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Add Or 5475, f.4
- Record Id:
- 032-003264132
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003264132
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x000245
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 5475, f.4
- Title:
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Poem composed by the Emperor Bahadur Shah and addressed to the Governor-General's Agent at Delhi February 1843. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'
- Scope & Content:
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Poem in Urdu, with archaic transcription, and literal and poetical translation. Opposite on f.3v:
‘Dilon se pas haen – Zahur me go Joodayee hy’
‘Tumasha me isee Alum ke ek Khudayee hy’
‘Pas tere hee ruhega – Dil nashad Moodam’
‘Eh Dil aeega meree Eead tooje Eead Moodam’
‘In heart we are united, tho’ in appearance there is disunion’
‘And this circumstance is perceptible to the whole world.’
‘Near you, will always remain my anxious heart.’
‘This will remind you of me always.’
‘In heart we are united, tho’ ‘tis clear’
‘We. to the world, as if estrang’d appear’
‘My anxious thoughts will ever turn to thee’
‘And this will teach you to remember me.’
‘Composed by the Emperor Bahadoor Shah and addressed to the Governor-General’s Agent at Delhi February 1843’
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003264132
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003264132
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Mughal style
Mughal/19th century style - Start Date:
- 1843
- End Date:
- 1843
- Date Range:
- 1843
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: pen-and-ink
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Calligraphy