
Ghulam Abbas ------- 4th Regiment Muzaffar Nagar Force to the Emperor Has Deserted the English Special High Rank In the army Emperor Orders to C-in-C (Mirza Mughal) to Give him a Situation
Ghulam Abbas ------- 4th Regiment Muzaffar Nagar Force to the Emperor Has Deserted the English Special High Rank In the army Emperor Orders to C-in-C (Mirza Mughal) to Give him a Situation
Secret Papers
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April 19, 2023 at 9:21:57 AM
National archives of India
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Ghulam Abbas ------- 4th Regiment Muzaffar Nagar Force to the Emperor Has Deserted the English Special High Rank In the army Emperor Orders to C-in-C (Mirza Mughal) to Give him a Situation
DELHI
Foreign
July 29 , 1857
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Mutiny
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April 18, 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 !
RESPECTFULLY SHEWErH,—That your petitioner was a Duffadar in the 4th Regiment of Cavalry. Having disposed of the English at Muzafarnagar, he reached your Royal presence on the 23rd June 1857. He is now serving with devotion in Your Majesty’s cause, and bears his share in the engagements. Your slave’s ancestors heve, from antiquity, been nourished by Your Majesty’s salt. Your slave therefore expects that, on the capture of the ridge occupied by the British, he will now, through Your Majesty’s favour and consideration, be elevated to some appointment of distinction, so that reaching his ambition, he may ever pray for Your Majesty’s prosperity. (Prayers for the prosperity of the reign.) Petition of the slave, of old nourished by Your Majesty’s salt, Ghulam Abbas, Duffadar of the Ist Troop 4th Regiment of Cavalry, come from Muzafarnagar. Seal of “Ghulam Abbas’’.
Autograph order by the King, tn pencil
Mirza Moghal will nominate the petitioner to some appointment, according to the usages of the Army.