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IO Islamic 4494

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032-004343674
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IO Islamic 4494
Title:
Revenues and description of Shahjahanabad
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
114 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Latin
Start Date:
1750
End Date:
1785
Date Range:
1750-1785
Calendar:
Bengali-fasli
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Muhammad Shāh, Emperor of Delhi, 1702-1748,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000054904102,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/45680638
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India Office Library

IO Islamic 4494

Revenues and description of Shahjahanabad

Contents

Revenue records, in Persian with raqam annotation, for the province of Delhi between the faṣlī years 1126-1165, spanning from the first regnal year from the reign of Timurid or Mughal Emperor Muḥammad Shāh to the end of Emperor Aḥmad Shāh’s reign

Interestingly, environmental and political or military conditions for the failure to submit revenues (such as droughts, incursions and battles) are also recorded

Additionally, records contain detailed lists of local civil servants

Part of four volumes (see also IO Islamic 4495, IO Islamic 4496, and IO Islamic 4497)

Annotations in English at beginning

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

Not dated and lacking colophon

Foliated in Persian; 114 folios

Language(s): Persian & English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 114 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 221 × 103 mm.
Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1750-1785 18th century CE ; India

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