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The myths of a modern Fall
GB 891 ACG-ACG/13-ACG/13/31-ACG/13/31/2 · File · 1986
Part of Papers of Angus C. Graham

The myths of a modern Fall by Angus Graham. English draft version for the article "Vampiri in un solo morso". Three copies, one untitled, each 12 pages.

Graham Angus Charles 1919-1991
'The Muslims of Cambodia'
GB 891 WAC-WAC/2-WAC/2/3 · File · 2008
Part of Papers of William Augustus Collins

Draft publication entitled 'The Muslims of Cambodia', which explores the early and modern history of the Cambodian Muslim community, their ethnic and religious identity, as well as the ethnic relations among Cham, Vietnamese and Khmer in Cambodia after World War II. The document is 122 pages long and a digital version is available in PDF. The report was later published in 'Ethnic Groups of Cambodia' by the Center for Advanced Study in Phnom Penh in 2009.

William Augustus Collins
GB 891 RAS UPE-RAS UPE/20-RAS UPE/20/2 · File · 1957
Part of Royal Asiatic Society Universities Prize Essay Fund

"The Mughal wars of succession, 1657 to 1661, and the ascendancy of Aurangzeb" - copy of the prizewinning essay by Gavin Richard Grenville Hambly. Typed, 19 pages. With the essay is the verification note from Philip Gaskell, Assistant Tutor, King's College Cambridge. Typed with printed letterhead, signed and dated by hand, dated 14 March 1957.

Hambly Gavin R.G. 1934-2006 Orientalist
The Movement of the Way
GB 891 ACG-ACG/2-ACG/2/2-ACG/2/2/3 · File · 28th Jul 1961
Part of Papers of Angus C. Graham

"The Movement of the Way", copy of a news-cutting from The Times Literary Supplement of a review of The Book of Lieh-tzu and of Change. Eight lectures on the I Ching by Hellmut Wilhelm translated by Cary F. Bayner. A handwritten annotation specifies the date. With the photocopy is note a from the UNESCO's Département des activités culturelles which says "Not much controversy, but I hope you find this pleasing nevertheless".

The Minotaur
GB 891 ACG-ACG/16-ACG/16/2-ACG/16/2/2 · File
Part of Papers of Angus C. Graham

The Minotaur, notes on the structural analysis of the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur.

Graham Angus Charles 1919-1991
The Megha-Sūtra
GB 891 BHH-BHH/15-BHH/15/18 · File · Apr 1880
Part of Papers of Brian Houghton Hodgson

"The Megha-Sūtra" by Cecil Bendall, published by the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, April 1880. Printed pamphlet in English and Sanskrit, with Hodgson's annotations, 1 item, dated April 1880.

Bendall Cecil 1856-1906 Professor of Sanskrit
GB 891 ACG-ACG/24-ACG/24/4-ACG/24/4/26 · File · 14th Sep 1979
Part of Papers of Angus C. Graham

The Meaning of 'Tao' in Chuang Tzu,  copy of draft paper by Dennis M. Ahern; attached to a memorandum sent to JB, said to be included in the forthcoming Experimental Essays on Chuang Tzu by Victor Mair, but not included in the final edition of the book.

Ahern Dennis M. 1944-
GB 891 WAN-WAN/1 · File · 1986 - 1993
Part of Papers of William Adair Nelson

This is a typed manuscript of Nelson's book Fort Jesus of Mombasa. He first went to the Fort in September 1986, so the manuscript will have been written sometime between this visit and his death in 1993. The manuscript contains colour photographs, diagrams and an index. 240 A4 sheets.

Nelson William Adair 1907-1993 Finance Officer of Aberdeen University, Author