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A copy of a document granting sunābirtā for constructions of a rest house for Muslims in Kathmandu (VS 1863)

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Identifier: RRC_0005_0226
Title: A copy of a document granting sunābirtā for constructions of a rest house for Muslims in Kathmandu (VS 1863)
Type, original: copy

Content

Abstract: The document concerns a sunābirtā grant of 14 ropanīs of land, including 5 ropanīs categorized as a ghaḍerī and an additional 9 ropanis of serā land addressed to Ajī Jullā Harīpa. The boundaries of this plot are described as being from the luhakila at a water channel in the serā land to the east, to one at a Kashmiri takiyā (Sufi shrine) in the west and to the north, a main road and the luhakila of the pond of a Lakṣmīnārāyaṇa Temple [in South]. All land within these four boundary markers is granted, along with authorisation to construct a takiyā and a dharmasālā. The saṃdhiyāra (neighbouring landowners) of this grant are listed as: Śrī Aryāla Kāśīrāma Pā̃ḍe, Harivaṃśa Boharā‚ Bhānu Pādhyā Khanāla, Śrīnātha Pantha, Vaṃsavīra Rāṇā, Kṛṣṇānanda Pādhyā Rimāla, and Dāṅgola, Kālidhana Vanta and Puḍkyādhana Vanta. The document is dated VS 1933.
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Date

Date: VS 1863 Phālguna dark 13 unspecified
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Script and language

Language, script: Nepali; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 20.50; 16.20; cm
No. of folios: 1
Material, binding, and colour: mill-made paper; bound; brown
Condition: good; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Private: M.C. Regmi; RRC Vol. 5, no. 226, p. 135
Source and details: NGMPP catalogue card, RRC index, document itself; Microfilmed on 10/09/1989 as NGMPP E 2392/1
Running no., exposures: E 44338

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 7/27/22, 12:00 AM; 11/12/26, 1:32 PM; 18
Notes: The document is part of the Regmi Research Collection (RRC vol. 5, no. 226, p. 135)
Technical terms: sunābirtā

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