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Fifth Days of Proceedings Trail of Bahadur Shah - Petition of Kasim-ud-din Private of the 7th Company 59th Regiment Native Infantry

Fifth Days of Proceedings Trail of Bahadur Shah - Petition of Kasim-ud-din Private of the 7th Company 59th Regiment Native Infantry

Secret Papers

MARC-18042023-406

April 19, 2023 at 9:23:45 AM

National archives of India

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Fifth Days of Proceedings Trail of Bahadur Shah - Petition of Kasim-ud-din Private of the 7th Company 59th Regiment Native Infantry

DELHI

Foreign

May 01 ,1857

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Mutiny

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April 17, 2023 at 8:00:00 PM

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Mohammed Abdulkarim

English

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The Translation and Comment

 by 

 Mohammed Abdulkarim:

 of Original Document:




 

To—The  King  !  Shelter  of  the  World ! 

           Your  Divine  Majessry  !  Your  slave  was a  Private  in  the 7th  Company of  the  59th  Regiment  of  Native  Infantry,  which was  stationed  at  Amritsar  The  English  disarmed  the  men  and made  them  prisoners.  Those  of  them,  however,  who  get opportunities  make  their  escape,  and  come  away.  Your  slave has  presented  himself  solely  to  fight  for  the  faith.  His  arms, however,  were  taken  from  him  by  the  English  at  Amritsar,  and such  personal  property  as  he  had  been  plundered  from  him  by the  Goojars.  He  is  now  without  funds  to  meet  his  daily  expenses  of  food,  and  he  is  also  without  arms.  He  therefore trusts  that  he  may  now  be  enrolled  in  the  53rd  Regiment  of Native  Infantry,  in  which  a  brother  of  his,  by  name  Kasir-ud-din,  in  serving  Your  slave  also  trusts  that  as  he  has  come solely  to  fight  for  the  faith,  pecuniary  assistance  and  arms  may be  bestowed  on  him;  and  obtaining  the  means  of  subsistence he  will  ever  pray  for  Your  Majesty’s  prosperity.  Petition  of the  slave  Kasim-ud-din,  Private  7th  Company,  59th  Regiment Native  Infantry,  come  from  Amritsar.  No  date.  No  order.

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