showing Suhrawardi's visit to China, from The Times, 1 November and 22 December 1956; 'Talk with Gen. Franco' concerning Suhrawardi's visit to Madrid, The Times, 8 July 1957; obituary notices for H.S. Suhrawardi, brother; The Times, 6 December 1963; obituary notices for Suhrawardi from The Times, 5 ad 12 March 1965.
• Sultanov, Abdul-Rahman & Yuri Nicolaievitch 'Snow-Boots in Sana'a', article concerning the activities of father and son, possibly working for the Russians in the Middle East, Sunday Times, 30 November 1962.
• Sūratgar (Lutf-'Alī) handwritten biographical notes.
• Sykes (Sir Percy) Obituary notices for Brigadier-General Sir Percy Sykes, authority on Persia, The Times, 18 June 1945.