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All Things (Un)Published
Recently, I’ve started cataloguing the Society’s Publications archive – records documenting the Society’s long history of publishing. Many of you will know that the Society has played a key role in advancing…
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Upcoming Events in May
As the month of May fast approaches, we’re delighted to share a round‑up of the exciting events we’ve planned for the month: Thursday 7 May – Collections Evening Our annual Collections…
Cataloguing the Gerald Tibbetts Collection
This week I have been busy finishing off the cataloguing of the Gerald Tibbetts papers that we have recently acquired. Tibbetts was renowned for his interest in early Arab navigation in the…
A Trio of Books
We are pleased to announce the publication of the latest Royal Asiatic Society Book – Refugees and the Politics of the Everyday State in Pakistan: Resettlement in Punjab, 1947 -1962, by Elisabetta Iob.…
General John Briggs (1785–1875)
Today, 27th April, marks the death of General John Briggs in 1875, aged 89. Briggs entered the Madras Army in 1801 and served in the Second Mahratta War. In 1810 he accompanied…
Preparing the Papers of Henry Miers Elliot (1808-1853)
We are really pleased to announce that catalogue for the Papers of Henry Miers Elliot are now online with Archives Hub. The catalogue can be found here. I am very grateful to…
