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Articles from the New York Times concerning a Shiite attack on the Grand Mosque at Mecca. These articles are entitled:

• 'Influx to Mecca a Strain on Saudis', 21 November 1979.
• 'Mecca Mosque Seized by Gunmen Believed to be Militants from Iran', 21 November 1979.
• 'Iranian Pilgrim Tells of Mecca Attack', 22 November 1979.
• 'Gunmen Still Hold Mecca Mosque: Identity and Motives are Unclear', 22 November 1979.
• 'Saudis Say Gunmen Still Hold Mosque' ,23 November 1979.
• 'Saudis Say Mosque is in their Control', 24 November 1979.
• 'New Data Link Mecca Takeover to Political Rift', 25 February 1980.

"Measuring of Human Races" by Robert Schlagintweit. Chart for undertaking the measuring of an individual. Printed material, undated, 2 copies.

Ma-wang-tui Lao-tzu : Partial draft of text and annotated translation of chapters 50 and 76, including also notes on other chapters.

Thomas Manning was admitted to Cambridge University to study mathematics. He was very able and though did not graduate, he continued in teaching position at Cambridge for some time beforel he travelled to France to study Chinese. He was keen to develop new theorems. He published a mathematical text and corresponded with other mathematicians.

His interest in mathematics was lifelong - this subseries contains notes made on the back of letters postmarked as late as 1837.

There are both notebooks, one of which appears to be a manuscript for a book, and assorted loose notes and calculations.

Material concerning the transliteration of scripts for use in the Journal. In early 1920s, an enquiry regarding the discrepancies in the system of transliteration published in the Journal prompted the Council's decision to form a committee looking into the matter. During the 1930s there was further concern regarding the printing of non-Latin alphabet scripts. The material includes:

• Printed report of the Committee on Transliteration appointed by the Council on 17 January 1922, submitted by the Committee chair Sir George A. Grierson and members Dr T. Grahame Bailey, A. G. Ellis and Dr M. Gaster. The report recommends some optional signs as substitutes of the Geneva transliteration for Sanskrit, Arabic and Hindu scripts. 2 copies.
• Correspondence concerning the transliteration of Tibetan. The main correspondents are F.W. Thomas, H.W. Bailey, D.S. Margoliouth and Colonel Hoysted, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society. 16 pieces, dated 20 October 1937 - 31 October 1938.
• Correspondence concerning the transliteration of Chinese and Japanese script. The main correspondents are W. Perceval Yetts, S. Yoshutake, Sir Harold Parlett and Colonel Hoysted. 16 pieces, dated 26 July 1938- 1 December 1938.
• Correspondence and administrative documents concerning transliteration of all scripts. The main correspondents are the Deutsche Morgenlandische Gesellschaft, W. Perceval Yetts and Colonel Hoysted. 11 items, dated 11 January 1939 - 10 November 1939.

Documents from Barbara Ingham's involvement with the Rural Life Programme

Photocopy of a letter from Dennis Duncanson to Mrs Audrey Tee, sending condolences for the death of Sir Ralph Lilley Turner, dated 29 April 1983. Also includes a programme for the thanksgiving service of Turner and an obituary notice in the news.

Digital material relating to the ‘Access to Justice’ project in East Timor, implemented by The Asia Foundation (TAF), for which Collins served as the Country Director in East Timor from 2002 to 2003, and funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The material includes:

• ‘TAF-USAID East Timor Access To Justice Project Narrative’: a word document in three parts outlining the challenges and opportunities, strategy and approach as well as proposed activities and expected results of the project
• ‘TAF East Timor Legal Glossary’: a spreadsheet containing legal terminologies in Indonesian, with parallel translations in English and Portuguese. This document is developed in connection to the project, as a resource for legal professionals and as the basis of a subsequent East Timor legal dictionary. See the narrative document for more details.

Publications, research papers, draft reports and other research material relating to Cambodia, dealing with subjects of ethnicity, religion, education, governance, justice, etc.

Printed genealogical material and maps relating to two princely states of British India, Kharan and Makran, now part of the Balochistan/Baluchistan province of Pakistan, including:

• Offprint of Appendix I of Kharan Gazetteer, Volume VIIA of the Baluchistan District Gazetteer Series, 1907, being the printed genealogical tree of the Nausherwanis of Kharan and Makran. Note at the bottom states that the tree is in disagreement with that given in Makran Gazetteer published in the same Gazetteer series, and that this tree was prepared from information supplied by the Chief of Kharan so is probably more correct
• Printed genealogical tree of the Kakar Tribe which is found in the Kharan region, tracing the lineage of the tribe from Qais Abdul Rashid. Prepared by Mir Shams Shah, K. B., Settlement Extra Assistant Commissioner in Baluchistan, and produced by Major A. H. McMahon, Revenue Commissioner in Baluchistan, December 1901. Probably an appendix of an edition of the Baluchistan District Gazetteer Series
• Coloured printed map of Makran on a 1 inch to 16 miles scale, showing its boundaries, major roads, tracks and rivers. No. 28[8]8, printed by Thomason College, Roorkee in February 1907. 47cm (h) x 48cm (w)
• Coloured printed map of Kharan on a 1 inch to 10 miles scale, showing its boundaries, routes, rivers and Kharan Chief’s military outposts. No. 3235, printed by Thomason College, Roorkee in August 1907. 46cm (h) x 46cm (w)