OR CUTTACK. 2f>l 



wads, selected from a vast mass of such documents in my possession, which 

 will serve to illustrate the argument maintained in the preceding pages. 



























Deed of Sale of portion of a Talooli of Willaity Canoongoe. 



Purchaser Meer Kumal Ood Deen, son of Meer Moosabit, son of Meer Umacl ; Seller Juggunafh 

 Maintee, son of Muhee Maintee, Canoongoe Willaity of Pergunnah Coordais, in the Sircar of Cuttack. 

 Since I the Seller have to this day held the whole and entire Talookdaree and Willaity Canoongoeship 

 of Mouza Jinkar Sovvanlo, in the above Pergunnah, my Talooka [TalookaBundeh ki dur tuht o tusur- 

 roof Malikaneh khood dasht] in full proprietory possession, I now sell the same with al! the rights and 

 privileges appertaining thereto, asMeel, Hireeq, Ashjar, Ahjar, &c. &c. of rny own free consent, for the 

 snrn of one hundred Kahawuns of Cowris, a fair and even price, to the above mentioned Purchaser. 

 Having received the amount I have paid it into the Treasury of the Fotedar of the Pergunnah in dis- 

 charge of my balances. Let the Purchaser cultivate the above Village, pay the public dues and bring 

 it under his Talookdaree and Canoongoe management [bu Talookdaree of Canoongoe khood uml nu- 

 moodeh]. Neither I, nor my heirs will hereafter have any claim. 

 1 Mouza. 



Moknrrureh Ruqba Arazee Battees, - 113 



Ditto Tunkha Ruqmee, - Sa. Rs. 273 



Ditto Jumuia Kumal Couris, - 607 



Price of Talookdaree and Willaity Canoongoeship, tobe separated, Kah. 100 

 from the Talooka of the Seller Jugunnath Maintee, and entered as a Talooka Muzkooree, dated 15th 

 Showal, 1132Umlee. 



On the back the Chehreh Bundee, or descriptive Roll of the Seller is given,. 



Deed of Sale of Ground. 



I who am Sudanund Mahapater, son of Gopee Mahapater, son of Moorley Mahapater, Chowdree 

 of Pergunnah Byaung, in the Sircar of Budruck, in the full possession of my senses, of my own free 

 consent declare that 1 have sold a parcel of about 11 Bigas 19 12 of land Bunj ur Kkarij Jumma 26 

 Dustee measurement on the Ruqba of Mouza Dhurinkuntpore, my Talooka, (or dependent on me) which 

 as specified below has to this day been in my possession, with every thing on and belonging to it to the 

 revered Saeed ood Deen Mohummud, for the sum of Sicca Rupees 19 3, the fair and current price. Let 

 him dispose of it as he likes; should the Hakim ever claim a Jumma from it, I will be answerable. 



Here follows a specification of boundaries. Dated 10th Rejcb, 1141 Umlee. 



Deed granting Ground free of Rent, by Talooltdars of a Pergunnah jointly . 



We who are Futteh Khan Chowdree, Bamdoe Canoongoe and Kishen Canoongoe Zemindars of 

 Pergunnah Saeed Abad in the Sircar of Cuttack, declare as follows : Since Bishnoo Churn Doss 

 Birjabashee, inhabitant of Mouzah Nujal in Pergunnah Deogaon Bissee has no means of subsist- 

 ence and is unable to give food to the numerous Fakirs and Byshnoos, who are constantly resorting to 

 him, and thereby suffers extreme distress, we have therefore of our own accord and free will appointed 

 7 Battees 7 Bigas 11 Ghoonts Arazee Bunjur kharij Jumma, from the Ruqba of the Mouzahs attach to 

 our Talooks as below, to be hereafter held by him as Khyrat. Let the above-mentioned take possession 

 of the Land and bring into cultivation and expend the profits in maintaining himself and other Fakirs 

 and Byshnoos ; should we or our heirs ever attempt to resume it, may we go to hell. This is given as 

 a Sunnud Khyrat. 



Here follows a specification of the Villages in each Talook from which the Laud was granted. Dat- 

 ed ICth Jumadool Awwul, 1105 Umlee. 



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