IO Islamic 3955 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Mughal court and Bengal, histories and letters

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Collection of histories and letters covering affairs of the eighteenth-century Timurid or Mughal court and government of Bengal

1. ff. 1-117
Author: Salīm Allāh, Munshī

Excerpt from Munshī Salīm Allāh's Tārīkh-i Bangālah commission by Henry Vansittart

Language(s): Persian
2. ff. 136v-150

Untitled and unattributed brief history, covering the reigns of Timurid or Mughal Emperor Farrukh Siyar to Emperor ʿĀlamgīr II

Appended at end (3 ff.): historical passage relating to ʿImād al-Mulk Ghāzī al-Dīn Khān's retirement to Farrukhabad

Language(s): Persian
3. ff. 151-169

Transcripts of letters (14 in total) relating to the affairs of government in 18th cent. Bengal

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 169 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 228 × 152 mm.
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History

Origin: 18th century CE ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/6_f273r

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