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Bhao Singh Naib Kotwal to the Thanahdar, Guzar Faiz Bazar Sends a Copy of a Parwanah Summoning Ghulam Nabi Khan Issued By the Emperor

Bhao Singh Naib Kotwal to the Thanahdar, Guzar Faiz Bazar Sends a Copy of a Parwanah Summoning Ghulam Nabi Khan Issued By the Emperor

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MARC-15122022-325

April 6, 2023 at 8:25:19 AM

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Bhao Singh Naib Kotwal to the Thanahdar, Guzar Faiz Bazar Sends a Copy of a Parwanah Summoning Ghulam Nabi Khan Issued By the Emperor.

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August 30,1857

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April 5, 2023 at 8:00:00 PM

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Mohammed Q, Binghalib

Urdu

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The Translation and Comment

 by 

 Mohammed Abdulkarim:

 of Original Document:

 

To—The  King    Shelter  of  the  World   

    RESPECTFULLY  SHEWETH,—That  it  is  manifest  to  Your Majesty,  that  justice  is  approved  of,  and  lawless  cruelty  condemned  by  the  Creator  of  the  Universe.  I  therefore  pray,  if  in your  Majesty’s  estimation  it  is  proper  to  do  so,  that  you  should tell  the  Officers  of  the  Army,  who  request  your  permission  to slay  the  ladies,  children,  and  other  prisoners,  that  agreeably  to their  prayers,  you  placed  your  hand  on  their  heads,  and  joined them  in  the  cause  of  the  faith;  but  that  in  killing  the  prisoners in  question,  you will  abandon  the  tenets  of  your  religion.  That they  must  first  obtain  a  Fatwa!®  and  a  Bywasta  and  that,  if these  shall  sanction  the  slaughter,  they  can  slay  the  prisoners alluded to;  but  that  your  Majesty  will  not  give  an  order  on  the subject,  contrary  to  the  laws of  the  Prophet;  and  that  if  they  do not  approve  of  this,  they  may  first  wreak  their  rage  on  your own  Royal  person.  I  trust  that  your  Majesty’s  orders,  agree ably  to  the  suggestions  above  submitted,  will  be  issued  to  the Officers  of  the  Army  in  atone  of  decision.  Considering  it necessary  I  have  laid  the  subject  before  your  Royal  presence. (Prayers  for  the  prosperity  of  the  reign).  Petition  of  the  slave, Nabi  Bakhsh  Khan,  agent  of  His  Highness  Arsh  Aramgah No  date. 

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