Temple of Satrunjaya

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

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Seal of Padshah Murad Baksh,
1068
This high command is now issued, declaring that as the Paragana of Palitana, under the Sarkar of Sorath, a dependency of the Subah of Ahmedabad, and which Paragana is also called Satrunjaya, is by former sanad conferred on Satidas Javheri as an inām or gift, the said Satidas has presented a petition praying that in this manner a new high command should be given. This world-binding mandate is therefore now issued, declaring that we confirm to the said Satidas and to his descendants the inām or gift he held by former sanad and a royal patent, and it behoves the Diwans, Wazirs, and Mutsaddis, present and future, and the Jagiradars and Karuris of that district, to respect the said gift according to the above order, and not to molest or hinder him under pretence of expenses, taxes, etc; but they must act so that this order may continue and abide, knowing this order to be peremptory, no opposition shall be made.
Dated 29th Ramzan, first year of his reign.
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In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
GOD (On the Seal]
The victorious Muhammad Aurangzib Shah Bahadur, the son of Sahib Kiran Sani, 1068
Whereas at this time, the beginning of which is auspicious (and) the end of which will be happy, Satidas, the jeweller has represented to the noble, most holy, exalted (and) elevated Presence, through persons constituting the holy assembly of the Court, that whereas according to a farmān of His Majesty, the exalted, as dignified as Solomon, the protector of the office of the successors of (Muhammad), the shadow of God, dated the nineteenth of the holy month of Ramzan, in the year thirty-one, the district of Palitana, which is called Setrunji in the jurisdiction of the Sorath Sarkar, a dependency of the Subah of Ahmedabad, (and) the revenue of which is two lakhs of dāms, has been settled as a perpetual inām on the slave (the petitioner), and that he therefore hopes that a glorious edict may also be granted by our Court; therefore, in the same manner as before, we have granted the above mentioned district as a perpetual inām. It is, therefore, incumbent on the present and future
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