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

 Person

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:

عباب اللباب في توضیح دقائق للاعراب 'Ubāb al-lubāb fī tawḍīḥ daqā'iq al-i'rāb, 843 A.H., 1434 C.E.

 Item
Identifier: Or Ms 38
Scope and Contents

A commentary upon the Lubāb al-I'rāb of Tāj al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. al-Sayf Isfarā'īnī Faḍl, who flourished about the end of the seventh century A.H. The author is not mentioned.

Dates: 843 A.H.; 1434 C.E.

علامات نجوم الفرقان 'Alāmāt-i-nujūm al-furqān, 1226 A.H., 1811 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 70
Scope and Contents

This work on the correct reading and recitation of the Qur'ān, was originally compiled in the 34th year of the reign of 'Ālamgīr (1093 A.H., 1682 C.E.) by Ibn Muḥammad Sa'īd Muṣṭafá. Printed volume.

Dates: 1226 A.H.; 1811 C.E.

عمل صالح ʻAmal-i Ṣāliḥ, 1224 A.H., 1809 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 81
Scope and Contents

A history of the Mughal Emperor Shāhjahān's life and reign, and containing a short history of his predecessors, beginning with Tīmūr. On the flyleaf the work is entitled "lkhtiṣar-i Shāh Jahān-nāmah."

Dates: 1224 A.H.; 1809 C.E.

غرر الحکم ودررالکلم Ghurar al-ḥikam wa-durar al-kalim, 1023 A.H., 1614 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 8
Scope and Contents

A collection of the numerous wise sayings of 'Alī b. Abī Ṭalib, cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muḥammad, and First Imām of Shi'i Islam). The apothegms were gathered and arranged by 'Abd al-Waḥīd b. Muḥammad b. 'Abd al-Waḥīd Amīdī Tamīmī in the sixth century A.H..

Dates: 1023 A.H.; 1614 C.E.

فرمان Farmān, 1222 A.H., 1807 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 124
Scope and Contents This is the original manuscript of a farmān, or royal order, of the Emperor Abū al-Naṣr Mu'īn al-Dīn Muḥammad Akbar-Shāh II (d. at the age of about 80 years in 1253 A.H., 1837 C.E., at Dehli), conferring upon Colonel John Baillie, British Resident at the Court of Oudh, the three titles of "'Imād al-Dawlah, Afẓal al-Mulk Bahādur, Arslan Jang." The farmān was issued on the 2nd of Sha'bān, 1222 A.H. (5th October, 1807...
Dates: 1222 A.H.; 1807 C.E.

فرمان Farmān, 1222 A.H., 1807 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 125
Scope and Contents This is an original MS. of a farmān [royal order] that, like OR MS 124, confirms honorary titles upon Colonel John Baillie, British Resident at the Court of Oudh. This order bears the name of Shāhzādah Mīrzā Muḥammad Jahāngīr at the top, and it was issued on the 19th Sha'ban, 1222 A.H. (22nd October, 1807 C.E.), in the first year of the reign of Emperor Abū al-Naṣr Mu'īn al-Dīn Muḥammad Akbar-Shāh II (d. 1253 A.H., 1837 C.E., at Dehli). This ...
Dates: 1222 A.H.; 1807 C.E.

فقه الامامیّة Fiqh al-Imāmiyyat, undated copy

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Identifier: Or Ms 386
Scope and Contents

A digest of Twelver Shi'ite Islamic Law by Sirāj al-Ḥaqq. There appear to be substantial lacunae in the present copy.

Dates: undated copy

فقه الامامیّة (القسم الثانی) Fiqh al-Imāmiyyat (second part), undated

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Identifier: Or Ms 387
Scope and Contents

A digest of Twelver Shi'ite Islamic Law. This labelled as al-qism al-thānī (the second section) of the work, and is itself divided into ten kitābs (books).

Dates: undated

فقه الامامیه Fiqh al-Imāmiyyah, 1205 A.H., 1790 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 15
Scope and Contents

A digest of Twelver Shi'ite Islamic Law by Sirāj al-Ḥaqq. The work (or this copy) was written at the request of Sir William Jones (so states a note at the beginning, and another at the end, in the hand of Col. John Baillie).

Dates: 1205 A.H.; 1790 C.E.

فقه السراجیه Fiqh al-Sirājiyyah, undated copy (original text composed 12th or 13th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 16
Scope and Contents

The well-known treatise on the Islamic Inheritance law by Muhammad b. Muḥammad Sirāj al-Dīn al-Sajāwandī (about 600 A.H., 1203 C.E.), whose name, however, does not appear in the present copy. OR MS 17 is a further volume of this work.

Dates: undated copy (original text composed 12th or 13th cent. C.E.)