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IO Islamic 4547

Record Id:
032-004342025
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-004342025
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TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 4547
Title:
Miscellaneous Persian documents
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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032-004342025
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
100 ff. approx.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Latin
Start Date:
1784
End Date:
1931
Date Range:
1784-1931
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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India Office Library

IO Islamic 4547

Miscellaneous Persian documents

Contents

Album of miscellaneous documents, letters, drawings, tracings, and maps from native Indian and British East India Company sources (predominantly in English), comprising transcriptions of legends on campaign medals, seals of the Nizam of Hyderabad, Nawabs of Bengal and Mysore (Tipu Sultan), Persian inscriptions on guns acquired from Tipu Sultan, calligraphic copies of Persian poems praising Tipu Sultan's palaces and forts

Boards detatched, fine marbled end papers; binder's notice: Thomas de la Rue & Co. Ltd., London, bookbinding contractors to H.M. Government

Notes by Charles Ambrose Storey (1931) indicating the contents of the album were assembled under his guidence

Watermarks: 1) Budgen; 2) seated Britannia in crowned oval frame

Unfoliated; estimated 100 folios approximately

Language(s): Persian & English & Arabic

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 100 ff. approx.
Dimensions (leaf): 393 × 250 mm.
Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1784-1931 18th-20th centuries CE ; India & London, United Kindgdom

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