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Extracts from letters sent from Bombay 1662-1678 from the India Office Records with a compliment slip from L.M. Anstey. Typed material, 12 pages plus compliment slip which is dated 6 November 1924. With these letters is a handwritten note initialed by Rawlinson, suggesting that Dr Spear of Sir Patrick Cadell would make a good article or to put in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society as "Selections from Bombay Archives". Note is undated.

The Kingdoms of the Deccan - an incomplete manuscript with annotated heading Chapter XXII Part I, and "By H.G. Rawlinson". It has 110 numbered pages and has further inserted pages. Typed with handwritten annotations, undated.

Handwritten manuscript of the translation of Baihaki's Life of Masaud. This seems to have been unpublished. 1260 pages in uncovered notebooks.

Pages from Epigraphia Indica covering Kharepatan Plates of Rattaraja, Verawal Image Inscription, Sitabaldi Inscription of the Time of Vikramaditya VI, Tigbundi Plates of the Time of Vikramaditya VI, and India Office Plate of Vijayarajadeva". Pages 292 - 315. Also includes a black and white photograph of fragments of inscriptions.

The manuscripts compiled by Edward William West. Many of these were listed by de Menasce. West was interested in many topics which are reflected in these manuscripts.

The Papers mainly consist of original Manuscript drafts for the translations of The Tūzuk-i-Jahāngīrī, or, Memoirs of Jahāngīr and Baihaki's life of Masaud. These are in Rogers' hand but the manuscript for The Tūzuk-i-Jahāngīrī is annotated and edited by Beveridge. There is some correspondence - three letters from Beveridge concerning Roger's translation and preservation of the manuscript.

Handwritten index for the translation. Uncovered notebooks between cardboad boards with title "Tuzuk-i-Jahāngīrī translated by Alexander Rogers, Bo Civil Service Retired: Index". 176 pages.

Letter from Henry Beveridge to Charlotte Hughes, Secretary to the Royal Asiatic Society, in which he writes that he is enclosing the remainder of Alexander Rogers' manuscript. He writes that he has not had the last years typewritten but has corrected Rogers' translation. he writes that he feels that Rogers' Manuscript could now be destroyed as the account of the first 12 years has now been published. Beveridge suggests however that the manuscript for the years 19-22 should be kept as if may be useful in future years. Handwritten with printed letterhead, "Pitfold, Shottermill, Haslemere", 2 pieces, 5 pages, dated 5 May 1909.

The Papers of Edward William West reflect his interest in Pahlavi language and Zoroastrianism. The majority are handwritten notebooks and other manuscripts in which he did his work. These often have many inserts. There are also loose handwritten notes, some correspondence and some printed material.

The Papers consist of five typed article and chapter drafts.