Volume 1

Selections from Calcutta gazettes : showing the political and social condition of the English in India / by W.S. Seton-Karr.

Date:
1864-
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    PART n EDITORIAL 0 [Believed to be from the “ Gazette” of March 4th, 1784.] Extracts of intelligence from the Sublime Court at the Capital, Shahje- hanabad, for the month of Rubbyul Awwul, A. II. 1198, or A, D. 1784, being the %roth year of the reign. The Sth.—Yesterday, Mujdeddowlah acquainted His Majesty with the nature of the conference with Ashruffeddowlah. He also reported the news of the arrival of Jeffa Singh Bhooka, and the other Chiefs of the Seikhs, at the town of Sultanpore, and encamping there with 15,000 or 20,000 of their Cavalry, accompanied by other freebooters. This day, Ashruffeddowlah had a private conference with His Majesty, at which Mnjdeddowlah was also present. The 9th.—Mujdeddowlali presented to His Majesty the papers rela- tive to the Jageer of Baliadree Aly Khan. The 10 th.—Mujdeddowlah and Ashruffeddowlah were admitted to a private conference with His Majesty, who commanded that the latter should have the direction of all affairs and transactions. In the evening His Majesty bestowed upon Mujdeddowlah a made-up Turband, a Fillet, and a Keba (or short coat), on the occasion of his being’ appointed to the office of Khansamah, (or Steward of the household) : he presented his Nuzzur, and after having* shewn his Majesty the Arzee of Nujif Kooly Khan, came out from the presence. The 11 th.—It was reported to His Majesty that Jyaram Chowdrv, and the other Bankers of the city of Hehly, had agreed to pay fifteen hundred Rupees to the tribe of Goojer,* for the release of their children. The 12^.—Yesterday afternoon Meyan Ekhlas Khan presented to His Majesty the Arzees of Mujdeddowlah and Ashruffeddowlah, requesting permission to plunder the Goojeran villages, many of which are situated in the Jageers of the Princes, and servants of the Haram : they obtained the royal signature. News arrived on the 7th, that Jeffa Singh Bhooka and the other Seekhan Chiefs had encamped near Sungroweh, with a * Note.—These Goojers are the same tribe of which English readers heard so much in the commencement of the Mutiny. Their propensities for thieving and “ Loot” have long been known to the Officials of the North-West Provinces. Shahjehanabad, most readers are aware, is Delhi.
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