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Translation Date Revision No. Translator/Commentator
     
Mughal Library References
Mughal Library
Document Name
First Days of Proceedings Trail of Bahadur Shah - Order under the Autograph Cypher of the Emperor in pencil
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Secret Papers MAC-23022023-901 March 12, 2026 at 7:19:39 AM
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Original
Document Name
First Days of Proceedings Trail of Bahadur Shah - Order under the Autograph Cypher of the Emperor in pencil
Location Department Language
The National Archives of India is located at the intersection of Rajpath and Janpath Road Foreign English
Dated Collection No. Serial No. Folder Size No. of Pages
June 26, 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—Mirza  Moghal  and  Mirza  Khair  Sultan. 

Son,—The  illustrious  and  valiant  Mirza  Zohur-ud-din, otherwise  Mirza  Moghal  Bahadur  and  Mirza  Khair  Sultan Bahadur.  Learn,  that  your  petition,  regarding  the  proceedings of  four  or  five  ill-conducted  men,  who  assuming,  as  a  disguise, the  appearance  and  dress  of  soldiers  of  the  Native  Infantry  of the  Company,  have  gone  about  plundering  the  inhabitants  of the  City,  and  have  now  left  for  the  country,  and  representing the  detriment to  the  Government  which  must  ensue,  in  conse- quence,  and  further  requesting  permission  to  take  measures  for suppressing  such  practices,  and  for  capturing  the  men  alluded to,  has been  perused.  It  is  a  matter  of  some  surprise,  that from  the  lawless  doings  of  but  four  or  five  men,  so  much  plun- der  and  devastation  in  the  City,  and  so  much  ruination  of  the people  generally,  should  result;  and  that,  on  their  capture alone,  the  establishment  of  order  should  be  expected  to  de- pend;  for  not  a  day  has  elapsed,  since  the  arrival  of  the  Army, and  its  taking  up  quarters  in  the  City,  that  petitions  from  the towns-people  have  not  been  submitted,  representing  the  excesses  committed  by  numerous  Infantry  Sepoys,  about  whom there  could  be  no  suspicion  of  disguise,  and  that  orders  have not  been  issued,  day  after  day,  to  you,  our  Sons,  to  take measures  with  the  aid  of  a  Military  force,  to  suppress  these disorders.  Considering  all  this,  it  seems  now  altogether  unlikely,  that  order  can  be  secured  while  the  Army  remains  in the  City.  However,  you,  our  Sons,  are  nevertheless  directed to  send  to  our  glorious  presence,  some  one  able  to  recognize the  vagabonds  alluded  to,  that  he  may  be  sent,  accompanied by  horsemen  and  footmen  of our  own  Royal  Levies,  with  a mandate,  to  the  Chief  Police  Officer  of  the  City,  and  his  subordinates,  to  arrest  and  forward  without  delay  of  our  presence, those  whom  he  may point  out,  and  if  any  villainy  or  instigation to  plunder  shall  be  proved  against  those  who  may  be  thus apprehended,  they  will  receive  punishments  adequate  to  their guilt.  But  you, our  Sons,  are  directed  to  take  all  proper  steps,to  prevent  the  men  of  the  Army  from  plundering  and  desolating  the  City.  In  every  case  of  an  offence  of  these  kinds  being proved,  or  where  a  man  may  be  found  in  the  private  1esidence of  any  of  the  inhabitants,  the  Officers  will  award  punishments to  the  offender  so  that  these  evils  may  be suppressed.  Be assured  of  our  kindness.