Baba Budan Archives · Land & Revenue Proceedings
1889 – The Land Claim of Syed Isuf Ali Shah Khadri
Archive Record · BD-LAND-1889-02
A nineteenth-century administrative record concerning a land claim made by Syed Isuf Ali Shah Khadri in Dattatreya Inam village. The surviving proceeding records a dispute over rights but does not itself provide a final civil-court determination of title.
A Land Claim in Dattatreya Inam Village
Administrative proceedings and civil adjudication are not interchangeable.
The archive identifies this item as File No. 32 of 1889, relating to the claim of Syed Isuf Ali Shah Khadri concerning land in Dattatreya Inam village, in the Baba Budan Hills region.
The available research notes identify page 46 as the key extract. The proceeding is significant because it shows that the question of a claimant’s land rights could remain unresolved in the revenue-administrative process and require recourse to the Civil Court.
Editorial distinction
This archive entry describes what the administrative record says about a claim. It does not treat the existence of a claim, or a direction to seek a civil remedy, as proof that the claimant held legal title.
Claim, Revenue Process & Civil Remedy
The record must be read in terms of the authority making the decision and the question actually decided.
Syed Isuf Ali Shah Khadri appears in connection with a land claim in Dattatreya Inam village. His name is retained in the fuller form supplied for this archive entry; the original page should be checked for its exact historical spelling.
The matter is identified under File No. 32 of 1889. The file’s administrative treatment is the subject of this document page.
According to the available file notes, the administrative proceeding did not conclusively determine the claimant’s title.
The record indicates that the claimant’s question of rights was left to a civil-court remedy. No resulting civil decree has been established from this item.
What This Record Establishes
A careful distinction between documentary evidence and legal conclusions.
It Establishes
- That an 1889 administrative file concerns a land claim associated with Syed Isuf Ali Shah Khadri.
- That the matter relates to Dattatreya Inam village.
- That the administrative record, as presently identified, did not settle the claimant’s title conclusively.
- That recourse to the Civil Court was contemplated for the question of rights.
It Does Not, By Itself, Establish
- That Syed Isuf Ali Shah Khadri was judicially declared owner of the land.
- That the claim was rejected by a final civil judgment.
- That any specific survey number or acreage belongs to the claimant without separate evidence.
- That the 1889 proceeding determines the present-day legal status of the land.
The Genuine File Page
Archival scan supplied from the WordPress Media Library; documentary identification should be checked against the source file.
Source-image integrity
When the original page is uploaded, retain the original wording and visible annotations. Any cropped, enhanced or transcribed version should be labelled separately. The exact date, signatory and spelling should be verified against the scan before this entry is treated as final.
Related Documentary Records
Read this land claim alongside the broader Inam and revenue-administration record.
BD-INAM-1873-01 — Inam Settlement Record; background to the nineteenth-century treatment of Inam claims.
BD-INAM-1874-01 — Mysore Inam Rules & Procedure; general administrative context, not a decision on this claimant.
BD-INAM-1884-01 — Government Order No. 710-11-7; a separate coffee-land and Inam administrative record, not a judgment on this claim.
BD-LAND-1889/93-01 — Nagenahalli survey-number dispute involving Syed Ghouse Shah Khadri alias Khan Bahadur; a distinct proceeding.
Historical Claims Require Documentary Precision
This entry preserves the administrative history of a claim without converting the claim into a finding of ownership. Its evidentiary scope will be updated if the underlying civil-court judgment or further proceedings are recovered.