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IO Islamic 4537

Record Id:
032-004342016
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
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Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 4537
Title:
Tipu Sultan's Hukmnamah, trilingual
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
33 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Kannada
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Kannada
Start Date:
1820
End Date:
1850
Date Range:
1820-1850
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Tipu Sultan, Fath ʻAli, Nawab of Mysore, 1753-1799,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000087936565,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/7368495
Tipu Sultan, Fath ʻAli, Nawab of Mysore, 1753-1799,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000087936565,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/7368495
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India Office Library

IO Islamic 4537

Tipu Sultan's Hukmnamah, trilingual

Contents

Untitled and disorderly collection of ordinances and administrative conventions issued at the court of Tipu Sultan of Mysore

This volume contains 3 sections in 3 languages: 1) Persian (ff. 1v-33r), 2) Marathi (?) in Devanagari, 3) Kannadese

Only the portion in Persian has been foliated; estimated 150 folios approximately in total

IOL stamp dated 8 Mar. 1923

Described on title page as: ‘Hocknaumah Persian & Bengalee’

Bookplate: William Wrixon Leycester VIRTUTE FORTUNAM DOMARE

Note in pencil: P. M. Gorman Nov. 1858

Language(s): Persian, Kannadese, Marathi, and English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 33 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 310 × 220 mm.
Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1820-1850 19th century CE ; India

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