Anderson, Adam, 1797-1853 (Scottish judge and Senator of the College of Justice)
Dates
- Existence: 1797 - 1853
Biography
Adam Anderson, Lord Anderson, FRSE (1797 – 1853) was a Scottish judge and Senator of the College of Justice. From 1835 to 1841 he was Sheriff of Perth. He served as Solicitor General for Scotland from 1842 to 1846 and as Lord Advocate from February to May 1852.
Found in 56 Collections and/or Records:
Or Ms 215: عالمگيرنامه Ālamgīr-nāmah‘, 1193 A.H., 1779 C.E.
A copy of a detailed history of the first ten years (1067-1078 A.H., 1656-1668 C.E.) of the reign of Abū-al Z̤afar Muḥyī al-Dīn Muḥammad Aurangzīb, the Mughal Emperor ‘Ālamgīr, who died at the age of ninety, 1118 A.H., 1707 C.E.
Copied for the donor, James Anderson.
Or Ms 216: مآثر عالمگيری Maʼās̱ir-i ‘Ālamgīrī, 1145 A.H., 1732 C.E.
A history of the complete reign of Mughal Emperor ‘Ālamgīr (r. 1067-1078 A.H., 1656-1668 C.E.). It was compiled in 1122 A.H., 1710 C.E., by Muḥammad Sāqī Musta‘idd-Khān (d. 1136 A.H., 1723 C.E.) who was secretary to ‘Ināyat-Allāh Khān.
Illuminated Frontispiece.
Or Ms 219: رقائم کرائم Raqāʼim-i Karāʼim, undated
A collection of letters written by Mughal Emperor ‘Ālamgīr (r. 1658 to 1707 C.E.) to Amīr-Khān and others.
These were collected, as stated in the introduction, after the death of Amīr-Khān (circa 1131 A.H., 1719 C.E.), by his son Sayyid Ashraf-Khān (Mīr Muḥammad Husaynī), from the remnants left by his father.
Or Ms 220: شقّها و کلمات عالمگير Shuqqahā-u Kalimāt-i ‘Ālamgīr, undated (original text compiled 17th-18th cent. C.E.)
A collection of royal letters and notes of Mughal Emperor ‘Ālamgīr (r. 1658 to 1707 C.E.). The letters are addressed to his son Muḥammad A‘ẓam-Shāh (d. 1119 A.H., 1707 C.E.).
Or Ms 221: شقّهائ عالمگير Shuqqahā-yi ‘Ālamgīr, undated (original text compiled 17th-18th cent. C.E.)
A collection of royal letters and notes of Mughal Emperor ‘Ālamgīr (r. 1658 to 1707 C.E.). The letters are addressed to his son Muḥammad A‘ẓam-Shāh (d. 1119 A.H., 1707 C.E.).
Or Ms 222: شقّهٔ عالمگير Shuqqah-yi ‘Ālamgīr, undated (original text compiled 17th-18th cent. C.E.)
A letter from Mughal Emperor ‘Ālamgīr (r. 1658 to 1707 C.E.) to his son Muḥammad A‘ẓam-Shāh (d. 1119 A.H., 1707 C.E.) during a siege, possibly of Gulkundah in 1107 A.H., 1695 C.E.
Or Ms 223: ساعاتِ نهضت که عالمگير نمودند Sā‘āt-i Nahz̤at kih ‘Ālamgīr namūdand, undated
A record of the movements and encampments of the Emperor ‘Ālamgīr (r. 1658 to 1707 C.E.), from the third Rabī‘ II, 1066 A.H. (1665 C.E.), to the fourth of Jumādá II, 1099 A.H. (1687 C.E.), the thirty-fourth year of his reign. Besides the places of encampment, the length of stay and the time taken to pass from one place to another are also recorded.
Or Ms 224: دستور العملِ بادشاهی Dastūr al-‘Amal-i Bādshāhī, undated
An abridged official manual of the Indian Empire. The original was possibly drawn up in Mughal Emperor ‘Ālamgīr's (r. 1658 to 1707 C.E.) time. It contains an account of the allowances of the officials of various grades, names of Faṣlī months, revenues and area of the Empire, distance from Shāhjahānābād (Dehlī) to various places, and the divisions and revenues of a number of ṣūbahs (see more in Hukk et al catalogue).
Or Ms 225: سير المتأخرين Siyar al-Mutaʼakhkhirīn, undated (original text composed 18th cent. C.E.)
An elaborate history of the Mughal Empire in India, from 1118 A.H. (1707 C.E.), the year of ‘Ālamgīr's death, to 1195 A.H. (1781 C.E.), by Ghulām Ḥusayn b. Hidāyat ‘Alī Khān-Bahādur Asad-Jang b. al-Sayyid ‘Ālim-Allāh b. al-Sayyid Fayz̤-Allāh al-Ṭabāṭabāʼī al-Ḥasanī of ‘Aẓīmābād.
Or Ms 227: محاربه ومصالحهٔ محمدشاه با نادرشاه Muḥārabah-u muṣālaḥah-yi Muḥammad-Shāh bā Nādir-Shāh, undated (extant by 18th cent. C.E.)
This is an anonymous account of the war and subsequent peace between Mughal Muḥammad-Shāh of India and Nādir-Shāh of Persia in the 21st year of Muḥammad-Shāh's reign (1152 A.H., 1739 C.E.).
Certain pages are heavily annotated in English. The annotations appear to be translations of the main text, possibly in the hand of the collector, James Anderson.