Dangos 1520 canlyniad

I am very pleased to learn from your letter that you are happy and well. I am sending Mir Muhammad Alam to give you details of the affairs here.

I hope you are back in Bengal by now. Kindly let me know if Lord Clive is attending to my work. It would be good if you could send Mir Jamal al- Din Khan and Shams al-Din Muhammad Khan to remind him. -- P.S. Please remind him to send word to the emperor asking him to bestow further honours on me as he did on the rulers of the Deccan.

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 hope you have received my earlier letter in which I had informed you about the situation in pargana Baspore, near Chaklah Bandar Balsar. The Amil of this district lives in the above pargana. Damodar Bhij/Zumurrad Shaikh, a landlord of Fort Harbalpore, who is subordinate to the Faujdar of the Company is creating trouble and mischief in the area and has brought his forces into the above mentioned pargana. He is interfering in the administration of this district and as the above pargana falls amongst the mahallat belonging to this zamindar it will be necessary for our forces to cross over to his territory to evict him from our side. For this reason we have not asked our forces to go there. As there is a complete understanding and agreement between the Maharajah and yourself it is prudent that you advise him to stop this nuisance so that the Amil of this area can carry on his duties without further interference.

As there is a complete understanding and agreement between Maharajah Januji Bhonslah and your government and that so far there has been no cause for concern which could effect our relations adversely, we have been enjoying cordial relations between one another. But now I would like to bring to your notice that, as before, the zamindar of Harbalpore, i.e. Zamurrad Shaikh, has started creating mischief and it is necessary that as last year he should be reprimanded. In addition, if he persists in his actions he will be severely punished. We hear that he has brought his forces into Basalpore, near Bandar Balsar, and is interfering in the administration of the district. As this area is under your control I am surprised that you have allowed this mischief to take place. I am sure that you have not changed your policy regarding the Maharajah and I hope that the present situation will not effect our relations. -- I am staying at Bandar Balsar at present where I will wait for your reply to my letter.

I am glad to have received the news that you have returned to Calcutta safely. I hope you will honour me by writing to me regularly about your well-being.

The letters in this bundle are from Clive's third tour and beyond. They date from Nov. 3, 1766, to April 16, 1771.

I have been informed by Amir Beg Khan Bahadur that a Dutchman of Chochrah was involved in the murder of a person who had lodged a complaint against him in the criminal court at Hoogli. He later on sent his peshkar and took the Qazi and his associate to the house of the chief trader/Fakhr al-Tujjar. Investigations have proved that he is guilty of this crime. I am writing to you so that you could warn the Dutch not to interfere in the process of the court.

I have not received any news from you for the past four or five days. Please do let me know that you are well. Salam to Bibi Sahibah.

Thank you for your letter regarding your request to supply peddlers/Bilahdaran. They are not easily available in this district but I will send you whatever numbers are available. As instructed I have asked the representatives of zamindars and law officers/Qanungoyans to see Mr Roger Drake at Calcutta and have written to him that Raja Tilokchand and Raja Kishn Chand were important zamindars and that he should call and inspect the papers of their representatives first and that they should be treated with respect and honour. I am writing this note to inform you. -- Another, contemporary translation of the contents is CR8/1, entry no. 265.

I hope you have received the detailed report of various developments I sent to you recently. I am devoting all my energies to serve the company with sincerity and faithfulness

I have received and observed your two letters wherein you write that the Nabob had sent to you to march and proceed in the van of his army and that you are very impatient for my arrival and that I should make as much haste as possible so that your affairs might be finished. On the arrival of your second letter I made much more haste and have pitched my tent and propose setting out in three days time

Thank you very much for your letter informing me that the army would soon be marching through my area and that I should make sure that the bridge is properly maintained for this purpose. I had been suspended from my work for some time and was re-instated only five days ago. I would have come to Qasimabazar straightaway but the next two or three days happen to be not auspicious for travelling, therefore I will come soon afterwards to see you and take instructions so that the army could cross the river safely. Please do consider me as your faithful servant.

Refers to the arrival of Muhammad Shakir with a negro (zingi) and a horse.

I have sent a number of letters enquiring about your health and wellbeing but have not received any reply. Kindly let me know if you are well.

Forty boats loaded with sherbet had recently arrived here but by mistake they went back without delivering their cargo. As this sherbet is required here, I will appreciate if they are asked to return. In addition, we would like to have two hundred maunds of candles for our use during the month of Muharram.

I am glad to know that you are on your way from Murshidabad to Calcutta. I was hoping to see you before you left but I was prevented from doing so because of some unfavourable circumstances. Meanwhile, I am sending today, 21st inst., an instalment of one Lac rupees. I am not neglecting my duty to pay the rest of the amount and God willing I will be paying my dues in regular instalments. For this I will be travelling to Burdwan soon to see the Maharajah Sahib and Diwan Sahib.

Thank you for your letter informing about the opening of the Port and Colonel [Francis] Forde's stay there and his victory at Rajmundhry and the arrival of the French at the port of Conjivaram. The situation here is still the same. The Prince has left Shahjahanabad and is campaigning in Bengal.