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

UA SNED 27A, UA SNED 27B Letter from 'Alim Beg updating G.G. Ducarel on Business Interests

Title

Letter from 'Alim Beg updating G.G. Ducarel on Business Interests

Authors

Unknown

Other related names

G. G. Ducarel, former owner

Call number

UA SNED 27A, UA SNED 27B
(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

The month of Agrohayon, 1191 Bangla (corresponding to November-December, 1784 in the Gregorian Calendar)

Place: Bengal

Summary

This is a letter written by one of Elizabeth Sharaf un-Nisa's brothers, 'Alim Beg, expressing that he misses his sister and her children, and updating G.G. Ducarel on the brothers' business interests. Early on in the letter he states "the light of the eyes (probably one of the children) and the honored sister are missed by her brothers and the honored mother."

Notes

Envelope with Alim Beg's seal, addressed to Mr. Ducarel in Persian, with all of his epithets. It looks like the date says 1191 Banglah which would make this a letter from 1784. Persian letter on burnished paper

Extent

Envelope: 5.8 inches long x 3.2 inches wide; Letter: 19.2 inches long x 6 inches wide

Support

Paper

Layout

The letter begins on the left hand column halfway down the page; the letter should then be rotated 180 degrees, since the letter continues upside down at a slant in the second column.

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

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URL

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