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I have just received two letters from the Nawab, one is addressed to Mr Wajih and the other to you. I have been instructed by the Nawab to receive a reply to these letters as soon as possible and send them to him. I am enclosing both these letters and request that you send me the replies so that I can pass them on to the Nawab. Earlier, after receiving the account of the Dutch, he wrote to the Director of Dutch East India Company at Chochrah. The letter was delivered to him by the peshkar of Fakhr al-Tajjar/Chief trader, Sada Shiv. As a result, the Company currency from Calcutta was made common currency in Chochrah. There were three other clauses in the agreement with the Dutch, which were all accepted by them, including the removal of their check post.

I received from the Nawab today, Thursday, a parvanah addressed to you; this is enclosed with this letter. I hope you will write to and send us news about your health and well-being.

Just to let you know that I reached Hugli safely and all is well here.

I will be coming to see you on the day after tomorrow.

Thank you very much for your letter asking me to send Nand Kumar to see you. Accordingly, he is on his way to see you. Kindly ask him to return here after seeing you as Navab Rasikh Jang Bahdur also wants to see him when he returns.

Relates to shipping and dastaks.

A contemporary translation of the contents is CC2/2, entry no. 72.

Thank you for your reply to my letter regarding the dismissal of Raja Ram Singh from the post of Faujdari by the Nawab and his replacement by another person. You have informed that the said Raja has now sent you a petition for his reinstatement. The Nawab has issued a parvanah to me that if the Raja went to see you, his application against dismissal should not be considered and he should not be allowed to stay there as he is capable of creating mischief. If he insists, you may acquire his letter of dismissal from the Nawab and pass on to him. Another, contemporary translation is CC2/4, entry no. 148.

Thank you very much for your letter. In order to help me to safeguard the interests of the Company you and the Mahrajah Bahadur had kindly posted a force of six hundred armed/ barqandaz tilangas under the command of Mr Kings/Cook. As the interest of my people and those of the Company are the same we feel very much encouraged by your support. God willing we will be able to defeat the enemy soon. The enemy force which reached here was supported by the zamindars. They had come down from the valley they had captured from you with great pride and after crossing the jungle they have now established their defence lines with bushes of thorns. God willing, and with your help, we will soon be able to destroy them. We will be able to destroy them easily if they come out onto the plains; but if they retreat to the jungles behind we will have to go into the jungle to destroy them. In any way, we will soon be able to send them all to Hell.

He was sending one of his trusted servant Atiq Allah Shah who will brief him of the affairs and requests him to send all confidential information through him.

He was sending one of his trusted servant Atiq Allah Shah who would brief him on the affairs and requests him to send all confidential information through him.

I have written to you three or four letters in the past but did not receive any reply. My state and agricultural lands have been ruined by the policies of the administrator of this area as well as by the coming and going of the [East India] Company army. I am in a very destitute condition and request you to intervene in this matter and rescue me from this situation. You had appointed Ramnath Bahadur to investigate into the revenue collection of this area. He may have submitted his report concerning my case. Meanwhile, more than eight of your assistants arrived here to administer the land revenue. I had to accept their demands. This has further weakened my position. I am requesting you to relieve me from land revenue so that I can rescue myself from this situation.

The summary of the letters received from Rajah Ram Prashad by Jagat Seth Sahib and Maharajah Sahib is that Nawab Sabit Jang Bahadur [Lord Clive] has sent a petition to His Majesty and the Nawab Wazir through Rajah Shitab Rai who has in turn asked Rajah Daler Singh to present it in the court. Rajah Daler Singh brought the contents of this petition to the notice of Nawab Wazir. The Nawab Wazir remarked that how is it that Jagat Seth Sahib and Rajah Shitab Rai have sent this petition to him [Daler Singh] without informing him first. The Nawab Wazir at once asked Daler Singh to bring the contents of this petition to the notice of Rajah Ram Prashad who was summoned to the court and given this petition to read. He replied that he should consult the writer of this report. Afterwards Rajah Daler Singh went with the Nawab Wazir to meet Malhar Rao and Raghu Nath Rao in their army camps. Whatever happens there I will send you a copy. -- After two days Rajah Ram Prashad went to the house of Maharajah Thakur Mall. The Maharajah enquired whether there was a complete understanding between the English, Jagat Seth Sahib and the Maharajah Sahib. Rajah Ram Prashad replied that he had earlier received a petition of Lord Clive from Jagat Seth Sahib and Maharajah Sahib, which he had submitted to the Nawab Wazir but he was not aware that he [Clive] could send this petition directly to him. The Maharajh replied that it was not an important matter as he always consulted Jagat Seth Sahib and Maharajah Sahib in these matters and the Nawab Wazir also had full trust in both.

Yad-dasht -Receipt. The sum of one Lac rupees owed by the Nawab for the upkeep of the Company's army during the month of Dhu al-Qa`dah has been received from Maharajah Ram Narayan and salaries of the army paid from this amount.

States that the writer went out that morning to meet Mr [William] Watts because it had been mentioned that on the morrow he [i.e. Watts?] would be the guest of Clive. About 3 hours later he [i.e. Watts?] arrived accompanied by Sayyid Muhammad Riza. The outcome was that the writer felt that his affairs would improve as a result and he hoped that things would proceed as promised.

I have pleasure in sending you a piece of special cloth manufactured in our factory at Jahangirnagar, along with some sweets and perfumes as a gift. Please let me know if you like the cloth so that, if required, I could send you some more

I had gone to Ajudhia for sacred baths when I had the opportunity to seek an audience with Shuja al-Daulah Bahadur. He was very kind to me and repeatedly asked me about you and I replied to him very diplomatically what I consider was appropriate. He wished to appoint me to negotiate between you and him but I refused this offer. He took me aside to question me further privately. Later on, the Nawab Vazir on the advice of his courtier came to this part of the country. After travelling two manzils, the Nawab Vazir asked his Begum and his son Mirza Amani to return to Faizabad. As I did not find the conversation of courtiers very amiable, I withdrew from the company of the Nawab and returned to where I am now. The Nawab who is at present coming to see you expects a large number of favours from you. I am writing to you to warn you of his intentions. I will be waiting for your orders to do whatever you want me to do next.

Thank for your letter of Shawwal 8th, which came enclosed in a letter to Maharajah Shitab Rae. Following the orders of Aqdas-I A'la, I went to Kora where I met the Emperor and Nawab Iftikhar al-Daulah Colonel Smith Sahib. He has written to you regarding this meeting. The warmth and love the Colonel has shown towards me will be apparent from his letters to you.

Mirza Muhammad Ali has arrived here. I hear that he is busy in some arrangements. I have no other interest but to live under your protection. After working hard for two years I have managed to acquire part of a village. I have hopes that you will be able to grant me the rest.

I have known Sayyid Fath Ali Khan for a number of years and we are close friends. He used to have the jagir of Damarpak with an annual income of sixteen thousand rupees. Now, because of the invasion of the English/ Angrezan his enemies have occupied a number of villages belonging to his state. As the livelihood of his brothers sons and grandsons depends on the income of theses villages it is requested that, with the approval of Mr Masklain/ MacClain [Maskelyne?], I send them to Calcutta so that they can get acquainted with Nawab Shuja al-Mulk Bahadur and he can help them in regaining the possession of their ancestral jagir. It is regretted that because of the uncertain circumstances the Khan himself is unable to accompany them to Calcutta.