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Council Meeting
Royal Asiatic Society 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomDr. Jennifer Howes: The Story Tellers of Mysore: Tipu Sultan’s female entourage and the 1806 Vellore Mutiny
After the Fourth Mysore War, when the British were dismantling Tipu Sultan's establishment, the East India Company unexpectedly took charge of 601 women who resided permanently inside Srirangapatnam Palace. Along with Tipu's sons, they were moved 200 miles east, to Vellore Fort, in the Company-controlled territory of Madras Presidency. Documentation about these court women held…
Dr. Bora Keskiner: Yāqūt al-Musta’simī and the Practise of Naql in Islamic Calligraphy
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomLeena Dhingra Book Launch: Exhumation – The Life and Death of Madan Lal Dhingra
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomJoin us at 6.30pm on Monday 13th December for the book launch of Leena Dhingra's Exhumation: The Life and Death of Madan Lal Dhingra. On 17th August 1909, Madan Lal Dhingra was executed in Pentonville Prison for the assassination of Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie, a high-ranking official from the British India office. Viewed as a…
Library Committee
Royal Asiatic Society 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomEvents & House Committee
Royal Asiatic Society 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomFinance & Investments Committee
Royal Asiatic Society 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomDr. Kate Franklin: Living the Silk Road Everyday in Medieval Armenia
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomThe entrance to the Selim Caravanserai and a view of the Selim Pass, Vayots Dzor, Armenia. Photo by K Franklin
Dr. Farouk Yahya: Talismans with the names of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus/Ashab al-Kahf in Southeast Asia
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United Kingdom