IO Islamic 4499 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Revenues and description of Bengal

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Revenue records, in Persian with raqam annotation, for the province of the Bengal khāliṣah-'i sharīfah, including detailed lists of naz̲rānah, ḥāṣilnivīsī, rasmnivīsī, zar-i chawth, jāgīr, and khāliṣah properties and procedures, over the banglah years 1169, 1171, 1172, 1180

Special mention is made in one section of properties assigned to the Bakhshī al-mamālik

Note in English at beginning, ‘From Kissen Chund the Naib Canongoi of Bengal, June 1788’

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

Partially foliated in Persian; estimated 131 folios (24 + 80 + 4 + 23) approximately

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 131 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 208 × 135 mm.
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History

Origin: 18th century CE ; India

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