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IO Islamic 4503

Record Id:
032-004343683
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
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Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 4503
Title:
Revenues and description of Bengal
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
207 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1750
End Date:
1788
Date Range:
1750-1788
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 4503

Revenues and description of Bengal

Contents

Revenue records, in Persian with raqam annotation, for private jagirs or landholdings and their tenents in Bengal, Bihar, and Allahabad, as well as accounts for civil servants' wages in Bengal, from the twenty-third regnal year from the reign of Timurid or Mughal Emperor Muḥammad Shāh 

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

Partially foliated in Persian; estimated 207 folios (3 + 30 + 66 + 108) approximately

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 207 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 211 × 96 mm.
Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1750-1788 18th century CE ; India

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