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IO Islamic 4684

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032-004343702
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IO Islamic 4684
Title:
A volume containing separate documents of comprising:
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
102 ff (excluding many blank leaves)
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1793
End Date:
1798
Date Range:
1793-1798
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Anonymous
Asad Anvar
Bilgrāmī, Amīr Ḥaidar, 1751?-1803?,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/66036189
Lālah Miyān
Muḥammad Makhdūm
Mīr Muḥammad Riz̤ā
Mīr Mīrān Badr al-Zamān Khān, Sayyid Muḥammad, Mīr Nāṣir ʻAlī
Ogg, S.W., Lieut. Col.
Ripaud de Montaudevert, François 1755-1814
Sayyid Ḥusayn
Tipu Sultan, Fath ʻAli, Nawab of Mysore, 1753-1799,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000087936565,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/7368495
Various authors
ʻAbd Allāh
Subjects:
Mysore (India)
Persian letters
Pune (India)
TEI:

India Office Library

IO Islamic 4684

Contents

Summary of Contents: A volume containing separate documents of Ṭīpū Sulṭān comprising:

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 102 ff (excluding many blank leaves)

Hand(s)

Annotated by William Kirkpatrick and Lieut. Col. S. W. Ogg

History

Origin: Documents dating from 1793 to 1798 CE

a

Contents

1. f 1
Author: Muḥammad Makhdūm محمد مخدوم
Title: A letter to Ṭīpū Sulṭān

A letter to Ṭīpū Sulṭān by Muḥammad Makhdūm,, son of Lālah Miyān, لاله میان , supplying information

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 6.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 1 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 20.5 × 13.5 cm.

History

Origin: 1793-1798Other

b

Contents

2. ff 3r-4r
Author: Tipu Sultan, Fath ʻAli, Nawab of Mysore, 1753-1799 طيپو سلطان، فتح على، نواب ميسور
Title: Consultation

Consultations between Ṭīpū Sulṭān and his chief ministers concerning recent news of relations with the French from Poona

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 6.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 2 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 15.5 × 11 cm.

History

Origin: 1793-1798Other

c

Contents

3. ff 6r-17v
Author: Tipu Sultan, Fath ʻAli, Nawab of Mysore, 1753-1799 طيپو سلطان، فتح على، نواب ميسور
Title: Memorandum

Memorandum stating Ṭīpū Sulṭān ’s views on inter-departamental cooperation and unanimity

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 6.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 12 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 16 × 11 cm.

History

Origin: 1793-1798Other

D

Contents

4. ff 18r-28r
Author: Tipu Sultan, Fath ʻAli, Nawab of Mysore, 1753-1799 طيپو سلطان، فتح على، نواب ميسور
Title: Aḥkāmnāmah
Title: احکامنامه
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 6.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 24 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 11 × 7.5 cm.

Hand(s)

Copyist: Asad Anvar, اسد انور

Seal(s):

Personal cypher of Ṭīpū Sulṭān

History

Origin: 6 Bahari, Sahir 1220

e

Contents

5. ff. 30r-32v
Author: Tipu Sultan, Fath ʻAli, Nawab of Mysore, 1753-1799 طيپو سلطان، فتح على، نواب ميسور
Title: Consultation

Consultations between Ṭīpū Sulṭān of Mysore and his ministers concerning the demolition of Bangalore (India)

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 6.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 3 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 16 × 11 cm.
Seal(s):

Personal cypher of Ṭīpū Sulṭān

History

Origin: 18 Rabbani, Sahir, 1221

f

Contents

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Indian paper containing a tiger-shaped watermark watermark
Extent: 4 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 11.5

Hand(s)

Copyist: Mīr Muḥammad Riz̤ā, میر محمد رضا

History

Origin: 18 Rahmani, Sahir, 1221 CE

g

Contents

7. ff 38r-46v
Author: Tipu Sultan, Fath ʻAli, Nawab of Mysore, 1753-1799 طيپو سلطان، فتح على، نواب ميسور
Title: Consultation

Consultations between Ṭīpū Sulṭān of Mysore and his ministers

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 6.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 6 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 14.5 × 10 cm.

History

Origin: 20 Ahmadi, Sahir 1220 CE

h

Contents

8. f 49
Author: Tipu Sultan, Fath ʻAli, Nawab of Mysore, 1753-1799 طيپو سلطان، فتح على، نواب ميسور
Title: Ḥukmnāmah
Title: حكمنانه

Decree giving orders for casting three pieces of cannon

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 6.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 1 f
Dimensions (leaf): 10.5

Hand(s)

Copyst: Mīr Muḥammad Riz̤ā, میر محمد رضا

History

Origin: 5 Haydari, Rasikh, 1222 CE

i

Contents

9. ff 50r-53v
Author: Tipu Sultan, Fath ʻAli, Nawab of Mysore, 1753-1799 طيپو سلطان، فتح على، نواب ميسور
Title: Naql-i ḥukmnāmah-i jāsūsī
Title: نقل حکمنامۀ جاسوسی
Title: Memorandum

A copy of instructions on spying issued to the dārūghahs of messengers, couriers and the advance camp, and to nāyikh

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 6.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 4 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 17 × 11 cm.

Hand(s)

Copyist: Sayyid Ḥusayn سید حسین

History

Origin: 5 Rabbani, Shad, 1223 CE

j

Contents

10. ff 55r-58r
Author: Tipu Sultan, Fath ʻAli, Nawab of Mysore, 1753-1799 طيپو سلطان، فتح على، نواب ميسور
Title: Kayfīyat-i vilāyat-I Farānsīs …
Title: کیفیت ولایت فرانسیس
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 5.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 4 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 15 × 10.5 cm.

Hand(s)

Copyist: Mīr Muḥammad Riz̤ā, میر محمد رضا

History

Origin: 11 Ahmadi, Hirasat, 1224 CE

k

Contents

11. ff 60v-61v
Author: Tipu Sultan, Fath ʻAli, Nawab of Mysore, 1753-1799 طيپو سلطان، فتح على، نواب ميسور
Title: Consultation

Consultation partly in his own hand between Ṭīpū Sulṭān of Mysore and his ministers about information recently received from Poona

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 6.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 2 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 14.5 × 11 cm.

History

Origin: 15 Haydari, Hirasat, 1224 or 1225 CE

l

Contents

12. ff 62r-66v
Author: Tipu Sultan, Fath ʻAli, Nawab of Mysore, 1753-1799 طيپو سلطان، فتح على، نواب ميسور
Title: Nām-i khidmāt va sardārān-i qawm-i Farānsīz
Title: نام خدمات و سرداران قوم فرانسیز

Partly by the hand of Ṭīpū Sulṭān of Mysore

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 6.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 5 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 15.5 × 10.5 cm.

History

Origin: 1793-1798Other

m

Contents

13. ff 67r-74r
Author: Various authors
Title: Opinions by various of the ministers

Opinions by various of the ministers of Ṭīpū Sulṭān of Mysore on measures to be taken in consequence of Ripaud ’s representations

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 6-7.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 10 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 15.5 × 10.5 cm.

History

Origin: 1793-1798Other

n

Contents

14. ff 77v-91r
Author: Unknown
Title: Three memoranda

On the rules for swearing oaths etc., a list of nine sins listed in the Qur’ān and a short account of the duties of seven Officers of the State

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 7.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 15 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 15.5 × 11 cm.

Hand(s)

Copyists: ʻAbd Allāh, عبد الله and Asad Anvar, اسد انور

History

Origin: Partly dated Haydari, Shahab, 1226 CE

o

Contents

15. ff 94r-102v
Author: Tipu Sultan, Fath ʻAli, Nawab of Mysore, 1753-1799 طيپو سلطان، فتح على، نواب ميسور
Title: A document registering new names to be applied to different kinds of horses and bullocks
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 7.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 16 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 23.5 × 18 cm.
Seal(s):

Seal of Ṭīpū Sulṭān, dated 1223

History

Origin: 1, Ahmadi, Shadab, 1226

Additional Information

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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