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نقل شقّجات جناب عالی متعالی Naql-i shuqqajāt-ī Janāb-i 'Alī Muta'alī, 1228-1229 A.H., 1813-1814 C.E.

 Item
Identifier: Or Ms 134

Scope and Contents

This is another collection of transcriptions of 420 letters and dispatches, which were sent originally by the Nawwāb Vazīr al-Mumālik Sa'adat 'Alī Khān of Oudh to Colonel John Baillie, British Resident at Lucknow, between the 1st Muḥarram 1228 A.H. (5th February 1813 C.E.), and the 20th Rajab, 1229 A.H. (9th July, 1814 C.E.).

These letters, like those featured in OR MS 127-133, deal largely with the affairs of the Ṣūbah of Oudh. Their subject-matter may be roughly summarised as follows:

- Dispatch of troops for the suppression of minor disturbances.

- Affairs of the zamīndarī, irrigation, etc.

- Presents and rewards.

- Judicial affairs, which predominate all through.

- Current prices of grain, etc.

- Affairs of the ta'alluqdārī.

- A complete list of allowances paid to the Maḥalls, or Princesses, of Faizabad.

- Decision of the case of the Jāgīr of Shams al-Nisā' Bīgam.

- Commerce, etc.

- Terms of the treaty between the Governor-General and the Nawwāb Vazīr.

- Dacoits.

- Revenue settlement.

- A descriptive record of the appeal in the case at Benares between Durgā-Parshād and Audān and other defendants, as submitted by the Judge, containing the evidence of the witnesses, etc.

- Account of the personal allowance and Jagīr of Nawwāb Bahū Bīgam.

- Account of evidence in the appeal case at Bareilly, submitted by the officer stationed there.

- A list of the English officials and others who attended a reception given in their honour.

Dates

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

Language of Materials

Persian (Script: nasta'līq-shikastah)

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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