IO Islamic 3652 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

India Office Library

Treaty between EIC and Sindia, Gwalior 1844, with 2 schedules

Summary of Contents: English EIC treaty between Governor-General Lord Ellenborough with Sindia of Gwalior, consisting of 12 articles, with schedules on 2 bifolios; 3 bifolios loose in large covers; English with parallel Persian text; ink seals; wax seal attached to green and blue ribbons; covers stamped with date 2 Dec 1911; title on bound cover, Treaty between the H.E.I.C. and the Maharaja Sindia, 1844

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

Language(s): Persian, English & Marathi (Modi/Gujarati script)

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

Language(s): Persian, English & Marathi (Modi/Gujarati script)

Physical Description

Form: leaf

Support: 3 sheets

Extent: 3 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 735 × 570 mm.

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History

Origin: 22 Z̲ī al-Ḥijjah 1259 AH; 13 January 1844 CE Gwalior ; India

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