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52. IO Islamic 4419
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 4419
- Title:
- Mukhtaṣar fī ṣanʿat baʿḍ al-ālāt al-raṣadīyah wa-al-ʿamal bihā مختصر في صنعة بعض الآلات الرصدية والعمل بها Birjandī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn برجندي، عبد العلي بن محمد بن حسين and Risālat mukhtaṣarah shāmilah kayfīyat inshāʾ al-jadwal wa-istikhrāj aʿmālihi رسالة مختصرة شاملة كيفية إنشاء الجدول واستخراج أعماله
- Scope & Content:
- Two treatises on the construction and use of astronomical instruments. The manuscript was copied at Hyderabad Deccan in 1066/1656 for Qubād ibn ‘Abd al-Jalīl al-Ḥārithī al-Badakhshī (قباد بن عبد الجليل الحارثي البدخشي, d. 1083/1672-3), later known by the honorific title Diyānat Khān (ديانت خان,...
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic, Farsi, and Persian
- Date Range:
- 18 Ramadan 1066-2 Dhū al-Qaʿdah 1066
- Extent:
-
Codex; ff. iii+106+ii
53. IO Islamic 4419, ff 1r-59v
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 4419, ff 1r-59v
- Title:
- Mukhtaṣar fī ṣanʿat baʿḍ al-ālāt al-raṣadīyah wa-al-ʿamal bihā مختصر في صنعة بعض الآلات الرصدية والعمل بها Birjandī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn برجندي، عبد العلي بن محمد بن حسين
- Scope & Content:
- Treatise on the construction and use of over twenty astronomical instruments by ‘Abd al-‘Alī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-Bīrjandī (عبد العلي بن محمد بن حسين البيرجندي, d. 923/1525 or 26). At the end of the text, al-Bīrjandī explains that he took the descriptions of the construction and use of all...
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic, Farsi, and Persian
- Date Range:
- 2 Dhū al-Qaʿdah 1066
- Extent:
-
Ff. 1r-59v
54. IOR/L/PS/5/391, ff 382-731
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/391, ff 382-731
- Title:
- Affairs in India and Elsewhere
- Scope & Content:
- This part of the volume consists of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay's Secret Department to the East India Company's Secret Committee, Number 8 of 1841, dated 31 January 1841. The enclosures are dated 2 November 1840 to 1 February 1841. The enclosures consist of copies of...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English, Farsi, Gujarati, and Marathi
- Date Range:
- 31 Jan 1841
- Extent:
- 1 item (350 folios)
55. IOR/L/PS/5/480
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/480
- Title:
- ‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 118
- Scope & Content:
- The volume contains copies of enclosures to despatches from the Government of Bombay’s Secret Department to the East India Company Secret Committee. The volume is divided into twenty-six items. Sind [Sindh] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/480, ff 3-16) Persia [Iran] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/480, ff 17-31) Aden A...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English, Farsi, and French
- Date Range:
- 14 Jan 1854-28 Apr 1854
- Extent:
- 1 volume (570 folios)
56. IOR/L/PS/5/480, ff 43-92
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/480, ff 43-92
- Title:
- Persia Affairs
- Scope & Content:
- This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay’s Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 4 of 1854, dated 28 January 1854. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 1 December 1853. The papers relate to diplomacy concerning overtu...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English, Farsi, and French
- Date Range:
- 28 Jan 1854
- Extent:
- 1 item (50 folios)
57. IOR/L/PS/5/480, ff 93-109
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/480, ff 93-109
- Title:
- Baghdad and Turkish Arabia Affairs
- Scope & Content:
- This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay’s Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 5 of 1854, dated 28 January 1854. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 15 December 1853. The papers relate to affairs in Baghdad and Tur...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English and Farsi
- Date Range:
- 28 Jan 1854
- Extent:
- 1 item (17 folios)
58. IOR/L/PS/9/76/192
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/76/192
- Title:
- Letter from Sulayman Pasha to Harford Jones
- Scope & Content:
- English and Farsi copies of a note from Suleiman Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], received by Jones on 20 October 1801. The Pashaw dismisses accusations against Jones (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/163) as groundless and affirms renewed trus...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English and Farsi
- Date Range:
- c 20 Oct 1801
- Extent:
- 1 item (1 folio)
59. IOR/L/PS/9/76/193
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/76/193
- Title:
- Letter from Sulayman Pasha to David Scott
- Scope & Content:
- A letter in Farsi from the Pasha of Bagdad [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] to David Scott, Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company. The letter expresses friendship, acknowledges receipt of a letter, and forwards various correspondence.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English and Farsi
- Date Range:
- c 1801
- Extent:
- 1 item (1 folio)
60. IOR/L/PS/9/76/300
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/76/300
- Title:
- Letter to Ali Pasha
- Scope & Content:
- A letter in Farsi to the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] concerning Mahomed Nejeeb Beg [Muḥammad Najīb Beg], Mussaleem [Mutasallim, Governor] of Bussora [Basra]. The letter was copied on behalf of Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- Farsi
- Date Range:
- c 1803
- Extent:
- 1 item (1 folio)
