Baillie, Anne, 1809-1847 (Former owner of manuscripts)
Dates
- Existence: 1809 - 1847
Biography
Anne Baillie (1809-1847) was the daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel John Baillie of Leys (1772-1833), Member of Parliament and East India Company Official, and his second wife "Lulu Begum", a lady of high standing from the court of Awadh, who entered the marriage with her own fortune. Anne was born in India, baptized at Lucknow, and later brought to Scotland for her education. She married John Frederick Baillie of Dochfour and had two sons, John Baillie (1835-1890) and Alexander (1837-1917). Anne was the main heir upon her father's death, despite John having older sons by an earlier marriage. She inherited Leys Castle in Invernesshire and its lands, with the Lucknow jewels of her mother and the Arabic and Persian manuscript collection that her father had brought back from South Asia entailed as heirlooms. Anne and her husband are said to have lived a "... retired domestic life.." at Leys Castle "... planting and improving the surrounding grounds." (John Mitchell, Reminiscences of my life in the Highlands, vol.1. Newton Abbot, David &Charles Reprints, 1971, p. 60.) For further information see Alexander Charles Baillie, Call of Empire from the Highlands to Hindostan. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2017, chapter 16.
Found in 167 Collections and/or Records:
دستور جهان گشائی Dastūr-i jahān gushā'ī, undated
دستورالعمل اکبری Dastūr al-'amal-i Akbarī, 1230 A.H., 1814 C.E.
An account of the 22 ṣubahs (or provinces) of the Indian Empire, their subdivisions and revenue in the time of the Mughul sovereignty.
دقائق الانشاء Daqā'iq al-inshā', 1204 A.H., 1789 C.E.
This important work, which deals with the subtilties of style in the composition of both prose and poetry, was compiled in 1145 A.H. (1732-1733 C.E.), by Ranjhūr-Dās (also called Ranchūr-Dās), son of Ranjīt-Rāi, a Kāyath of Jawnpūr.
دیوان ثابت Dīvān-i Sābit, undated copy (original text composed 18th cent. C.E.)
The collected poems of Sayyid Muḥammad Afẓal al-Dīn, poetically styled, "Sābit," of Dehli, who was a man of great learning, and died at the city of his birth, 1151 A.H. (1738 C.E.).
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دیوان حافظ Dīvān-i Ḥāfiẓ, undated copy (original text composed 14th cent. C.E.)
A collection of poems by the celebrated Persian lyric poet Shams-al-Dīn Muḥammad "Ḥāfiẓ" of Shiraz (ca. 715-792 A.H. /1315-1390 C.E.). This volume, probably copied in the 11th century A.H. (broadly, 17th cent. CE), is richly illuminated and includes twelve highly finished miniatures in Indian style.
دیوان وحشت Dīvān-i Waḥshat, undated copy (original text composed 17th-18th cent. C.E.)
The collected ghazals of Shaykh 'Abd al-Wāḥid Thānīsarī, who claimed his descent from the celebrated Imām Ghazālī. He flourished during the reign of the Mughal Emperor 'Ālamgīr, and poetically styled himself "Waḥshat."
رسالة باسیفین Risālat bā-sayfayn, 1229 A.H., 1813 C.E.
A treatise on religious controversy between Christians and Muslims, by Jawwād Sabāt Bā-Sayfayn, who dedicated it to the Wazīr As'ad Pāshā, son of Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad.
رسالهٔ ارثماطیقی (یعنی خواص اعداد) Risālah-i irs̲māṭīqī (ya'nī khavāṣ-i a'dād), undated
This is only the third fann, or part, of apparently a large work on arithmetic. The author's name is not given. In its present form it treats with that branch of the Theory of Numbers which is called Zawju al-Zawj), it is illustrated by numerous tables.
رسالهٔ زراعت Risālah-i zirā'at, undated
روضة الصفاء Rawz̤at al-ṣafāʼ, 1057 A.H., 1647 C.E.
An excellent copy (seven volumes bound in one) in good preservation of the famous work on general history, composed around the turn of the 16th century C.E., by Muḥammad b. Khāvandshāh b. Maḥmūd, “Mīrkhānd”.