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Jugal Kishore and Sheo Parshad Merchants to the Emperor. asks For Immunity From Further Money Contributions. | ||||
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| Secret Papers | MAC-23022023-901 | March 12, 2026 at 7:19:39 AM | |||
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Original Document Name Jugal Kishore and Sheo Parshad Merchants to the Emperor. asks For Immunity From Further Money Contributions.
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| Location | Department | Language | |||
| The National Archives of India is located at the intersection of Rajpath and Janpath Road | Foreign | Urdu | |||
| Dated | Collection No. | Serial No. | Folder | Size | No. of Pages |
| Aug. 31, 1857, 8:18 p.m. | 69 | 61 | Mutiny | ---- | 4 |
| 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 | September 01,1857 | |
The Translation and Comment
by
Mohammed Abdulkarim:
of Original Document:
To—The King ! Shelter of the World !
Your Majesty,—Paying, agreeably to Your Majesty’s orders, Rupees 1,200 into the Royal Treasury, we obtained a document, under your special signature, assuring us, that we should for the future have full immunity from all vexation and annoyance at the hands of the functionaries of the State, the Princes Royal of illustrious descent, the Soldiers of the Army, and all others. Not withstanding all this, however, some Troopers, bent upon plunder, still come daily to your Slave’s house, in the name of the Princes, and wish to take our lives or carry us prisoners. Left without other choice, we have been sitting concealed for the last three or four days, and our servants and retainers being subjected to every grievance and hardship, have not known what to do. Denied ingress to and from our house we have been rendered houseless as it were, and the privacy of our families has been completely ruined, If the Princes Royal, delegated to protect the subjects of the State and the poor, begin themselves to plunder and oppress, where then can there be any safety for the subject ? From Your Majesty’s goodness, clemency, and justice, equal to Nowsherwan., we expect that a written order will be addressed to each of the Royal Princes of illustrious ancestry, namely, His Highness the Lord of the World, Mirza Muhammad Moghal Bahadur, Mirza Khair Muhammad Sultan Bahadur, Mirza Muhammad Abulbakr Bahadur, Mirza Muhammad Abdulla Bahadur, and others, to the effect that for the future, no soldier of the Cavalry or infantry be permitted to go to your Slave’s house and commit acts of aggression there, and that the Military Guard at present stationed there, he removed, because lawless characters of the City take advantage of the Guard being changed to plunder your Slave’s property. We further expect from Your Majesty’s kindness and consideration that a Guard of Militia from the Chief Police Station of the City may be placed at our house, that we and our servants may not be hindered in going in and out, and may be protected from the ill-conducted characters of the City, and we pray, moreover, that a written order may be sent to the Chief Police Officer, that none ofthe ill-conducted characters above alluded to, may be permitted to get up disturbances with your Petitioners (Prayers for the prosperity of the reign). Petition of the Slaves, Jogal Kishwar and Sheoprashad, Merchants. No date. Autograph Signature of the firm in Hindi.
Autograph order by the King, tn pencil
Mirza Moghal Bahadur will station a Guard atthe house of the Petitioners. Nodate. Index No. 218.
Note oN the Reverse—Agreeably to his Majesty’s Commands a written order has been issued, dated Ist July 1857.