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IO Islamic 4681

Record Id:
032-004342087
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-004342087
MDARK:
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Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 4681
Title:
1 copy of Address from the inhabitants of Benares by Various authors
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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032-004342087
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not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1f
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1804
End Date:
1804
Date Range:
1804
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Marquess Wellesley, Richard, 1760-1842,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000082471690,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/62284378
Various authors
Subjects:
Persian letters
Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India)
TEI:

India Office Library

IO Islamic 4681

Contents

1 copy of Address from the inhabitants of Benares by Various authors

Author: Various authors
Title: Address from the inhabitants of Benares

Address from the inhabitants of Benares (India) written at the beginning of 1804 to the Governor General Marquis Wellesley in praise of the re-establishment of peace resulting from the successful campaigns against Sindia and the Raja of Berar

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 5.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 1f
Dimensions (leaf): 2460 × 24.5 cm.

Decoration

Decorated heding and margins

Seal(s):

Contains approximately 3000 seals and signatures; decorated heading and margins

History

Origin: 1804 CE

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on U. Sims-Williams: Handlist of Islamic manuscripts acquired by the India Office Library 1938-85. London, 1986

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