JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY
VOLUME XV · PART 3 · NOVEMBER  2005

Contents
The Role of the Karguzar in the Foreign Relations of State and Society of Iran from the mid-nineteenth century to 1921. Part 1: Diplomatic Relations

VANESSA MARTIN MORTEZA NOURAEI

261-277
Native Collecting and Natural Knowledge (1798–1832): Raja Serfoji II of Tanjore as ‘Centre of Calculation’

SAVITHRI PREETHA NAIR

 
 279-302
Khukh Ordung, A Uighur Palace Complex of the Seventh Century

JUDITH G. KOLBAS

 

 303-327
Envoys and Illusions: the Japanese embassy to Europe, 1582–90, De Missione Legatorvm Iaponensium, and the Portuguese viceregal embassy to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, 1591

DEREK MASSARELLA

 
 329-350
Obituary: Dr Mildred Archer OBE, MA(OXON), D.Litt (1911–2005)
by Raymond Head

 

 351-354

Book Review
A HISTORY OF ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN LAW, I–II. Ed. by RAYMOND WESTBROOK.

K. A. KITCHEN

 

 355-356
KOMPILATION IN ARABISCHEN CHRONIKEN. DIE ÜBERLIEFERUNG VOM AUFSTAND DER ZANG ZWISCHEN GESCHICHTLICHKEIT UND INTERTEXTUALITÄT VOM 9. BIS INS 15. JAHRHUNDERT, By KURT FRANZ,

KONRAD HIRSCHLER

 

 357-358
NASIR AL–DIN TUSI, PARADISE OF SUBMISSION, A MEDIEVAL TREATISE ON ISMAILI THOUGHT:  By S. J. BADAKHCHANI.

J. ELFENBEIN

 

 358-360
THE POSITION OF WOMEN IN ISLAM: A PROGRESSIVE VIEW. By MOHAMMAD ALI SYED.

SHIREEN MAHDAVI

 

 360-362
THE MONGOLS AND THE WEST, 1221–1410. By PETER JACKSON. 

BERNARD HAMILTON

362-364
ISLAMIC MYSTICISM CONTESTED: THREE CENTURIES OF CONTROVERSIES AND POLEMICS. by FREDERRICK DE JONG AND BERND RADTKE.

ALEXANDER KNYSH

364-366
POVERTY AND CHARITY IN MIDDLE EAST CONTEXTS. by MICHAEL BONNER, MINE ENER AND AMY SINGER.

VANESSA MARTIN  

 366-367
AL-HIND: THE MAKING OF THE INDO-ISLAMIC WORLD, VOL. III. INDO-ISLAMIC SOCIETY 14TH-15TH CENTURIES. By ANDRÉ WINK.

PETER JACKSON

367-369
THE INDIAN TEMPLE TRACERIES. By M. A. DHAKY.

GILES TILLOTSON

369-371
BIOGRAPHIE DE RAMAKRISHNA PAR SWAMI SARADANANDA, SON DISCIPLE, by MICHEL MEEX, CHRISTINE MORE and SWAMI AMARANANDA.

FRANCE BHATTACHARYA

371-374
AGAINST HISTORY, AGAINST STATE—COUNTERPERSPECTIVES FROM THE MARGINS. By SHAIL MAYARAM.

YOGINDER SIKAND

374-375
‘SICQUES, TIGERS OR THIEVES’: EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS OF THE SIKHS (1606–1809). By AMANDEEP SINGH MADRA and PARMJIT SINGH.

CHRISTOPHER SHACKLE

 

 375-376
MEHRAULI: A VIEW FROM THE QUTB. by CHARLES LEWIS, KAROKI LEWIS,

VIBHUTI SACHDEV

 

 376-377
CONVERTING WOMEN: GENDER AND PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY IN COLONIAL SOUTH INDIA. By ELIZA  KENT.

SARAH ANSARI  

 377-378
THE INFIDEL WITHIN: MUSLIMS IN BRITAIN SINCE 1800. By HUMAYUN ANSARI.

YOGINDER SIKAND

378-380
EPISTEMOLOGY OF PERCEPTION. GANGESA'S TATTVACINTAMANI: JEWEL OF REFLECTION ON THE TRUTH (ABOUT EPISTEMOLOGY). THE PERCEPTION CHAPTER (PRATYAKSA-KHANDA). By STEPHEN H. PHILLIPS and N. S. RAMANUJA TATACHARYA

CHAKRAVARTHI RAM-PRASAD

380-382
GEDENKSCHRIFT J. W. DE JONG, STUDIA PHILOLOGICA BUDDHICA MONOGRAPH SERIES XVII. H. W. BODEWITZ and MINORU HARA

JAMES A. BENN

382-383
PERFORMING THE VISUAL: THE PRACTICE OF BUDDHIST WALL PAINTING IN CHINA AND CENTRAL ASIA, 618–960. By SARAH E. FRASER

LILLA RUSSELL-SMITH

383-386
VANISHED KINGDOMS: A WOMAN EXPLORER IN TIBET, CHINA AND MONGOLIA, 1921 – 1925. By MABEL H. CABOT.

JUDITH G. KOLBAS

386-388
THE FOREST, SOURCE OF LIFE: THE KELABIT OF SARAWAK. By MONICA JANOWSKI

A. V. M. HORTON

388-389
THE MALAY PENINSULA, CROSSROADS OF THE MARITIME SILK ROAD. By MICHEL JACQ-HEROUALC'H

DAVID SNELLGROVE

389-393