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IO Islamic 3951
- Record Id:
- 032-004341762
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004341762
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100163233992.0x00004e
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 3951
- Title:
- Letters in Persian & English
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Irvine Collection
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-004341762", "parent" : "#", "text" : "IO Islamic 3951: Letters in Persian & English" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
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- 032-004341762
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004341762
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 97 ff. (English foliation on verso)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Persian
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1763
- End Date:
- 1800
- Date Range:
- 1763-1800
- Calendar:
- Hijri-qamari
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Durrānī, Aḥmad Shāh, Amir of Afghanistan, 1723?-1772,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000025588905,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/139145910119027021680
Ghulām Ḥusayn Khān
Goorgeen Chan
Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818
Ironside
John (sic, read George) Jasper Nicholls
Lieutenant Ironside
Luzac & Co. (London)
Mahmud [sic, read Muḥammad] Ali
Mahmud [sic, read Muḥammad] Iridge Cawn
Qāsim Khān Bahādur
Vansittart
ʿAlī Mīrzā Khān - TEI:
-
Irvine Collection
IO Islamic 3951
Letters in Persian & English
Contents
Described on flyleaf at end as: "Copies of Letters from the Navub Mahmood Iridge Khan to Mr. Vansittart, Mr. Hastings and others, Persian ansd English"
Collection of original transcripts and English translations of Persian letters from 1) the Navvāb [of Murshidābād] to Vansittart (ff. 1r, 5r,7r, 14v, 20v), Hastings (ff. 37r, 67r), Lieutenant Ironside (f. 24v), also a naql-i dastak of Navvāb Qāsim Khān Bahādur, dated 23 Z̲ī al-ḥijjah year 3 (f. 24v); 2) addressed to Ironside from "Goorgeen Chan" (f. 26v), ʿAlī Mīrzā Khān(f. 69r), "Mahmud [sic, read Muḥammad] Iridge Cawn, Naib of Murshudabad" (ff. 77r, 80v, 84), Ghulām Ḥusayn Khān (f. 78v, 81r), "Mahmud [sic, read Muḥammad] Ali, Foujdar of Dacca" (f. 30v)
Most letters undated, except for 2: 1) f. 66v is dated 8 Z̲ī al-qaʿdah 1176 / 1763; 2) f. 20v mentions the month of Kārtik Bikram samvat 1167 as being 16 months before the month of Māgh to the year of writing
Undated
Language(s): Persian & EnglishTranscribed by order of G. J. Nicholls, Judge at Farrukhabad, from a manuscript obtained from Agra
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: 97 ff. (English foliation on verso)Dimensions (leaf): 94 × 256 mm.Condition
Paper perishing and brittle along outer margins; conserved and remounted
Hand(s)
Bold shikastah āmīz and English
Additions:Signed at end by W. Irvine, May 11, 1904
Binding
History
Origin: 1763-1800 1763 - 1800 CE ; IndiaRecord 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 (digital images currently unavailable)Availability
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Bibliography
[Persian_III] 9_26rFunding of Cataloguing
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