IO Islamic 4454 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Revenues and description of Bengal
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Revenue records, in Persian with raqam annotation, and description of the Province of Bengal
Comprised of 3 sections: 1) list of chaklahs in Bengal according to the (Bangalah?) date 1133; 2) list of revenues by villages arranged in alphabetic order according to the Bangalah date 1135; 3) an important list of the names and titles of jāgīr'dārs, with lists of all the landholdings within Bengal of the ruling nawabs, rajas, elites, and Europeans
Dated oval seals of James Grant at beginning and end: 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
Foliated in Persian by section only; estimated 138 ff. approximately (34 + 66+ 38)
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