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Letter from the Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society, thanking Abraham Poliak for his notes and expressing interest in his monograph on the ideology of the Crusades.

Letter from the Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society, Diana Crawford, informing Professor Poliak that alterations to his Feudalism in Egypt publication can not be made without a complete reprint. Also the Prize Publication Fund does not have the relevant funds to carry this out.

Please note that Professor Poliak died in 1970, indicating that the Society had not been made aware of his death.

Letter sent by Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to the Literary Executors of Abraham Poliak, following the Society hearing about Professor Poliak's death. The letter asks the executors whether they would like to receive the notebooks of alterations Professor Poliak made on 'Feudalism in Egypt' prior to his death.

It is unknown whether the executors responded to this letter as the notebooks still in the possession of the Royal Asiatic Society.

The Papers of A.R. Ward consist of the manuscript draft for his fifth edition of the Prophecy concerning Rōsh Kĕlälǟh. This consists of an offprint for the fourth edition, pasted into a lined handmade notebook with insertions and annotations to correct and make additions to the previous edition.

With the draft are two handwritten letters. The first, from A.R. Ward to the Secretary, Society of Biblical Archaeology, states that he is sending an advance copy of the fifth edition, and that he particularly wants to draw the Secretary's attention to some dates on p.81f. The letter is dated 9 November 1923 and sent from 62, The Avenue, Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia. With this letter is a handwritten copy of the pages of which A.R. Ward wanted the Secretary to be aware.

The second letter is from A.R. Ward to the Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, in response to a letter sent by the Secretary, as the Society of Biblical Archaeology had been absorbed into the Royal Asiatic Society. He states that the revised manuscript was intended for the library of the Society of Biblical Archaeology. He had delayed its publication as it needed more work done on the manuscript. The letter is dated 14 February 1924 and from the same address.

This collection contains correspondence between Abraham Poliak and the Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society (Diana Crawford), concerning the proposed reprint of Poliak's publication, Feudalism in Egypt, Syria, Palestine, and the Lebanon 1250-1900. This was originally published in 1939 funded by the Society's Prize Publication Fund.

Due to Poliak's death in 1970, the proposed reprint never came to fruition, The collection also contains three notebooks of draft amendments made by Poliak.

Correspondence between Abraham Poliak and the Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society, Diana Crawford, concerning the proposed reprint of Poliak's publication, Feudalism in Egypt, Syria, Palestine and the Lebanon 1250-1900 which had been published through the Society's Prize Publication Fund. There is also a small amount of correspondence from a Library in Lebanon who are requesting further copies of the original publication.

Letter from the Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society rejecting the reprint request sent by Khalil Habib Sayegh. This is due to the Society planning a reprint of the publication themselves.

Letter from the Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society, Diana Crawford, to Abraham Poliak, informing him that they would like to reprint further copies of his publication. The letter also asks whether Professor Poliak would like to make any amendments to this reprinted version.

Letter from the Secretary of The Royal Asiatic Society, Diana Crawford, to Abraham Poliak inquiring about how the additions to his publication are progressing.

Letter from the Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society to Khalil Habib Sayegh, informing him that a new edition of Feudalism in Egypt will be reprinted soon.