Correspondence -- Persian

Scope and Contents Or Ms 687 consists of 52 fragments or groupings of fragments, mostly manuscripts, with a few printed items.See individual catalogue entries for more details. The titles and descriptions have been transcribed from the original wrappings, although it is important to note that the previous cataloguer did not have specialized knowledge, resulting in many entries being vague or potentially inaccurate. Nevertheless, we have made the choice to share them online to make these documents...

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The material consists of correspondence between Boris Rotman and Martin Rivers Pollock, dated 1956-1963. It relates to the work of Ruth Urba in Rotman's department.

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Models of various kinds of correspondence by Harkarn, son of the Mathurā-Dās Kanbū Multānī, whom Mughal ruler Jahāngīr (r. 1605-1627 C.E.) had appointed Ṣūbahdūr, or governor, of Akbarābād (Agra) during 1031-1032 A.H., 1621-1622 C.E.

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A MS. containing miscellaneous selections made for Colonel John Baillie from numerous Arabic and Persian books, the latter predominating. For a complete list of contents see: Hukk et al. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library (Hertford: Stephen Austin & Sons Ltd., 1925) 125-128.

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An inscription in English on the back states that this letter of the Nawwāb (Mīr Ja'far of Bengal) to Lord Clive was given by the latter to a Mr. William Hanbury, who gave it to Mr. J. T. Samuell 1762 C.E. The substance of the letter, however, does not show that it was sent by the Nawwāb. The probability is that it was written by "Omi-chand" (whose proper name was Amīr-Chand), and contains an appeal from the banker for the payment of his claims.

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A collection of letters written by Mughal Emperor ‘Ālamgīr (r. 1658 to 1707 C.E.) to Amīr-Khān and others.

These were collected, as stated in the introduction, after the death of Amīr-Khān (circa 1131 A.H., 1719 C.E.), by his son Sayyid Ashraf-Khān (Mīr Muḥammad Husaynī), from the remnants left by his father.

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A collection of letters composed by Bhūpat-Rāi, at the request of his patron Ra‘dandāz-Khān.

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A ceremonial invitation to the donor, who was Civil Surgeon at Agra, from Birj Indar Sawāhī Jaswant-Singh, the Mahārājah of Bharatpur, on the occasion of the birth of a son. Jaswant-Singh was the son of Mahārājah Balwant-Singh, and succeeded his father on the 16th March, 1853 C.E., when he was only 2 years old. Dated 5th October, 1872 C.E.

Gold and colour-sprinkled paper.

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A letter from Mughal Emperor ‘Ālamgīr (r. 1658 to 1707 C.E.) to his son Muḥammad A‘ẓam-Shāh (d. 1119 A.H., 1707 C.E.) during a siege, possibly of Gulkundah in 1107 A.H., 1695 C.E.

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A collection of royal letters and notes of Mughal Emperor ‘Ālamgīr (r. 1658 to 1707 C.E.). The letters are addressed to his son Muḥammad A‘ẓam-Shāh (d. 1119 A.H., 1707 C.E.).