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Title : Manuscrits
Level : collection / Reference : vmhmss
Notice types :
- Manuscripts
Organization :
Kolkata - Victoria Memorial Hall (Kolkata - India) (Kolkata, INDIA)
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Date :
- XVI-XIXe C.
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A large number of valuable manuscripts are in the collection of this memorial, some of which are on display at the Portrait Gallery. Among these are the manuscript copy of Ain-i-Akbari by Abul Fazal, the court historian of the Emperor of Akbar; a manuscript copy of Diwan Hafiz or the Gazals of Hafiz; the note book of Tipu Sultan in his own hand writing; a volume of copies of Tipu Sultan 's letters; Akbar-Namah, in two volumes; a manuscript copy of Shah Namah, the famous epic containing the history of the ancient kings of Persia written by Firdausi (999 A.D.); the Persian translation of Nala Damayanti by Abul Fazal. Beside these, there are many manuscripts stored in the High Court Room.
Geognames :
- Calcutta [other] (Kolkata])
Subject :
- 950-2 - mongolian and tatar empires
- 954 - history of India, South Asia after 647 AD
- 954-9 - history of Pakistan
- 954-93 - history of Sri-Lanka
- 954-x - history of Punjab
- Dewey000 - Generalities
- Dewey100 Philosophy & psychology
- Dewey200 Religion
- Dewey400 Language and Writing systems
- East Indo-European litteratures
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08/03/2009 09:29:34
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01/19/2011 10:37:28
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Kolkata - Victoria Memorial Hall (Kolkata - India)
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