Anglo-Indian. Also sanad. [Urdū = Arab. sanad signature, deed, diploma, seal of magistrate, etc.] A deed of grant; a charter, patent or warrant.
1759. in J. Long, Sel. Unpub. Rec. Govt. (Fort William) (1869), 184. That your Petitioners … were permitted by Sunnud from the President and Council to collect daily alms.
1764. Ann. Reg., I. 189/2. For all charges … the lands … shall be assigned, and sunnuds for that purpose shall be written and granted.
1803. Edmonstone, in Owen, Wellesley’s Desp. (1877), 317. Shumshere Bahâdur … has arrived in the province, and assumed the authority over it, under a sunnud from Amrut Rao.
1844. trans. M. T. Asmar’s Mem. Babyl. Princ., II. 208. The sanad, or certificate of her nobility ran … as follows.
1876. Encycl. Brit., IV. 723/1. The nawab [of Cambay], who is one of the 153 feudatory princes of British India by Sunnud or patent.
1896. Youngson, 40 Yrs. of Panjab Mission, vi. 58. This proclamation will be as a sanad for you.
