IO Islamic 4466 (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 until the reign of nominal Timurid or Mughal Emperor ʿĀlamgīr II, and the Navvāb-Nāẓim of Bengal and Orissa, Mīr Jaʿfar ʿAlī Khān Najafī
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
First section (ff. 1-103) bears the dated square and circular seals, respectively, of: 1) Muḥammad Ḥusayn bandah-'i dargāh [regnal year] 5; 2) Dāʾim Allāh bandah-'i ʿĀlamgīr [II] Pādshāh-i Ghāzī [regnal year] aḥad (=1)
Not dated and lacking colophon
Not foliated; 132 ff. approximately (103 + 26 + 3 ff)
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