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Or 16933/11

Record Id:
032-004343563
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-004343563
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Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16933/11
Title:
Petition
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Oriental Manuscripts
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032-004343563
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 f.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Latin
Start Date:
1750
End Date:
1775
Date Range:
1750-1775
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Bird, William Hamilton, 1750?-1804?,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000051136603,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/29411852
Bird, William Hamilton, 1750?-1804?,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000051136603,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/29411852
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Oriental Manuscripts

Or 16933/11

Petition

Contents

1 copy of ʿArz̤ah dāsht

Title: ʿArz̤ah dāsht
Title: عرضه داشت

Petition from William Hamilton Bird (gavarnar mistar Hamiltin Bahādur Jalādatjang) to unnamed royal addressee (with chatr) acknowledging receipt of shuqqah detailing favours and empowerment of the sardārān-i Angrīz Bahādur, and mentions the secret departure of Fayyāz̤ ʿAlī Khān Bahādur for Arabia

Mentions Iʿtimād al-Dawlah Bahādur

Not dated

Broad text panel and upper cartouche of plain paper; horizontal bands of text with interlinear gold bands; gold ground: painted chatr above cartouche; narrow outer border of floral scroll in light gold wash

Bonhams, Knightsbridge, Sale 22524 (5 Nov 2014, 10:30), Lot 18

Language(s): Persian & English
Author: William Hamilton Bird

Physical Description

Form: leaf
Material: paper
Support: Individual documents attached together (along upper and lower edges) in scroll format
Extent: 1 f.
Dimensions (leaf): 431 × 181 mm.
Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1750-1775 18th century CE ; India

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