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‖ purwanah, parwānah East Ind.|pɜːˈwɑːnə| Also 7 pher-, 8–9 per-; 7–8 -wanna, 8–9 -wannah, 9 -wanah, -wunah. [a. Urdū and Pers. parwānah, a royal patent or diploma, warrant, commission.] A letter of authority; an order, licence, pass.
1682W. Hedges Diary 10 Oct. (1887) I. 34 If we did not procure a Pherwanna from the Duan of Decca to excuse us from it. 1693in J. T. Wheeler Madras in Old T. (1861) I. 281 (Y.), Egmore and Pursewaukum were lately granted us by the Nabob's purwannas. 1764Ann. Reg. 191 The late perwannahs..granting..exemption of all duties..shall be reversed. 1800Misc. Tracts in Asiat. Ann. Reg. 250/2 My servant returned..with the Rajah's acknowledgment of my letter, and a purwannah or pass through his dominions, written in the ancient Hindu character. 1849E. B. Eastwick Dry Leaves 218 note, One of these officers..signed a parwánah for a merchant to transport goods through Sindh to Cábul free of toll. |