IO Islamic 4500 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Revenues and description of Bengal
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Revenue records, in Persian with raqam annotation, for the province of Bengal, and especially Mansurgarh, covering the banglah year 1169
Prefixed with index on contents
Begins with English notes describing sources for accounts, dated June 30th 1788 Calcuttar[sic]
Fragment of red wax seal on verso of first flyleaf
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
Partially foliated in Persian; estimated 238 folios (230 + 8) approximately
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