IO Islamic 4224 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Warren Hastings, corpus of testimonials for trial

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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.
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History

Origin: 18th century CE ; India and England

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