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IO Islamic 4785

Record Id:
032-004342244
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TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 4785
Title:
207 letters by Various authors
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
207 items of varying sizes
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Urdu
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1850
End Date:
1950
Date Range:
1850-1950
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Akbar al-mulk
Amīr Minā’ī
Dāgh Dihlavī
Mīr Maḥbūb ‘Alī Lhān
Niyāz Patḥpīrī
Nizam Mīr ʻUs̲mān ‘Alī Khān
Nuḥ Nārvī
Various authors
Subjects:
Hyderabad (India)
India Politics and government 1765-1947
Urdu letters
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India Office Library

IO Islamic 4785

Contents

207 letters by Various authors

Author: Various authors
Title: 207 letters

Comprising correspondence of Mīr Maḥbūb ‘Alī Lhān, Nizam of Hyderabad addressed to Akbar al-mulk, Chief of police and other state officials of the Hyderabad Court. These are dated between 1890 and 1913 and mostly relate to administrative affairs

The collection also includes letters of Nizam Mīr ʻUs̲mān ‘Alī Khān, the poet Dāgh Dihlavī, Amīr Minā’ī, Niyāz Patḥpīrī and Nuḥ Nārvī

Language(s): Urdu

References

For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 21.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 207 items of varying sizes

Decoration

History

Origin: Late 19th and early 20th century 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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