An order emancipating the slaves owned by Samara Bahādura Rājabhaṇḍārī (VS 1943)
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Abstract
This document confirms the emancipation of seven slaves belonging to Lieutenant Colonel Samara Bahādura Rājabhaṇḍārī after traitorous activities of the latter were disclosed to authorities by one of the former.
Diplomatic edition
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1१२९1आगप्रसास्तीसौं-आगेलेफ्टेनकर्णे2लसमरवहादुरराजभंडारीकाकरीया
3तपसीलवमोजिमकाकमाराकमारीके
4यथोचीतउप्रांन्तलेफ्टेनकर्णेलसम
5रवहादुरराजभण्डारीलेमोगलानाका
6वागीराणाजीहरूसंगलेषपढीगर्या
7कोजाहीरगर्न्याकमाराकाजहानैलाई
8पारपत्रकोसनदगरीदीनुभन्यायस
9अडाकाहाकीमकारीन्दाकानाउमा४३
10सालआषाड्सुदि१रोज३माभैआ
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11याकाहुकुममर्जीका२छापेपुर्जीमोतावीक
12मोगलानाकावागीराणाजीसंगलेखपढी
13गर्याकोइन्हेरूलेहाम्राहजुरमाजाहेर
14गर्याकारीझवापतनीजकर्णेलकोरनी
15जकासंतानदरसंतानकोरनीजकर्णेल
16काहकवालादाजुभाईकोसंतानदरसं
17तानकोलागनास्तिगरीतपसीलवमोजी
18मकानीजईन्दरनीजकाजहानस्मेतजना
19७लाईहामीवाटपारगरीवक्स्यौंआफु
20खुसीभैआफ्नाषुसीसंगवसन्याकाम
21गरभन्यावेहोराकोनीजईन्द्रस्मेततपसी
22लकोकमाराकमारीकानाउमापारपत्रको
23रूक्कादष्खतगरीवक्सनुपर्न्याठहरा
24ञ्यूजोमर्जीहुकुमभनिसदरजंगीकोत
25वालीईन्द्रचोकठानावाटहाम्राहजुर
26मावीन्तीपार्दाजाहेरभयोतसर्थनीजक
27र्णेललेमोगलानामागयाकावागीराणा
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28जीसंगलेषापढीगर्याकालेईन्द्रलेहा
29म्राहजुरमाजाहेरगर्याकारीझवापतनी
30जकर्णेलकोरनीजकासंतानदरसंता
31नकोरनीजकाहकवालादा
32ज्युभाईकासंतानदरसंतानकोलाग
33नास्तिगरीईन्द्रेकातपसीलवमोजीम
34काजहान७जनालाईहामीवाटपार
35गरीवक्स्यौंआफुषुसीभैआफ्नाषुसी
36संगवसन्याकामगर¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
37तपसील
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| नीजईन्द्रे¯¯¯¯¯१ | ऐंकोआमावडी१ | |
| ऐंकोदाजुजसवीरे१ | ऐंकोभाईमाहावीरे१ | |
| ऐंकोवैन्हीगुलाफी१ | ऐंकोस्वास्निचीनीञा वदत¯¯¯¯¯१ | |
| ऐंकोभाईकुहारीमीरा१ |
42ईतिसम्वत१९४३सालमीतिश्रावण
43वदी६रोज५सुभम्
Translation
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[No.] 1291
Āge: to the male and female slaves listed [below] belonging to Lieutenant Colonel Samara Bahādura Rājabhaṇḍārī.
Concerning the following (yathocita uprānta): [The following] became known to us when the Central Police Station (Sadara Jaṅgī Koṭavālī Īndracoka Ṭhānā) put a request to us stating: "In accordance with a double stamped order2 of Tuesday, the 1st of the bright fortnight of Āṣāḍha in [VS 19]43 addressed to the administrative head and the staff of this office, stating that a sanada [in the form] of a deed of emancipation should be issued to the entire family of a slave who reported that Samara Bahādura Rājabhaṇḍārī has engaged in correspondence with rebel Rāṇās living in Mogalānā (i.e., India). We recommend that Your Excellency issue a signed3 executive order (rukka daskhata) [in the form] of a deed of emancipation (pārapatra) in the name of the listed slaves including Īndra, with the following details:
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'For the good services of these [slaves] who have reported to us (i.e., to the king and the prime minister) about the correspondence engaged in [by Samara Bahādura] with rebel Rāṇās living in Mogalānā, we have emancipated the 7 [slaves]—including the aforementioned Īndra and his family members included in the list [below]—so that the aforementioned Colonel [Samara Bahādura], his descendants, his siblings and their descendants with a claim to them shall lose [all such] claim. Live happily and according to your own wishes'."[170]
For this reason, as a reward for the good services of Īndra in reporting to us that the aforementioned colonel has been in correspondence with the Rāṇās who have gone to Mogalānā, we have emancipated the 7 family members of Īndre listed [below] so that the aforementioned Colonel [Samara Bahādura], his descendants, his siblings and their descendants with a claim to them shall lose [all such] claim. Live happily and according to your own wishes.
Particulars (tapasila):
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| The aforementioned Īndre - 1 | His mother Baḍī - 1 | |
| His elder brother Jasavīre - 1 | His younger brother Māhāvīre - 1 | |
| His younger sister Gulāphī - 1 | His wife Cīnīñā Vadata - 1 | |
| His younger brother Kuhārīmīrā - 1 |
Thursday, the 6th of the dark fortnight of Śrāvaṇa in the [Vikrama] era year 1943 (1886 CE). Auspiciousness.
Commentary
This document, copied into Vol. 53, pp. 168-170 of the Regmi Research Collection, is an order from the king/prime minister regarding emancipation of seven slaves belonging to Lieutenant Colonel Samara Bahādura Rājabhaṇḍārī. As it states, Samara Bahādura's traitorous activities of engaging in correspondence with rebel Rāṇās living in India was reported to the authority by Indre, one of the slaves. The rebel Rāṇās refer to the Jaṅga Rāṇās who took refuge in India after Bīra Śamśera's coup d'état of 1885. Samara Bahādura was the son of Colonel Siddhi Māna Rājabhaṇḍārī. Shaha 1990/II: 8 mentions of the incident when Bīra Śamśera was personally present in Khaḍga Śamśera's house to punish Samara Bahādura. This document has also been discussed in M.C. Regmi 1981: 63-64.