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Baillie, Anne, 1809-1847 (Former owner of manuscripts)

 Person

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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 4 Collections and/or Records:

شرح مقامات الحریري Sharḥ Maqāmāt al-Ḥarīrī, undated

 Item
Identifier: Or Ms 52
Scope and Contents

An anonymous commentary upon the Maqāmāt of al-Ḥarīrī, transcribed at Lucknow.

Dates: undated
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

مقامات البدیعي Maqāmāt al-Badī'ī, undated copy (original text composed 10th-11th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 49
Scope and Contents

A collection of forty maqāmahs (discourses) and three additional novelettes, compiled by Badī' al-Zamān b. Ḥusayn, better known as "al-Hamadānī" d. 398 A.H. 1008 C.E.

Dates: undated copy (original text composed 10th-11th cent. C.E.)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

مقامات الحریري Maqāmāt al-Ḥarīrī, undated copy (original text composed 11th-12th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 50
Scope and Contents

These are the ever popular stories of Abū Muḥammad al-Qāsim b. 'Alī al-Harīrī (d. 516 A.H., 1122 C.E.), who was the most famous prose-writer of his time.

Dates: undated copy (original text composed 11th-12th cent. C.E.)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

مقامات الحریري Maqāmāt al-Ḥarīrī, 1225 A.H., 1809 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 51
Scope and Contents

This is vol. 1 of Maqāmāt al-Ḥarīrī. These are the ever popular stories of Abū Muḥammad al-Qāsim b. 'Alī al-Harīrī (d. 516 A.H., 1122 C.E.), who was the most famous prose-writer of his time. This is a printed volume.

Dates: 1225 A.H.; 1809 C.E.
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia