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In reply to the letter your officials had written to the Nawab Sahib regarding Rajah Tilok Chand and the Rani of the deceased Rajah Karamchand a letter was received from the Nawab Sahib on the 16th of Rabi al-Avval, San 6. This is being sent to you for your information. Whatever amount of revenue was received from Burdwan was sent to Calcutta promptly. I am sending a reminder to Ramchand at Burdwan. Whatever amount reaches here in future will also be despatched to you similarly.

I was very pleased to have received the good news that you have entered the districts of Divani. I will be leaving here soon and will encamp near the Ganges and then wait for your orders. The rest will be decided when we meet.

Thank for your reply to my letter regarding your writing a letter to Mr Heshton [Hastings] asking him to confiscate three bundles of cloths which were not added to the Company warehouse earlier. I am waiting for these to arrive here. I am also waiting for the arrival of Mr Vajih, Rasikh Jang Bahadur.

I hope you have received my earlier letter. As I did not receive any reply I have been concerned about your health. I would be grateful if you could inform me about your well-being.

After Nawab Munir al-Daulah Raza Quli Khan Bahadur had been given leave by His Majesty he was asked to come and see you and convey to you privately and in confidence his messages concerning your welfare and the welfare and betterment of the inhabitants. It was hoped that as a wellwisher of the God-given state and that after listening to these messages you would be able to discharge your duties more efficiently towards His Majesty. As His Majesty regards the aforesaid Nawab as an arm of his state and one who is well versed in statecraft it was hoped that when the banners of the state are raised under his command you would not be lacking in desire to serve and obey his orders. However, whatever was written in our destiny happened and that whatever is destined by God would happen. In order that your name is remembered for time immemorial and that I too, an heir-apparent and descendant of Amir Timur Sahib-i qiran, considered you as an arm and well-wisher of the state and in this matter God and his prophet are my witness that whatever Munir al-Daulah conveyed to you in confidence should have been considered as if it was coming from my own tongue. In addition, if you refuse to support us and turn away from us then, with God's help, the state is capable of defending itself from any designs. God willing, by raising over two hundred thousand force of horsemen and foot soldiers it could crush all rebellious trouble makers in the province. They will become extinct from the world and become a lesson to others as the province returns to its former peace and tranquillity. Let no one dare to commit such unbecoming and disgraceful acts against murshid zadah and inheritor of this country and devote his energies towards the welfare of his people.

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.

I have already written to you about the death of my grand mother. I feel very ashamed that because of my poverty I am unable to perfom the ceremony of her last rites appropiately. As my benefactor it was essential that I bring this to your notice. I am hoping to perfom this ceremony on 17th of As.

The army of the Prince left Mohna? on the 19th of Sha'ban, San 6, and went along the banks of the river Garam/Karam nalah. On the same date the Prince received a petition from Beni Bahadur to come and see the prince but he was advised that he should wait for a few days; therefore, Beni Bahadur is now waiting in Benares. At the same time two harkaras have arrived; if you wish I can arrest them and send them to you. Please do let me know as soon as possible.

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.

Short letter mentioning Nandakumara and stating that because the day is Friday, and a holiday the goods will not therefore be moved until Saturday.

I am sending today, 4th of Katak, one Lac and twelve thousand rupees. It may be added to treasury according to the Chalan. I am completely bound by my circumstances but in spite of that and in spite of fact that it is the festival of Dushehra and all my employees have gone home to celebrate this festival I went round personally and arranged for this instalment. I have day and night no other worry but how to send the instalment in time. For this I work hard day and night. Because of this I had to recall my staff on the morning of Dusehra and ask them to despatch the above amount so that it reaches you in time for the payment of wages. I can assure you that I do not leave any stone unturned in order to accomplish this task.

I have already sent my report on the affairs of this district. Today, 15th of Katak, I received a letter from Anbuh stating that my younger brother, Babu Kishn Chand was taken away by caracaras on the orders of the Nawab Sahib. A guard of five hundred soldiers under the commands of Rai Munni Lal and Rai Chhakan Lal has been put on the door and around the building, he is detained. I have pleaded with Divan Sahib to intervene. I will be grateful if you could help.

A contemporary translation is entry nos. 16 and 35 in CR8/1 dated [21-24] January and 7 February respectively. This undated declaration which matches clause 1 of the former and clause 3 of the latter, coming from the East India Company council members ('Kunsuliha') to the Nabob, and claiming to represent 'Sabitjang Bahadur' (i.e. Clive), and referring to payments made in respect of the forts at Calcutta, Qasimbazar, Jahangirnagar, and elsewhere being complete.

A contemporary translation is CR8/1 entry no. 22.

A contemporary translation of the contents is CR8/1, entry no. 38.

SeeCR8/1, entry no. 56.