Vol. VII, No. 7.] Persian letters from Jahan Ard. 453 
[N.8.] 
kL. 
In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate. 
The best of his equals and contemporaries, deserving of 
favour and kindness, Raja Budh Parkash may know that his 
‘arzdasht together with several animals and a basket of pome- 
granates have been received and shown to us by the women of 
our holy threshold. As to his requesting us to recommend 
him to His Majesty, the lord of the earth and the age, master of 
Jumada I1, the 13th year of the Julus. 
2. 
The best of his equals and contemporaries, deserving of 
favour and kindness, submissive to Islam, Raja Budh Parkash 
and send it to us. A khil‘at has been conferred upon him and 
will shortly reach him. He may know that we shall always 
attend to his affairs. Dated 11th Shawwal, the 14th year of 
the Julus. 
3. 
In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate. 
The best of his equals and contemporaries, deserving of 
favour and kindness, submissive to Islam, Raja Budh Par- 
kash may know that his ‘arzdasht together with some pods of 
musk and a flapper (chanwar) have been received and shown to 
us by the women of our great household. The presents have met 
with our approval. He writes about the misconduct of Sondha- 
and others of his tahwildars saying, that the zamindars of the 
parganahs of Sadhora at first stoodisureties for them, but after- 
wards helped them run away with cash and property; and re- 
questing us to send illustrious farmans to Ruhu-llah Khan, 
Faujdar of Mian-i-doab, Dawar Khan, Faujdar of Sahrand, and 
Ali Akbar, Amin-i-faujdar of the parganah of Sadhora, ordering 
them to arrest the tahwildars and zamindars. In our opinion 
the addressee was wrong in trusting the zamindars. As we do 
not interfere in such matters, he had better write an ‘arzdasht 
