A printed sheet of Persian script, undated.
Sans titreThese Papers consist of a single document - a handwritten manuscript with label, 'Notes on China and the Chinese'. This label also reads 'Read 7th April 1847. This is inaccurate - the General Meeting Minutes of the Society record that Sir George Staunton read the paper from the Reverend George Smith at the meeting of the 17th April 1847. The manuscript relates details of geography, politics, education, religion and culture. The manuscript is dated London, April 7th 1847 in the same hand as the creator and 'Read 17 April 1847' in a different hand.
Sans titreThe 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.
Sans titreThe series consists of publications written or collected by Tibbetts. These reflect Tibbetts' own research interests in areas such as Arabian navigation and library cataloguing.
Sans titreTwo 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.
Sans titreOffprint 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.
Sans titreOffprint of 'The star-nomenclature of the Arab navigators and the "Untersuchungen" of P. Kunitzsch.' by Tibbetts from 'Der Islam', 1965.
Sans titre'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.
Sans titre'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.
Sans titreJournal 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.'