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IO Islamic 3943

Record Id:
032-004341754
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
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MDARK:
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Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 3943
Title:
Correspondence on Nepal
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Irvine Collection
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
82 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1795
End Date:
1950
Date Range:
1795-1950
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Abdul Qadir Khan
Abdul Qadir Khan Jāīsī
Duncan, Jonathan, 1756-1811
Durrānī, Aḥmad Shāh, Amir of Afghanistan, 1723?-1772,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000025588905,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/139145910119027021680
Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818
John (sic, read George) Jasper Nicholls
Mawlavī ʿAbd al-Qādir Khān
Moulvi Abdul Qadir Khan
Ran [sic] Bahadur
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Irvine Collection

IO Islamic 3943

Correspondence on Nepal

Contents

Untitled work

Collection of diplomatic correspondence between the Government of India, its officials, and envoy, Mawlavī ʿAbd al-Qādir Khān, with the ruler of Nepal

William Irvine's note on the flyleaf: "Mission of Abdul Qadir Khan Jāīsī [sic] to Nepal. Persian correspondence between Maharajah Ran [sic] Bahadur and the Govr. Genl. & Mr. Jonathan Duncan & Moulvi Abdul Qadir Khan 1787-1795. (Abdul Qadir Khan's family live in Mohullah [sic] Purānī ʿAdālāt, Benares City. His library is preserved. They have jagir lands near Ghunar [?, read Chunar] granted by Warren Hastings.) W.I."

Not dated

Language(s): Persian

Transcribed by order of G. J. Nicholls, Judge at Farrukhabad, from a manuscript obtained from Agra

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 82 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 153 × 242 mm.

Hand(s)

Shikastah āmīz and taʿlīq

Additions:

Binding

History

Origin: 1795-1950 1795 - 1950 CE ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

William Irvine

Luzac

1913-08-15

William Irvine

Record Sources

Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3. Available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts, manuscript number: MSS Eur E207/9_f010r (digital images currently unavailable)

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Bibliography

    MSS Eur E207/9_f.10r (digital images currently unavailable)

Funding of Cataloguing

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