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Maharaja Dhiraj Narayan had promised that he would go to Murshidabad on the 15th of Jamadi al-Sani, San 8. He left here by boat only today, the 21st of Jamadi al-Sani. I hope you will forgive him for this breach of promise.

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.

Thank you very much for your letter informing me that Mohan Prashad of Calcutta was living in Azimabad and that I should send him at once back to Calcutta. After a great deal of searching I found out that he has already left for Calcutta about ten days ago and by now he should have come to see you. If he fails to do so I will search for him again and follow your instructions.

I have received a letter from the Nawab as well as another letter from Munir al-Daulah Bahadur addressed to you; these are enclosed with this letter [not enclosed]. Please instruct you secretaries to reply to my letters.

Thank you for your letter along with a letter-bag containing your replies to Nawab Sahib's two shuqqahs which he had sent to you. I have passed on the letter-bag to the Nawab. -- Enclosure: [Decoated with gold cubes]. From Shitab Ra'e to Lord Clive. -- One of my messengers named Zoravar Singh is coming to see you. He will be presenting a copy of the court news for the Nawab.

Thank you for your letter received here on the 28th of Jamadi al-Avval asking me to send Rajah Dhiraj Narayan to you. I had earlier informed you that because the festival of Diwali is approaching Rajah Dhiraj Narayan wanted to delay his departure until the 1st of Jamadi al-Sani, San 8. Since then I have reminded him daily about his commitment and it is only yesterday, on Sunday the 5th of this month, that he came to inform me that he had to go to the Hindu ritual baths/ashnan for a few days and without any further delay would depart for Murshidabad on the 15th of this month. I hope he keeps his words otherwise I will make sure that he takes the route to Murshidabad on that date.

Thank you for your letter. A reply to Navab Wazir's letter he had sent to you is long overdue; he has sent me another reminder. In the past I have enquired through Mr Amhurst? whether he had sent Nawab Wazir's letter to Nawab Mir Muhammad Jafar Khan. The Nawab Vazir had, in reply, written to him that he would be able to answer his letter only after he had received advice and a draft of a reply and had shown this draft to Mr Vajah?. As we do not know whether he had received the corrected version of this draft or not it would be a waste of time to send him a reply. At the same time I have received letters from the capital dated the 16th of Rabi al-Avval. In it is written that the Emperor and the Wazir al-Mumalik are returning back to the capital after their conquests and annihilation of the rebel forces of the district. They will reach the capital in two or three days. In the post- bag I have received from you today one letter is addressed to Nawab Vazir, the second to Maharajah Umdat al-Mulk Rajah Nagar Mal Bahadur, the third to Muhammad Sulaiman Khan Bahadur and the fourth to brother Daler Singh Bahadur. These were all presented to His Highness who cannot send a reply at present as he is travelling with his army. In two to four days he will be able to send a reply to the letter of Muhammad Sulaiman Khan who is a courtier of Nawb Wazir al-Mumalik. You will be seeing it soon and it would be good to send him a friendly reply. I have received two letters from Nawab Wazir al-Mumalik, one addressed to you and the other addressed to Mir Muhammad Jafar regarding the case of the state of Nawab Samsam al-Daulah which you had sent him. You may keep the letter addressed to you and you may send the one addressed to Nawab Sahib to him asking him to seek the help of Khvajah Muhammadi Khan and to write to Rajah Ram Narayan that he should withdraw his claim on Malda. His Highness has asked me to stress this strongly. There has been quite a lot of rumours that Abadli was coming but these all turned out be not true. The Marhattas are busy in rampaging the Capital. Amaji Mankser? who used to be always here is back here again. I have sent one of my servants, Hanga, to remind him of the previous favours shown to him. I am hoping that he will be able to deliver the parvanah of Mir Muhammad Jafar Khan to Maharajah Ram Narayan Bahadur asking him not to support Khvajah Muhammdi Khan and not to interfere in the affairs of Malda.

Thank you for your letter of the 13th of Rabi al-Avval, received here on 21st of this month, informing me that from a copy of a petition of the vakil of Januji Khoslah who had come to Azimabad with a petition you have come to know that I had a meeting with him during which I disclosed to him some of our secrets and suggested to him that he would bring glory to his master if he did not go back immediately. -- My dear Sir, I am a true and faithful servant of the Company and I am not so stupid as to reveal our secrets to anyone. The truth is that three days after you had left the vakil first came to see Mir Zain al-Abidin and then came to see me and wanted to discuss various issues. I told him that I had no authority to negotiate with him. He told me that you had asked Mir Zain al Abidin to go and negotiate with Januji; I told him that I had no knowledge of that. Later, he told me that he wanted to come and see you. I did not allow him to do so and he is still here. Now that you have indicated in your letter that if he was still here he could come and see you I will allow him to do so. Meanwhile, Mubariz al-Mulk Muin al-Daulah told me that he had sent Januji's letter with his letter to you and that we should wait for you reply. Now you have written to me that I have spoken to him. I do not talk to anyone except you, His Majesty and the Nawab Vazir. These vakils look for secrets all around them. He came to know about the departure of Mir in Benares and straightaway rushed here. -- Enclosure 1: You have complained for not receiving letters from all parts of India. Among the nobles, notables and rajas of Hindustan known to me whosoever wants to write sends his letter to me. If you wish, in future I can send all these letters to you or return to the sender. I am here to obey your orders. One of my messengers, Rae Sujit Rae, is at the court of the king and sends reports from there. Rae Jyali Ram who used to be there is with Colonel Smith now. -- Enclosure 2: You have written to me that we have harkaras to bring news from the army of Raghunath Rao to Azimabad and yet we have not received any news from the Rao's army. My dear sir, the Rao was in Kansi and my harkaras were with him there. As soon as Rao came to Gwalior the rainy season has set in and we had to postpone this work; moreover, there was nothing new to report. Previously the news of the prince running away from the capital and coming to Farrukhabad was received; this was conveyed to you. Following your wishes we had appointed our harkaras to bring news from his camp. -- Enclosure 3: You have written regarding the financial administration of the Province of Bihar; I am busy day and night working that out. Previously, I used to have Munir al-Mulk Mr Middeton to help me and now Nawab Mubariz al-Mulk Muin al-Daulah Bahadur Muzaffar Jang is here to help me. The result is that we have completed the accounts for 1173. A small sum needs to be collected and it will be collected soon. The accounts for 1174 are also under control. This may have been conveyed to you by Nawab Sahib.

Mubariz al-Mulk, Muin al-Daulah and Muzaffar Jang Bahadur came here and inspected the affairs of the Bihar province. Afterwards, the account books for 1173 Fasli were sent to Mr Sanks Bahadur Haibat Jang so that he could compare these with his own estimates and then send them over to you. Now we are preparing the accounts for 1174 Fasli and we will send you details of the instalments and collections in due time.

I have been hearing news of your achievements and victories and pray for further successes. As a small zamindar I will be pleased to serve you and I am enclosing a small nuzr as a mark of respect for you. I would like to come and pay my homage personally at a convenient time. Meanwhile, I look forward to your act of kindness. -- É -- Enclosure: I am enclosing four ashrafis and one rupee as a nuzr.

I had sent you a letter through the Peshkar but have not received any reply; I hope you have received this letter. We are all praying here day and night for your well-being. I was hoping that you would write to me when you arrived at Murshidabad but now we hear that you and the Nawab were going to Calcutta instead. I hope you will write to me from there. -- Earlier I had sent news reports from Shahjahanabad and from the court of Shuja al-Daulah. At present I have no further news about the army of Shuja al-Daulah. The latest news about him is that he has gone to Jaunpore to settle matters between Benares and Jaunpore. Rajah Balvind Singh has provided a bank draft of one Lac rupees and has promised to pay a further two Lacs. The Nawab, after leaving Jaunpore, marched towards the northeast to a place called Karakat, which is at a distance of seven Karohs from Jaunpore. From here, he is going to Ghazipore. He has refused to accept fifty thousand rupees which were brought in by the vakil of Navab Fazl Ali Khan. The Marhatta army, which had reached Lahore, is retuning to Shajahanabad. Their forward column has reached Sirhind and Navab Ghazi al-Din Khan, who did not agree with the Prince, is staying in the mansion of Ali Mardan Khan.

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.

I have already sent you a detailed report earlier. Now I have received the enclosed reports from the army of H.M.; these are enclosed for your information. -- Enclosure 1: Auda Harkara had sent the following report from the camp of H.M. on the 9th of Zi Qa'dah and it was received at Azimabad on the night of 14th of this month. -- On Thursday the 7th of Zi al-Qa'd the march started. Early in the morning, when three ghari of night remained, H. M. woke from his slumber and went to Aish Mahall to pray and recite his vazifah; afterwards he rode on an elephant with Miyan Yaqut. Akbar Ali Khan and his staff came to pay their respects. On their way they were welcomed by Nawab Mumtaz al-Daulah Bahadur, Nawab Munir al-Daulah Bahadur and a number of other courtiers on foot. During the journey Fath Ali Khan presented a nazranah. When seven ghari of the day had passed they had managed to cover a distance of four Karoh; they stopped at Jaldarpan in Kanvarpur. When two gharis of the day remained H.M. went into Aish Mahall and Nawab Bahadur Ali Khan, Nawab Sahib-I Alam Bahadur, Rao Sujit Rae, Rae Khairati? Ram, Rajah Ram Nath, Nawab Munir al-Daulah, and Nawab Mahdi Ali Khan came to see him. After the evening prayers he went into the palace. At the time of departure, he had sent Ghulam Nabi Khan to discuss some affairs with Bare Colonel Sahib. Three ghari of the night had passed when Colonel Smith Bahadur, Mr Marstan Sahib, Hashton Sahib, Handar Sahib, etc. came to see him in the Aish Mahall. Colonel sahib told him that he had received news that the Marhattas were on the run and if permitted he would like to go to Sivrajpur and establish a cantonment there and H.M. could go to Allahabad and rule from there. H.M. agreed to this proposal. He enquired from the Colonel Sahib why this proposal was not put forward earlier. The Colonel replied that it was because we were facing danger from the Marhattas as well as from the Rohillas. H.M. sent a letter to Hafiz Rahmat Khan in the care of Akbar Ali Khan. It was learnt that the vakil of Raghunath Rao Marhatta, Nalaji Bhallah Pandit, had arrived in the camp of H.M. and is staying in Bajhari Ganj and Hafiz al-Mulk has left Jahanabad to go to Junjundi? -- On Friday the 8th of Zi al-Qa'd yakpas of the night remained when the drums for march were sounded. H. M. woke up early in the morning and after offering his prayers he rode on an elephant. As is customary, the courtiers came out to welcome him. Afrasayab Khan, a protégée of Nawab Najaf Khan Bahadur the Faujdar of Fathpur came to see him. He offered a nuzr of five ashrafis. At the time four gharis of the day had passed they had travelled nearly five Karohs. They entered the boundaries of Fathpur and established a camp there; H.M ordered the advance tent to be sent. When five ghari of the day remained he went into the Aish Mahall; Nawab Bahdur Ali Khan, Hisam al-Din Khan and others came to see the H.M. Afterwards, one hundred and one rupees, twelve goats, six chickens which Afrasiyab had sent were presented before H.M. In addition a deer sent by the state of Mir Fazl Ali Khan was brought in and given to Munir al-Daulah Bahadur. Two pieces of letter-bags and a copy of Shahnamah sent by Hafiz Rahmat Khan and Duidi Khan were brought in by Jagat Rae. Half a ghari of the day remained when he went into Mahall Sare. News was received that yesterday that Colonel Sahib has come two Karoh from Kanvarpore and is staying near Sarae Shahzadah. The English force with the armies of Rae Khairati Ram and Sujit Rae, after marching day and night from Kujkanjur, reached Farhpore and this morning on the orders of Colonel Sahib attacked the enemy force and then returned to Kapurnagar. Rae Khairati Ram and Sujit Rae are with Colonel Sahib. -- Enclosure 2: Auda Harkara had sent the following report from the camp of H.M. on the 10th of Zi Qa'dah and it was received at Azimabad on the night of the 16th of this month. -- On 9th Zi al-Qa'd, when four ghari the of night remained the march drums were sounded. Four ghari of the night remained when H. M. woke and after offering his prayers rode on his elephant; Miyan Daulat rode with him. As usual people came to welcome the procession. After travelling five karoh they reached Sarae Noshah and encamped there. -- Today, Sunday the 10th of Zi al-Qa'd, the royal procession marched from Sarae Noshah and reached Nahyah Kanun. It is estimated that after traveling continuously they will soon reach Allahabad. The English force is staying in Sivrajpore on the banks of the Ganges. Rae Khairati Ram and Rae Sujit Rae are with the Colonel Sahib. The Colonel Sahib wants to come and see H.M; Dahu sahib with two platoons of tilangas is in Kodah Jahanabad. Hafiz Rahmat Khan, Inayat Khan and other Rohila sardars have, after marching from Janjandi, reached Kanauj. It is assumed that they will soon reach Farrahabad. It is rumoured that some of the army of Raghu Nath Rao has reached Anbalavan; they want to chase them and then return. Harkaras belonging to the Colonel Sahib had gone to Fathpore to bring milk and eggs but Afrasiyab Khan, a servant of Nawab Najaf Khan, did not respond to their request in time. The Harkaras came back with harsh words against him and complained to Colonel Sahib who has put him under guard.

I have already sent you my reports. At this moment the situation is that I have sent a letter to my master who should have received it by now. It included a detailed report about the affairs here. It has been long time since I received any news of your well-being; please do write me a few lines.

Following your instructions I have been sending my reports through Moni Jhal. These were forwarded to you by the local administrator mukhtar-i kar. I hope that he has been sending these to you regularly. I have received news from the West; this is being sent to you after its contents were verified by a subsequent report. -- Enclosure: -- It is reported from Allahabad that on the 3rd of Rabi al-Avval the King was informed that a prince from the family of Rafi al-Qadr dressed in royal robes has come to Farrukhabad from Delhi and is being entertained as a guest by Navab Ahmad Khan Bangash. He was presented with a nazr of five ashrafis by Navab Ghazi al-Din Khan. He has also written that he has already sent his forces to assist him. According to a report submitted by Munshi Karab Singh the King has sent a special shuqqah/letter to Navab Ahmad Khan Bangash to enquire about this affair. -- The 2nd news which arrived on the 5th instance from Allahabad reports that a messenger who was sent there on the night of the 7th of Safar and returned on the 4th of Rabi al-Avval has brought the news that a prince, dressed in royal robes and in a planquin, accompanied by two horsemen and twenty nine foot soldiers has arrived here in Farrukhabad. Navab Ahmad Khan Bangash has welcomed him and brought him to his fort and has written to his nobles and sardars regarding his arrival.

I hope you have received my earlier letters in Bengali as I have not received any in reply. In my letters I had pointed out the discrepancy in the revenue levied on the District of Balya which comes under the administration of the government. The tax on this land has been assigned at fifteen or sixteen thousand rupees whereas papers for the previous years show that it should not be evaluated more than five pr [sic] six thousand rupees. I have compared these papers with those of the previous years and prepared new papers showing the correct amount of revenues. I have sent a copy of this account to you as well as to the Bara Sahib [Nawab Sahib] but did not receive any response. I would be grateful if you could help in expediting this matter.

You and your officers are very well aware of my circumstances. Because of this I have been very worried and disturbed. I have asked my Diwan, Labha Kishor Ji, to inform you about these circumstances in detail. I am a poor zamindar who has always lived under the protection of your government. I would appreciate if you could consider the petition of my Diwan sympathetically and send a parwanah to your Faujdar Sahib so that he could instruct his officers. -- Enclosure: Details of a nazur presented of 2 Muhr Ashrafi and 12 rupees.

Thank you for your letter asking me to send information regarding Fath Singh through Nand Kumar. I have collected this information with great interest and it is being sent to you. I hope you will be satisfied with this.

I am anxious to hear from you and to know that you are well.

After taking my leave from you I came to Naraynpore and sent a message to Bije Singh, a Zamindar of Sarpanjah, to come to terms with us and vacate the fort of Sarpanjah. Although he had made full preparations to defend the fort he knew that I had the support of the English and so he vacated the fort on the 4th of Safar. We found that the whole parganah has been laid waste and that the people were in a wretched state. After establishing my administration there I came back to Ramnagar on the 9th of the above month. I have sent the overdue amounts to the company treasury on the 16th of the above month.