Two Orphaned Envelopes from Alim Beg to G.G. Ducarel
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May God will it
This envelope reached the English sahibs at the station of the homeland from here
For the (kind) attention of the lord of bounty, the pole of the state, Mr. Ducarel, lion of war, may his fortune endure
May it pass
Sent from Calcutta, written/dated in year 1195 Bangla, 27th of the month of illegible
[in English:]G.G. Ducarel Esquire
Exmouth, Devonshire
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Petition of despair
[of] Mirza ‘Alim Beg
[in English:]Received 13th December
88
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1
انشاءَ ﷲ تعلیٰ
Inshā’ allah taʿala
2
اینلفافه بمقام ولایت صاحبان انگریز بهادر رسید از اینجا
Īn′lifāfā bih′maqām-i vilāyat ṣāḥibān-i angrayz bahādur rasīd az īnjā
3
بنظر فیض مظهر خداوند نعمت قطب الدّوله مستر دوکریل بهادر اسد جنگ دام اقباله
Bih’naẓar-i fayẕ maẓhar-i khudāvand-i niʿmat qutb al-dawlah mistar dūkarayl bahādur asad jang dām iqbāl-hu
4
بگذرد
bih′guzarad
5
مرقومه بیست و هفتم ناخوانا سنه ۱۱۹۵ بنگله از کلکته روانه ش
Marqūmah bīst va haftam nā khvānah sanah 1195 bangalah az kalkattah ravānah shud
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1
عریضه عجز
ʿarz̤ah-i ʿajz
2
میرزا عالم بیگ
mīrzā ʿālim bayg
- Label
- Two Orphaned Envelopes from Alim Beg to G.G. Ducarel
- Summary
- Two orphaned envelopes with the seal of Alim Beg, Sharaf un-Nisa’s brother, with both English and Persian writing.
35A) It was addressed to Exmouth in English. The envelope has the seal in wax.
35B) It was addressed in Persian only. The envelope has the seal in ink only.
- Contents
- Two orphaned envelopes with the seal of Alim Beg, Sharaf un-Nisa’s brother, with both English and Persian writing.
35A) It was addressed to Exmouth in English. The envelope has the seal in wax.
35B) It was addressed in Persian only. The envelope has the seal in ink only.
- Keywords
- correspondence, Persian, Mughal, Early Modern, Penmanship, Bihar, British India, 18th century
- Shelfmark
- UA SNED 35A, UA SNED 35B
- Metadata Creators
- Hallie Nell Swanson, Megan Eaton Robb
- Roles
- [aut] Alim Beg, [recipient] G.G. Ducarel
- Date
- 35A) The date is given as '1195 Bangla,' corresponding to 1788 in the Gregorian calendar. The date is given as the 27th of the month but the name of the month is unclear. 35B) The seal gives the year 1198, but given that people did not always update their seal every year, this only dates the envelope to sometime after that date .
- Place Origin
- 35A) The envelope says it was sent from Calcutta.
- Provenance Details
- Palmer Family Archive, Devon, England
- Decoration
- Persian, English
- Layout
- unstable_archives_item
- Hand Script
- Persian shikastah script; cursive English script
- Dimensions
- 35A) 3.6 inches W by 6.1 inches L 35B) 3.1 inches W by 6.8 inches L
- Notes Digitizer
- Scan envelopes on both sides, being sure to capture all seals and handwriting.
- Copyright Statement
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jHhRMTasCxavoYer89Wn8_Xn65nL0sW0/view?usp=sharing
- Images
- dml0238-dml0241
- IIIF Manifest
- https://unstable-archives.github.io/unstable_archives/img/derivatives/iiif/item35/manifest.json