Identity area
Reference code
CR9/1/32
Title
Letter from Mahtab Rai
Date(s)
- [1757] (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 item: paper, gold borders and speckling
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Scope and content
Describes the wording of the seal of 'Shujaal-Mulk Husam al-Dawlah Mir Muhammad Jafar Khan Bahadur Mahabat Jang' and of his son- [in-law] 'Nasir al-Mulk Ala' al-Dawlah Mir Muhammad Sadiq Khan Bahadur Asad Jang', who on 29 June 1757 was named as Crown Prince. Possibly written between 23 June and 2 July 1757, shortly after Mir Muhammad Jafar became Nawab. The seal of Mir Jafar used here ceases to appear on letters from early in 1759
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Language of material
- Persian
Script of material
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Persian
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Note
Preferred citation: CR9/1/32
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
vtls004382869
GEAC system control number
(WlAbNL)0000382869
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Name access points
- Mahtab Rai (Subject)