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invincible army for the purpose ef opening this territory, and 
for the happiness of the people thereof; desiring thereby, to 
deliver all from his tyranny, to convert the wounds of his 
oppressions by the salves of Justice and mercy, and that the 
tree of their existence, withered by the hot pestilential wind 
of tyranny and oppression, might flourish and fructify by the 
limpid water of our bounty. 
We have therefore by the exuberance of our mercy com- 
manded that all the people of the territory of Lakhnauti—the 
Sadat, ‘Ulama, Mashaykh, and others of similar nature; and 
also the Khans, Maliks, Umara, Sadrs, Akaber, and Maarif, 
including their train and suite,—those who may prove their 
sincerity or those whose zeal for Islam may prompt them thereto, 
may resort to our world-protecting presence, without wait- 
ing and delay, Weshall give them more than they received 
from their fiefs, villages, lands, stipends, wages, and salaries : 
And the class of people, calied Zamindars. as Muqaddams,' 
weigh, wSele (2) and such like, from the river Kasai (Cossye) 
allow them wholly what they used to receive from their fiefs, 
more, We shall not remove them from their original places oF 
give them cause for distress; that We have commanded that 
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and hearths, according to his and their hearts b 
nay enjoy evermore contentment and freedom from anxieties. 
Insh@al-lah taala (if God Almighty may wish).”’ 
__ The above Proclamation is new and has not been pub- 
lished, since its issue at the end of 754 (1353 A.D.). The 

' Muqaddam is a superior officer of the revenue in a village. : 
__ 2 Sultén Shamsu’d-Din, son of Sultan Nasiru’d-Din son of Sultéo 
Ghayathu’d Din Balban, king of Lakhnauti --Elliot-Dowson, III, p. 6 
amsu'd-Din Firaiz, King of Bengal from 701-722 H., Vide Stapleton ® 
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