Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

Or 14982/38 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

Oriental Manuscripts

Contents

1 copy of Ḥukmnāmah by Muhammad Bahadur Shah II, King of Delhi, 1775-1862

Author: Muhammad Bahadur Shah II, King of Delhi, 1775-1862 بهادر شاه ۲، بادشاه دهلی

Decree of Bahādur Shāh II, mentioning reports from Company of bias and negligence among district officials, and ordering to discharge their duties

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 25.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 1 f
Dimensions (leaf): 38 × 17 cm.

History

Origin: India; Regnal year 1 (Bahādur Shāh II)

Record Sources

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

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