Item CR9/11/25. - Letter from Ram Singh,

I hope you have already read my reports on this area, which I have been sending you regularly. I received your letter on 20 Safar, reg. yr 5 [i.e. 23 October 1758), along with a parvanah addressed to Mir Ali Amber [i.e. Akbar] Khan. In this letter you have instructed me to pass this parvanah to Misery [Misri?] Khan when he arrives here from Mandamus and when Misery Khan returns to Mandamus you will ask Mir Ali Amber to go to Murshidabad. After his departure, I should go to Madhur/ Madanpur to take care of the administration and to collect overdue amounts. -- Enclosure : Another related report in an undated letter from Ram Singh, but now missing, were summarised as follows: I hope you have received my earlier report on the affairs of this district. The present situation is that I had received a parvanah from His Respledent Presence, the Nawab Sahib. In reply, I had informed him about my non-interference in the affairs and the mischief of Ali Akbar. In reply, I was told that during my negotiations with Amir Beg Khan I had agreed not to have a company of horsemen stationed here and that whenever I needed any help I should ask the [East India]Company servants to do so. Now there are troublemakers everywhere. On one side is Ali Akbar, on the other Muhammad Misri, another side horsemen belonging to the risalah of Mir Sulaiman. I am not sure what sort of mischief they have in their mind. I am very worried and spent a lot money but without any use. I will be grateful if you could allow me to come and see you personally so that I could explain to you my situation in detail. -- Another contemporary translation of the contents is CC2/4, entry no. 147.