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Mirza Ja'far, letters
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1 copy of Gul-i Jaʿfarī by Āftāb Rāy bin Munshīʾ Lamūdhar Pandit
Title: Gul-i JaʿfarīTitle: گل جعفرىExcerpt from a larger collection of the official and private letters purported to be by Fakhr al-Dīn Aḥmad Khān, known as Mīrzā Jaʿfar
According to the preface, the letters were compiled and edited by the present author in 1235 / 1819-20
The fragment consists of part 1 only out of a total 8 parts
Addressees and references include the potentates of Bundelkhand and Malwa provinces from the period of the Second Maratha war; additionally mentions the reduction of Bundelkhand by Colonel John Baillie, General Wellesley, General Lord Lake, and others
Defective at end
Not dated
Language(s): PersianPhysical Description
Form: codexExtent: 101 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 247 × 179 mm.Hand(s)
Rough nastaʿlīq
Binding
History
Origin: 19th century CE ; IndiaRecord 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/24Availability
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