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Reference code
GB 891 WJ-WJ/3-WJ 3/1-WJ/3/1/1
Publication status
Published
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 card
Date(s)
- 27 January 1785 (Creation)
Context area
Repository
Royal Asiatic Society Archives
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This is a pencil sketch with inscription on the reverse "A Senyasi, or Zealot smoking his Hukkah and giving orders for the dimensions of the grave in which he was buried alive at his own desire, though the Verzir's brother Saadat Ali offered him a large sum to abandon his enthusiastick resolution. Benares, 27 Jan. 1785"
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Language of material
- English
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