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IO Islamic 4354

Record Id:
032-004341945
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-004341945
MDARK:
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Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 4354
Title:
Transcripts of legal documents, scroll
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Hierarchy:
032-004341945
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not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 f.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Bengali
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Bengali
Start Date:
1795
End Date:
1795
Date Range:
1795
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Bed Khan
Maharajah Muni Nath Singh
Nasīm Allāh munshī
Rajah Shiv Nath Sahi
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India Office Library

IO Islamic 4354

Transcripts of legal documents, scroll

Contents

Scroll assembling transcripts for trial evidence, over 149 documents (applications for appeal, appendices, original verdicts, supporting deeds, accounts, etcetera), submitted to the Court of Appeal (Ṣadr-i Apīl), ʿAẓīm'ābād (Patna, Bihar), in the case (muqaddimah) of Rajah Shiv Nath Sahi and Bed Khan and others, appellants, against Maharajah Muni Nath Singh, respondent/defendant, both residents of Ramgadh (Patna), presented Wednesday, 18 November, 1795

Some documents have been endorsed by legal and EIC officials, with dates

Prefixed with lengthy list of contents

Ownership inscription at beginning in English torn

Headed by impression of the large circular trilingual seal of office in Persian, Bengali, Bhojpuri in Kaithi (Kāʾithī) script; the last two legends transliterate the Persian legend: [muhr-i ʿadāla]t-i dīvānī-'i [Ṣa]dr [1207]

Adjacent inscription attesting to the accuracy of contents, torn: naql muṭābiq-i aṣl [ast al-ʿabd] Nasīm Allāh munshī-'i ʿadāla[t-i dīvānī-'i Ṣadr]

Impressions of the seal of office placed on reverse side, over the joins between paper sheets, presently obscured (along with other inscriptions) by stiff and opaque cloth backing

Torn, creased, warped, stained, wormholes; fragile

Language(s): Persian, Arabic, Bengali, Hindi, Bhojpuri (Kaithi), and English

Physical Description

Form: scroll
Material: paper
Extent: 1 f.
Dimensions (leaf): 44196 × 210 mm.
Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1795-11-18 18 November 1795 CE ; Patna, India

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