Urdu illuminated address.

This material is held atUniversity of St Andrews Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 227 ms37(O)
  • Dates of Creation
    • 19th c
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • Urdu
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume, 9ff

Scope and Content

Urdu illuminated address.

An illuminated address presented to Judge George Henry Barclay Henderson, known as Sahib Bahadur of Shahjahanpur, India, upon his retirement, fols. 1-4.

Remaining folios: Panegyric poems in his honour, presented to him by Azizriddin (f6a), Muhammad 'Abd al-Rahim Khan, Deputy Commissioner ('Wakil 'Adalat Diwani') (f.7b) and other notaries of the city (ff.9a and b).

Foliated with notes on 23 October 1970.

Administrative / Biographical History

Judge George Henry Barclay Henderson, given the honourific title of Sahib Bahadur of Shahjahanpur in India, was honoured with a civic function on his retirement.

Arrangement

Single item

Access Information

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Note

Call number used to be msPK2097.A3-B2

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Archivist's Note

Description compiled by Maia Sheridan, Archives Hub project archivist, based on material from the Manuscripts Database.

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