Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

Or 15497   (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

Oriental Manuscripts

Mughal copper land grant

Contents

1 copy of a work by Aurangzeb, Emperor of Hindustan, 1618-1707

A copper plate in Persian issued in the name of Aurangzeb recording a land grant of 525 bīghah of land in the pargana of Minda (?), suba of Ajmer upon Naẓar ‘Alī Shāh, whose want of means of subsistence has left him indigent, on the understanding that he will pray for the perpetuation of his sovereign's rule.

Dated 11 Rabīʻ II regnal year [1]4 (AH 1082, 17 August 1671).

Language(s): Persian
Filiation:

Physical Description

Form: other
Support: Copper
Extent: 1 f.
Dimensions (leaf): 304 × 159 mm.

Hand(s)

Nastaʿlīq

Additions:

Binding

History

Origin: 11 Rabīʻ II regnal year [1]4 [1082] AH; 17 August 1671 CE ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

1998-05-31

Purchased

Record Sources

Based on unpublished description in M.I. Waley, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts acquired 2000-2014.

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