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My diwan has submitted all the amounts due to Nawab Intizam al-Daulah Mr Sanks Bahadur Haibat Jang. I would appreciate if Nawab Mubariz al-Mulk Muin al-Daulah Bahadur Muzaffar Jang is informed. I would be grateful if you could inform me about your well-being.

Congratulations on the birth of your son. May God grant him a long and successful life. -- Enclosure: Details of a nazur sent to Clive on the 22nd of Safar, San 6.

Today, 22nd Zi al-Hijj, the Nawab went to the house of Mirza Salih the merchant and afterwards to the house of Mirza Misbah al-Din Muhammad Khan Bahadur and later to the houses of Shaikh Jahu, the brother of Fakhr al-tajjar. Each one of them presented some nazur and offerings to the Nawab. At night he marched towards Murshidabad and dismissed Divan Nand Kumar and Amir Beg Khan from his company at Hoogli.

A messenger had arrived from Bandar Balsar carrying papers belonging to the Bara Sahib [Governor of Calcutta?]. He informed me that these papers belonged to Colonel Bhut?/Sot and were taken at Machhli Bandar. They were brought in here after receiving a reply from here. With the help of God I have managed to rescue these from him; please let me know what steps to take next.

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 the zamindars. -- Enclosure: 1 -- Our guards, who after entering the port of Balsar had established a post, are now the 20th of Safar, San 5, moving to Madanpur; their details are given below. Mir Ali Akbar is sending his men to you with details. -- Enclosure: 2 -- The parvanah, which you had sent for Ali Akbar, has been handed over to him.

When you came to visit us here you assured me that you would be able to attend to the bank drafts on your return to Murshidabad. Now my bankers/creditors [mahajans] are pressing me hard to return their money and they have installed guards on my doors. They are saying that it is a time of war and that they want their monies returned at all costs. As I have no one else to turn to except you I seek your help to save me from these mahajans.

Thank you very much for your letter. I am a faithful servant of the East India Company and a devoted servant of my benefactor and I consider that my future is attached to your prosperity and well-being. I hope you will continue to bestow your kindness on me. I have sent you a detailed account of this region and hope that you have read this report by now.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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 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.

Thank you for your letter informing me that Mr. Middleton had complained to you that Mr.[Roger?] Drake and Mr Khatnak [?] were trading in Azimabad without the permission of the Company. As I imprison anyone who conducts unauthorized trade in this province and transport them to Calcutta I should not have made an exception in this case. Before Mr [Samuel?] Middleton wrote to you he had already mentioned this matter to me and accordingly I had sent my men to Hajipore to get hold of these two persons and they have now been put in prison. In future I will not delay in implementing any order given to me by Mr. Middleton.

It appears that the vakil of the Marathas has told you that I had told him that the official vakil of the government was about to go to see Rajah Januji to discuss the issue of Orissa province. I am not so stupid as to say such things to him. The fact is that three days before arriving here the aforesaid vakil had first met Zain al-Abidin Khan at Azimabad and discussed with him the issue of chauth for Maharaja Januji. I replied that no one had the authority to discuss this issue except by the authority of Nawab Amir al-Mumalik. The Vakil replied that people have informed him that the Nawab has appointed Mirza Zain al-Abidin to proceed to see Maharaja Januji to discuss the issue of chauth with him; I told him that I was not aware of this. Afterwards he told me that he wanted to see me regarding this issue and I told him that he should seek your permission before doing so. He seems to dig out information from allcomers. He had arrived here after hearing the news of the departure of Mirza Zain al-Abdin Khan. As Mirza had left in a hurry he did not have the time to write and inform you. He has told similar stories to Nawab Mubariz al-Mulk Bahadur and asked him to send him with the Mirza.