IO Islamic 4457 (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 7 sections: 1) revenues for 1170 banglah; 2) administration for 1147 banglah; 3) accounts for 1175 banglah; 4) administration of parganah Rajshahi for 1176 banglah; 5) state of the populace of parganah Rajshahi 1175 banglah; 6) memorandum on regional centres (?); 7) memorandum on all centres under Mīr Jumlah (?)
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 175 ff. approximately (101 + 25 + 21 + 9 + 5 + 1 + 13)
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