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I have received your letter along with a copy of a petition from Ram Narayan. As I am travelling at present I will not be able to answer your question straight away. Therefore, I am writing to inform you that I will be marching from here tomorrow and will reach Jahangirnagar. Please let me know where will you be pitching your tents so that I could contact you there.

Refers to war and and the sound of canons every day from dawn to dusk and dusk to dawn, also Peter Amyatt, Nawab Vazir al-Mamalik, et al. A fuller, contemporary translation of the contents is CC2/12, item no.461

Received your letter along with a copy of a letter from Raja Ram Narayan. I was delighted to read the good news about your health and of the war and defeat of the Prince by the Rajah. I have written to him congratulating him on this great victory and a copy is enclosed for your information. It may be sent to Nasir al-Mulk Bahadur so that he can send whatever help is needed to the aforesaid Rajah. -- Enclosure: Copy of the letter sent by Mir Jafar to Ram Narayan. -- I have received your letter addressed to Lord Clive detailing the events of the war and negotiations which took place afterwards as well as news of some other affairs. Navab Clive has sent a copy of this letter to me. I pray that God may grant you further victories over your enemies and provide you protection and stability. As Lord Clive has not replied to your letter he has advised me to tell you that you have proved yourself in the battle as well as in keeping your words with us. I am writing to Navab Nasir al-Mulk and Lord Clive again to arrange a meeting with you as soon as possible. Another, contemporary translation of the contents is CC2/12, item no.485.

Another, contemporary translation of the contents of this brief letter is CC2/12, item no.497.

I have written to you a number of letters but have not received any reply. I am anxious to hear the news of your welbeing.

I would like to convey the good news that with God's grace and your help I have been able to achieve a great victory against the Prince. Yesterday again the battle raged all day from the morning to the night but today, i.e. Wednesday 5 Sha`ban the Prince was forced to abandon his siege and in the battle that followed he was badly defeated and fled. I am much indebted for your help in achieving this great victory and I congratulate you on this happy occasion. Another, contemporary translation of the contents is CC2/12, item no. 478.

Pleased to have received the news of the safe arrival of the boats. I have already replied to the question asked by you in your previous letter. I have also sent your letter to the Nawab by post. The letter, which had arrived for you from Azimabad, was sent to you with my previous letter. It should have been received by you by now. I am sending Shams al-Din to you to consult with you personally about some important matters. A contemporary translation of a letter sent by Miran on 4 April and received on 5 April is CC2/12, item no.484 but the contents is entirely different.

Yesterday, after the defeat of the armies of the Prince and Muhammad Quli Khan and our victory Mr Matis [Matthews] entered the fort in the evening and stopped at the Chihal Satun. Please let me know when you will be coming to the city. P.S. I am sending a bunch of autumn roses which grow in garden here. Enclosures: Three separate slips of papers with congratulatory notes addressed to Nand Kumar, Amir Beg Khan and Navab Sabitjang Bahadur respectively sent by three un-named persons. Another, contemporary translation of the contents is CC2/12, item no.486.

It is a long time since I received any communication from you. Following our tradition it is necessary that we keep our friendship fresh by writing to each other regularly. Previously you had written to me regarding the administration of the Bengal province and had asked me not to provide any help to Mir Qasim Ali Khan and that I should send Pandit Raghunath to you for negotiations. It is more than two years now that Pandit Raghunath came to see you and made an agreement regarding the payment of money. As English nobles are famous for keeping their words and promises and because of which they have enjoyed an increase in their trade, success in their conquests, and have been appointed members of the nobility of the great Mughal Empire and of the great Khilafat. It is therefore necessary that you have more and more close relations with other members of the nobility and officials of the great Khilafat. This includes sirdars from Deccan, particularly myself, who commands an army of more than thirty thousand men. As far as the payment [of my share] from the Bengal revenue is concerned Sukh Ram Naik will be presenting to you my case which will provide you with the necessary details.

Maharajah Shitab Rae has written informing me that in order to receive a warrant for the districts of Navab Saif al-Daulah he has spent fifty thousand rupees and it is customary that I should reimburse this amount to the Maharajah and get a receipt. I should also add this sum to the account of the said Navab to be submitted on the 11th of Rabi al-Avval. I am writing to inform you that this sum has now been sent to the Maharajah. -- Enclosure: -- Rajah Shitab Rae is insisting that you should ask your employees to pay him back the sum of fifty thousand rupees he had given you for the preparation of documents. I am therefore writing for your permission to obtain this sum from your government and pay it to the rajah.

Sukhram and two others vakils of Januji Bhonsalah arrived here in Azimabad on the 9th of Rabi al-Avval, San7. He had brought with him a letter for me along with another letter addressed to you. I am sending a copy of the letter addressed to me as well as the envelope containing your letter. The vakils are staying here and I will wait for whatever orders I receive from you. -- Enclosure: Copy of the letter from Januji Bhonsalah received on 9th Rabi al-Avval, San 7. From Januji Bhonsalah to Mubariz al-Mulk Bahadur. -- Although nobody has any doubt about the friendship and cordiality that exists between us, in order to achieve complete harmony and happiness in our relations it is essential that our inner and outer feelings towards each other are the same. For this purpose I am sending Sukha Ram Naik as my vakil to settle some of the issues regarding the payment of chauth which remain unresolved between us. May God grant you the power to follow the path of sincerity, purpose and truth so that our relations with each other do not suffer. -- Previously I had sent Rughnath Pandit for the same purpose but nothing positive has been achieved so far. Now whatever my Vakil will convey to you it should be considered right and correct and the chauth, one fourth of the revenue, collected so far be sent to us. This will help to establish good relations between us.

It appears that the vakil of the Marathas has told you that I had told him that the official vakil of the government was about to go to see Rajah Januji to discuss the issue of Orissa province. I am not so stupid as to say such things to him. The fact is that three days before arriving here the aforesaid vakil had first met Zain al-Abidin Khan at Azimabad and discussed with him the issue of chauth for Maharaja Januji. I replied that no one had the authority to discuss this issue except by the authority of Nawab Amir al-Mumalik. The Vakil replied that people have informed him that the Nawab has appointed Mirza Zain al-Abidin to proceed to see Maharaja Januji to discuss the issue of chauth with him; I told him that I was not aware of this. Afterwards he told me that he wanted to see me regarding this issue and I told him that he should seek your permission before doing so. He seems to dig out information from allcomers. He had arrived here after hearing the news of the departure of Mirza Zain al-Abdin Khan. As Mirza had left in a hurry he did not have the time to write and inform you. He has told similar stories to Nawab Mubariz al-Mulk Bahadur and asked him to send him with the Mirza.

I would like to come and discuss with you a number of matters. For this I wish to leave for Murshidabad and without staying there come to Calcutta and stay for two or three days to finalize these matters with you. Please let me know if this is acceptable to you.

I hope you have seen my earlier communication regarding the receipt of money I had sent for the expenses of the English Company. Now I have received a parvanah of salary from Nawab Munir al-Daulah Bahadur asking for the payment of the whole year to be submitted soon. I am going to see the Nawab Sahib today, the 22nd of Rabi al-Sani, along with my letters to reach an agreement.

I had arrived here as a representative of Maharajah Januji Sahib Bahadur to discuss with you some outstanding issues between our states, but when I reached here I came to know that you had already left for Calcutta. Because of this I went to see Maharajah Shitab Rae and asked him to arrange a meeting with Navab Muin al-Daulah Bahadur as soon as possible. When I went to see the Navab I told him about the letter I had brought for you; he asked me to send this letter to you and he asked me to stay here until a reply to this letter is received from you. Initially I did not agree to this proposal but the Navab was able to persuade me to send this letter to you. He is also sending his vakil to Deccan to negotiate with Maharajah Januji. I was hoping to accompany this vakil but cannot do so until I receive a reply to my letter. I am sure the Navab Sahib and the Maharajah must have sent you further details about the purpose of my visit.

Thank you very much for your letter of the 30th of Rabi al-Avval in reply to my letter of the 25th of Rabi al-Avval informing me that when the vakil of Januji Bhonsalah had arrived at Azimabad he had written to you and you were enclosing a copy of the above mentioned letter for me. I came to know from this letter that Maharajah Shitab Rae had met this Vakil and had disclosed our secrets to him and that the Vakil, who is appointed by us at the court of Januji Bhonsalah, had not as yet left Azimabad. Therefore your officials had written to the aforesaid Maharajah, I too should have also told the Maharajah, that he should have avoided this happening. You have also indicated that you do not approve of the delay in the departure of the Vakil from Azimabad even if the delay was due to the collection of presents. It was necessary to send the Vakil to the Maharajah Sahib as soon as possible. -- My dear Sir, as soon as I arrived here I met our Vakil Mirza Zain al-Abidin Khan and I emphasised to him the need to depart immediately. When the Vakil of Maharajah Bonsalah arrived here he informed me that he had heard that you had appointed a vakil to discuss the issue of the chauth of the province of Orissa and that he had left to see Marajah Sahib and that he had also arrived from the aforesaid Maharajah and would like to take leave and return to Maharaja Januji now and participate in the discussions with our vakil there. When I heard all this from him I was surprised and did not know how he could get all this information. When I enquired he told me that before coming to meet me he had written to you and had brought another letter for me. This letter was later on sent to you by me. I am writing another letter to Mirza Zain al-Abidin to depart immediately. Please do let me know what other steps I should take in this matter. -- Enclosure: [Gold sprinkles]. -- Whatever was possible, I have written to Maharajah Shitab Rae. The Maharaja accuses me of discussing the matter of chauth with the vakil. I have written to him that he should know that if I had discussed this matter with him he would have known that Zain al-Abdin was leaving as our vakil.

I am anxious to hear from you and to know that you are well.

After taking my leave from you I came to Naraynpore and sent a message to Bije Singh, a Zamindar of Sarpanjah, to come to terms with us and vacate the fort of Sarpanjah. Although he had made full preparations to defend the fort he knew that I had the support of the English and so he vacated the fort on the 4th of Safar. We found that the whole parganah has been laid waste and that the people were in a wretched state. After establishing my administration there I came back to Ramnagar on the 9th of the above month. I have sent the overdue amounts to the company treasury on the 16th of the above month.

Thank you very much for your letter expressing your satisfaction and happiness at the administration of the jagirs and the present and past revenue accounts I have maintained for the districts under my control. This has all been achieved due to your encouragement and appreciation of the work carried out by your employees.

On Monday the 7th of Safar one of my brother came from Hyderabad and brought me the news that Salabat Jang was staying in Hyderabad. His brother Nizam Ali khan and Nanaji, the son of Raghuji, are encamped at Nirmal near Hyderabad; they are planning to march further from there. This was reported on the 12th of Safar. Monsieur Bhonse is marching towards Phuljari with four or five hundred men, he is accompanied by French forces from Machhli Bandar. They say that Muhammad Ali of Arcott was hand in hand with the English and they believe that they will soon either kill or capture Nizam Ali Khan. Monsieur Bhonse with eight thousand men is stationed near Budapore on the Banks of the Kadavari.