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The Papers include publications written or collected by Gerald Tibbetts in connection with his research interests in early Arab navigation in the Indian Ocean. Related to this are draft copies of a lecture given by Tibbetts at the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the origins of navigation in the Indian Ocean.

There is also material collected by Tibbetts relating to his work on the Sindbad Voyage project (1980-1981) and his invitation to participate in the Heritage of Oman Festival.

The series consists of publications written or collected by Tibbetts. These reflect Tibbetts' own research interests in areas such as Arabian navigation and library cataloguing.

Two offprints of the article 'Arabia in the Fifteenth-Century Navigational Texts' by Tibbets from 'Arabian Studies', issue 1 edited by R.B. Serjeant and R.L. Bidwell. A decision was made to keep both copies as these had been individually annotated.

Offprint of 'A comparison of Medieval Arab methods of navigation with those of the Pacific islands.' by Tibbets from 'Centro de Estudos de Cartografia Antiga', 1979.

Offprint of 'The star-nomenclature of the Arab navigators and the "Untersuchungen" of P. Kunitzsch.' by Tibbetts from 'Der Islam', 1965.

'Zur Stellung der Nautikertexte innerhalb der Sternomenklater der Araber von Paul Kunitzsch', article from Der Islam, 1967. This has been heavily annotated by Tibbetts and there are further inserts containing his notes.

'The navigational theory of the Arabs in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries' by Tibbetts from 'Agrupamento de Estudos de Cartografia Antiga', 1969. A decision was made to keep both copies as they have both been individually annotated.

Journal Volume XXX, Part 1, of the Malayan branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. This contains an article written by Tibbetts entitled: 'Early Muslin traders in South-East Asia.'

Offprint of 'Arab and Chinese navigators in Malaysian waters in about A.D. 1500' by J.V. Mills, from the Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, volume XLVII, part 2. The article has been annotated.

Offprint from the journal volume XXIX, part III of the Malayan branch of the Royal Asiatic Society of Gerald Tibbetts' article: 'Pre-Islamic Arabia & South-East Asia.'