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IO Islamic 4474

Record Id:
032-004343657
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Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 4474
Title:
Revenues and description of Bengal
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
estimated 210 ff. approximately
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Latin
Start Date:
1750
End Date:
1790
Date Range:
1750-1790
Calendar:
Bengali-fasli
Era:
CE
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India Office Library

IO Islamic 4474

Revenues and description of Bengal

Contents

Revenue records, in Persian with raqam annotation, for the chaklah of Jahāngīrnagar in Bengal during the banglah year 1178

Contents labelled in English at the beginning as, ‘Accounts of the Revenues of the Mogul Empire in 61 vols’

Summary of contents at beginning (ff. 1-15)

Dated oval seals of James Grant at beginning and end: Jams Grānt ṣadr-i sarishtah'dār (sic) va mulāḥiẓ-i kull-i dafātir az ṭaraf-i dīvān-i ṣūbah'jāt-i Bangālah va Bihār va gairah, madār al-mahām sipah sālār-i Angrīz-i Kampanī, sanah 1193 Bangalah

Green leather binding

Not dated and lacking colophon

Foliated in Persian; estimated 210 folios (15 + 194 + 1 loose leaf) approximately

Language(s): Persian and English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: estimated 210 ff. approximately
Dimensions (leaf): 172 × 122 mm.
Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1750-1790 18th century CE ; India

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