IO Islamic 4498 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Revenues and description of Bengal
Contents
Detailed list of civil servants or ahl-i khidmat operating in the Bengal khāliṣah-'i sharīfah, up to the date 2 Z̲ī al-Ḥijjah regnal year 4 (Emperor Shāh ʿĀlam?)
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
Circular seal impressed on all folios (top right): Z̲iyāʾ Allāh Khān khānah zād-i Shāh ʿĀlam Pādshāh-i ghāzī sanah 2, 1119
Green leather binding
Not dated and lacking colophon
Foliated in Persian; 86 folios
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