IO Islamic 4355 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

Scroll assembling transcripts for trial evidence, over 85 documents (applications for appeal, appendices, original verdicts, supporting deeds, accounts, etcetera), submitted to the Court of Appeal (Kūrt-i Apīl), Murshid'ābād (Bengal), in the case (muqaddimah) of Raghu Nath Sharma and Gauri Prashad Sharma, appellants, against Tej Nath (grandson and successor to Mistress Sarb/Surup Mangla), respondent/defendant, both residents of Rajshahi (Bengal), presented 24 November, 1796

Some documents have been endorsed by legal and EIC officials, with dates, such as J[ames] Grant, Judge

Prefixed with lengthy list of contents

Ownership inscription at beginning in English

Headed by impression of the large circular trilingual seal of office in Persian, Bengali, Bhojpuri in Kaithi (Kāʾithī) script; the last two legends transliterate the Persian legend: muhr-i ʿadālat-i dīvānī-'i Ṣadr 1207

Adjacent inscription attesting to the accuracy of contents: naql muṭābiq-i aṣl ast al-ʿabd Nasīm Allāh munshī-'i ʿadālat-i dīvānī-'i Ṣadr

Impressions of the seal of office placed on reverse side, over the joins between paper sheets, presently obscured (along with other inscriptions) by stiff and opaque cloth backing

Torn, creased, warped, stained, wormholes; fragile