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
[Page 1r]
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
حکیم مظفر بنده شاه بلند اقبال شاه دارا ۱۰۶۵
[Black round ink seal] Hakim Muzaffar slave of Shah Buland Iqbal Shah Dara 10652
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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