Search

Subject Married women

1. IO Islamic 1244

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 1244
Title:
بکٹ کہانی Bikaṭ kahānī
Scope & Content:
A Barahmasah poem, by Muhammad Afdal Gopal (d.1625). Of this poetic tradition, Francesca Orsini writes ‘in thiskind of poem an abandoned woman (virahini or birahini) pines forher absent lover or husband and describes her pitiful state, month after month,against the backdrop of seasonal changes a...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Hindi, and Urdu
Date Range:
end of 18th century
Extent:
20 folios

2. IOR/L/PS/10/625

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/625
Title:
File 3816/1916 'Persia. As to allowing English ladies to proceed to Persia'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, and India Office Political and Secret Department papers, mainly relating to various individuals seeking permission to travel to Persia [Iran] from England. These individuals are largely the wives of British officials and employees in Persia wishing to join the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Sep 1916-10 Oct 1921
Extent:
1 volume (269 folios)