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aThank you for your letter. I am glad to know that you are pursuing the Prince and his army. I have also received a letter from Mr Amyyat informing that he was keeping a close eye on the movements of the Prince and that he would be coming to this province. Maharajah Ram Narayan has written complaining that you do not care about the developments here. Perhaps you do not remember what Siraj al-Daulah did in similar matters. I can assure you if he does not call the English for help now it may become too late for him. As soon as I had heard the news of the Prince coming towards this place I was summoned to Murshidabad. At the time of writing this letter I am now on my way to Murshidabad. It is well known in this part of the world that the Prince and Nawab Shuja al-Daulah have evil designs.

Yad-dasht -Receipt. The sum of one Lac rupees owed by the Nawab for the upkeep of the Company's army during the month of Dhu al-Qa`dah has been received from Maharajah Ram Narayan and salaries of the army paid from this amount.

States that the writer went out that morning to meet Mr [William] Watts because it had been mentioned that on the morrow he [i.e. Watts?] would be the guest of Clive. About 3 hours later he [i.e. Watts?] arrived accompanied by Sayyid Muhammad Riza. The outcome was that the writer felt that his affairs would improve as a result and he hoped that things would proceed as promised.

The summary of the letters received from Rajah Ram Prashad by Jagat Seth Sahib and Maharajah Sahib is that Nawab Sabit Jang Bahadur [Lord Clive] has sent a petition to His Majesty and the Nawab Wazir through Rajah Shitab Rai who has in turn asked Rajah Daler Singh to present it in the court. Rajah Daler Singh brought the contents of this petition to the notice of Nawab Wazir. The Nawab Wazir remarked that how is it that Jagat Seth Sahib and Rajah Shitab Rai have sent this petition to him [Daler Singh] without informing him first. The Nawab Wazir at once asked Daler Singh to bring the contents of this petition to the notice of Rajah Ram Prashad who was summoned to the court and given this petition to read. He replied that he should consult the writer of this report. Afterwards Rajah Daler Singh went with the Nawab Wazir to meet Malhar Rao and Raghu Nath Rao in their army camps. Whatever happens there I will send you a copy. -- After two days Rajah Ram Prashad went to the house of Maharajah Thakur Mall. The Maharajah enquired whether there was a complete understanding between the English, Jagat Seth Sahib and the Maharajah Sahib. Rajah Ram Prashad replied that he had earlier received a petition of Lord Clive from Jagat Seth Sahib and Maharajah Sahib, which he had submitted to the Nawab Wazir but he was not aware that he [Clive] could send this petition directly to him. The Maharajh replied that it was not an important matter as he always consulted Jagat Seth Sahib and Maharajah Sahib in these matters and the Nawab Wazir also had full trust in both.

I have written to you three or four letters in the past but did not receive any reply. My state and agricultural lands have been ruined by the policies of the administrator of this area as well as by the coming and going of the [East India] Company army. I am in a very destitute condition and request you to intervene in this matter and rescue me from this situation. You had appointed Ramnath Bahadur to investigate into the revenue collection of this area. He may have submitted his report concerning my case. Meanwhile, more than eight of your assistants arrived here to administer the land revenue. I had to accept their demands. This has further weakened my position. I am requesting you to relieve me from land revenue so that I can rescue myself from this situation.

He was sending one of his trusted servant Atiq Allah Shah who would brief him on the affairs and requests him to send all confidential information through him.

He was sending one of his trusted servant Atiq Allah Shah who will brief him of the affairs and requests him to send all confidential information through him.

Thank you very much for your letter. In order to help me to safeguard the interests of the Company you and the Mahrajah Bahadur had kindly posted a force of six hundred armed/ barqandaz tilangas under the command of Mr Kings/Cook. As the interest of my people and those of the Company are the same we feel very much encouraged by your support. God willing we will be able to defeat the enemy soon. The enemy force which reached here was supported by the zamindars. They had come down from the valley they had captured from you with great pride and after crossing the jungle they have now established their defence lines with bushes of thorns. God willing, and with your help, we will soon be able to destroy them. We will be able to destroy them easily if they come out onto the plains; but if they retreat to the jungles behind we will have to go into the jungle to destroy them. In any way, we will soon be able to send them all to Hell.

Thank you for your reply to my letter regarding the dismissal of Raja Ram Singh from the post of Faujdari by the Nawab and his replacement by another person. You have informed that the said Raja has now sent you a petition for his reinstatement. The Nawab has issued a parvanah to me that if the Raja went to see you, his application against dismissal should not be considered and he should not be allowed to stay there as he is capable of creating mischief. If he insists, you may acquire his letter of dismissal from the Nawab and pass on to him. Another, contemporary translation is CC2/4, entry no. 148.

A contemporary translation of the contents is CC2/2, entry no. 72.

Relates to shipping and dastaks.

I will be coming to see you on the day after tomorrow.

Thank you very much for your letter asking me to send Nand Kumar to see you. Accordingly, he is on his way to see you. Kindly ask him to return here after seeing you as Navab Rasikh Jang Bahdur also wants to see him when he returns.

Just to let you know that I reached Hugli safely and all is well here.

The Nawab has reminded me to send a reply to his parvanah I had submitted to you some time ago. Kindly send me your reply so that I can write to the Nawab Sahib.

Thank you very much for your letter along with a letter for the Nawab Sahib. I have sent the above letter to the Nawab Sahib and will send you his reply as soon as I receive it.

Thank you for your letter informing me that Mr Heshton has obtained a license/dastak-I rahdari to send salt to Azimabad and that I should write to the state officials that they should not charge any duty on the salt exported by him. -- As a matter of fact Mr Heshton was issued a permit for last year only and it is not valid now. As the duty on twenty thousands maunds of salt is between two to three thousand rupees please let me know if you want us to forgo this duty.

You had promised to send me some tea. I would be [grateful] if this could be sent to me now.

Thank you for your letter with the good news that two large ships with a large force on board have arrived and some more are on their way. I am sure these will help you to achieve your heart's desires in full. Meanwhile, the letter which Rajah Singh wrote to me is enclosed for your information. -- Enclosure: From Amir Beg Khan to Clive. -- I had earlier informed you about my circumstances in detail. The latest news is that I reached Calcutta with my army on the 15th of Rabi al-Avval, San 5, and went to see Navab Sabitjang, Masih Jang Bahadur and Diwan Nand Kumar. I explained to them my circumstances in detail and sought their advice in paying back the loans I had obtained to pay the government. They have adviced me to settle the loans of the mahajans first. As the repayment of these loans is increasing day by day it is becoming difficult for me to pay the loans back and I seek your help to intervene.

I have just received two letters from the Nawab, one is addressed to Mr Wajih and the other to you. I have been instructed by the Nawab to receive a reply to these letters as soon as possible and send them to him. I am enclosing both these letters and request that you send me the replies so that I can pass them on to the Nawab. Earlier, after receiving the account of the Dutch, he wrote to the Director of Dutch East India Company at Chochrah. The letter was delivered to him by the peshkar of Fakhr al-Tajjar/Chief trader, Sada Shiv. As a result, the Company currency from Calcutta was made common currency in Chochrah. There were three other clauses in the agreement with the Dutch, which were all accepted by them, including the removal of their check post.