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Letter from Captain Charles William Burton, Bickaneer [Bīkāner] to Colonel Lewis Pelly [26r] (3/10)
The record is made up of 4 folios. It was created in 6 Dec 1873. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Letter enclosing a note from Pundit Munphool in which he asks to be considered for the Dewanship of Kotah, and giving his (Burton's) recommendation of him as a being capable of the role and referncing an excerpt from his annual report to Colonel John Cheape Brooke 31 May 1873 in which he had reported on him.
- Letter from Munphool Pundit, Bikaneer [Bīkāner] to Captain Charles William Burton, Assistant Agent to the Governor General, Bikaneer, 6 December 1873, regarding the appointment of the Diwanship of Kota, which Nuwwab [ Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. ] Faiz Uber Khan has declined and asking that his name be put before Colonel Pelly for the vacancy. The letter also details the services he has rendered thus far, his departure from Bikaneer owing to ill health and his hopes that a recent change of air would restore his health and that he would be able to be of service to the Government again.
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- 4 folios
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Conservation: The letter was originally tied together with pink wool which was removed to enable the letter to be read fully, and the letter placed in an acid-free paper folder instead. The wool tie was placed at the rear of the folder in a plastic sleeve and labelled as folio 28a.
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- Mss Eur F126/72, ff 25-28
- Title
- Letter from Captain Charles William Burton, Bickaneer [Bīkāner] to Colonel Lewis Pelly
- Pages
- 25r:28v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence