File 8/2 B Liquor for other Consulates and Agencies
Scope & Content:
Correspondence between the British Political Agency in Bahrain and other British consulates and agencies in Kuwait, Bandar ‘Abbās, Khorramshahr, Muscat, Sharjah and Bushire regarding the supply and distribution of alcohol to British officials. The file includes requests for alcohol permits, bank ...
A print of the Tibetan Buddhist canon (bka' 'gyur) from blocks carved at the printing house of the sNar thang monastery in Central Tibet. The prints were probably produced in the late 19th century but not later than 1904 when they brought from Tibet by Colonel L A Waddell.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1730-1904
Extent:
793 text items in 99 volumes (out of 100+1) in traditional Tibetan pothi format.
A Hindustani translation of the Qur'an, with notes, by Shah 'Abd al-Qadir of Delhi. Accompanied by the Arabic text. Preface begins: الہیی شکر تیرے احسان کا ادا کرون کس زبان سے کہ ھماریی زبان گویا کیی اپنے نام کر اور دل کو روشنی دیی اپنے کلام کر Shah 'Abd al-Qadir was the third son of Shah Wa...
The Arabic text of the Qur'an, as far as verse 3 of the 6th Surah, entitled al-An'am, with an interlinear Hindustani translation by Shah Rafi' al-Din, written in red, and marginal notes from the Muzih al-Qur'an of Shah 'Abd al-Qadir. The translation of the text begins: سب تعریف واسطے اللہ کے پ...
The Arabic text of the last two Sections of the Qur'an, nos. 29 and 30, i.e. Surahs 67 to 114, with an interlinear translation by Shah Rafi al-Din, written in red. The translation begins: بہت برکت والا ھیی وہ شخص کہ بیچ ھاتھ اوسکے ھیی بادشاھیی اور وہ اوپر ھر چیز کے قادر ھیی The copy was made ...
The Arabic text of the last two sections of the Qur'an, nos. 29 and 30; the first accompanied by Shah Rafi al-Din's interlineary translation, the second by that of Shah Rafi' al-Din's interlineary translation, the second by that of Shah 'Abd al-Qadir, written in red, together with marginal notes ...