IO Islamic 4494 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Revenues and description of Shahjahanabad
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Revenue records, in Persian with raqam annotation, for the province of Delhi between the faṣlī years 1126-1165, spanning from the first regnal year from the reign of Timurid or Mughal Emperor Muḥammad Shāh to the end of Emperor Aḥmad Shāh’s reign
Interestingly, environmental and political or military conditions for the failure to submit revenues (such as droughts, incursions and battles) are also recorded
Additionally, records contain detailed lists of local civil servants
Part of four volumes (see also IO Islamic 4495, IO Islamic 4496, and IO Islamic 4497)
Annotations in English 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
Not dated and lacking colophon
Foliated in Persian; 114 folios
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