IO Islamic 3955 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Irvine Collection
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
Excerpt from Munshī Salīm Allāh's Tārīkh-i Bangālah commission by Henry Vansittart
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
Transcripts of letters (14 in total) relating to the affairs of government in 18th cent. Bengal
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