Unit 6 SAQ 6.3 - 1 AMSCO AP WORLD - Withrow

"It is well known to all that in this age the pipe of Hindustan (norhem Indial, both Hindus and Muslims, are being ruined under the tyrany and oppression of the infidel unbelie eat he treacherous English. I o therefore the bounden duty of all the wealtay people of india, especialy of those who have any sort of connection with any of the Muslim royal families and are considered the pastors and masters of their people, to stake their lives and property for the well-being of the public... I, who am the grandson of Bahadur Shah, have ... come here to extirpate [destroy) the infidels residing in the eastern part of the country, and to liberate and protect the poor helpless people now groaning under their iron rule. .

Several of the Hindu and Muslim chiefs who ... have been trying their bestto root out the English in India, have presented themselves to me and taken part in the reigning Indian crusade... [Ble it known to all, that the ancient works both of the Hindus and the Muslims, the writings of the miracle-workers, and the calculations of the astrologers, pundits [learned persons] and rammals [fortune-tellers], all agree, asserting that the English will no longer have any footing in India or elsewhere. Therefore, it is incumbent on all to give up the hope of the continuation of the British sway, [and to] side with me...."