Or 11170 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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4. ff 164r-189v
Author: Lāl, Munshī Jīvan لال، منشی جیون
Title: Akhbār-i ayyām-i Ghadr-i 1857 dar Dihlī min ibtidā-yi 11 māh-i Ma’ī 1857 li-ghāyat-i 23-i māh-i maz̲kūr
Title: اخبار ایام غدر 1857 در دهلی من ابتداى 11 ماه مئی 1857 لغايت 23 ماه مذکور

A rūznāmchah or personal journal of the “mutiny” in Dehli, from 11 to 23 May 1857

In Urdu ff. 165r-179r and Persian ff. 179v-189v

Language(s): Persian and Urdu

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 18.
5. ff 190v-202v
Author: Anonymous
Title: Akhbār-i darbār-i bādshāh
Title: اخبار دربار بدشاهد

A transcript of news items from issues of Sirāj al-akhbār ( سراح الاخبار ) , a newspaper published in Dehli during the “mutiny”, 26 Ramaẓān to 19 Shavvāl 1257

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 18.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 292 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 30 × 19 cm.

History

Origin: 1257 AH ; India

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on M. I. Waley: Supplementary handlist of Persian manuscripts, 1966-1998. London, 1998

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