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I have not received any reply to my repeated requests. Therefore, I am now sending my trustworthy servant Sevak Ram with my request. If he is not returning straight away it will be appropriate if you could send the reply through someone else. A contemporary translation of the contents is CR2/12. item no.465.

Thank you very much for your letter along with a copy of the letter from Maharajah Ram Narayan asking me to come and join him. He has also written to me stressing that I should go and join him as soon as possible. In your letter you have asked that I should try to reach and meet with the Maharajah Sahib at Badhar[?] and wait there for the arrival of boats. Following your advice I will be reaching Nawabganj today, 3 Sha'ban and march from there tomorrow. I will keep you informed about further progress. Meanwhile, I have received a letter from Rajah Ram Narayan. This is enclosed for your information. -- Enclosure: Letter from Maharajah Ram Narayan to Clive, received: 5 Sha’ban, [1172]; 3 April, [1759]. I have already sent a reply to your letter. I have now received news that more than one thousand strong French force with one hundred small and large cannons has arrived at Sehsaram at the invitation of the Prince. It is estimated that they will meet each other in a day or two. I am fully prepared to face them but if you could send me some support we will be able to give them a good lesson. Please send a copy of this letter to Nasir al-Mulk Bahadur. A contemporary translation of the enclosure only is CR2/12. item no. 473.

I pray to Almighty for granting victory to Nawab Nasir al-Mulk Bahadur. Today, Tuesday 4 Sha'ban, reg.yr. 6 Jagat Seth Mahtab Ra'e and Maharajah Sarupchand reached here safely and came to see me. I am looking forward to hearing the news of a great victory by Nasir al-Mulk and news of your wellbeing. A contemporary translation of the contents is CR2/12. item no.503.

I am sure by now you would have conquered and entered Azimabad. I am leaving Bahmanya today, Friday, 6 Sha'ban and will soon be with you. Another, contemporary translation of the contents is CC2/12, item no. 509.

Report on the battle with the Prince which took place on Tuesday, 4 [Sha'ban]. -- The battle raged from the morning to dusk and a number of times the enemy forces attacked us with great force but were repulsed. In the evening both armies withdrew to their camps to repair their tents, etc. Today, Wednesday, 5 Sha`ban early in the morning they attacked us with guns but afterwards they withdrew and marched towards Phulwari.

Thank you for your letter of the 1st of Rabi al-Avval, San 7, replying to my letter in which I had enquired about the payment of fifty thousand rupees by Navab Mubariz al-Mulk, Muin al-Daulah Sayyid Muhammad Riza Khan Bahadur Muzaffar Jang for obtaining firamin and other official documents relating to the administration of the three provinces. You have asked me to put the above amount in the expenses of Navab Saif al-Mulk, Saif al-Daulah Mir Nijabat Ali Khan Bahadur Shamatjang. The Navab [Mubariz al-Daulah] is at present busy in the administrative affairs of the province and I will present this letter to him when he returns to his post. He has so far been able to collect the overdue revenue for the year 1173 Fasli and is working hard day and night to collect the remaining overdue amounts. -- Enclosure 1: [Gold-cubes]. -- A large number of princes of the Timurid family are imprisoned in the palace at Delhi. One of these princes managed to escape from there on the 20th of Safar and reached Farrukhabad. Navab Ahmad Khan Bahadur Ghalib Jang has taken this prince under his protection. Hearing this, the King has written to the Navab. This news is being sent to you for information. -- Enclosure 2 : [Gold-cubes]. -- Just after you left Bihar a representative of Maharajah Januji named Sukha Ram Pandit arrived here to discuss some issues raised by the aforesaid Maharajah. Now he wants to go to Calcutta but I have asked him to seek the advice of Navab Muin al-Daulah before he undertakes his jouney. He was been pursuaded to hand over the envelope containing a letter addressed to you; this is enclosed. Please let us know what course of action you would like us to take. I have been able to convince him that he should go back to Maharajah Januji with Mir Zain al-Abidin Khan who would be able to explain to the Maharajah our side of the arguments. -- Enclosure: 3. Copy of a news-letter from the Delhi army. -- A petition from Badr al-Daulah has arrived here from Farrukhabad in which it is written that a son of Rafi al-Darajat, a grandson of Bahadur Shah, has arrived here in Farrukhabad with some other people and that Navab Umdat al-Mulk Ahmad Khan Bahadur has taken him under his protection and appointed his army to protect him. Perhaps the Marathas are also involved in this. On hearing this news the King got worried and has sent shuqqahs to Navab Ahmad Khan Bahadur, Badr al-Daulah and to Navab Shuja al-Daulah Bahadur.

I was pleased to have received the news of your safe return to Calcutta. Congratulations on your successful expedition.

The revenue accounts of Bihar province for the year 1174 have now been completed and their papers are being prepared in a legible and clear hand and will be posted to you in three to four days. Whatever amounts are left for collection will be pursued later and their accounts submitted separately later on. -- Enclosures: 1 [Gold-sprinkled paper]. -- Papers detailing the expenditures and additions to the treasury of Bihar Province from the 1st of Safar, San 7. until the 12th of Rabi al-Avval, San 7, are enclosed for your inspection. -- Enclosures 2-4. Details of accounts for the year 1174 on three folios.

Sukhram Naik the Vakil of Rajah Januji Bhonsalah has arrived here with his letters. He has already sent a letter to you [see also 133]. He has conducted negotiations [regarding their claim on one fourth of revenue/chauth] with Rajah Shitab Ra'e and it was decided that we should send Mir Zain al-Abidin Khan, who had previously conducted negotiations regarding the province to Orrisa, to the aforesaid rajah [Rajah Januji Bhonslah] so that he could make him understand our stand on this issue. I am enclosing the text of a letter addressed to the aforesaid rajah. Please let me know if you agree with the contents of this letter as then our vakil can be sent with this letter to Januji Bhonsalah to put forward our case.

Thank you for your letter regarding Mr Yarwic Sahib's complaint and asking me that I should write to the government timber suppliers at Purnia. They should not take any of the timber which Mr Yarwic had purchased. I had written to the appropriate authorities on this subject and the reply I have received from Sujit Ram is enclosed for your decision. -- Enclosure 1. -- I had reported previously from Bhagalpur that except for the timber required by you, and nearly twenty three thousands and nine hundred pieces of timber required on your orders and that of the Navab Sabitjang Bahadur, and on account of the purchases made by Mr Martin for Mr Yarwic Sahib, the rest of the timber is being taken away without paying any duty which is normally levied at one rupee a piece. I have written to Lord Clive on this issue but have not received any reply as yet. -- Enclosure 2. From Sujit Ram. -- Thank you for your parwanah and a copy of the letter from the Navab Sahib and another from Lord Clive regarding the complaint of Mr Yarwic Sahib that the government servants take away some of the timber purchased by him. My dear sir, we have come to know from Mr Martin, assistant to Mr Yarwic, that sixteen thousand and seven hundred pieces of timber were purchased by them. No-one has any quarrel with this and no-one would dare to take these from them. The total amount of tax duty which is fixed at one and half rupee per piece on the above timber would come to twenty or twenty five thousands rupees but because of your orders we have not claimed these duties. His complaint is based on nothing else but lies. It is not only him but also a number of other traders who are taking away timber without paying the appropriate duties. That is why we have appointed a darogha/overseer so that he can inspect the number of timber which are allowed free under your orders and charge duties on all the others that other traders take from that area. This will protect the timber purchased for the company from being stolen and illegally purchased. Following instructions received here I had asked all woodcutters not to interfere with the timber collected by Mr Yarwic. It is ten days since I sent for him to sign an agreement that, except for the timber purchased for the company, no other purchase or stealing will be allowed in future but I have not received any reply so far. I await for your instructions.

Sujit Ram, a messenger of Rajah Shitab Ra'e, had sent the enclosed report on the 13th of Rabi al-Avval, San 7. It is being sent to you for information. -- Enclosure: News-report from the West sent by Sujit Rae, messenger of Maharajah Shitab Rae, received at Azimabad on 13 Rabi al-Avval, Sann 7. -- My Harkaras who had gone to Farrukhabad have, after investigation, brought news that a prince who is a grandson of Bahadur Shah with fifty horsemen has reached Farrukhabad in a palanquin and Navab Ahmad Khan Bahadur has presented to him a secret nazr of five ashrafis. Mir Sulaiman and Hasan Askari Khan who were accompanying Imad al-Mulk Bahadur have arrived here to greet him as a king and later stood to attention in his presence; afterwards the prince was taken into the fort of Furrukhabad. When this news reached the King he became alarmed. He has sent his harakaras to the capital to confirm or deny this news and to find out the name of this prince and his identity. He has also sent a shuqqah by post to Navab Sabitjang Bahadur [Lord Clive] and to his master [Shitab Rae]. These may have been received by now. He has also instructed Navab Munir al-Daulah to come and see him immediately. He has a special shuqqah for Shuja al-Daulah Bahadur; he is also writing to Navab Ahmad Khan Bahadur Bangash and Badr al-Daulah Bahadur. I have already sent these shaqqas to you in case there is a settlement that the Marhattas and Imad al-Mulk will occupy the capital and start creating troubles after the rainy season. As Imad al-Mulk is responsible for all this mischief and as soon as he reached Furrukhabad he had devised this scheme. Navab Ahmad Khan Bahadur, Hafiz al-Mulk Bahadur and Raghunath Rao Marhatta have sworn together and have taken an oath from Javahir Singh. Although Navab Najib al-Daulah pretends to be aloof from all this he is also secretly involved in this matter. As you are a friend of the English you should inform them of these happenings.

Thank you very much for your reply to my letter advising me to make a distinction between the various types of guns ordered by you and the Nawab Mubariz al-Mulk Bahadur and to make sure not to mention the name of the English company in this respect and to keep an account of all the transactions and the amounts sent to Murshidabad. After receiving the orders from you and Nawab Mubariz al-Mulk Bahadur I had confiscated all guns, cannons, etc. and sent you the details. There is no chance that anyone will blame the English company for this; please let me know if you want me to follow any other procedure. I was given five Lac and eleven thousand rupees by your government and I have sent a detailed account of the above sum to Murshidabad.

Papers concerning assessment and rent-rolls for the year 1173 have been put together and, after all the excuses and settlements of the zamindars, the total sum amounts to twenty seven Lac, twenty five thousand one hundred and sixty three rupees. Complete details of what has been received and what is due have been sent to Mr Sanks who will be informing you in due course.

Thank you for your letter received on the 28th of Rabi al-Avval, San 7, informing me that you have received instructions from the directors of the East India Company in England forbidding all Englishmen from engaging in any business other than that of the goods received or taken out by the English ships. They should not undertake any business of import or export to neighbouring states or countries. These instructions are beneficial to the local population and in the interest of the Company. I hope you will instruct your harkaras to circulate these orders to all concerned. -- As far as the payment of instalment is concerned, the total amount due as salaries for the Company soldiers by the end of 1173 will be nearly eight Lac rupees. When you came here Nawab Shams al-Daulah had paid six Lac rupees as payment for the salaries of two months. The company had made a demand for a further four Lac rupees from Rabi al-Sani; as of the 15th of Rabi al-Sani a further sum of two Lac rupees will be due for payment. Payment for the salaries of administrative staff which is paid in every three months will amount to nearly one Lac rupees by the end of this year. In this way the total amount paid by the end of this year will be just over nine Lac rupees. A bank draft for the above amounts will be forthcoming on the due dates and, after deducting payments for salaries of local staff, I will send the rest to you promptly.

I was very pleased to meet Captain Dogral when he arrived at Allahabad on the 26th of Rabi al-Avval and came to the fort. He has given me your letter informing me that you are well and happy. -- -- Today, Sunday the 1st of Rabi al-Sani, is an auspicious occasion as Captain Dogral and Dr Hilton were invited by His Majesty to pay him a visit. Captain Dogral was honoured by H.M. with a khillat of five pieces of cloth, a gown and decorated headwear while Dr Hilton was given a khillat of five pieces of cloth and decorated headwear. Meanwhile, your letter which you had sent in the care of Mr Middleton was received by His Majesty. He was pleased to have received the news that you were well but was surprised at your complaint that you have not received any of his communications sent to you recently.

Thank you very much for your letter of the 25th of Zi al-Hijj informing me that Nizam Ali Khan was having some useless designs and that a comparatively small English force was able to defeat a huge army of Shuja al-Daulah together with those of the Rohilla sardars, Gosain, Mir Qasim Ali and Durrani. You have also informed me that Navab Nasir Jang has lost his life and his state at the hands of the French who did not have the ability to face the English army; moreover, that Nizam Ali Khan will have to face nothing but disgrace. As I was away at Chinapatam for the past eight months and have been worrying about my affairs I was pleased to have received you kind letter. I was also very pleased to read your assurances that you will never abandon me and would honour our friendship while you live and that while you are in this country you will always consider my honour as your own and will endeavour to protect and safeguard it from my enemies. I was also pleased to know from your letter that His Majesty has moved into Allahabad fort and that Raghunath Rao with his large army was going around on a rampage but being afraid of the English army he did not dare to cross the river Jumna. In your letter you have also informed me about the deaths of Malhar Holkar and the Navab of Bengal, Najm al-Daulah, and the appointment of his younger brother Saif al-Daulah as the next Nawab of Bengal. You have also informed me that you had gone to Azimabad to strengthen relations between Shuja al-Daulah, the Rohillas and Javahir Singh Jat. -- -- It is a great credit to the English company that after the demise of Mir Jafar Khan they installed his eldest son as the governor of Bengal and after his death his second son. -- I was very grateful to learn from your letter that when you go to see H.M next you will present my petition to him, or otherwise you will send one of your trusted men to do the same. I know that you will try your best that I receive the appropriate honours and titles from H.M. -- I have fully understood what you have written regarding the cases of Sadr al-Islam, a zamindar of Tajavar, and Haidar Naik. I hope that before you leave for England you can convince H.M not to issue any firman to Haidar Naik, Tajavar Valah and others. -- Just after writing this letter, while I was going to affix my seal, I received a firman from His Majesty bestowing great honours and titles on me. As a small gesture of my gratitude I am enclosing a nuzr of one thousand and one ashrafis.

I hope you have received the account of Mr Barban Sahib/Rajah Debi Singh that I had sent you sometime ago. Following your orders, Raja Debi Singh has been asked to go and see the Nawab Sahib. I hope he will soon be leaving to see him. -- As I have been working for the company for some time and have proved myself a friend and wellwisher of the public and the company I would appreciate if you could issue an official parvanah giving me powers to conduct all business in confectionary, grains and timber in this district.

I have received your letter of the 24th of Rabi al-Avval in which you enquire why Sukha Ram reached Azimabad before the arrival of Maharajah Janiji. As you may have come to know from the letter of Navab Mubariz al-Mulk Bahadur and my own letter to you that it would be better to send Sukha Ram with Mir Zain al-Abidin as he will be able to achieve better results.

Thank you very much for your letter. The latest news is that Maharajah Ram Narayan has gone to administer parganah Sarsa Katah; from here he will go to Daudnagar to collect the revenue of this district. As the case of Bhojpur is not settled yet, and it is on his way, he may if he gets a chance go and settle the affairs there. At the same time I have also learnt that he may wish to go to Azimabad. Whichever is the case I will let you know.

During the period that I took leave of you and returned to Faizabad I sent a number of letters to you but have not received any reply. I had earlier written to you that your messengers had informed me that the news reports and letters from here are received at Calcutta promptly and punctually. In case, during this period, the news reports do not convey to you some important news what is the guarantee that letters carrying important news reach you in time? It is necessary that you instruct the Darogha of post at your end that he should personally take the responsibility to collect and deliver all news reports and letters to you. -- I have already sent you an account of the Marhattas. In reply to the letter which I had written to Navab Ahmad Khan he has replied that he agrees with you but he points out that the distance between him and the Marhattas is more than four Karohs and there is no fort in between for protection and the English army is too far away. By the time they receive the news and reach there to help the situation will have gone out of control. Hafiz Rahmat Khan is facing the same dilemma because Navab Najib al-Daulah is in Najibabad. In this case it is better that you assign four, five or six battalions of your army for this campaign and at the same time that you instruct your commanders at Allahabad that if they receive any order from me regarding the Marhattas they should consider it as coming from you and act on it immediately. -- Enclosure: -- The latest news received from the fort of Chinar/Janalah is not very good. There is hardly any pieces of artillery left and most of the parapet, walls, etc. have been destroyed. It will take some time before I would be able to attend to it. I did not get any opportunity duing the past three or four years to go there. Your army has brought down seven cannons from the parapet and taken.them to Kama Kotah; they want to take them away to some other fort. As the Marhattas forces are approaching and our artillery is not in a good state I would appeciate if you could ask your commanders to return these cannons for the protection of the original fort.