Collection Area: Endangered Archives Programme / Subject: Crime - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP760/1/2/110
Title:: Bunch of Rukkas/Sanads and an enclosure of family tree
Scope & Content:: (a) Express Order of King validating the lands of Rājendra Sīvanarasīṃ Vīr Kṛṣṇa Sīṃ Bhāju Dhana Nevār except the part owned by Harīnarsīṃ which was confiscated as his son Rājvīrsīṃ could not pay for his father’s embezzlement of government money during the latter’s stint as contractor for Cotton...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Nepali
Date Range:: 1763-1952?
Extent:: 10 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP760/1/3
Title:: The Tīrthalāl Naghabhanī Archive (TLA): Financial Transactions
Scope & Content:: Financial Transactions (FT): Papers mainly related to financial transactions (loan deeds, mortgage, contracts, revenue documents, details related to land and other assets) have been kept in this category. Custodial history: TLF (Collection inherited by Tīrthalāl through his family) --TLC (Tīrth...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Nepali, Newari, and Newari, Classical
Date Range:: 1860-1983
Extent:: 160 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP760/1/3/8
Title:: Statement by Muṣiyā Jagye Vāhādur Sāhi retracting litigation against Gayālāl
Scope & Content:: Jagye Vāhādur Sāhi, a revenue contractor, resident of Vāhravisa Darā, Jumla, retracts the three court cases against Ṣaridār Gayālāl Rājbhaṇḍāri in Dailekh Court. He also admits that the allegations of favoritism, financial misappropriation and fraud were false. Owner(s) of original material: Ri...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Nepali
Date Range:: 1886
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP760/1/3/35
Title:: Tulārām Nyaupānyā's assignee contract with Gayālāl
Scope & Content:: Tulārām Nyaupānyā agrees to become Gayālāl's assignee to fight two court cases against the latter filed in Muhuḍā Adālat, Doti, by Harīprasād Acārja and Śrīrām Dhamālā accusing him of financial embezzlement. Owner(s) of original material: Rita Rajbhandari, Rina Rajbhandari. Author(s) of origin...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Nepali
Date Range:: 1885
Extent:: 1 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP760/1/3/111
Title:: Gayālāl’s application to the government asking for legal action against Siṃhavir Māhāju
Scope & Content:: For Siṃhavir allegedly defrauding Gayālāl by selling the plot of land to the latter that had already been sold earlier to one Nandalāl. Draft with several emendations. Names of witnesses given in verso. See 202, 193, 105, 131, 47, 172a, 127, 105, 150. Owner(s) of original material: Rita Rajbhan...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Nepali
Date Range:: c 1895
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP760/1/5
Title:: The Tīrthalāl Naghabhanī Archive (TLA): Family Collection (TLF)
Scope & Content:: TLF includes documents mainly related to religion, rituals, Rajbhandari clan documents related to family deity, guthi, genealogy trees, and others that Tīrthalāl inherited from his family. Custodial history: From Tīrthalāl's Family Collection (TLF) to Tīrthalāl's Personal Collection (TLP). The...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English, Hindi, Maithili, Nepali, Newari, Newari, Classical, and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1125-1996
Extent:: 2111 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP760/1/5/28
Title:: MTM. Bunch of land-related documents
Scope & Content:: (1) Express Order of the King validating the lands of Rājendra Sīvanarsīṃ, Vīr Kṛṣṇa Sīṃ, Bhāju Dhana Nevār, except the part owned by Harīnarsīṃ which was confiscated as his son Rājvīrasīṃ could not pay for his father’s 'embezzlement' of money during the latter’s stint as contractor for Kapās Bh...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Nepali
Date Range:: 1823-1952
Extent:: 6 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP766/5
Title:: Qaẓī ‘Abdul Z̤ahir Manuscript Collection
Scope & Content:: Qaẓī ‘Abdul Z̤ahir is performing his duties as Judge(Qazi) in Mastung and also known as religious Scholar Grand Mosque of District Mastung(Teri). He has inherited the position of Qazi(Judge) from his forefather who had been offering same duty of Qazi for the Khan of Kalat Amīr Kabīr Muḥammad N...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and Persian
Date Range:: 1608-1680
Extent:: 3 files containing 77 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP782/1
Title:: Sierra Leone Public Archives: Records of Colonial Governors, Police and Court Officials in Freetown and Neighbouring Villages
Scope & Content:: This project focused on preserving rare archival sources in the Sierra Leone Public Archives through digital photography, and builds on the digitisation programme undertaken through the earlier project EAP443. The focus of digitisation was on sources from the nineteenth century relating to the p...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1818-1901
Extent:: 42743 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP782/1/2
Title:: Police Office Session Case Books
Scope & Content:: The volumes in this series provide information on crimes of varying degrees of severity in the Crown Colony, including theft and assault. The information recorded for each case includes depositions from prisoners, witnesses, police constables and others involved in the case. The examinations too...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1865-1869
Extent:: 1715 TIFF images

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