Papers of Harihar Das

Collection Level Description: Papers of Harihar Das

Reference: MSS. Eng. hist. c. 341-2
Title: Papers of Harihar Das
Dates of Creation: 20th cent.
Extent: 2 shelfmarks

Language of Material: English

Scope and Content

Typescript account of the embassy of Sir William Norris to the court of the Emperor Aurangzib in 1698-1702, by Harihar Das.

Administrative Information

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The papers were given to the Library by the Rhodes Trustees in 1956.

Access Conditions

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/services/admissions/).

Further Information

Finding Aids

M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 39975-6.

Access Points

Aurangzeb | 1618-1707 | Emperor of India

Das | Harihar | fl 1900-1999

Norris | Sir | William | 1657-1702 | Knight and British Envoy to India

India

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