In these days, information has reached our court that several people have, out of spite and rancour, harassed the Hindu residents of Banaras and nearby places, including a group of Brahmins who are in charge of ancient temples there. These people want to remove those Brahmins from their charge of temple-keeping, which has caused them considerable distress. Therefore, upon receiving this order, you must see that nobody unlawfully disturbs the Brahmins or other Hindus of that region, so that they might remain in their traditional place and pray for the continuance of the Empire.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "In these days, information has reached our court that several people have, out of spite and rancour, harassed the Hindu residents of Banaras and nearby places, including a group of Brahmins who are in charge of ancient temples there. These people want to remove those Brahmins from their charge of temple-keeping, which has caused them considerable distress. Therefore, upon receiving this order, you must see that nobody unlawfully disturbs the Brahmins or other Hindus of that region, so that they might remain in their traditional place and pray for the continuance of the Empire." in the context of "Order to Abu’l-Hasan in Banaras, dated 28 Feb., 1659. Quoted in Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (1911), 689-90. Also quoted in Richard M. Eaton (January 5, 2001), "Temple desecration and Indo-Muslim states", Frontline" to mean that wisdom is timeless.