Fifth Days of Proceedings Trail of Bahadur Shah - Petition of Muhammad Baksh Ali formerly Jail Superintendent of Jhansi
Fifth Days of Proceedings Trail of Bahadur Shah - Petition of Muhammad Baksh Ali formerly Jail Superintendent of Jhansi
Secret Papers
MARC-17042023-401
April 18, 2023 at 2:32:05 AM
National archives of India
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Fifth Days of Proceedings Trail of Bahadur Shah - Petition of Muhammad Baksh Ali formerly Jail Superintendent of Jhansi
DELHI
Foreign
August 13 , 1857
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April 16, 2023 at 8:00:00 PM
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Mohammed Abdulkarim
English
The Translation and Comment
by
Mohammed Abdulkarim:
of Original Document:
To—The King! Dispenser of Blessings on the World !
Shelter of Mankind, etc.
RESPECTFULLY SHEWETH,—That the order passed on your slave’s petition, that besides the 500 Soldiers now present, he may entertain sufficient men to complete a Regiment of Infantry, shall be carried into effect. Your petitioner’s request, however, was that orders might he issued, to change the designation of the force under your slave, from that of Ali-Ghol, for any other which Your Majesty might be pleased to select, as the men composing it have been thoroughly drilled and disciplined.
Whatever designation Your Majesty may now assign them, they will always retain. Your slave, therefore, prays that order under Your Majesty’s Seal and Signature may be issued in this matter. (Prayers for the prosperity of the reign.) Petition of the lowly Muhammad Baksh Ali, Superintendent of the Jhansi Jail, officer of the Ali-Ghol.
Autograph order by the King, in pencil
Shamshir-ud-dowlat Bahadur? will have an order written after the usual form of such orders. The name “Faiz’’ is assigned to this Regiment.
Note on the Reverse—An order has been written. Dated 18th August 1857.