People · Places · Institutions
The Human & Geographic Record of the Archive
Historical documents are not only records of dates and decisions. They preserve the names of individuals, families, villages, institutions and administrative authorities that shaped the documentary history of the Baba Budan Hills and the lands later recorded within the Inam Dattatreya Peetha framework.
This directory identifies important people and places appearing in the archive while distinguishing documented roles from claims, petitions and later historical assertions.
People in the Documentary Record
These individuals appear materially in the surviving or referenced historical record. Inclusion here records their documentary presence; it does not automatically validate every claim made by or about them.
Syed Meeran Shah Khadri
Syed Meeran Shah Khadri appears in the Persian inscription recorded by the Mysore Archaeological Department in its 1932 annual report. The inscription identifies him as the son of Syed Jamal Shah Khadri and records him in connection with the Sajjada of the shrine of Hazrat Mir Hayat Qalandar.
The archaeological transcription records his death in 1246 A.H., corresponding approximately to 1830.
Key archive reference · BD-ARCH-1932-01
Syed Ghouse Shah Khadri alias Khan Bahadur
A major figure in the late nineteenth-century documentary record. Files associated with his period include Inam and land matters as well as the 1887 proposal concerning the future succession of Syed Murthuza Basha Khadri.
His name also appears in the Nagenahalli land proceedings extending from the late 1880s into the early 1890s.
Key archive references · BD-SAJ-1887-01 · BD-LAND-1889/93-01
Syed Murthuza Basha Khadri
The 1887 record documents a proposal concerning his succession. Government proceedings of 24 November 1902 subsequently record his recognition in relation to the Sajjada or management of the institution.
Later Muzrai files document his role in the administration of the institution, including the 1925 proposal concerning arrangements during his intended pilgrimage to Mecca.
Key archive references · BD-SAJ-1887-01 · BD-SAJ-1902-01 · BD-SAJ-1925-01
Syed Jamal Shah Khadri
Appears in the early twentieth-century succession and Hakdar record. A joint petition associated with Syed Jamal Shah Khadri and Syed Khader Basha Khadri forms part of the administrative proceedings following the death of Syed Ghouse Shah Khadri alias Khan Bahadur.
The petition documents claims made during the succession dispute; the existence of the petition is distinguished from proof of every claim contained within it.
Key archive reference · BD-PET-1901/02-01
Syed Khader Basha Khadri
Appears in the nineteenth-century judicial record and again in the early twentieth-century petitionary material.
The archive includes a Munsiff’s proclamation dated 9 February 1891 concerning coffee-bearing land and a later joint petition relating to succession and Hakdar claims.
Key archive references · BD-COURT-1891-01 · BD-PET-1901/02-01
Syed Gayasuddin Shah Khadri
Appears in a memorial dated 26 February 1903 concerning succession, adoption and heirship.
For archival purposes, the memorial establishes that Syed Gayasuddin Shah Khadri advanced those claims. The document is not treated by this archive as independent proof that every genealogical or succession assertion contained within the memorial was established.
Key archive reference · BD-PET-1903-01
Syed Shahali Hussaini
Appears in a petition dated 12 February 1903 advancing an agency and management claim and relying upon an asserted General Power of Attorney dated 1 April 1896.
The archive records the petition as evidence of the claim made, without treating the petition itself as conclusive proof of the underlying authority asserted.
Key archive reference · BD-PET-1903-02
Ameena Bi
A petition attributed to Ameena Bi appears by reference in later Muzrai succession material concerning the early twentieth-century succession proceedings.
One later record identifies the petition as dated 16 March 1902, while a subsequent 1941 representation refers to a date of 16 December 1902. As the complete original petition has not presently been recovered, Baba Budan Archives preserves this date discrepancy rather than silently resolving it.
The later 1941 representation of Syed Hazrath Basha Khadri relies upon the earlier Ameena Bi material in advancing historical and genealogical arguments. Those later arguments are not treated as proof of what the original petition itself established.
Referenced in later Muzrai & succession material · Original petition not presently recovered
Abdul Salaam
A statement attributed to Abdul Salaam and dated 10 March 1902 is referenced in later material connected with the succession record.
The statement was subsequently relied upon in the 1941 representation of Syed Hazrath Basha Khadri in support of historical and genealogical arguments advanced in that petition.
Because the underlying statement has not presently been recovered, Baba Budan Archives does not reconstruct Abdul Salaam’s testimony from the later representation or attribute conclusions to him beyond what the surviving references establish.
Referenced statement · 10 March 1902 · Original statement not presently recovered
Syed Ghouse Mohiuddin Shah Khadri
Appears prominently in the 1925–26 Muzrai succession file when Syed Murthuza Basha Khadri proposed arrangements concerning his son during his intended pilgrimage to Mecca.
Within this earlier documentary context, this Syed Ghouse Mohiuddin Shah Khadri belongs to the older generation and is the father of Syed Peer Mohammed Shah Khadri.
Key archive reference · BD-SAJ-1925-01
Syed Hazrath Basha Khadri
Appears in a petition dated 27 September 1941 addressed to the Government of Mysore concerning succession and management.
The petition contains historical and genealogical assertions advanced by Syed Hazrath Basha Khadri. Those assertions are treated as the petitioner’s claims unless independently corroborated by other documentary evidence.
Key archive reference · BD-PET-1941-01
Syed Peer Mohammed Shah Khadri
Government records document his succession during 1943 following the death of his predecessor in November 1942.
Government approval was recorded in May 1943 and his installation took place in July 1943 while he was still a minor. The surviving file also records administrative arrangements made during his minority.
Key archive reference · BD-SAJ-1943-01
Syed Ghouse Mohiuddin Shah Khadri
A later individual bearing the same name appears in the modern administrative and judicial record. He is recorded as the son of Syed Peer Mohammed Shah Khadri.
He must therefore be distinguished from the earlier Syed Ghouse Mohiuddin Shah Khadri appearing in the pre-independence documentary record.
Modern administrative & judicial record
Research Note · Identical Names Across Generations
The archive contains more than one individual named Syed Ghouse Mohiuddin Shah Khadri. They must not be merged into a single historical person.
The earlier Syed Ghouse Mohiuddin Shah Khadri appears in the pre-independence record and is the father of Syed Peer Mohammed Shah Khadri. A later Syed Ghouse Mohiuddin Shah Khadri is the son of Syed Peer Mohammed Shah Khadri and appears in the modern administrative and judicial record.
For the same reason, the archive presently leaves the identity of the “Ghouse Mohiddin” mentioned in the later judicial account of the 1964 Wakf Gazette unresolved until the original Gazette or equivalent identifying evidence is recovered.
Places in the Documentary Record
The archive preserves two related but distinct geographical layers: the older landscape of the Baba Budan Hills and the later village, survey and administrative designations found in Mysore-period records.
Baba Budan Hills/Inam Dattatreya Peetha
Baba Budan Hills represents the older geographic landscape at the centre of this archive. Historical records connect the hill region with the shrine, pilgrimage, coffee cultivation, Inam lands and successive systems of administration.
During the Mysore period, lands associated with this landscape came to be surveyed and recorded within a more formal revenue and administrative geography under the designation Dattatreya Peetha, including the Inam village later recorded as Inam Dattatreya Peetha.
The archive therefore does not treat “Baba Budan Hills” and “Inam Dattatreya Peetha” as two unrelated historical locations. At the same time, it preserves an important documentary distinction: Baba Budan Hills describes the wider historic hill landscape, whereas Inam Dattatreya Peetha appears in the later village, land and administrative record.
Until a specific Mysore order establishing the exact act and date of naming is identified, the archive does not describe this development as a simple formal “renaming” of the entire Baba Budan hill range.
Attigundi
A settlement within the Baba Budan hill region and part of the wider geographical setting represented in the archive’s land, plantation and administrative record.
Suraguppa
Appears in the nineteenth-century Inam record. The 1873 material refers to Suraguppa in connection with the later official account of lands assigned during the Purnaiyya-era administrative transition.
Dasarahalli
Appears with Suraguppa in the later nineteenth-century account of lands said to have been substituted following the resumption of earlier Inams during Purnaiyya’s administration.
Nagenahalli
Appears prominently in late nineteenth-century land proceedings, including the complaint of Syed Ghouse Shah Khadri alias Khan Bahadur concerning Survey Nos. 53 and 138.
Jannath Nagara
Recorded in Mysore Muzrai material among the villages associated with the institution and its historical Inam framework.
Yemme Khan Coffee Garden
A named coffee garden appearing in the surviving 1849 transaction record, providing documentary evidence for nineteenth-century coffee-land history in the Baba Budan region.
Chikmagalur
The principal district administrative and judicial centre connected with many of the government files, Muzrai proceedings and court records represented in the archive.
Research Note · Place Names Change Across the Record
Historical place names do not always correspond neatly with modern usage. A hill range, shrine, Inam village, survey unit and religious institution may be described differently in records created for different administrative purposes.
For this reason, the archive preserves the terminology of the underlying documents wherever possible rather than assuming that every historical use of Baba Budan Hills, Dattatreya Peetha or Inam Dattatreya Peetha refers to precisely the same geographical unit.
The Authorities Behind the Records
Different institutions created the documents preserved or referenced in this archive. Understanding the issuing authority is essential to understanding what each record can establish.
Mysore Government
Responsible for many nineteenth and early twentieth-century government orders, administrative proceedings and institutional decisions represented in the archive.
Inam Authorities
Survey, settlement and Inam proceedings form a central documentary layer for understanding the historical treatment of lands associated with the institution.
Muzrai Administration
A major source of records concerning institutional management, Sajjada succession, cash grants, enquiries and administrative supervision.
Mysore Archaeological Department
The archaeological record provides a separate evidentiary stream, including the 1932 documentation of Persian and Kannada inscriptions associated with the Baba Budan Hills.
Religious & Charitable Endowments Administration
The later administrative record includes enquiries, reports and orders concerning the management and practices associated with the institution.
Karnataka State Board of Wakf
Appears in the post-independence administrative and litigation record, particularly in relation to the referenced 1964 Wakf Gazette and the later management history.
District & Civil Courts
Judicial proceedings form an important documentary layer from the nineteenth century onward, including land proceedings and modern litigation concerning administration and institutional status.
Karnataka High Court
A central source for the modern judicial record, including proceedings from the 1980s through the decisions of 2007, 2021 and 2023 and their references to earlier administrative and judicial material.
Supreme Court of India
The modern documentary chain includes Supreme Court proceedings arising from earlier litigation and later directions concerning administrative reconsideration.
How to Read This Directory
Names, relationships, places and offices are treated according to the character of the documentary evidence in which they appear.
When a person states a genealogy, right, office or historical account in a petition, the archive records that assertion as the petitioner’s claim unless independent evidence establishes it separately.
Government recognition, appointment or administrative treatment is described according to the language and scope of the relevant order. It is not automatically converted into a broader claim of private ownership or hereditary right.
Where an earlier order, Gazette or proceeding is known only because a later judgment or official record refers to it, the archive clearly identifies that evidentiary limitation.
People sharing the same or similar names across generations are kept separate unless the documentary record provides sufficient evidence to identify them.
Geographic names, village names and administrative designations may change across different periods and records. The archive therefore preserves the terminology of the source and avoids assuming that different historical labels are automatically interchangeable.
Family relationships, succession claims and institutional roles are included only to the extent supported by the documentary record. Disputed assertions remain identified as disputed or attributed claims.
Documentary Directory
People and Places Through the Records
This directory will expand as additional primary documents are recovered, identified and catalogued. Individual profiles and geographical descriptions may therefore be refined as new evidence clarifies names, offices, relationships, locations and historical administrative designations.