Interim Decree (Khra Ma) by the Kashag

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This document is an interim decree (Khra Ma) by the Kashag (Bka’ shag, the Cabinet of the Tibetan Government) in the year 1894 (the 4th day of the 4th month of the Wood-Horse year?). The dispute concerned a large contract to renovate temples in Nepal in the years 1887 and 1891 by two individuals, Tsering Dorjee and a monk official (rTse Drung Bstan ‘dzin chos ’phel). Evidently, the two contractors were attempting to travel to Nepal and needed lodging and transport for several workers and supplies. The local residents of the nine areas of Kyrong (sKyid grong) and also, the area of (Ye Shes lHun Grub), did not agree to their demands and sent this petition to the government objecting to the provision of aid. In this decree, the Cabinet stated that they needed more information and sent a three person investigation team comprised of the son of one of the judges of the Supreme Court (Tsha Rong), a regent of the dalai Lama (Yong ‘Dzin Ho Thog Thu) and another well-known person (bLa Phyag mKhen Chung Gyu Thog Pa). Signature stamps demonstrate consensus and agreement to the decision.

University at Buffalo. Law Library.

1894

French, Rebecca Redwood.

Available for use. Source material in the public domain.

The golden yoke : the legal cosmology of Buddhist Tibet / Rebecca Redwood French.

Tibetan

Manuscript

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