IO Islamic 4356 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Transcripts of legal documents, scroll
Contents
Scroll assembling transcripts for trial evidence, over 153 documents (applications for appeal, appendices, original verdicts, supporting deeds, accounts, etcetera), submitted to the Court of Appeal (Kūrt-i Apīl), Kolkata (Bengal), in the case (muqaddimah) of Kalyan Singh (on behalf of the wives of Rai Sudai Singh), appellant, against Bhole Singh and Kirpa Singh, respondents/defendants, residents of Tirhut (Bihar), presented 1794
Some documents have been endorsed by legal and EIC officials, with dates
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
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