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Collection ID: 0052 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

UA SNED 24 Persian Letter to G.G. Ducarel from one of Elizabeth Sharaf un-Nisa's Brothers

Title

Persian Letter to G.G. Ducarel from one of Elizabeth Sharaf un-Nisa's Brothers

Authors

Unknown

Other related names

G. G. Ducarel, former owner

Call number

UA SNED 24
(Ottery St. Mary, England, Sir John Palmer and Lady Dione Palmer Private Collection)

Publisher

Sir John Palmer and Lady Dione Palmer Private Collection

Language

Persian

Origin

c. 1780s

Place: South Asia

Summary

This is a Persian letter addressed to Mr. Ducarel, probably from one of Sharaf un-Nisa's brothers. The conclusion passes on a message of greeting to both Sharaf un-Nisa and Dr. Ducarel's mother.

Notes

The contents mention land in Burdwan and Purnea

Extent

6.6'' W x 18.5'' L

Support

Paper

Layout

On f. 1v, the text of the letter begins in the left-hand column, which begins halfway down the page. The letter should then be rotated 180 degrees to read the remainder of the text, with the remainder of the letter written at a slant.

Script

Shikasta Persian script

Provenance

Palmer Family Archive, Devon, England

Keywords

Correspondence
Persian
Mughal
Early Modern
Penmanship
Bihar
British India
18th century

Licenses

Text

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URL

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Text

Metadata is ©2021 Palmer Family Collection and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike License version 4.0 (CC-BY-SA-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

URL

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Images

fol. 1r
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fol. 1v
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11294_0001_thumb.jpg (3.9 KB)
11294_0001_web.jpg (183.0 KB)