
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

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.


