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- 14 Stephenson Way, London, NW1 2HD, England, UK
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- Most items in our Collections can be made available for you to consult in our Reading Room which is open at the following times: Tuesday: 10.00-17.00 Thursday: 14.00-17.00 Friday: 10.00-17.00
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- Anyone is welcome to visit to consult our collections during these hours, and almost all of our collections can be made available at short notice. We may ask for an explanation of your research if you request to see particularly rare or fragile material. For more information, please contact us. Please contact us to let us know when you intend to visit so we can ensure you are not disappointed upon your arrival. However, if for any reason you are not able to give us advance notice, we will do our best to accommodate you when you arrive. When you first visit the reading room, please bring photographic identification and proof of address. This is required to register as a reader and use our collections.
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- Documents can be fetched on the day, it will help speed the process if an email is sent prior to the visit.
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- Facilities for Disabled Persons
- The Reading Room is located on the first floor of our building and is wheelchair accessible.

List of Collections(View as Search Results)
- A Petition to the House of Commons by the Natives of Bombay
- Aja'ib al Tabaqat by Muhammad Tahir b. Abul Qasim translated by Sir Legrand Jacob
- The Akbar Nameh of Abul Fazl Allami translated by Lieutenant Chalmers.
- All-India Oriental Conference
- An Eastern Odyssey
- An Enquiry into the Order of Chapters of the Qur'ān
- An Indo-Afghan Border Story: Unto us a Child is Born
- Anglo-American Conference of Historians
- Archaeological Joint Committee
- Asia House
- Asiatic Society
- Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
- Asiatic Society of Japan
- The Asiatic Society of Mumbai
- Association of British Orientalists
- Assyrian Excavation Fund
- Bajān Tadjalli
- British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia
- British Association of Malaya
- British Institute at Ankara
- British School of Archaeology in Iraq
- Catalogues and Lists of Asiatic Material
- China Society
- Chinese Documents on Trade Regulations with the English
- Chinese-English Dictionary
- The Cities and Towns of China
- École Française d'Extrême-Orient
- Conference on Official and Non-Official Co-operative Action
- Congress of the Federation of Learned Societies of North Africa
- The Coronation of the Sultan of Selangor, Hisamuddin Alam Shah
- Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Documents of Maratha History
- Entwurf einer Grammatik der Herero Sprache - an English translation
- European Consortium for Asian Field Study
- Extracts from the Records of Bombay and Surat
- Finnish Oriental Society (Finska Orientsällskapet)
- Foundation for Science and Technology
- Fragment of the Valmiki Ramayana in Kanarese
- Friends of the Palestine Museums
- Grammaire Tagalog
- History of the Gujarat Sultanate
- Horniman Museum
- India Office Library
- Inscription on the Tell Duweir ewer
- Institut d'Histoire de l'Émigration Politique Contemporaine
- Instructions of the Chinese Government to the Merchants trading with the Russians
- International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences
- International Congress of Geography
- International Congress of Libraries and Documentation Centres
- International Congress of Linguists
- International Congress of Orientalists
- International Fund for the Archaeological Exploration of India
- International Union for Oriental and Asian Studies
- Introduction on the Elements of the Afghan language
- The Iran Society
- Joint Session of the Royal Asiatic Society, the Société Asiatique, American Oriental Society and the Scuola Orientale-R. Università di Roma
- Journal of Compass Bearings
- Madras Literary Society
- Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society
- Mythic Society
- Notebooks on India
- Notes on Cuddapah
- "Notes on the Ancient Figures and Inscriptions from Márab"
- Oriental Societies
- Oriental Translation Fund
- Other Societies and Institutions
- Papers of Abraham Poliak
- Papers of Alan Charles Trott
- Papers of Alexander Gerard
- Papers of Alexander Hamilton and Graves Chamney Haughton
- Papers of Alexander Johnston
- The Papers of Alexander Rogers, 1825-1910
- Papers of Alexandre Anastasius Pallis
- Papers of Angus C. Graham
- Papers of Anton Tien
- Papers of Arthur Anderson, Clement, Edward William, Henry, and Walter West
- Papers of Benjamin Heyne
- Papers of Bernard Quaritch
- Papers of Brian Houghton Hodgson
- Papers of Captain Henry Ormsby
- Papers of Captain James Purefoy
- The Papers of Clinton Thomas Dent
- Papers of Colonel Sir John Fisher Turner
- Papers of Daniel John Gogerly
- Papers of David Haliburton
- Papers of David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer and Emily Overend Lorimer
- Papers of David Price
- Papers of Dennis Duncanson
- Papers of Dora Gordine
- Papers of Dr David Richardson
- Papers of Edward Conze
- Papers of Edward Rehatsek
- Papers of Edward Walter Hutchinson
- Papers of Edward William Lane
- Papers of Edward William West
- Papers of Emil Forchhammer
- Papers of Francis Buchanan-Hamilton
- Papers of Gerald Tibbetts
- Papers of Henry Thomas Colebrooke
- Papers of Horace Geoffrey Quaritch Wales
- Papers of Hugh George Rawlinson
- Papers of Iltudus Thomas Prichard
- Papers of James Caulfeild
- Papers of James Low
- Papers of John Cecil Cloake
- Papers of John Drew Bate
- Papers of John George Taylor
- Papers of John Hansman and David Stronach
- Papers of John Romer
- Papers of Laurence Austine Waddell
- Papers of Major General Sir Frederic John Goldsmid
- The Papers of Major J. Stuart King
- Papers of Major J.R. Cunningham
- Papers of Major-General Thomas Hardwicke
- Papers of Mary Rowlatt
- Papers of Maurice Patrick O'Connor Tandy
- Papers of Michael John Rowlandson
- Papers of Professor E.H.S. Simmonds
- The Papers of Ram Gharib Chaube
- Papers of Raymond Head
- Papers of Reginald le May
- Papers of Reginald Stanley Underhill
- Papers of Richard and Turner Macan
- The Papers of Richard Francis Burton
- The Papers of Samuel Davis
- Papers of Sir Arnold Talbot Wilson
- Papers of Sir Aurel Stein
- Papers of Sir Charles Colville
- Papers of Sir Henry Miers Elliot
- Papers of Sir Michael Cavanagh Gillett
- Papers of Sir William Jones and Lady Anna Maria (Shipley) Jones
- Papers of the Gibb Memorial Trust
- Papers of the Reverend George Smith
- Papers of Thomas Hervey Baber
- Papers of Thomas John Newbold
- Papers of Thomas Manning, Chinese Scholar, First English visitor to Lhasa, Tibet
- Papers of Thomas Pell Platt
- Papers of Walter Melville Wace
- Papers of Wilfred Lawson Blythe
- Papers of William Adair Nelson (1907-1993)
- Papers of William Augustus Collins
- Papers of William Claxton Peppé
- Papers of William Cullen
- The Papers of William Edward David Allen
- Papers of William Pettigew
- Papers of William Theobald
- Patparganj Pillar
- Proposed Branch Societies of the Royal Asiatic Society
- RAS Collections: Library Administration
- RAS Lecture and Events: Event Material
- RAS Lecture and Events: Event admin and Planning
- RAS Lecture and Events: Publicity Material
- The Reception of Lord Amherst by Rup Lal Mallick
- Representation of a Gold Medal struck at the command of Shah Jehan A.H. 1064
- Royal Anthropological Institute
- Royal Asiatic Society China
- Royal Asiatic Society Collections Policy Documents
- Royal Asiatic Society Collections Acquisitions Records
- Royal Asiatic Society Collections Disposal Records
- Royal Asiatic Society Collections Research Registration Records
- Royal Asiatic Society Collections: Library Committee Minutes
- Royal Asiatic Society Collections: Activities
- Royal Asiatic Society Collections: Library Correspondence
- Royal Asiatic Society Collections: Engagement
- Royal Asiatic Society Delegates
- Royal Asiatic Society Finance: Minutes of Finance and Investment Committees
- Royal Asiatic Society Governance: Minutes of Council Meetings
- Royal Asiatic Society Governance: Preliminary Correspondence
- Royal Asiatic Society Governance: Royal Patronage
- Royal Asiatic Society Governance: Correspondence Volume One
- Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong
- Royal Asiatic Society Korea Branch
- Royal Asiatic Society Lectures and Events: Minutes of General Meetings
- Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka
- Royal Asiatic Society Property: 14 Grafton Street
- Royal Asiatic Society Property: 5 New Burlington Street
- Royal Asiatic Society Property: 22 Albemarle Street
- Royal Asiatic Society Property: 74 Grosvenor Street
- Royal Asiatic Society Property: 56 Queen Anne Street
- Royal Asiatic Society Property: 60 Queen's Gardens
- Royal Asiatic Society Property: 73 Collier Street
- Royal Asiatic Society Public School Medal
- Royal Asiatic Society Publications: Minutes of the Publications Committee and the Monograph Editorial Board
- Royal Asiatic Society Richard Burton Memorial Medal
- Royal Asiatic Society Triennial Gold Medal
- Royal Asiatic Society Universities Prize Essay Fund
- Royal Asiatic Society: 160th Anniversary Celebrations
- Royal Asiatic Society: 175th Anniversary Celebration
- Royal Asiatic Society: Centenary
- Royal Asiatic Society: Journal
- Royal Asiatic Society: Sesquicentenary
- Royal Geographical Society
- Royal Society for Arts
- Royal Society for Asian Affairs
- The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
- Sanskrit and Braj Manuscript
- Scottish Association for Asian Studies
- Second Turkish Linguistic Congress
- Siam Society
- Sketch and description of a temple fresco, Reespa, on the banks of the Sutlej river, Kinnaur
- Society for Old Testament Study
- Société Asiatique
- South Kensington Museum
- Syro-Egyptian Society
- Tenth International Conference of Ethiopian Studies
- Translation of the Emperor of China's Letter to the King of England
- Universities
- 'Various methods of cheating practiced by Goldsmiths and their language'

