KHAN

One page. folio, fold marks, small closed tear, text complete and clear, as follows: From | His Highness | Synd Mansoor Ullee | Nawab Nazim of Bengal | To | T.M. Kirkwood Esquire | Offg: District Judge of Moorshedabad the 8th August 1884 | My Friend | I have the honor to ackowledge receipt of the notice in duplicate from the High Court forwarded as per your letter No. 1076 dated the 28th Ultimo, and beg to return herewith the original notice dully receipted [...].

12mo, 3 pp. 38 lines. Text clear and complete. The two leaves attached along the margins. Signed in Devanagari and European ('So: Rustam Khan Captain') scripts. He acknowledges 'receipt of the Commission conferring on me the honorary rank of captaincy with a deep sense of gratitude to you and all the Officers of the Regiment'. States that he will 'ever cherish a grateful remembrance of all that the Officers and Regiment have done for me'.

Top right corner of page of autograph book, with other signatures (Annie Hill etc), good condition: Aga Khan | 24. March. 11.

Forty pages, octavo. In original cream stapled printed wraps. Good though somewhat worn and dogeared at corners, and with wraps creased, stained and with marks from rusty staples. Six essays: 'This Sorry Scheme of Things' by Atiyah; 'A Personal Communication' by Khan; 'Reflections on Islamic Art' by Thabet; 'Towards An Arab Federation' by Ibrahim; 'Algazel in the 13th Century Scholasticism' by Fakhri; and 'The Meaning of the Calamity (Book Summary)' by Zuraiq. With loose leaf printed subscription form. No record found (COPAC, BLC).