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IO Islamic 4344

Record Id:
032-004341935
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-004341935
MDARK:
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Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 4344
Title:
Court reports on Imperial Delhi
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
243 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Latin
Start Date:
1811
End Date:
1811
Date Range:
1811-1811
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Legal Status:
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Names:
Akbar Shāh II, 1806-1837,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/308694679
Akbar Shāh II, 1806-1837,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/308694679
Metcalfe, Charles Theophilus, d 1846,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/000000008390729X,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/67265990
Metcalfe, Charles Theophilus, d 1846,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/000000008390729X,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/67265990
Nāẓim al-Dawlah Mr Archibald Seton Ṣāḥib Bahādur (d. 1818)
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India Office Library

IO Islamic 4344

Court reports on Imperial Delhi

Contents

1 copy of Akhbār

Reports or akhbār, here entitled Akhbār-i darbār-i muʿallá, on events and transactions of the Timurid or Mughal Emperor Akbar Shāh II’s imperial court at Delhi and government of India

Additionally contains reports on the dyordhi (threshold, i.e. office) of the Nāẓim al-Dawlah Mr Archibald Seton Ṣāḥib Bahādur (d. 1818), and his successor, Charles Theophilus Metcalfe Ṣāḥib Bahādur (d. 1846)

Accounts only partially cover the period from 6 Muḥarram regnal year 5 (=1226)/31 January 1811 to 8 Jumādá al-S̲ānī regnal year 5 (=1226)/30 June 1811, comprising records for the months of February-March and May-June

Accounts additionally dated on reverse (recto face) with Gregorian dates

Accounts on single leaves and scrolls mounted in volume in English order, with each news or khabar leaf beginning on the verso side and mounted in reverse date order, the first folio being the latest khabar and the last (f. 243) being the earliest

Pencil annotations throughout

Rough Indian taʿlīq and shikastah āmīz; tight binding

Date of compilation not recorded

Language(s): Persian & English
Title: Akhbār
Title: اخبار

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 243 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 680 × 225 mm.
Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1811-01-31-1811-06-30 6 Muḥarram-8 Jumādá al-S̲ānī regnal year 5 (1226) (31 January 1811 - 30 June 1811) AH Delhi ; India

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