Description: Small black leather softcover notebook with ruled white pages. Multiple inserts.
Contents: Excerpts and summaries from various sources relating to Oriental scholars, Persian MSS, astronomy, (e.g. Journal of the Bengal Asiatic Society Col 54 [1885] Part 1, pp. 140-2, Chronology of Ancient Nations by Albiruni, Tarikh-I Tabaristan by Muhammad ibn ul-Hasan", Oriental Memoirs by James Forbes, ; ; "Dr. John Fryer's Travels", Indian Gazetteer)
Inserts:

• Folios with title and citation of articles relating to Zoroastrian Studies
• folio with list of books titled "India. Descriptive Works and Travels (old)
• Reading room request forms
• scraps of paper with "1865 Transit of first point of Aries", directions to some place in Piccadilly, book title "Corpus papyrorum Raineri archiducis Austrioe", containing titles for Ancient British History, transcriptions from fragments of the Persian MSS
• Folios with notes regarding Raja Prithviraj, titled "Early Traces of Pahlavi"

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 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.

Description: Blue and brown patterned hardcover notebook, handwritten in ink, inserts held in place with string, detailed table of contents with page numbers. identified as West 1 from de Menasche handlist.

Contents:

• "Lord's prayer in Zand"
• London MSS., handwritten copy of L22 and folio level description of most folios ranging from L1 - L26
• Pazand Bundhašin from L22 with other miscellaneous passages from the same and a description of the MSS.
• Pahlavi introduction to Vishtasp Yasht from L5, Pahlabi Stayishwai Sirozah from L26, description of several volumes of MSS. from the East India Library.

Inserts:

• traced characters and sections from MSS.
• travel plans
• scrap of paper containing definitions
• folio titled "Zand translation of the Lord's Prayer by M. Hang, Ph.D"
• other miscellaneous papers containing calculations, notes, etc

Description: Blue and brown patterned hardcover notebook, hand written in ink, inserts held in place with string and brass paperclips, detailed table of contents with page numbers. Identified as West 2 in de Menasche handlist.

Contents:

• Pahlavi & Pazand Shikhand-gumani (first part), from L15,23
• End of Pahlavi Rivayat, from L15
• Pahlavi Patet-I Khud, from the same
• Pahlavi duties of ameshaspends, from the same
• Pahalvi Gosht-I Fryano, from the same
• Pazand Patet-I Adarbad Mardspend, from the same
• Pazand-Sankstrit Minokhand, from L19 with commentary on the condition of the original text, its discrepancies and its mixture of lanuages
• Copy of the Buwahirin Fragment
• "Collation of the OW portion of the 2 & PW"
• Zand-Pahlavi prayers & miyayish, from L12 Inserts: Pahlavi version of the Yatha Ahi Vairyo rayer from the London E.I. Library
• Indexical information
• Transcript of Pazand Menok-i-Xrat from London
• MSS Shayast-ne-Sayast from London MSS

Inserts:

• Pahlavi version of the Yatha Ahi Vairyo rayer from the London E.I. Library,
• plastic indexical information newspaper clipping on "The Lost Canon of Berosus"
• miscellaneous numerical calculations

Description: Blue and brown patterned hardcover notebook, handwritten in ink, inserts held in place with string, detailed table of contents with page numbers. Identified as West 3 in de Menasce handlist.

Contents:

• Pahlavi Pandamak-I Buzung Mihir, from H16 and K29
• Pahalavi Karnamak-I Aradashir-I Papakan, from H15
• Pahalavi Rivayat, from H6, miscellaneous passage, gifts & qualities of 30 Yazads
• Pahlavi Pandnamak, from K29
• Pahlavi Bahman Yasht, from K29, answers of Aashna, the sage, to his disciple, the cursed abalish, Yasht fragments, Hadokcht Nask; Zand-Pahlavi Visparad, from H6
• Description of 21 Nasko extracted from a MS. of Dinik Vajarkand in Dr. Noshinvanji's Library at Poona
• On the Pahlavi Shahnamah MS. T. which is "Dastur Jamashji's copy of his ancester Dastur Jamshapji's copy of his own old MS. DJ"
• beginning of the Den Vicirkart (from the Poona MS. belonging to Dastur Hoshangji Jamaspji; the end is in vol. 19
• Introductions and Postscripts collected by Prof Geldner, received 1893

Inserts:

• list of MSS. described
• "Contents of Shayash-nashayash"
• descriptions, notes and summaries to other texts miscellaneous numerical calculations
• scraps of paper that serve an indexical purpose