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Yādgār-i Cishtī by Noor Ahmad Chishti
Identity area
Reference code
GB 891 SC50
Publication status
Published
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
1 bound volume Handwritten
Date(s)
- 1840 - 1858 (Creation)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Molvi Noor Ahmed Chishti was born in 10th June 1823 at Lahore and died in 11th August, 1867 at the age of 44. He taught Urdu, Persian and Arabic, including to Lord Lawrence and Charles Aitcheson. _Tehkikat e Chishti_ and _Yadgar e Chishti_ were written by him. His father, Molvi Ahmed Bakhsh Yakdil, was also a scholar. He is buried in Sultan Pura Lahore near Lahore Railway Station.
Biographical history
Robert Eyles Egerton served as a British administrator in India after being educated at Exeter College, Oxford, and Haileybury. He began his career in India in 1849. During the Indian Mutiny of 1857 he served as Deputy Commissioner at Lahore. In 1869, he was appointed Commissioner of Nagpur and, in 1871, he was made Financial Commissioner of the Punjab. In 1879 he was appointed Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab. Egerton retired in 1882. There is a memorial to Egerton and his wife, Mary Warren, in the Cathedral Church of the Resurrection, Lahore.
Repository
Royal Asiatic Society Archives
Archival history
The manuscript was given by its author, Noor Ahmad Chishti, to Robert Eyles Egerton. Its further custodial history is unknown.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The source of acquisition is unknown.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A handwritten manuscript of _Yādgār-i Cishtī_ by Noor Ahmad Chishti with an English colophon which states: 'Yādgār-i Chishti by Nur Ahmad Chishti Lahori. Autograph presented by the author in 1858 to Robert Eyles Egerton, then Deputy Commissioner of Lahore. A description of trades and castes in the Punjab.' The manuscript is written in Urdu with annotations. It has a leather binding decorated with flower patterns. However these are much faded and the general condition of the volume is poor.
A single loose leaf is found within the volume. This bears an inscription in Urdu, entitled, in English, 'Inscription on one of the guns in the Castle' and a further sentence identifying the date to 16 February 1754.
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Conditions governing access
Open. Please contact the archivist. Details can be found here : https://royalasiaticarchives.org/. The archive is open on Tuesdays and Fridays 10-5, and Thursdays 2-5. Access is to any researcher without appointment but it will help if an appointment is made via phone or email. Please bring photo ID.
Conditions governing reproduction
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Language of material
- Urdu
- English
Additional information
Description identifier
gb891-sc50
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