IO Islamic 4451 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Revenues and description of Bihar

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Revenue records, in Persian with raqam annotation, and description of the Province of Bihar

Consists of 8 sections: 1) the description of society and ethnic origins of populations in the Province of Bihar (f. 1r); 2) jamʿ va aṣal bāqī for faṣlī year 1173 (f. 9r); 3) jamʿ va aṣal bāqī for faṣlī year 1171 (f. 15r); 4) band va bast of Bihar's parganahs for the faṣlī years 1171-1174 (f. 43r); 5) list of calculations according to the maḥallāt (f. 208r); 6) expenditure on renovations to Patna in faṣlī year 1190/1782 (f. 209r); 7) expenditure on renovations to Patna in faṣlī year 1191/1783 (f. 211r); 8) expenditure on renovations to Patna in 1785 (f. 213r)

Dated oval seals of James Grant at beginning (f. 1r) and end (f. 218v): Jams Grānt ṣadr-i sarishtah'dār (sic) va mulāḥiẓ-i kull-i dafātir az ṭaraf-i dīvān-i ṣūbah'jāt-i Bangālah va Bihār va gairah, madār al-mahām sipah sālār-i Angrīz-i Kampanī, sanah 1193 Bangalah

Not dated and lacking colophon

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 218 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 162 × 111 mm.
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History

Origin: 18th century CE ; India

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