IO Islamic 4453 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Revenues and description of Orissa
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Revenue records, in Persian with raqam annotation, and description of the Province of Orissa
Comprised of 4 sections: 1) revenues and expenditure for Orissa autumn and spring Takhāqū Yīl 1112 ʿamalī; 2) index of two khāliṣah districts autumn harvest of Sichqān [Yīl] 1139; 3) contributions from the miḥālāt, villages, forts, and farms associated with Orissa 1176 faṣlī; 4) State of accounts for Orissa 1145 ʿamalī
Green leather binding with label and separate note on slip of paper: ‘Original Accounts of the Revenues of the Mogul Empire compiled for the use of the Government of Bengal by order of Warren Hastings under the superintendence of James Grant Esq. 1784, 61 volumes in Urdu, MSS’
Not dated and lacking colophon
Not foliated; estimated 150 ff. approximately
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