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نقل خطوط صاحب کلان Naql-i khuṭūṭ-i Ṣaḥib-i Kalān, 1228-1229 A.H., 1813-1814 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 133

Scope and Contents

This is a collection of 500 letters, etc., which were sent to Nawwāb Vazīr al-Mumālik Sa'adat 'Alī Khān of Oudh between the 1st Muḥarram, 1228 A.H. (5th January, 1813 C.E.), and the 1st Rajab, 1229 A.H. (10th July, 1814 C.E.), by Colonel John Baillie, British Resident at Lucknow. The majority of these letters refer to matters mentioned in dispatches received from other English officials (see OR MS 127-132), and deal with various topics connected with the administration of the country.

The subjects of the letters are briefly as follows: Revenue, judicial, and criminal affairs; Suppression of dacoits and rebels; Jail, octroi (levy), and police affairs; Description of forts and the payment, transport, and equipment of troops; Price of grain; Receptions and presents; Traffic and merchandise; Pensions and awards, etc.

The following are names of some of the officials from whom Baillie received reports and reported their substances to the Nawwāb Vazīr: — Lieutenant-Colonel Birrel (Chatarpur); Mr. Wilson, Magistrate (Shahjahanpur); Mr. Reid, Magistrate (Farrukhabad); Major Richardson (Sultanpur); Mr. Raleigh, Magistrate (Cawnpore); Sir Edward Colebrook, Resident at the Court of Scindhia; Major Lane (Chatarpur); Mr. Strachey, Political Department, Calcutta; Colonel Fraser (Sakrura); Mr. Russell, Resident at Hyderabad; Major Clark (Bundelkhand); Captain Campbell (Farrukhabad); Colonel Hudson; Colonel Edwards; Captains Brooke; Taylor; Grant; Adams; Blackie; Todd; Grant; Messrs. Rutherford and MacMahon; Dr. Law, and others.

The following are the names of a few of the principal places where the East India Company's officials were stationed, dispatches from whom are mentioned in this manuscript: Agra, 'Aligarh, Allahabad, Bahra'ich, Bahramghat, Bardwan, Bareilly, Bundelkhand, Cawnpore, Dehli, Etawah, Farrukhabad, Gorakhpur, Jaunpur, Khairnagar, Lucknow, Mirzapur, Partabgarh, Sakrura, Shahjahanpur, Sultanpur, etc.

Dates

  • Creation: 1228-1229 A.H.
  • Creation: 1813-1814 C.E.

Language of Materials

Persian (Script: shikastah-nasta'līq)

Conditions Governing Access

Open. Please contact the repository in advance.

Full Extent

1 volume

Other Finding Aids

Hukk, Mohammed Ashraful; Ethé, Hermann; and Robertson, Edward, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library (Hertford: Stephen Austin & Sons Ltd., 1925).

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated to the University of Edinburgh Library by Lieutenant-Colonel John Baillie of Leys' grandson, also named John Baillie, in 1876.

Processing Information

Annotation uses legacy data from Mohammed Hukk et al. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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