IO Islamic 4501 (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 various chaklahs in the province of Bengal, including Murshidabad, Jahangirnagar, Chatgam, Silhet, Burdwan, Hooghly, and Goraghat, covering the (banglah?) year 1133

Annotations in Bengali throughout

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; 104 folios

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 104 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 210 × 135 mm.

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History

Origin: 18th century CE ; India

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