Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

IO Islamic 3951 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

Irvine Collection

Letters in Persian & English

Contents

Described on flyleaf at end as: "Copies of Letters from the Navub Mahmood Iridge Khan to Mr. Vansittart, Mr. Hastings and others, Persian ansd English"

Collection of original transcripts and English translations of Persian letters from 1) the Navvāb [of Murshidābād] to Vansittart (ff. 1r, 5r,7r, 14v, 20v), Hastings (ff. 37r, 67r), Lieutenant Ironside (f. 24v), also a naql-i dastak of Navvāb Qāsim Khān Bahādur, dated 23 Z̲ī al-ḥijjah year 3 (f. 24v); 2) addressed to Ironside from "Goorgeen Chan" (f. 26v), ʿAlī Mīrzā Khān(f. 69r), "Mahmud [sic, read Muḥammad] Iridge Cawn, Naib of Murshudabad" (ff. 77r, 80v, 84), Ghulām Ḥusayn Khān (f. 78v, 81r), "Mahmud [sic, read Muḥammad] Ali, Foujdar of Dacca" (f. 30v)

Most letters undated, except for 2: 1) f. 66v is dated 8 Z̲ī al-qaʿdah 1176 / 1763; 2) f. 20v mentions the month of Kārtik Bikram samvat 1167 as being 16 months before the month of Māgh to the year of writing

Undated

Language(s): Persian & English

Transcribed by order of G. J. Nicholls, Judge at Farrukhabad, from a manuscript obtained from Agra

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 97 ff. (English foliation on verso)
Dimensions (leaf): 94 × 256 mm.

Condition

Paper perishing and brittle along outer margins; conserved and remounted

Hand(s)

Bold shikastah āmīz and English

Additions:

Signed at end by W. Irvine, May 11, 1904

Binding

History

Origin: 1763 - 1800 CE ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

William Irvine

Luzac

1913-08-15

William Irvine

Record Sources

Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3. Available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts, manuscript number: MSS Eur E207/9

Availability

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Bibliography

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Funding of Cataloguing

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