Order of Asadullah to Purshottam Das and Paras Ram regarding a search for a stolen camel
Asadullah orders the landlord (chaudhri) Purshottam Das and record-keeper (qanungo) Paras Ram of district (pargana) Dhar to search for a camel that Khalifa Jiu reported stolen.
Functional document type: Orders
Formal document type: Parvana
Themes: Policing and Crime
Date:
Hijri-qamri calendar: 27 Muharram 1071
Gregorian calendar:
2 October 1660
[Page 1r]
invocation (top centre): Arabic
الله اکبر
God is great
main text: Persian
1زبده الاماثل و الاقران
پرسوتم
چودری و
پرسرام
قانونوگوی
2پرگنه
دهار
را انهاء انکه درینولا مشیخت پناه محبان اعتضادی خلیفه جیو
3ظاهر کردند که یکنفر شتر ایشان از قصبه
دهار
بدزدی رفته است
4لهذا نگاشته می آید که سراغ آنرا بگیرید و چنان سعی و
5تلاش درینماده بکار برید که شتر مذکور پیدا شود
6یقین که درین باب خود را معاف نخواهد دانست و
7قدغن بلیغ خواهند نمود تحریر فی التاریخ
۲۷
محرم سنه
۱۰۷۱
فقط
1Eminent among Equals and Contemporaries Purshottam [Das] chaudhri and Paras Ram
qanungo
2of pargana Dhar, [be] informed that at this time the Venerable Refuge of Friends in Need Khalifa Jiu
3has declared that one of his camels has been stolen from the qasba of Dhar.
4Therefore it is noted that a search should be made, and likewise make such efforts and
5inquiries in this matter that the said camel shall be found.
6It is certain that in this matter, [Purshottam Das and Paras Ram] should not consider themselves excused,
and
7great care should be taken. Written on the 27th of Muharram in the year
1071.
Nothing further.
invocation (right margin): Arabic
ھو
He [God] is
authorisation (right margin): Persian
1حسب المسطور مقرر شناسند
2نهایت تاکید دانند انچه نگارد
بیض
3
اسد الله
مرید
[اخلاص]
نوازش خانی
1Understand it to be settled as written
2and enjoined completely, and so it should be written. Ended.
3[Round black ink seal] Asadullah, [sincere] disciple of Nawazish Khan1
clerical notes (top right): Persian
پروانه وکالت
[دستگاه بنابر]
شتر خلیفه جیو
a parvana
[of the Deputy of Excellence, regarding]
a camel of Khalifa Jiu
Notes
1. This seal, which probably belonged to Asadullah, a deputy of the noble Nawazish Khan, also appears in the document titled Order of Asadullah to Purshottam Das and Paras Ram regarding removal of soldiers from villages. [BACK]
landlord (similar to desai, deshmukh)
record-keeper (similar to deshpande)
district
a deputy, Caliph (used as a respectful title)
an honorific added to a name or title to show respect
town, small city
order
district
a deputy, Caliph (used as a respectful title)
an honorific added to a name or title to show respect
Participants
Issuer:
Asadullah
Recipient:
Purshottam Das
Recipient:
Paras Ram
Language(s)
Arabic
Persian
Source
Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, LNS 235 MS l1
Archival Collection: Purshottam Das collection
Transcribed from manuscript image.
Edited by Dominic Vendell
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