Papers of Major J. Stuart King

A set of handwritten notes concerning inscriptions. They are titled:
* The Naqbu-i-Hajar Inscription with commentary
* The Hisn Ghurāb Inscription
* Nouvelles Études sur L'Epigraphie du Yemen par MM Joseph et Hartwig Derenbourg
* Minoean B.M. 92 Glaser 284
* Comparative Alphabet

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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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.

This material was catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2019.

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Major J. Stuart King wrote several letters which were published in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. These can be found:
* JRAS 1898, April, pp.370-373
* JRAS 1903, October, pp.823-824
* JRAS 1905, April, pp.356-357

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