A set of handwritten notes concerning inscriptions. They are titled:
J. Stuart King was an Army officer, rising to the position of Major. He served as British Agent and Vice-Consul at Zeila, Somaliland from 1884-1886, and was interested in some elements of Somali language and culture on which he wrote letters to the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society on occasion in the following years.
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This material was catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2019.
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