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Translation Date Revision No. Translator/Commentator
     
Mughal Library References
Mughal Library
Document Name
Ghulam Abbas ------- 4th Regiment Muzaffar Nagar Force to the Emperor Has Deserted the English Special High Rank In the army Emperor Orders to C-in-C (Mirza Mughal) to Give him a Situation
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Secret Papers MAC-23022023-901 March 12, 2026 at 7:19:39 AM
Held At: National archives of India
Identifier Number: PR_000002385025
Original
Document Name
Ghulam Abbas ------- 4th Regiment Muzaffar Nagar Force to the Emperor Has Deserted the English Special High Rank In the army Emperor Orders to C-in-C (Mirza Mughal) to Give him a Situation
Location Department Language
DELHI Foreign English
Dated Collection No. Serial No. Folder Size No. of Pages
July 28, 1857, 8:18 p.m. 139 8 Mutiny 0.2 3
Main Category Sub Category Modern Classification Modern Subclassification Document Type Source
Secret Papers N/A N/A N/A Digitized Document N/A
Title of Person Position Associated To Period From Period To Other Name
N/A N/A N/A 1857 1857 N/A
Successor Predecessor Issue Number Doc Material Gregorian Date
N/A N/A N/A N/A July 29 , 1857





TRANSLATION

The Translation and Comment

 by 

 Mohammed Abdulkarim:

 of Original Document:




 

To—The  King !  Shelter  of  the  World  ! 

     RESPECTFULLY  SHEWErH,—That  your  petitioner  was  a Duffadar  in  the  4th  Regiment  of  Cavalry.  Having  disposed of  the  English  at  Muzafarnagar,  he  reached  your  Royal presence  on  the  23rd  June  1857.  He  is  now  serving  with devotion  in  Your  Majesty’s  cause,  and  bears  his  share  in  the engagements.  Your  slave’s  ancestors  heve,  from  antiquity, been  nourished  by  Your  Majesty’s  salt.  Your  slave  therefore expects  that,  on  the  capture  of  the  ridge  occupied  by  the British,  he  will  now,  through  Your  Majesty’s  favour  and consideration,  be  elevated  to  some  appointment  of  distinction, so  that  reaching  his  ambition,  he  may  ever  pray  for  Your Majesty’s  prosperity.  (Prayers  for  the  prosperity  of  the  reign.) Petition  of  the  slave,  of  old  nourished  by  Your  Majesty’s  salt, Ghulam  Abbas,  Duffadar  of  the  Ist  Troop  4th  Regiment of  Cavalry,  come  from  Muzafarnagar.  Seal  of  “Ghulam Abbas’’. 

 

Autograph  order  by  the  King,  tn  pencil 

 

             Mirza  Moghal  will  nominate  the  petitioner  to  some  appointment,  according  to  the  usages  of  the  Army.