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EAP921/4/2/14
- Record Id:
- 040-004071777
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004071712
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100139972556.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP921/4/2/14
- Title:
- يوسف و زليخا
- Additional Titles:
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Yusuf o Zulaikha
- Scope & Content:
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Owner belonged to the old family of Narayangarh zamindars of the Sadgop caste who held the hereditary title of “Shrichandan”. Severely damaged. Date of completion is given in accordance to both the Hijri calendar as well as the Amli calendar of Orissa [Odisha]. However, the Amli year is no longer legible.
Custodial history: With the immense contributions of Henry Vincent Bayley, Raj Narayan Basu and other erudite persons this library was established in 1851 as very first public library of India(as the executive committee of library has claimed for a long times) in Midnapur district of Bengal. After facing many up and downs this public library got its present name as Rajnarayan Basu Smriti Pathagar and its own permanent building in 1940 as well. Although many valuable collections are either lost or damaged for lack of maintance, but some very rare books and manuscripts are still available. Many books are found more than 7 languages and various contents like Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, Persian, Odiya,English, Sanskrit.
Administrative context: The CSSSC, on realising the importance of copying the collection applied for a grant to the EAP against which EAP921 has been awarded.
Calendar: Common Calendar.
Extent and format of original material: One Manuscript of 165 folios.
Physical characteristics: Extremely fragile. The original size of the folios are 26X21 cm.
Owner(s) of original material: Rajnarayan Basu Smriti Pathagar.
Author(s) of original material: Mawlana Nur al-din Abd al-Rahman Jami.
Scribe of original material: Rajab Ali Khan.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Manuscripts, Books, Newspapers in southern West Bengal
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004071712
036-004071763
040-004071777 - Is part of:
- EAP921/4 : The Library of Rajnarayan Basu Smriti Pathagar, Library Road, Paschim Medinipur
EAP921/4/2 : Manuscripts from the Library of Rajnarayan Basu Smriti Pathagar
EAP921/4/2/14 : يوسف و زليخا - Hierarchy:
- 032-004071712[0002]/036-004071763[0014]/040-004071777
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP921/4
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 333 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP921-4-2-14
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Persian
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1852
- End Date:
- 1852
- Date Range:
- Sep 1852
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- India
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Access is for research purposes only. CC BY-NC.
- Physical Characteristics:
- Extremely fragile. The original size of the folios are 26X21 cm.
- Arrangement:
- Folios bound by a string.
- Information About Originals:
- The original material is located at Rajnarayan Basu Smriti Pathagar, Library Road, Paschim Medinipur
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)