IO Islamic 3943 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Irvine Collection
Correspondence on Nepal
Contents
Untitled work
Collection of diplomatic correspondence between the Government of India, its officials, and envoy, Mawlavī ʿAbd al-Qādir Khān, with the ruler of Nepal
William Irvine's note on the flyleaf: "Mission of Abdul Qadir Khan Jāīsī [sic] to Nepal. Persian correspondence between Maharajah Ran [sic] Bahadur and the Govr. Genl. & Mr. Jonathan Duncan & Moulvi Abdul Qadir Khan 1787-1795. (Abdul Qadir Khan's family live in Mohullah [sic] Purānī ʿAdālāt, Benares City. His library is preserved. They have jagir lands near Ghunar [?, read Chunar] granted by Warren Hastings.) W.I."
Not dated
Transcribed by order of G. J. Nicholls, Judge at Farrukhabad, from a manuscript obtained from Agra
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Shikastah āmīz and taʿlīq
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