Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

IO Islamic 4224 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

India Office Library

Warren Hastings, corpus of testimonials for trial

Contents

Large volume assembling in London pre-trial evidence for Warren Hastings, former EIC Governor-General, including affidavits and letters of recommendation in Persian, Greek, Sanskrit, Hindi, Bengali, and English

Many documents bear the signatures of William Pitt the Younger, dated 1789

Language(s): Persian, Greek, Sanskrit, Hindi, Bengali, and English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 74 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 520 × 385 mm.
Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 18th century CE ; India and England

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