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IO Islamic 4530

Record Id:
032-004342010
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-004342010
MDARK:
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Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 4530
Title:
Insha collection, fragment
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Irvine Collection
Hierarchy Tree:
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-004342010
Is part of:
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Hierarchy:
032-004342010
Container:
not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
26 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Latin
Start Date:
1820
End Date:
1850
Date Range:
1820-1850
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Irvine Collection

IO Islamic 4530

Insha collection, fragment

Contents

Untitled fragment from a collection of official letters and orders (ʿarz̤ah dāsht, parvānajāt, shuqqajāt, etc.), several of which touch on a common subject, that of Awadh's relations with the Afghan rulers of the Rohelkhand region (UP), involving Afghan depredation in Farrukhabad, and a certain Qudrat ʿAlī Khān at Lucknow and the military build up of his forces at Bholi and Faizullahnagar, etc.

Notes on flyleave: 1) ‘Fragment of a Collection of Reports by a Lakhnau Amil about 1161-1162 H - Sent by Dirga Parshad Wakil, October 18 1877’; 2) ‘Removed from a volume of Lithographs, mainly Urdu, belonging to the Irvine Collection’ (in pencil)

Defective at beginning and end, thus not dated

Partially foliated in Persian (folios 9-35): estimated 26 folios approximately

Language(s): Persian and English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 26 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 245 × 156 mm.
Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1820-1850 19th century CE ; India

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