26 Maulavi ‘Abdul Wall— Jami c Masjid at Sailkupa. [No. 1, 
6. Copy of a nuvishta (letter) signed by Kishen Dev, Caudhuri or 
Zamindar of Pargana Mahmudshahi, &c., dated 15tb Shawwal, 1174 
A.H. = 11 tli Ckait, 1168 B.S. addressed to Ram Narayan Siqdar, Kar- 
machari (officer) of Mauza‘ Devtala (a village close to Sailkupa, where 
was located a Kachari at the time). It runs:—that Mir Talibuddin 
and Mir Ghulam Darvish had disputes as to the Ciraghi (tenure) of 
Sailkupa and Devtala. G.D. procured from His Majesty Sanads and 
Parwanas sealed by the seal of Sadru-s-Sudur. According to these, 
and a Sanad of the Naib-i-Qazi, and nuvishta of myself, G.D. got pos¬ 
session thereof. Subsequently Mir T. too procured a nuvishta. Both 
have met. According to His Majesty’s Sanad Mir G.D. should get the 
possession. 
7. In June 1842 a case under Regulation II of 1819 (popularly 
called Doem Qanun) was decided by Mr. Francis Lowth, Special 
Deputy Collector of Jessore. Government was plaintiff, Mir Qiyamud- 
din, and after him Mir Talibuddin (and others) were defendants. The 
suit was instituted on 7th March, 1837 A.D. 
Under a Bubakar, dated 19th Feb., 1839, Bansi Badan Majumdar 
was appointed Amin for the measurement of the Lakhiraj property of 
Mir Qiyamuddln and Mir Talibuddin of Sailkupa. On his arrival 
Mufizuddin alias Cand Miyan presented a Farman of Emperor Shah 
‘Alam granting to Mir Ghuhim Darvish thirty thousand bigahs of rent- 
free land as Madad-i-Ma‘ash, situated thus :— 
North : The river Garai, 
South : The Kumar, 
East: Sankor Jola (a silted-up water channel), 
West: Pitamvarir nala. 
He also contended that Mir T.’s lands were included within the land of 
the grant, and claimed as heir of G.D. the property—which was in 
possession of various persons. Cand also presented the boundaries of 
956 bigahs out of the entire Estate. 
The filing of this Imperial Farman produced great commotion. 
The Amin reported the matter, upon which 14 more Amins, each with a 
Piyada and two rasan-girs (rope-holders) were sent out for the mea¬ 
surement of the land included in the Farman. 1 
Krishna Dev Dev Ray (of Naldanga), Zamindar of the Parganas, 
Radha Caran Ray, Zamindar of Narail, and Mir Haidar ‘Ali—as heir 
of T. (deceased) and others, entered protests. Mir Haidar ‘All applied 
that his ancestors came originally from Ba gh dad, and acquired 777 
1 In 1840 A.D. 
