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I am anxious to receive news of your welfare and good health. Meni Noks? will be able to explain to you about my own affairs in detail. -- After receiving the unjustified accusations of Mr Barton I had no option but to call a meeting of the elders and mahajans of the city to discuss and resolve this matter. As a result a delegation of six people was sent to the aforesaid person and whatever dialogue took place between the two parties were dually written and signed and sealed both by His Highness and members of the committee as well as a representative of Jagat Seth and the mahajans of the city. The original document was sent to Murshidabad and a copy of this document with attestation by His Highness is being sent to you [Clive] for information. The more I show my lamentation the more he gets ready for enmity and civil war so that he could defame me and blame me for everything.

In the beginning the Dutch East Company used to conduct their business from their Kothis. Later, they started bringing in their ships and soldiers from their country and started creating wars. Because of this parvanahs forbidding them to trade in India were issued. Now they are trying to destroy the country of the King Emperor. Therefore an agreement has been reached between the English East India Company and ourselves that the English company would help to destroy the Dutch ships on the sea and ashores and to protect the country from their further invasions.

I have known Sayyid Fath Ali Khan for a number of years and we are close friends. He used to have the jagir of Damarpak with an annual income of sixteen thousand rupees. Now, because of the invasion of the English/Angrezan, his enemies have occupied a number of villages belonging to his state. As the livelihood of his brothers, sons and grandsons depends on the income of these villages it is requested that, with the approval of Mr Masklain/MasClain, I send them to Calcutta so that they could get acquainted with Navab Shuja al-Mulk Bahadur and he could help them in regaining the possession of their ancestral jagir. It is regretted that because of the uncertain circumstances the Khan himself is unable to accompany them to Calcutta.

Maharajah Rajah Januji Bhonsla has asked me to deliver some of his letters to you. For this purpose I have now reached Katak on the 29th of Zi al-Hajj. Prior to this my son Gopal Puri had written to you about my mission. I hope to be with you soon. Meanwhile, Mr Allen Sahib of Katak Kothi may have also sent you some information about me.

Thank you for your letter informing me that this is the season for ships to depart and asking me why the company ships have not left as yet and that I should make sure that they depart immediately and if I do not follow this order I should explain the reasons not for doing so. -- -- I am very surprised to read the contents of this letter as until now the rulers have never bothered to know anything about this matter. We people know better when these ships should depart and have always sent these ships when we thought it was the right time for them to go.

Thank you very much for your letter. Whatever you say about the court case is correct but my ...[sic].

Thank you for your letter along with a parvanah from Maharajah Sahib informing me that the army of the prince was on the run after it's defeat and that I should stop or destroy it if it tries to pass through my territory. As a matter of fact, the prince had already crossed the river Suan before I received parvanahs from the Maharajah Sahib, Navab Sahib and Nasir al-Mulk Bahadur. I am sending my vakil, Devdatt Das, who will be able to explain the situation to you in detail.

Thank 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 me 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 Navab Shuja al-Daulah have evil designs.

On the the advice of Khvajah Ashraf the following amounts of sapltpetre was delivered to the Dutch Kothi on the 27th of Rabi al-Sani, San 4. -- [Details given.] --

I have received the news of your great victory with the utmost joy and happiness and pray that God grants you further successes and a long life.

Draft of a letter with the seal of Lord Clive sent to Thomas Marriott at Rampore. -- A bungalow/kothi belonging to Khvajah Muhammad Vafa, a tradesman and well wisher of the Company, stands on the way to Loliyah? One of the Company's messenger/gumashtah named Gopinath lives there. It is necessary that we help him in every way we can. Khvajah Muhammad Vafa has written to us that Sunatan is demanding one thousand and five hundred rupees from Gopinath and suggests that he should be asked not to menace him. It is directed that this suggestion should be acted upon.

I am very pleased with the hard work and the sincerity with which you have served me. Agha Yunus Beg and Biharvar Beg have given me a detailed report on their work. This was conveyed to Aqdas-I A'la and later passed on to the Prince.

Refers to Clive, Mir Sulayman, Rajah Kishanchand, and twice to Qustabandi, and mentions sum of 25,000 rupees.

Apparently related to entry no. 221 in CR8/1. -- On Tuesday, 11 Muharram, reg.yr. 4 [i.e. 27 September 1757] we heard that Raja Ram Narayan has called all rajahs and zamindars of the province and by sending parvanahs he has managed to bring them around to his point of view. Let us see what happens next.

I would like to offer my services to serve your government. I would be grateful if you could communicate to Nand Kumar when and where you would like me to come to see you regarding this request.

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