Bhao Singh Naib Kotwal to the Thanahdar, Guzar Faiz Bazar Sends a Copy of a Parwanah Summoning Ghulam Nabi Khan Issued By the Emperor
Bhao Singh Naib Kotwal to the Thanahdar, Guzar Faiz Bazar Sends a Copy of a Parwanah Summoning Ghulam Nabi Khan Issued By the Emperor
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MARC-15122022-325
April 6, 2023 at 8:25:19 AM
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Bhao Singh Naib Kotwal to the Thanahdar, Guzar Faiz Bazar Sends a Copy of a Parwanah Summoning Ghulam Nabi Khan Issued By the Emperor.
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August 30,1857
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Mohammed Q, Binghalib
Urdu
The Translation and Comment
by
Mohammed Abdulkarim:
of Original Document:
To—The King Shelter of the World
RESPECTFULLY SHEWETH,—That it is manifest to Your Majesty, that justice is approved of, and lawless cruelty condemned by the Creator of the Universe. I therefore pray, if in your Majesty’s estimation it is proper to do so, that you should tell the Officers of the Army, who request your permission to slay the ladies, children, and other prisoners, that agreeably to their prayers, you placed your hand on their heads, and joined them in the cause of the faith; but that in killing the prisoners in question, you will abandon the tenets of your religion. That they must first obtain a Fatwa!® and a Bywasta and that, if these shall sanction the slaughter, they can slay the prisoners alluded to; but that your Majesty will not give an order on the subject, contrary to the laws of the Prophet; and that if they do not approve of this, they may first wreak their rage on your own Royal person. I trust that your Majesty’s orders, agree ably to the suggestions above submitted, will be issued to the Officers of the Army in atone of decision. Considering it necessary I have laid the subject before your Royal presence. (Prayers for the prosperity of the reign). Petition of the slave, Nabi Bakhsh Khan, agent of His Highness Arsh Aramgah No date.