IO Islamic 4005 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Irvine Collection
Deeds of jagir
Contents
Untitled collection
Transcripts (naql) of late-eighteenth-century correspondence and property deeds making up a muniment for a hereditary jāgīr (jāgīr-i āl-tamghā) for villages in Navāzganj and 65 other villages
Includes legal papers relating to a claim by Bābū Kāshī Nāth ibn Lālah Kashmīrī Mal stating that the hereditary jāgīr had been granted to Lālah (Rājah) Kashmīrī Mal, the karūrī (karori) of Timurid or Mughal Emperor Muḥammad Shāh, by Rājah Mahīp Narāyan of Benares (Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh)
Transcribed by order of G. J. Nicholls, Judge at Farrukhabad, from a manuscript obtained from AgraCopied from an original manuscript belonging to the library of
Physical Description
Hand(s)
Rough nastaʿlīq
in watery ink
Binding
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Muḥammad ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz of Bhitrī
1913-08-15
William Irvine
Record Sources
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