Administrative System of the Marathas c27.s6.7

c27.s6.7

Let the revenue collectors and officials and Desais and Qanungos of the township of Navasari be informed that whereas the Parsi Mahr Tabib (physician) is a deserving person and does not possess any other means of subsistence, and whereas he has offered himself as a sacrifice, for the blessed life of His Exalted Majesty (May God perpetuate his dominion), the extent of four Auls of cultivated land and culturable waste, one Aul of cultivated and three Auls of culturable (waste), within the environs of the aforesaid township, has been settled upon him as his wasifah. As soon as they receive intimation of this Parwanah, they should hand over to him the said land after fixing its boundaries and setting it apart, so that having tilled it according to his ability, he may spend the proceeds thereof in (providing) the means of subsistence and devote himself with a tranquil mind to praying for the permanence of His Majesty's powerful Kingdom. Let them know their duty and regard obedience in this matter as a positive obligation and do nothing contrary to the same. Written on the 21st of the sacred month of Muharram 989."¹²