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Mughal Library References
Mughal Library
Document Name
First Days of Proceedings Trail of Bahadur Shah - Petition of Syad Abdulla, Priest at the Shrine of Hazrat Sheikh Muhammad Chisti
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Secret Papers MAC-23022023-901 March 12, 2026 at 7:19:39 AM
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Document Name
First Days of Proceedings Trail of Bahadur Shah - Petition of Syad Abdulla, Priest at the Shrine of Hazrat Sheikh Muhammad Chisti
Location Department Language
The National Archives of India is located at the intersection of Rajpath and Janpath Road Foreign English
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June 28, 1857, 8:18 p.m. --- --- Mutiny 0.1 1
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TRANSLATION

The Translation and Comment

 by 

 Mohammed Abdulkarim:

 of Original Document:

 

To—The  King  !  Shelter  of  the  World  ! 

Previous  to  this,  your  petitioner  submitted  a  petition, representing  that  some  of  the  Cultivators  of  the  rent-free Village  ot  Ferozabad  Khadir  had  not  paid  their  rents  on account  of  the  Winter  crop  of  the  Agricultural  year  1264,  and he  requested  that  aid  might  be  granted  to  enforce  payment. Up  tothat  time  no  damage  had _  been  sustained  by  the  crops which  the  Cultivators  could  urge  as  a  reason  for  delay.  Now, however,  the  whole  of  the  Autumnal  crop  of  Sugarcane, Churree,  etc.,  of  the  Agricultural  year  1265,  has  been totally  devastated,  and  more  than  this,  the  very  implements  of Agriculture,  such as  ploughs,  the  wood-work  on  wells,  have been  all  carried  away,  in  plunder  by  the  Soldiers.  Under these  circumstances,  certainly  the  rents  cannot  be  realised  and as  the  Revenue of  this  Village  has  been  assigned,  as  an  endow- ment  to  support  the  expenses  of  the  Alms-house  under  your petitioner’s  management,  he  depends  on  your  Royal  kindness and  consideration,  and  trusts  such  arrangements  will  be adopted,  as  will  insure  that  no  Soldier  shall  cause  loss  to  the Agriculturists  of  the  said  Village.  A  petition  from  the  Cultivators,  also,  is  being  submitted.  Petition  of  the  Anchorite  Syad Abdulla,  son  of  Syad  Shah  Sabur  Ali  Chisti.  Official  Seal  of the  Shrine. Autograph  order  of  the  King  in  pencil,  illegible.