Order of a Mughal official to Purshottam Das excusing the payment of tribute
Purshottam Das is confirmed in the office of landlord (chaudhri) as the heir of Chandar Bhan and excused for the payment of four thousand rupees as tribute (pishkash).
Functional document type: Orders
Formal document type: Parvana
Themes: Inheritance, Money, Petitioning, Taxation and Tribute
Date:
Julus calendar: 1 Rabiʿ al-sani 28
Hijri-qamri calendar: 1 Rabiʿ al-sani 1065
Gregorian calendar:
9 February 1655
[Page 1r]
invocation (top centre): Arabic
الله اکبر
God is great
main text: Persian
1متصدیان مهمات و معاملات پرگنه
دهار
را انهاء آنکه چون مطیع الاسلام
2پرشوتم داس
در باب فرزندان
چندربهان
وجه پیشکش و حواله داشتن از حضور مبلغ
چهار هزار روپیه
3 بدرگاه والاجاه بخدمت متصدیان حضور عرضه داشت نموده بود این مقدمات را وزارت و
اقبال پناه
4وکالت و اجلال و دستگاه مدارالمهامی
دیانتخان
بعرض باریافتهای مجلس قدس مشاکل رسانید
5حسب الامر جلیل القدر مقرر شد که از نوشته متصدیان جاگیر صوبه
مالوه
ظاهر شد که اگر
چهار هزار روپیه
6بر پیشکش گرفته شود باعث جلاء وطن فرزندان
چندربهان
میگردد و زر بوصول نمیرسد
پروانه باسم چودری
7پرسوتمداس
صادر گردد که مبلغ چهارهزار روپیه را معاف داشتم تلافی و تدارک این احسان
8باید که در حاصل آمده شود و از قرار واقع دولتخواهی شما ظاهر گردد که در عوض خدمت
چودهرایی1
9مرحمت میشود بموجب پروانه عملنموده شده باید که
10[جستن]
سعی خدمت خود را پرسوتمداس بنوعی که
11در پروانه حضور قید است بعمل آورد که ظاهر گردد خدمت
12را بموجب ایشان عالیشان سعی نموده گرفته خواهد شد و در خدمت خود
13ساعی و سرگرم باشد و آزادی امیدواری تمام در زراعت و آبادانی بکوشد
14درینباب نهایت تاکید دانسته زیاده از این مبالغه نطلبند
15تحریر فتاریخ
غره شهر ربیع الثانی
سنه
۲۸
جلوس
فقط
فقط
1To the officials of the affairs and business of pargana
Dhar it is declared that since the Obedient to Islam
2
Purshottam Das
had petitioned2 the officials of
the exalted court
3on behalf of the sons3 of Chandar Bhan [regarding] the obligation of pishkash and the transfer
of the sum of
4000 rupees, this matter was referred by the Refuge of Ministry and Glory
4and Representation
Dianat Khan
to the members of the heavenly assembly [officers of the exalted court].
5It was ordered that from the writing of the officers of the jagir of
suba Malwa, it has become clear that if
four thousand rupees
6were to be seized as pishkash, this will
cause the exile of the children of
Chandar Bhan
and the money will not be collected. [Thus] the parvana is issued in the name
of chaudhri
7
Purshottam Das
that I excuse the sum of four thousand rupees. For this kindness,
8all collections should be made and your loyalty should become obvious since
in exchange the office of chaudhri.
9should be granted [to you]. Work should be done according to the parvana.
10It is necessary that Purshottam Das makes efforts of service according to the
11[details] of the parvana of the Lord so that it becomes obvious that the service
12is according to the order and the best effort is made. Be engaged in your
13own service, and make all efforts in the cultivation and population [of the area].
14Know this matter to be settled. More effort than this is not called for.
15Written on the first of Rabiʿ al-sani in the year 28 of the reign.
Nothing further.
Nothing further.
authorisation (right margin): Persian
… مراد بخش سنه ۱۰۶۵
[Round black ink seal] … Murad Bakhsh 1065
clerical notes (right margin): Persian
بتاریخ ۲ شهر ربیع الثانی سنه ۲۸
نقل بدفتر رسید
فقط
[د]
On the 2nd of the month of Rabiʿ al-sani in the year 28,
the copy reached the office. Nothing further.4
Notes
1. From here, the main text continues into the margin. [BACK]
2. The phrase used is 'ʿarzdasht numuda'. [BACK]
3. Purshottam Das was not Chandar Bhan's son, but his nephew. The term used, farzandan, is sometimes broadly construed and may have included Purshottam Das. [BACK]
4. The precise meaning of the letter underneath the note is not clear. [BACK]
district
petition (used for any formal address from an inferior to a superior)
tribute
rights to collect taxes from a certain area as payment for imperial services and associated expenses
province (Mughal term)
tribute
order
landlord (similar to desai, deshmukh)
landlord (similar to desai, deshmukh)
order
order
Participants
Grantor:
Murad Bakhsh
Grantee:
Purshottam Das
Supplicant:
Purshottam Das
Language(s)
Arabic
Persian
Source
Choudhary Family Collection, Bada Raola Dhar, no shelfmark
Archival Collection: Purshottam Das collection
Transcribed from manuscript image
Edited by Nandini Chatterjee
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