UA SNED 14A, UA SNED 14B Request for Taxation Revenue for Shāhpur and Ghanāpur
Title
Request for Taxation Revenue for Shāhpur and GhanāpurAuthors
- Janāb-i Muhammad Dā'īm Panāh
Other related names
- G.G. Ducarel, former owner
Call number
UA SNED 14A, UA SNED 14B(Ottery St. Mary, England, Sir John Palmer and Lady Dione Palmer Private Collection)
Publisher
Sir John Palmer and Lady Dione Palmer Private CollectionLanguage
PersianOrigin
1791 or after; The seal itself reads 1198 Bangla (corresponding to 1791 CE); the property agreement is recorded in this receipt as having been awarded in the regnal year 27 of George III (= 1787 CE); the property agreement is recorded as having been awarded in 1193 Bangla (corresponding 1787 in the Gregorian Calendar). Both dates are written.
- Place
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Patna, India
Summary
Two letters on burnished paper with slanted chain lines, suggesting it was locally made in India.
Notes
- Letter 2: This is an official request for the owner for the ability to collect taxation revenues in the parganah Shāhpur, which according to the letter had a revenue that was set at 39,000 rupees in 1787 CE. This letter, at least judging from the seal, was written in 1791 CE. Letter 1: This letter is the same as the previous letter, but regarding a different parganah named Ghanāpur.
Extent
5.6'' W x 8.6'' LSupport
PaperScript
Provenance
- Palmer Family Archive, Devon, England
Keywords
- Correspondence
- Persian
- Mughal
- Early Modern
- Penmanship
- Bihar
- British India
- 18th century
- Imperial
- Empire
- Patronage
- Brother
- Revenue
- Taxation
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