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First Days of Proceedings Trail of Bahadur Shah - Petition of Sheodial and Shadiram, Merchants | ||||
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| Secret Papers | MAC-23022023-901 | March 12, 2026 at 7:19:39 AM | |||
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Original Document Name First Days of Proceedings Trail of Bahadur Shah - Petition of Sheodial and Shadiram, Merchants
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| Location | Department | Language | |||
| The National Archives of India is located at the intersection of Rajpath and Janpath Road | Foreign | English | |||
| Dated | Collection No. | Serial No. | Folder | Size | No. of Pages |
| July 16, 1857, 8:18 p.m. | ---- | --- | Mutiny | 0.1 | 1 |
| Main Category | Sub Category | Modern Classification | Modern Subclassification | Document Type | Source |
| Secret Papers | N/A | N/A | N/A | Digitized Document | N/A |
| Title of Person | Position | Associated To | Period From | Period To | Other Name |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | 1857 | 1857 | N/A |
| Successor | Predecessor | Issue Number | Doc Material | Gregorian Date | |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | July 17 , 1857 | |
The Translation and Comment
by
Mohammed Abdulkarim:
of Original Document:
To—The King Shelter of the World
RESPECTFULLY SHEWETH,—That great mobs of people go daily to the mercantile shops of your slaves, situated near the Cashmere Gate, and commit the most riotous proceedings there. Sometimes they bring the Chief Police Officer of the City, at others, the soldiery, accusing your slaves, as a plea for their conduct, of sending supplies to the Enemy. Be it manifest to Your Majesty, that we are the hereditary and homeborn slaves of your illustrious house. From such proceedings, our total ruin and impoverishment must ensue; we therefore pray that our shops may be placed under the lock and key of theState, so that it may be protected, and we may obtain safety from the grievance represented. (Prayers for the prosperity of the reign). Petition of the slave, Shadiram and Sheodial, Shop-keepers. No date.
Autograph order by the King, in pencil
Mirza Moghal will provide for the protection of the peti- tioners.
On THE REversE—‘No. 557”.
Order on the reverse, without signature or seal, apparently by Mirza Moghal, in furtherance of the King’s order :—
This petition, bearing an order in the Royal handwriting, directing arrangements, has reached this office today. The petitioners request that their shops may be placed under the lock and key of the State, and that it may be protected. It is therefore ordered, that a written order be sent to the Chief Police Officer of the City, to the intent that agreeably to the request of the Petitioners, he place their shops under lock and key, and attend so to its protection that no damage may be allowed to occur to it. It is not necessary to send the liquors here.25 Dated 17th July 1857.
Note under the order—‘‘An order has been written’’.