IO Islamic 4473 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

India Office Library

Revenues and description of Bengal

Revenue records, in Persian with raqam annotation, for the chaklah of Jahāngīrnagar in Bengal during the banglah year 1178

Contents labelled in English at the beginning as, ‘Accounts of the Revenues of the Mogul Empire in 61 vols’

Contents listed at beginning

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

Green leather binding

Not dated and lacking colophon

Foliated in Persian; estimated 391 folios (381 + 9 + 1 loose) approximately

Language(s): Persian and English

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: estimated 391 ff. approximately

Dimensions (leaf): 175 × 123 mm.

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History

Origin: 18th century CE ; India

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