
Receipts of Payments Made to Fazil Ahmad Khan and Khan Muhammad Khan. (19 Zulqada 1273 A.H=12 July 1857) Bear Seals of the Writer
Receipts of Payments Made to Fazil Ahmad Khan and Khan Muhammad Khan. (19 Zulqada 1273 A.H=12 July 1857) Bear Seals of the Writer
Secret Papers
MARC-21022023-442
April 6, 2023 at 7:50:49 AM
National Archives of India
PR_000002383605
Receipts of Payments Made to Fazil Ahmad Khan and Khan Muhammad Khan. (19 Zulqada 1273 A.H=12 July 1857) Bear Seals of the Writer.
The National Archives of India is located at the intersection of Rajpath and Janpath Road
Foreign
July 27 , 1857
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Mutiny
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April 5, 2023 at 8:00:00 PM
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Mohammed Q, Binghalib
Urdu

The Translation and Comment
by
Mohammed Abdulkarim:
of Original Document:
To— The King Nourisher of the Poor
RESPECTFULLY SHEWETH,—That we slaves having built a house, with one open hall and one room, at our own personal expense outside the Fort, on ground the property of the State near Ellenborough Tank, for which we have paid ground rent, to your Majesty, for the last ten or twelve years, and had our residence there. Since yesterday, the Troopers of the Regiment of Cavalry, which left the Hayat Bakhsh Garden, and has come out of the Palace, have forcibly occupied your slave’s dwelling above referred to. We have, from antiquity, been your Majesty’s home-born slaves and servants, and we accordingly depend on your fostering consideration, for the issue ofa prohibition, against our being molested in the occupancy of our house. (Prayers for the prosperity of the reign), Petition of the slaves, Anmad Khan and Muhammad Khan, Mace-bearers, servants of the King. Autograph order by the King, in Pencil Mirza Moghal will issue orders that the Troopers were directed to encamp outside the City. They will accordingly now go out. If they require Marquees or Tents, they will be supplied with them. They must not oppress old residents. Let them indent on the Government for Tents and Marquees.
Transcript of the King’s Order on the reverse in ink.
Note on the reverce —‘‘A written order has been issued’’,