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MOONSHEE AMEER ALI KHAN BAHADOOR
The Ameer Namah / Persian works compiled by Moonshee Ameer Ali Khan Bahadoor ; with an abstract translation in English.
1870RCIN 1051398
The author of this text, Amir Ali Khan (1810–80), was the legal and financial advisor to Wajid Ali Shah after his deposition. His autobiography gives a favourable analysis of the British rise to power in India. Although printed, it mimics the traditional layout and decoration of a manuscript. The author presented the book to Queen Victoria in 1871.
Bibliographic reference(s)
Queen Victoria's Ledger 1870-78 p. 34
