IO Islamic 3956 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Irvine Collection

Letters

Title lacking

Valuable collection of letters of social, political and historical interest relating to the East India Company, the royal houses of Durrānī Shāh, Tīpū Sulṭān, Nīshāpurī Shāh (Avadh / Oudh), and other persons

According to note at beginning, ms acquired at Allahabad, 2 October 1892, by Mawlavī Muḥammad ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz

Not dated

Language(s): Persian

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

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 12 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 254 × 165 mm.

Hand(s)

Ugly, but legible nastaʿlīq

Additions:

Binding

History

Origin: 1800 - October 1892 CE Allahabad ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

William Irvine

George Jasper Nicholls

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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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