First Days of Proceedings Trail of Bahadur Shah - Petition of Karim Bakhsh, alias Natthua, No date, Date of Emperors order
First Days of Proceedings Trail of Bahadur Shah - Petition of Karim Bakhsh, alias Natthua, No date, Date of Emperors order
Secret Papers
MARC-05042023-422
April 11, 2023 at 6:13:07 AM
National archives of India
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First Days of Proceedings Trail of Bahadur Shah - Translation of a Firman from Delhi, addressed to Muhammad Khan Nawab of Najibabad
The National Archives of India is located at the intersection of Rajpath and Janpath Road
Foreign
July 22 , 1857
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April 4, 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 ! Divine and Merciful
RESPECTFULLY SHEWETH—That a week or ten days ago, Jawahar Bakhsh, Private of the 11th Regiment of Infantry, stole a black female mule, the property of your slave, from the street known as the Kazi-ka-Howz. Your slave, with much difficulty, found the mule after five days’ search, when Jawahar Bakhsh restored it, after taking eleven rupees for doing so. Three days subsequently to this, the said Private, accompanied by another, came to your slave’s house, which is situated in the Turkoman Police jurisdiction, and seizing him as a delinquent, took him before Mirza Sultan Beg, Doctor of the lith Regiment of Infantry. The Doctor placed your slave in arrest and said the mule was his, and that your slave should either bring the animal, or remain a prisoner. Fearing that his life was in jeopardy, your slave made the mule over, when the eleven rupees he had formerly given, were returned. ‘The truth is, that about five months ago, your slave purchased the animal in question from Ramzan Khan, Risaldar, of the 5th Troops, 8th Regiment of Irregular Cavalry, who isa resident of Delhi. Your slave prays that with fostering concern for the protection of the poor, Your Majesty will inquire of the above- mamed Risaldar, and of four or five other Officers of Regiment, so that your slave may obtain justice, and ever pray for your Majesty’s prosperity. It was necessary, and has there- fore been submitted. (Prayers for the prosperity of the reign.) Petition of the slave Karim Bakhsh, alias Natthua, claimant for justice, proprietor of the mule.