Documents

Browse the full listing of documents in chronological order, spanning the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries. Further information about the documents and their historical context can be found on the Resources pages.

• 1576-1577: Order of a Mughal official to Jayanti Das and other landlords granting lands as reward for services (Arabic, Persian)
• 1582: Statement of Adi Sethi about a dispute with the merchant and landlord Nar Sethi over a row of shops in Solapur (Persian, Marathi)
• 1589: Copy of an order to Fulad Khan about flight of landlord Narsu Sethi and his refusal to pay a sum of cash (Persian, Marathi)
• 1644: Order of Abdussalam, an employee of Prince Murad Bakhsh, to Purshottam Das and Paras Ram demanding tax records (Arabic, Persian)
• 1650-1659: Order of an official to Purshottam Das about a disruptive revenue officer (Arabic, Persian)
• 1654: Order of Dianat Khan to Purshottam Das about tax collection and apprehending thieves (Arabic, Persian)
• 1654: Order of an employee of Murad Bakhsh to the officials and residents of Dhar about rights to water (Arabic, Persian)
• 1655-1656: Order of an employee of Dara Shukoh to Purshottam Das and Paras Ram about payments and pursuit of outlaws (Arabic, Persian)
• 1655: Order of Dianat Khan to Purshottam Das that the tribute payment is excused in exchange for improving cultivation (Arabic, Persian)
• 1655: Order of a Mughal official to Purshottam Das excusing the payment of tribute (Arabic, Persian)
• 1655: Order of Abdussalam to Purshottam Das and Paras Ram about a dispute with other officials (Arabic, Persian)
• 1655: Order of an official of Murad Bakhsh to district Dhar regarding the flight of cultivators (Arabic, Persian)
• 1656: Order of a Mughal officer to the officials of Dhar regarding the grant of revenue-free villages to Purshottam Das (Arabic, Persian, Marathi)
• 1656: Order of a Mughal official to landlords and peasants of district Dhar to pay full taxes for the year (Arabic, Persian)
• 1656: Order to officials of district Dhar settling tribute payable on villages granted to the landlord Purshottam Das (Arabic, Persian)
• 1657: Order of Amar Singh to the landlords and residents of district Dhar about a transfer of land-holding (Arabic, Hindi, Persian)
• 1657: Copy of a letter of Raja Jai Singh I to Prince Dara Shukoh regarding troop movements and revenue assignments (Persian)
• 1658: Order of Hakim Muzaffar, servant of Dara Shukoh, to Purshottam Das about working loyally (Arabic, Persian)
• 1659-1684: Order of an official to Purshottam Das to come to Ujjain (Arabic, Persian)
• 1659-1665: Order of Asadullah to Purshottam Das and Paras Ram regarding removal of soldiers from villages (Arabic, Persian)
• 1659: Order of Nawazish Khan to Purshottam Das and Paras Ram to collect taxes and populate the area (Arabic, Persian)
• 1659: Order of Nawazish Khan to Purshottam Das and Paras Ram about the remission of revenues due (Arabic, Persian)
• 1659: Order of Nawazish Khan to Purshottam Das and Paras Ram to increase population and agriculture (Arabic, Persian)
• 1660: Order of Nawazish Khan to Purshottam Das and Paras Ram regarding the construction of a water tank (Arabic, Persian, Hindi)
• 1660: Order of a Mughal official to Purshottam Das granting him a house and giving further instructions (Arabic, Persian)
• 1660: Order of Nawazish Khan to Purshottam Das and Paras Ram to cooperate with a despatched clerk (Arabic, Persian)
• 1660: Order of Nawazish Khan to Purshottam Das regarding the grant of a house (Arabic, Persian, Hindi)
• 1660: Order of Nawazish Khan to Purshottam Das granting a house (Arabic, Persian)
• 1660: Order of Asadullah to Purshottam Das and Paras Ram regarding a search for a stolen camel (Arabic, Persian)
• 1661: Declaration of Nathu that he received payment for a house sold to Purshottam Das (Persian, Hindi)
• 1661: Order of Asadullah to Purshottam Das and Paras Ram to pay the fee for land measurement (Arabic, Persian)
• 1663: Order of Asadullah to several banjaras regarding tax-free grain purchases (Arabic, Persian)
• 1663: Order of Asadullah to Purshottam Das and Paras Ram to collect taxes (Arabic, Persian)
• 1663: Order of Nawazish Khan to Mutamad Lal Muhammad not to threaten the villagers (Arabic, Persian)
• 1664: Order of Bulaqi Chand to the officials of Hindola regarding the tenancy of the district (Persian)
• 1664: Order of Nawazish Khan to Purshottam Das regarding revenue collection and and a summons (Arabic, Persian)
• 1664: Order of Shamsuddin to Purshottam Das to stop causing disturbances in Hindola (Arabic, Persian)
• 1665: Order of Muhammad Ali Khan to Nathmal regarding receipt of payment and the delivery of sheesham wood (Arabic, Persian)
• 1666: Letter of Maha Singh to Nathmal expressing pleasure with Nathmal's deeds (Rajasthani)
• 1666: Order of Wazir Khan about the rights and obligations of Hariram's guarantors after he absconded (Arabic, Persian)
• 1666: Order of Wazir Khan to Sultan Muhammad to collect outstanding cesses (Arabic, Persian)
• 1669: Order of Muhibb Ali to Nathmal granting land to plant a garden and build a resthouse for travelers (Arabic, Persian)
• 1672: Order of a Mughal official to the revenue officials of Dhar reconfirming a revenue grant to Purshottam Das and his descendants (Persian)
• 1672: Order of Rafi Muhammad to Purshottam Das about tax payments not received from Amjhera (Persian)
• 1675: Order of Islam Khan to the officials of district Dhar regarding a grant of land to Purshottam Das (Arabic, Persian)
• 1675: Order to officials of district Dhar regarding the grant of land to Purshottam Das based on good performance (Persian)
• 1685-1686: Statement of Rudrappa Sethi to Hiroji Deshmukh regarding mercantile rights and certain dues associated with a new market area (Persian, Marathi, Kannada)
• 1690: Order of Fath Jang Khan granting the office of deshmukhi and 8 villages to the landlords Lodi and Hasan (Persian)
• 1693: Copy of order of Abdurrazaq Khan to district officials about a revenue grant to Lodi Khan and Hasan (Persian)
• 1694: Order of Aurangzeb Alamgir to Shahuji Bhonsle confirming his local kingship in exchange for loyal service (Persian)
• 1696: Declaration of Gaundappa Mujgonda about the purchase of trees reported stolen from a garden (Persian, Marathi)
• 1700: Order of Hidayat Khan appointing Nandlal to the position of chaudhri of Kanpil (Arabic, Persian)
• 1715: Decision awarding an office of village headman to Pir Sethi as seized security for an unpaid loan (Persian, Marathi)
• 1733: Declaration of Sheikh Alimullah about excessive taxation by the Marathas (Arabic, Persian)
• 1735-1736: Letter of Bajirao Ballal to Tejkaran Mandloi of district Indore about the delivery of government monies (Marathi)
• 1740: Order to Pandit Gangadharji, land-holder of Dhar, confirming receipt of taxes for three villages (Persian, Hindi)
• 1741: Order of Sadashiv Ram to Pandit Sesadri Ram to employ nine horsemen to guard the village station (Hindi, Marathi)
• 1750: Copy of an order of Hussein Quli Khan to the officials of Askarabad regarding a grant of land to Reza Ali (English, Persian, Bengali)
• 1778: Copy of an order of Shri Huzur to Pirbakhsh settling an inheritance dispute (Rajasthani)
• 1780: Copy of an order of Shri Huzur to Agarwala Gopinath to send salt to the deity Shri Govinddevji (Rajasthani)
• 1785: Letter of Ahilyabai Holkar to Khando Baburao about informing landlords of fines imposed by tax collectors (Marathi)
• 1787: Declaration of Anwar Beg and Sayyid Azam that they have no claims on trees in Sahib Rai's garden (Persian, Hindi)
• 1803: Declaration of Chand Bibi that she has sold her mansion in Dhar and some lands to Thakur Pratap Chand (Persian)
• 1804: Declaration of Sultan Khan and his sister Haiyat Bibi about the sale of a plot of land for ten rupees (Persian, Hindi)
• 1810: Bill of exchange drawn on Bakhtawarmal Rekhchand to pay funds from Jaipur to the camp of Daulat Rao Shinde (Rajasthani, Marathi)
• 1818: Copy of an order of Gokul Das to the landlords of Devgarh assuring non-interference in their affairs (English, Rajasthani)
• 1819: Copy of a letter of Padam Singh to James Tod announcing the birth of an heir (English, Rajasthani)
• 1819: Order of Maharaja Man Singh to the merchants of Bhilwara to come to the Mundwa fair (Rajasthani, English)
• 1820: Memorandum containing answers to queries about agriculture and revenue collection in district Dhar (Marathi)
• 1820: Memorandum concerning agriculture and revenue administration in district Dhar (Marathi)
• 1850: Declaration regarding the use of land for a graveyard, mosque, and hammam (Persian)
• 1878: Entry in the supplemental account book of Moti Chand Ankur regarding lines and seals (Marathi)
• 1881: Registered copy of an acknowledgement of loan taken by Khoja Salehbhai Sachedina from Bohra Pirbhai Jivanji (Gujarati, English)
• 1886: Registered copy of the acknowledgement of debt of Faraj bin Said Bajura to Jairam Shivji (English, Arabic)
• 1886: Registered copy of an acknowledgement of a loan taken by Jamadi from Mamla bin Nanji (English, Arabic)
• 1888: Acknowledgement of a loan taken by Sayyed Hilal bin Said bin Mohammad bin Sulaiman Al-Busaidi from Ratansi Purshottam (Arabic)
• 1894: Acknowledgement of a loan taken by Ahmad bin Sulaiman bin Rajab Al-Muqimi from Seth Ratansi (Arabic)
• 1896: Acknowledgement of a loan taken by Abdullah bin Shuhadat Al-Balushi from Seth Ratansi (Arabic)
• 1897: Acknowledgement of a loan taken by Mansour bin Hamad Al-Nakhli from Seth Ratansi (Arabic)