Baba Budan Archives · Historical Record · BD-COF-1829-01

1829 — The Coffee Inam Nirup

12 February 1829 · Mysore Administration · Coffee and Dargah Lands

An early administrative order, identified in later records, concerning coffee cultivation and revenue arrangements associated with the Baba Budan Dargah lands.

Modern decorative illustration. Not an image or facsimile of the 1829 Nirup.

The Record in Context

According to the later administrative materials indexed by Baba Budan Archives, a Nirup dated 12 February 1829 was issued by the Maharaja of Mysore to the Amildar of Lakvalli. It belongs to a sequence of proceedings about coffee cultivation connected with the Baba Budan Dargah and the question of waram, a share of produce or revenue.

The surviving later descriptions distinguish coffee cultivation within recognised makan or Dargah limits from cultivation beyond those limits on government land. The precise wording, boundaries and legal effect of the original order require examination of the underlying archival record and its chain of copies.

Record Identification

Archive ID: BD-COF-1829-01
Attributed date: 12 February 1829
Instrument: Nirup (administrative order)
Issuing authority: Maharaja of Mysore, as described in later records
Recipient: Amildar of Lakvalli
Evidence status: Earlier instrument identified through later government material

Key Research Questions

What was the exact direction regarding coffee cultivated on Dargah lands?
How did the order address waram or other revenue demands?
How were the limits of the makan defined or understood?
Which later government enquiries reproduced or cited this Nirup?

Why This Nirup Matters

This reference helps place coffee cultivation in the Baba Budan Hills within an identifiable nineteenth-century administrative history. It shows why later officers examined the relationship between coffee gardens, Dargah-associated lands and government revenue claims.

It does not, by itself, establish a surveyed boundary, modern title, or the precise date when coffee was first introduced to the hills. Those questions require separate evidence.

Archival evidence notice. The original 1829 Nirup has not been independently authenticated or reproduced on this page. No simulated manuscript, seal, royal signature or invented transcription is presented. The date and descriptive particulars are taken from the archive’s existing research notes concerning later government records; direct comparison with the original or a certified contemporary copy remains a research task.

Related Records

1821 — The Coffee Records Begin (BD-COF-1821-01): a multi-document file on coffee estates in the Baba Budan Hills.

1831 — The Second Coffee Nirup (BD-COF-1831-01): a further early instrument referred to in a later administrative dossier.

1832 — The Dewan Katcheri Nirup (BD-COF-1832-01): an additional referenced order awaiting direct verification.

Baba Budan Archives · BD-COF-1829-01 · Research record, not a certified translation or legal title opinion. Historical claims are presented with their current evidence limitations.