
Fourth Days of Proceedings Trail of Bahadur Shah - Petition of Rajah Nahar Sing, of Ballabhgarh
Fourth Days of Proceedings Trail of Bahadur Shah - Petition of Rajah Nahar Sing, of Ballabhgarh
Secret Papers
MARC-06042023-435
April 11, 2023 at 5:52:18 AM
National archives of India
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Fourth Days of Proceedings Trail of Bahadur Shah - Petition of Rajah Nahar Sing, of Ballabhgarh
The National Archives of India is located at the intersection of Rajpath and Janpath Road
Foreign
July 01 ,1857
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Mutiny
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April 5, 2023 at 8:00:00 PM
Mohammed Abdulkarim
English

The Translation and Comment
by
Mohammed Abdulkarim:
of Original Document:
To—The King, Shelter of the World ! Dispenser of Justice
&c.
RESPECTFULLY SHEWETH :—That, as the state of the road to Delhi was very unsettled your slave has, according to Your Majesty’s orders, been engaged, night and day, in instituting the most efficient arrangements. Still, however, the lawless inhabitants of the Village of Pali, which adjoins the Ballabhgarh boundary, and which, during the Foujdaree was attached to this State, have broken out into reckless violence; and have so taken to highway robbery and plunder, that the whole population is in great distress in consequence, notwithstanding that I, your slave, am bringing them into order little by little, yet still I cannot venture to act, to any full extent, without Your Majesty’s orders. If your Royal permission is granted, such efficient arrangements will be adopted, that these miscreants and rebels of the said village, will not have the daring to continue in their present practices, and the arrangements along the road, from Ballabhgarh to Delhi, will be perfected. Further, I have heard from some persons who had requests to make to me, that it has been represented to Your Majesty, that the Chief of Ballabhgarh has secreted two Englishmen, with their wives and children. God is witness that this is entirely a false and unfounded calumny. How could your Slave dare to commit an act of the kind, without Your Majesty’s wishes and orders! A native, however, who was formerly a Christian, had been twelve years in my service; but I put even him away, fearing Your Majesty’s displeasure. This man has now discarded Christianity and embraced the Mahomedan religion, and he is accordingly deserving of mercy and foregiveness. If Your Majesty permits it, I shall have him recalled. (Prayers for the prosperity of the reign.) Petition of the ancient slave and servant, Nahar Singh, Chief of Ballabhgarh. Seal of Rajah Nahar Singh Bahadur.