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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.

I had sent my people to collect revenue from each district. They went by boat from station to station and have collected one Lac and fifty thousand rupees. Today, which is the first of Safar and 21st of the month of As?, this sum is being sent under the charge of Abd-Ghani and a representative of Rajah Tilok Chand so that it can be deposited in the treasury. Efforts are being made to collect the remaining two Lacs from the aforesaid rajah and Rajah Lahauri Mall. -- P.S. Jagat Seth Mihta and Maharajah Sarupchand have written to you. I hope you will be able to reply to them soon after reading their letters

I have received an envelope from the Nawab containing a letter addressed to you; this is enclosed for your information. Please reply to it after reading its contents so that I can pass it on to the Nawab. -- Enclosure: -- Maharajah Ram Narayan is sending Khvajah Muhammad Ashraf to you. He was delayed here for four or five days to attend to some important matters. He is now on his way to see you and to give details of various matters. Fakhr al-Tajjar/Chief trader is trying to harm him and he has an old enmity with Shabbu Babu. I am writing this for your information.

After enquiring about the health and welfare of the recipient Qasim Ali Khan informs that the bearer of the letter was one of his dearest friend and he was coming to see him with the belief that the Navab would do whatever is possible to assist him.

Manik Chand, a resident of Mahajan Loli near Murshidabad, has made a request to the authorities in regards to his nephew Kishnchand who used to work as an official in the district of Nasir Afzal, etc. near Chaklah Jahangirnagar. At one time in his life Kishnchand borrowed forty-six thousand two hundred and twelve rupees from Mahajans by offering his property as security. The Mahajans had to auction his property to recover their amount. After his death the Mahajans are now pestering me to pay them eight thousand rupees which they claim my nephew still owed them. I would be grateful if you could make them understand that they should acquire this sum from the zamindars of land owned by my late nephew and do not bother me any more. -- Detail of the amounts owed by each zamindar is given on the verso.

I am pleased to know from your latest communication that you came to Mahana Sone safely and have now reached Murshidabad on the 29th of this month. I have also received the good news that my son Navab Nasir al-Mulk came to welcome you.

I was delighted to hear that you have a son born; hearty congratulations. God may give him a long and happy life. -- Enclosure: Details of nuzur presented of two ashrafis and seven rupees.

I have not received news of your well-being for some time. I hope you will write to me soon. Meanwhile, I have come across a beautiful tent which I do not need and thought that it may be of some use to you. I am sending this with the hope that you will like it. -- Enclosure: Details of various components of the tent sent.

Thank you very much for your letter informing me that you were going by high-speed coaches to the border areas of the province to subdue some of the zamindars there and that you have arrived at Manz/Manar? on Thursday and that you will be reaching Sarodha soon. With the grace of God you will achieve victory soon. Because of this news Navab Nasir al-Mulk Bahadur has decided to wait here today. I too am longing to join you but it is necessary that I too wait here. -- Enclosure 1: -- Nearly a month ago one of our messenger named Choto came to Banghapore from Aurangabad. He told me personally that Divan Shah Navaz Khan had left Daulatabad with an army of a hundred thousand horsemen and after joining with Bala Rao Marhatta laid siege on Auranagabad. Nizam Ali Khan, the brother of Salabat Janag Bahadur, came out of the fort of Aurangabad and gave them a tough battle. He has chased them to Sanam Khadha and Khalsah and they are fighting battles every day. Meanwhile, the mother of Nizam Ali Khan enticed Mosa Bhose to Haidarabad and had him imprisoned. Prices of commodities like wheat, flour, lentils, oil, etc. sold in the camps of the armies are as follows. -- Enclosure 2: Details of a letter sent from Ganges by harakaras on the 20th of Ramazan and received at Gharpa'e on the 26th of Ramazan and at Calcutta on the 29th of Ramazan. -- I reached Gharpae at midnight on Sunday the 26th of Ramazan, San 5, and related the news personally that on the 8th of Ramazan Radhan Pandit, Lacchuman Pandit, Fath Khan, Divan Bhagat Ram arrived by the river Ganges at Balsar Port and have joined forces with Bhatt. They are plundering, burning and looting all the surrounding areas. -- Another report is that there was a battle fought between Mosa Hajjam? and Narayanji Ram Rae on the 6th of Ramazan, San 5, in which Narayanji Ram was victorious and Mosa was killed in the battle. It is not clear how Mosa could later wage war against Salabat Jang and was imprisoned. The prisoners who were in the custody of Mirza Muhammad Salih at Ganges were attacked by the Marhattas who have captured Mirza Muhammad Salih and his associates and imprisoned them.

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 had appointed Shaikh Amar Allah to the post of Faujdari at Chaklah Hoogli but I now realise that he would not be able to perform his duties without the assistance of Fakhr al-tajjar. I am therefore sending him there and advise you that all relevant cases should now be referred to him at that place. I hope this will not interfere in the affairs of the company.

I hope you have received my earlier report about the situation here. It appears from the letters of the vakils that the Navab wants to discontinue to finance the company's army from his treasury at burdwan and wants to allocate that amount to pay the Khalisah/Marhattas. It is necessary that you intervene and restore the situation.

Since the day you arrived at Murshdabad the chief of traders has, two or three times, sent me an invitation but because of my physical condition I have not been able to avail this oppurtunity and travel to Murshidabad at such a short notice. I am at present feeling very weak and hope that by the time you visit Murshidabad again I will have recovered from my illness and be able to pay my respect.

I have received your request for granting your agent permission to cross our territory with one hundred horses. Your agent who was staying with Mr Presto at the Port of Buxar has been provided with all necessary provisions and asked to stay at the kothi of Katak. Similarly, as a gesture of goodwill, Mr Pleadel [?] who had tried to go through a different and unauthorised route has been forgiven. As Maharajah Januji Bhonsalah is engaged in the suppression of a rebellion of indigo and peacock farmers he has given instructions to close all borders with other states. These borders will remain closed until the rebellions are completely suppressed. Your agents will then be allowed to move from the port of Buxar and carry on their business as usual.

Delighted to have received your letter. I have sent two envelopes, one addressed to Mr Amherst in charge of Azimabad Factory, and the second addressed to Maharajah Ram Narayan so that he could send it to you by post. In this I have informed him about the details of entry of our forces in Palakha[?].

I received your letter informing me that Mr Biston/Liston has left in the company of Navab Nasir al-Mulk and that his son has been appointed to look after the administration of Chaklah Burdwan while he is away and that he will arrive there soon. -- É -- I cannot describe the situation at Murshidabad. I spend every day with great difficulty and under duress. The contents of the letters I receive from Murshidabad make me loose my sanity. Mr Liston will be able to give further details about the situation but it is necessary that we receive the payment of wages for the staff at Abid Kothi.

Raja Ram Singh and myself would like to bring to your notice that the district allocated to Mir Ali Akbar in Lalbagh is situated at a distance of one Karoh from the Fort. As Raja Ram Singh had not received any intimation before you sent the parwanah of his appointment he has refused to accept this appointment. Therefore Mir Ali Akbar has not been able to take up his appointment.

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.

The military administration of Chaklah Hasr[?] had remained with my father for the past thirty years. Now after he has passed away all the landlords and chaudharis have asked their lawyers to approach the court officials to carry on this responsibility. Recently they have brought in two or three Tilangas to administer this place and they have dismissed these lawyers and court officials so that no one could investigate the crimes of dacoity and robberies that are being carried out day and night by the landlords as well as these Tilangas. They are disregarding all orders issued by you to maintain peace and order. I would be grateful if you could send me a letter of authority to take these culprits into custody and release the lawyers so that they can carry out the process of law and order.

Draft of a letter sent to Mr Scrafton? at Murad Bagh. -- Manik Chand Gujrati has certain grievances against Gaval Das. Gaval Das has been writing letters of complaint to the authorities against Manik Chand. As Manik Chand has always been very helpful to me I suggest that you call both of them together and hear their case. I will be pleased if you could help to remove his grievances.