Copy of an order to Fulad Khan about flight of landlord Narsu Sethi and his refusal to pay a sum of cash
The landlord (desai) Narsu Sethi refused to pay 100 coins to a cavalryman who had received a tax-free revenue assignment (jagir) and fled from the town of Solapur. On account of this, the district officer Fulad Khan is ordered to reassure the inhabitants of the town.
Functional document type: Orders
Formal document type: Farman
Themes: Desertion and Depopulation, Money, Soldiers
Date:
Suhur calendar: Jumada al-sani 991
Hijri-qamri calendar: 11 Jumada al-sani 997
Gregorian calendar:
27 April 1589
[Page 1r]
main text: Persian
1نقل
2فرمان همایون شرف نفاذ یافت بجانب خان اعظم
فولاد خان
3نایب غیبیت معامله
سندلاپور
آنکه هر چه عریضه او بمتوقف
4عرض رسید انچه در مضمون ان درینوقت بالا
نرسو
بن میگ ستهی
5دیسای مبلغ
یکصد هون
برات
میان علا بخش
بن جمال الدین
6ملتانی جمع رکاب جاگیر دیوان اعلی صادر شده است چون
7این خبر نفر مذکور شنیده بیدل گشته از دیه بیرون رفته و
8بواسطه این معنی مردم قصبه مذکور از رعیت بقال و بعضی قوم قصبه
9خالی کرده رفته اند اهتمام فرمودن باز دیده بود بتمام
10روشن شد چون حال بدین منوال باشد معلوم دانند و
11سایر مردم قصبه را تقویت و دلداری داده قصبه معمور
12نمایند درین باب اهتمام بواجبی نمایند بر حکم فرمان همایون روند
13
ماه جمادی الاخر سنه
۹۹۱
1Copy1
2A royal farman was issued. To the
great khan
Fulad Khan,
3naib in absentia of muʿamala
Sandlapur [Solapur]
[know] that his petition
4was presented with [some] delay. The contents of which [state that], at
this time,
Narsu [Sethi], son of the desai Meg Sethi
5has been issued a berat to pay the
sum of
100 hons
to
Miyan Ala Bakhsh, son of Jamaluddin
6Multani, a cavalryman holding a jagir from the Exalted Diwan. When
7the aforementioned person heard this news, he was frightened and left the
village.
8And on account of this event, the people of the aforementioned qasba, including from the population of
merchants and some of the community of the qasba,
9have vacated and departed. The supervision of orders had been investigated.
10It became completely clear [and] he [i.e. Fulad Khan] should make it known when the situation had taken
this shape.
11And strengthening and reassuring the remaining people of the qasba
he should make the town
12prosperous. In this matter, he should take appropriate care. He should implement the order of
the royal farman.
13In the
month Jumada al-akhir in the year 991.2
clerical notes (top): Marathi
1तरीख ११ माहे जमादीलाखर
सबा तिसैन
2
रु
मश्रीफ बार
[मोर्तुद]
सुरु
3फर्मान मामले
सोलापूर
की
4बर
नरसो मेगी सेटी
देसाई
5
१०० होन
वरात
अल बाद
6
ब||
मुलतानी सादीर सुद
7अजी माने रेया कसबे बेधी-
8ल सुद बेरु रफ्त अद
9अजी सबब वरात
[हुजूर]
10कर्दे सुद असत
[दूर|[मा]मूर]
11नुमायेद
1On the date of the
11th of the month Jumadi al-Akhir [in the year] seven
and ninety
2Accepted by the mushrif. Registered
…
[Started]
3
…
3Farman to the muaʿmala
Solapur
that
4on the desai
Narso Megi Sethi
5a berat to pay
100 hons
to
Ala Bakhsh,
6son of [Jamaluddin] Multani.
7Because of this event, the population of the qasba
8became frightened and have left.
9Therefore the berat
[should be
10rescinded, [and the qasba]
11should be re-populated.]
Notes
1. It is possible there is an invocation, but the image does not include the very top of the page. [BACK]
2. The calendar type is not specified in the document but it is most likely this date is a suhur date and the date on the verso is given in hijri years. Taking this to be the case, both dates correspond. [BACK]
3. While the literal meaning of the word सुरू, or suru, is "beginning," "started," or "proceeding," its meaning as an official mark in the context of registering Persian orders is still unclear. The Maratha rajas of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries maintained a position called the surnis, whose role in recording state documents likely involved applying this mark. [BACK]
imperial order
deputy
district, especially in Bijapur administrative nomenclature
landlord (Similar to deshmukh)
a government order; in the Ottoman Empire, it referred to an order of grant or appointment from the Sultan, but in the Deccan, it often referred to an order enjoining the payment of a sum of money
a type of widely circulating gold coin minted by the Vijayanagara kingdom (see Phillip B. Wagoner, "Money Use in the Deccan, c. 1350-1687: The Role of Vijayanagara hons in the Bahmani Currency System")
rights to collect taxes from a certain area as payment for imperial services and associated expenses
Head of imperial or provincial revenue department, or manager of finances in a noble's household
town, small city
town, small city
town, small city
imperial order
imperial order
district, especially in Bijapur administrative nomenclature
landlord (Similar to deshmukh)
a government order; in the Ottoman Empire, it referred to an order of grant or appointment from the Sultan, but in the Deccan, it often referred to an order enjoining the payment of a sum of money
a type of widely circulating gold coin minted by the Vijayanagara kingdom (see Phillip B. Wagoner, "Money Use in the Deccan, c. 1350-1687: The Role of Vijayanagara hons in the Bahmani Currency System")
town, small city
a government order; in the Ottoman Empire, it referred to an order of grant or appointment from the Sultan, but in the Deccan, it often referred to an order enjoining the payment of a sum of money
Participants
Recipient:
Fulad Khan
Language(s)
Persian
Marathi
Source
Bharat Itihas Sansodhak Mandal, rumal 4, no. 33
Archival Collection: Solapur Deshmukh collection
Transcribed from manuscript image.
Edited by Elizabeth Thelen and Dominic Vendell
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