
Chand Khan and Gulab Khan to the Emperor Complain that the Sepoy at Ajmeri Gate are Plunding the Inhabitants of Shahganj and Other Places (Emperor autograph Directing C-in-C (Mirza Mughal) to Stop It )
Chand Khan and Gulab Khan to the Emperor Complain that the Sepoy at Ajmeri Gate are Plunding the Inhabitants of Shahganj and Other Places (Emperor autograph Directing C-in-C (Mirza Mughal) to Stop It )
Secret Papers
MARC-04042023-410
April 11, 2023 at 6:38:57 AM
National archives of India
PR_000002385086
Chand Khan and Gulab Khan to the Emperor Complain that the Sepoy at Ajmeri Gate are Plunding the Inhabitants of Shahganj and Other Places (Emperor autograph Directing C-in-C (Mirza Mughal) to Stop It )
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Foreign
June 19 , 1857
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Mutiny
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April 3, 2023 at 8:00:00 PM
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Mohammed Abdulkarim
English

The Translation and Comment
by
Mohammed Abdulkarim:
of Original Document:
To—The King ! Shelter of the World
RESPECTFULLY SHEWETH—That whereas in these days of auspicious prospects, we poor residents of Jysinghpur and Shahganj, otherwise known as Pahargaunj, and of other places, forming a community, pass our time, under your Royal and light-dispensing prestige, in freedom from all grievances. Whereas this township of Paharganj has always borne the Royal name, and whereas frequently the Troops of the State, emerging from the Ajmir Gate, visit Paharganj, and oppressing the shop-keepers, forcibly take away their wares, without the payment of prices, and also, entering the dwelling houses of the destitute and indigent, forcibly carry away all such articles, as beds, woods, vessels, etc., that they can lay hands on, and wound with fire-arms and swords, those who may supplicate their forbearance : wearied by this oppression from the Army, we are reduced to the necessity of petitioning your august presence, that, from regard to justice, as well as from kind consideration for our condition, the Officers of the Army may be ordered to explain to, and enjoin on their men, that they desist from oppressing us, and the other poor residents of Paharganj. Prayers for the King’s prosperity.) Petition of the lowest of Servants, Chand Khan and Ghulab Khan. Autograph order by the King, in pencil Miiza Moghal will adopt such measures against these de- vastators as will compel them to desist from plundering, so that our subjects may not be aggrieved or oppressed. [An incomplete note on the Reverse inapplicable to this case.|









