Thank you for your reply to my letter, along with copy of a letter from the Nawab and your assurance that you regard me as your friend and that I should not loose my wits. Since I have put all my trust in you and regard you as my protector and benefactor I consider myself safe. As far as the dismissal of Mir Ali Akbar is concerned, the Nawab has written in his letter that I should show his orders to Muhammad Misri and to give him the parvanah so that he could bring Mir Ali Akbar here and then we could send him to Murshidabad. Outwardly, the Nawab wants to show that Muhammad Misri was coming here with five hundred cavalry and one thousand musketeers as well as parvanahs addressed to them to bring landholders who had been arrested by them. I believe this has nothing to do with the dismissal of Mir Ali Akbar otherwise, as before, he would have asked you to perform this duty. Now he is writing to you so that you could send it to me. -- Enclosure 1: On the instructions of Fakhr al-Tujjar, a couple of messengers from Hoogly went towards Machli Bandar on 23 Safar, reg.yr. 5 to go to Bijhapore [?]. Because of some trouble in that area both Hamdev and Narayandev reached here after a delay of fourteen days. They informed me that Anand Raj, Rajah of Bijenagar, was not well and had asked his Hakim and Hamdev to go to the English for his treatment. -- Enclosure 2: About four hundred Guards and Tilanga soldiers have entered Midnapore. From here they intend to go to Balsar Port. Similarly two hundred more have arrived at Bhadrak. It looks as if they have been summoned by Valajah. -- Another letter from Ram Singh also with an enclosure and received on the same date as this, but which is now missing, was summarised: Thank you for your reply to my letter along with a copy of a letter from the Nawab informing me about the dismissal of Mir Ali Akbar and that I should ask Misri Khan to deliver the summons to him and as soon as he arrives he should be sent to Murshidabad. You have informed me that Muhammad Misri Khan was coming here with five hundred horsemen, one thousand musketeers and with parvanahs addressed to zamindars.
Ram Singh, Bahadur, Rajah, Governor of Midnapore.