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Order of Hakim Muzaffar, servant of Dara Shukoh, to Purshottam Das about working loyally

Hakim Muzaffar, servant of Shah Buland Iqbal Dara, acknowledges a petition sent by Purshottam Das and instructs him to work loyally so that he may be rewarded when the authorities reach his area.

Functional document type: Orders

Formal document type: Parvana

Themes: Administration, Petitioning, Taxation and Tribute

Date:
Julus calendar: 26 Jumada al-sani 32
Hijri-qamri calendar: 26 Jumada al-sani 1068
Gregorian calendar: 31 March 1658

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invocation (top centre): Arabic

الله اکبر

God is great

main text: Persian


1مطیع الاسلام پرسوتم چودهری و پرسرام قانونوگوی پرگنه دهار را معلوم بوده باشد
2عرضه داشتی که درین ولا ارسال داشته بودند رسید آنکه از سربراهی کار و آبادانی
3پرگنه و دولتخواهی سرکار والا شاهی معروض داشته بود بوضوح انجامید چون
4اینجانب نیز درین نزدیکی معملات این حدود را صورت پذیر گردانیده
5متوجه آن سمت می شود باید که تا رسیدن آنجانب شب و روز در اهتمام
6و تاکید تحصیل واجبی سرکار ساعی و سرگرم بوده آنچنان سعی بجا آورند که زر واجبی سرکار هر وقت
7روز بروز واصل فوطه خانه می شده باشد و شیوه دولتخواهی و آبادانی
8که باعث نتایج عظیم است شعار خودها ساخته چنان سعی نمایند که1
9 بعد از رسیدن آنحدود
10دولتخواهی شما یان از قرار واقع بظهور آید و موافق
11دولتخواهی به این نتیجه سر افراز گردید یقین که
12در آنچه به بود خود داند بعمل خواهد آورد
13بتاریخ بیست و ششم شهر جمادی الثانی سنه ٣٢ جلوس والا فقط


1Obedient to Islam Purshottam chaudhri and Paras Ram qanungo of pargana Dhar should be informed that
2the ʿarzdasht that you had recently sent has arrived. That which you had written about the performance of work and the populating of
3the pargana and [your] loyalty towards the exalted government has been represented and made evident. Since
4this person has [I have] recently settled the affairs of this area,
5He [I] will set out in that [your] direction. It is necessary that until arriving there, [you] make efforts night and day
6and be engaged in collecting the dues of the government, and make efforts such that the money that is due to the government always
7day by day reaches the treasury. And the habit of loyalty and populating [of the pargana],
8which is the cause for glorious results, should be your practice, and make such efforts that
9after [our] reaching those areas,
10your loyalty becomes obvious. And according to [your]
11loyalty to these ends, you will be glorified [rewarded]. Surely
12you know wherein your welfare lies and will implement it.
13Dated 26 of the month of Jumada al-sani in the year 32 of the exalted reign. Nothing further.

authorisation (right margin): Persian

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clerical notes (left margin): Persian


1پروانه حکیم مظفر

2تاریخ ٢۶ شهر جمادی الثانی سنه ٣۲ نقل بدفتر دیوان تن شد بمعه م 3

3تاریخ ٢۶ شهر جمادی الثانی سنه ٣۲ داخل سیاهه حضور شد


1Parvana of Hakim Muzaffar

2On the date 26 Jumada al-sani of the year 32, a copy was taken in the office of the diwan-i tan, with seal.

3On the date 26 of the month of Jumada al-sani in the year 32, [it] was entered in the siyaha huzur.

Notes

1. After this, text continues on the right margin. [BACK]

2. The seal was issued in 1654–55 per the Gregorian calendar. [BACK]

3. In manuscripts, م normally indicates تمام or 'complete'. Here, however, مهر or 'seal' seems more appropriate. [BACK]

landlord (similar to desai, deshmukh)

record-keeper (similar to deshpande)

district

petition (used for any formal address from an inferior to a superior)

district

district

order

Head of a revenue department, specifically responsible for revenue assignments, in contradistinction to the diwan-i khalsa responsible for crown lands (In practice, a single person could hold both the diwan-i tan and diwan-i khalsa posts. See Zahiruddin Malik, The Reign of Muhammad Shah (1719-1748), pg.293.)

a register of daily proceedings of a royal court

Participants

Issuer: Hakim Muzaffar
Recipient: Purshottam Das

Language(s)

Arabic
Persian

Source

Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, LNS 235 MS h
Archival Collection: Purshottam Das collection

Transcribed from manuscript image.

Edited by Nandini Chatterjee

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