IO Islamic 3652 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Treaty between EIC and Sindia, Gwalior 1844, with 2 schedules
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English EIC treaty between Governor-General Lord Ellenborough with Maharajah Jayaji Rao Sindia Bahadur of Gwalior, consisting of 12 articles
Thick paper bifolio folded vertically; parallel English text on left, with Persian and Marathi on right; stamped floral border decoration in thick gilt paint
Signed in English by Lord Ellenborough with his Persian seal of office (‘zubdah-'i nūʾīnān-i ʿaẓīm al-shaʾn mushīr-i khāṣṣ-i Ḥuz̤ūr-i fayz̤ maʿmūr Pādshāh-i kayvān bārgāh-i Ingilistān, Ashraf al-umarāʾ Idvard Lārd Ilinbarah Gavarnar Jinral Bahādur, nāẓim-i aʿẓam-i mamālik-i maḥrūsah-'i sarkār-i Kampanī-'i Angrīz [...] sanah [...] ʿĪsavī’)
Signed in Modi script (?) by Maharajah Jayaji Rao Sindia with his Persian seal of office (indistinct impression)
Signed in English by Henry Sleeman on reverse
Dated: 22 Z̲ī al-Ḥijjah 1259/13 January 1844, Gwalior
Dimensions: 735 x 570 mm
Schedules to English EIC treaty in 2 parts (A and B)
Thick paper in narrow vertical format; parallel text in English (left) and Persian and Marathi (right)
Signed in English by Henry Sleeman Signed in Modi script (?) by Munshi Balvant Rao with his Persian seal of office (indistinct impression)
Dimensions: 571 x 230 mm
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