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I was very pleased to have received your two letters - one through Mr Amyatt and the other delivered to me by Raja Ram Singh. Earlier I had received another letter from you through Mir Sahib to which I had sent a reply through him. As Mir Sahib is coming to see you I will give my replies to your letters to him to deliver them to you. -- Enclosure 1: I have come to know that you have invited Nawab Sahib and Maharaja Dulabh Ram to Calcutta to attend a feast. As I was not informed about this invitation I had to cancel my programme to go and see him. -- Enclosure 2: I have no words to thank you for your kindness in sending to me Mr Amyatt, a man of great intelligence and other qualities. Mirza Mustafa Quli Khan would like to pay his respects to you. I will bring him with me when I come to see you.

A contemporary translation of teh contenst is CC2/13. item no. 573

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I have repeatedly sent you details of the war which is being fought since the 24th of this month. We have now given up waiting for officers and government forces to arrive. In desperation I have now sent Khvajah Afzu to seek help from Nawab Nasir al-Mulk Bahadur. I have done this to protect myself. Another, contemporary translation of the contents is CC2/12, item no.450.

Relates to Nawab Muizz Allah, mentioning the date Saturday 1st Shaban, reg. yr 5 [or 6?] [i.e. 31 March 1759].

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.

I have already sent you a reply to your earlier letter along with a report form the capital [Delhi]. Mr Amyatt has passed on your message you had sent to him recently. As far as the case of saltpetre is concerned, before receiving the saltpetre from the province of Ghazipore and sending Mustafa Quli Khan to the province of Bilya/Bitya I had sent you a full report. Staff and servants are quite happy and satisfied. I had received another report from the capital Delhi. This is enclosed for your information. -- Enclosure: Report from: Murlidhar. Report of the affairs in the West is that on the 17th of Safar, San 5 a large army entered Shahjahanabad. The son of Appaji is also coming to Shajahanabad. Prince Ali Gohar is still in Miranpore in Bengal and has only three thousand horsemen left with him; the rest have abandoned him and have run away. The Prince gets an allowance of two thousands and two hundred rupees a day from the brother of Najib Khan. Najib Khan has crossed the Ganges. The Prince tells Najib Khan that he is surrounded by Rohillas and he should help him to get away. The Emperor and Nawab Wazir have confiscated Bundi in the district of Bhuna and they have taken three hundred horses, one Lac and eighty thousand rupees, provisions and domestic animals. Afterwards, the Sardar of Bundi came to see them on the recommendation of Musa Khan Baloch and Nawab Ghazi al-Din and asked him to pay five Lac rupees from the loot of Hissar and then to settle the affairs of his state with Muhammad Shah. Because of these terms and conditions the Sardar of Bhind ran away at night and went to Fathabad. Nawab Ghazi al-Din Khan gave chase and surrounded the place. A battle took place but the Sardar managed to escape at night and went to Sirsa Patan. They have recovered four palanquins, four tents, four cannons, fourteen thousand rupees as well as a large quantity of food, animals, etc., from Fathabad. The emperor is staying in Fathabad and Nawab Ghazi al-Din has taken off with his army to attack Sirsa Patan and a battle is in progress there. The Jat has sent a letter demanding twenty Lac rupees and that they should give him three fortresses from the territory of Bundi. Rajah Thakur Mall has gone to see Suraj Mall Jat. The Jat is therefore encamped near Palwal. Another, contemporary translation is CC2/5, entry nos.184, 186.

Thank you very much for your reply to my two letters enquiring about the causes of delay in receiving payments for the company salaries at its Kothi in time. I would like to assure you that the delay was caused by the negligence of the messengers and it should have arrived by now. I was pleased to know that you have been appointed as the head of the British company and that you will be receiving further ships and support from England soon.

Because of my long journey I have taken a day off today and am able to send you information through messengers. In addition I should inform you that men belonging to Nawab Nasir al-Mulk have also decended here along with Rajah Jhar Dhari Singh.

Thank you very much for your letter. I have already ordered my staff not to deal with the sale or purchase of saltpetre from the Dutch and their kothi has now been completely closed down. I have moved Mustafa Quli Khan Bahadur to arrange to send all saltpetre to Mr Amyatt Sahib at the kothi of Azimabad. Whatever saltpetre was present in the district of Ghazipore has also arrived here and I have asked Nawab Fazl Ali Khan Faujdar to supply me full details of all other stocks. I will make sure that the supply of saltpetre is restricted to the Company kothi only and no one else partakes in this business. -- Enclosure: Report sent by Mansa Ram Harkarah from Shahjahanabad. I marched from Shahjahanabad on 5 Safar, reg.yr. 5 and arrived at Azimabad on 22 Safar, reg.yr. 5. During this period I learnt that the King Emperor and Nawab Ghazi al-Din Khan marched from Shahjahanabad and arrived at a distance of 12 karoh at Barola. From there they marched the next day and after travelling a distance of fifteen karoh arrived at Bhona, State of Bhade. From here they marched forty karoh further and have arrived in front of Sirhind. The Vakil of Najib Khan Rohila has arrived to see Ghazi al-Din Khan and the Nawab has bestowed a khillat on the Vakil and gave him another khillat for Najib Khan. He has also sent him a letter asking him to bring the Prince with him and in exchange he would offer him the prime ministership. The Vakil has, therefore, come to Shahjahanabad and delivered the kharita to Najib Khan. Raja Thakur Mall is also in Shahjahanabad. Nawab Ghazi al-Din has written to the Raja asking him to bring Suraj Mall Jat to him, as he wants to settle his dispute with him. Raja Thakur Mall has replied to him that Suraj Mall Jat was prepared to come after the festival of Dusehra. He has assured that he would bring the Prince with him, or otherwise come without him. Meanwhile, Prince Ali Gohar is now in Miranpore. The brother of Najib Khan has allocated an allowance of eight hundred rupees per day for him. The Prince can not make any move from here as he is surrounded by the Rohela army. There are nearly eight thousand mounted and foot soldiers with the Prince. Najib Khan is consulting with Doeedi Khan regarding the future of the Prince. Another, contemporary translation of the contents is CC2/4, entry no.160.

I have not received news of your wellbeing for some time. I hope you will write to me soon. Meanwhile, I have come across a beautiful tent which I do not need and thought that it may be of some use to you. I am sending this with the hope that you will like it. -- Enclosures 1 & 2: Details of various components of the tent sent.

Refers to a receipt of good news, and extends greetings to Warren Hastings and a Mr Waley[?].

Thank you for your letter of 16 Jamadi al-Akhir, reg.yr. 5 informing that from the copies of shuqqas of the Prince as well as letters of Akbar Khan I had sent you have concluded that the Prince is short of funds and that I should not go and see him as the city was strongly defended and there was no need to worry. I have been informing you about the designs of the Prince for the past three months. As a matter of fact the Prince does not have his own army with him but the Naib of Allahabad, Mirza Kocha who is a younger brother of Nawab Shuja al-Daulah has supplied him with a ten thousand strong cavalry. In addition a large number of deserters from Murshidabad forces, including Mir Ali Jamadar have now joined the Prince. In addition, some people from the city [Aziamabad/Patna] have also left the city and have joined him. There are others who are staying here but are waiting for his arrival. I will appreciate your help and advice in defending the fort as the Prince has now crossed the river and has reached Mirzapore. There is no time to waste if we want to defend the city. Another, contemporary translation of teh contents is CC2/9, item no. 356.

A contemporary translation of the contents is CC2/10, item no. 388.

I hope you have already received my earlier letters. I am very anxious not have received any reply to my previous letters, - particularly after learning that the Janab-I Ali Mutaali [the Nawab] has been to Calcutta recently. As Maharajah Dullabha Ram will be arriving at Calcutta soon he will be able to brief you about the situation here. Meanwhile, I will appreciate if you could send me a reply to my letters as soon as possible. -- Enclosure : I am fully prepared to perform whatever service you wish me to undertake but justice demands that you write to me in detail so that I can follow your instructions. -- Another, contemporary summary translation of the contents is CC2/3, entry no. 100.

I have heard that you have recently arrived back at Calcutta. As I have not heard from you for some time I am anxious to know about your wellbeing. Please write to me as soon as possible.

An account of the misdeeds of Kirpa Ram Sen, messenger of Mr Martin. -- I, with Kirte Patak, a messenger of M Sanks had gone to Nathpore to see Bankim Lal, son of Sujit Rae. At that time, the manager of the Kothi of M Sanks was standing near his shop. The aforesaid Patak got hold of him and took him into the kith. Meanwhile, Sen with two Tilinga soldiers and Man Singh, a foot soldier, went to the Kothi. When the Tilangas and the foot soldier tried to enter the kothi they were stopped by the guard. At this the foot soldier told him that Patak had sent him to ask some questions. Therefore, the guard went to see Patak and asked him to withdraw the Tilngas from the Kothi. As a result Tilangas were withdrawn from inside the Kothi and the foot soldier told him that the manager owed fourteen thousand rupees to them which he does not want to return. Patak replied that he had nothing to do with this matter. He said that we should examine the accounts and take whatever is due. But the foot soldier did not agree to that.

An account of the misdeeds of Kirpa Ram Sen, messenger of Mr Martin. -- I, with Kirte Patak, a messenger of M. Sanks had gone to Nathpore to see Bankim Lal the son of Sujit Rae. At that time the manager of the Kothi of M. Sanks was standing near his shop. The aforesaid Partake got hold of him and took him into the kith. Meanwhile, Sen with two Tilinga soldiers and Man Singh a foot soldier, went to the kothi. When the Tilangas and the foot soldier tried to enter the kothi they were stopped by the guard. At this the foot soldier told him that Patak had sent him to ask some questions. The guard went to see Patak and asked him to withdraw the Tilangas from the Kothi. As a result the Tilangas were withdrawn from inside the Kothi and the foot soldier told him that the manager owed fourteen thousand rupees to them which he does not want to return. Patak replied that he had nothing to do with this matter. He told us that we should examine the accounts and take whatever is due; but the foot soldier did not agree to that.

I hope that you have received my earlier letter which I had sent from Anbuha. I left that place in the company of Mr Hastings and have reached Barduan. As soon as I am free from my duties I will send you the details in another letter. I have not neglected my duty to collect revenue for the government

Received your letter informing that Mr Hastings has left in the company of Nawab Nasir al-Mulk and his son has been appointed to look after the administration of Chaklah Burdwan while he is away and that he will arrive there soon. -- I cannot describe the situation at Murshidabad. I spend every day with great difficulty and under duress. The contents of the letters I receive from Murshidabad make me loose my sanity. Mr Hastings will be able to give further details about the situation but it is necessary that we receive the payment for wages of staff at Abid Kothi.