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I have already sent reminders regarding the payment of five thousand rupees by your factories. I have leant that this money has not yet been paid. As I need this sum urgently I therefore I request that the above sum be paid as early as possible. Previously, I had written to Lalah Basant Ra'e at Hoogli regarding the sum of five thousand rupees owed by the treasurery at Fayyzpore but by this time he had already deposited this sum in the Calcutta treasury.

I had sent a petition along with the amount of revenue collected. I am surprised not to have received the receipt of the amount sent to you; kindly let me know the reason for this delay. I had collected twenty five thousand rupees as the revenue due for the month of Phagan and a draft of this sum was handed over to Raza Quli Khan, son of Kazim Ali Khan, an officer employed by Rajah Kishn Chand on the 25th of Phagan so that it could be delivered to you in Calcutta. He had received this draft accompanied by two or three other employees of the Rajah and the draft was sent to Amir Beg Khan so that he could pass this on to you. The remaining amount from the instalment for the month of [?] amounting to twenty five thousand rupees will be sent to you soon followed by the instalment due for the month of Jeth.

Just to let you know that Amir Beg Khan left for Murshidabad on the 26th of Rabi al-Sani, San 6.

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.

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 well wisher of the God-given state, and 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 whatever is destined by God would happen. In order that your name is remembered for time immemorial and I too who is a 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 wiling, by raising over two hundred thousand force of horsemen and foot soldiers it could crush all rebellious and trouble makers in the province so that they become extinct from the world and become a lesson to others and the province returns to its former peace and tranquillity and no one dares to commit such unbecoming and disgraceful acts against Murshid Zadah and inheritor of this country and devotes his energies towards the welfare of his people.

I was delighted to receive your letter assuring me that as a right hand man of the Empire and as a trusted and faithful friend you regard the progress and improvement of the Empire as your foremost duty. I am delighed to hear these views and pray for your health and well-being. Meanwhile, Rughnath Rao and Marhatta Sardars are waging war and creating havoc in the fort of pargana Kohat as both claim the ownership of that fort. Please advise me what to do with his case.

I am enclosing a letter which I received from Badr al-Daulah Bahadur from Farrukhabad. As I find it difficult to respond to it I am passing this responsibility to you so that you can sort this trouble and disorder and establish peace and tranquillity in the country.

The last time Munir al-Daulah came to see me from Calcutta he, without my consent and unnecessarily, dismissed seven thousand five hundred horsemen and eleven thousand foot soldiers from my army. This time again he is coming to us from Azimabad after agreeing with Shuja al-Daulah he intends to disband half of our forces. His actions are extremely annoying to us and I regard them as gross interference in the affairs of my state. As he does not pay any attention to what I say to him but listens to and acts on your advice I therefore ask my favourite servant that you send him an urgent shuqqa asking him to take his hands off these annoying activities and leave the remaining army intact. If he does not act on your advice I suggest that you write a letter in English to Captain Dokaral? asking him not to obey any orders of Munir al-Daulah.

We have, by the 28th Jamadi al-Avval, San 8, exhausted all the money which was advanced to us. Out of this sum we had to pay the money we owed to the bankers and at the same time we have not been able to pay the salaries of our army for the past six or seven months. I am therefore asking you to send me five or six Lac rupees as a bankers draft through Maharajah Shitab Rae so that we can satisfy the needs of our army.

Thank you for your letter recounting the services rendered by Munir al-Daulah Bahadur and suggesting that enemies of the state were trying to create misgivings against the English and assuring that the British forces were always ready to carry out our wishes and sacrifice their lives in our service. You also recommend that I may bestow some special honours on Munir al-Daulah. -- I regard Munir al-Daulah [Raza Quli Khan] as a true and faithful well-wisher and fail to understand your protestations and recommendations. I am very happy with the services rendered by Munir al-Daulah and fully convinced of the sincerity and friendship of the British sardars and trust that they would support me whenever I would need their assistance. If I find out that someone has issued a shuqqa containing allegations against Munir al-Daulah I will make sure that he is caught and punished appropriately so that no one else dares to follow his example. I regard the British forces as my own army and do not differentiate between my own army and the English army.

We have not received any news of your well being for some time. Please do let us know about your health and welfare as soon as possible.

Shuja al-Daulah Bahadur has written informing me about the mischievious activities of Mir Qasim against the British which he is carrying on with the help of Afghan hosts and that you are sending an army towards Allahabad under the command of Colonel Barker. From the news I have received from Qasim Ali Khan it appears that he is a prisoner of Rohilla Sardars. They keep a very strict eye on him in case he tries to escape. Only if some disaster happens to the Rohillas will he be able to escape and create trouble for the British.

I have received a loan of two Lac rupees from Munir al-Daulah through Kashmiri Mall and Bhejnath Sahukars and this has been added to the treasury. It is directed that the instalments for the months of Jumadi al-Sani and Rajab should be sent through the messenger of Kashmiri Mall and Bejhnath and a receipt for the amount collected.

Following your orders I have sent a boatload of water from Sita Govind. I hope it has reached you safely and is being used by the water depository of the government. I have now received another parvanah dated the 4th of Rabi al-Sani, San 7, asking me to send another boatload of water from Sita Govind. Accordingly, it was dispatched on the 11th of this month, I hope it also reaches you safely. I will be able to send further consignment of water if required. Meanwhile, because of floods in this area all seasonal crops in this district are now under water. The Ganges has broken its banks making thousands of acres of land under water. This will effect the collection of taxes from this area.

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.

Thank you very much for your reply informing me that the military action against the zamindars was to curtail the troubles and to give them an appropriate punishment for their crimes and that I should not mistake it for anything else and that you were appointing tilangas to maintain law and order in the countryside. Believing that you have been appointed by God to be generous to your friends I am sure that whatever actions you take are for the benefit of all of us.

Before returning to Calcutta you had asked Nawab Intizam al-Daulah to grant me a khillat with decorated sar-panch and an elephant. Accordingly, he has bestowed on me these honours at Budhpore on the 27th of Rabi al-Sani, San 7. I am enclosing a nuzr of one ashrafi and five rupees as a token of my gratitude.

A contemporary translation of the contents is CR8/1, entry no. 132.

I was sad to have received your letter informing that you were not well but glad to know that you have now fully recovered. Kindly keep me informed about your health and welbeing.

I would like to bring to your notice the following two cases. -- The first one concerns the parvanah received from the Nawab Vazir al-Mumalik in reply to your request for the grant of appropriate honours and titles to you and the second is about your annoyance at the troubles created by Genda Mall and the bad intentions of Ranjit Rae. As you very well know, I do not have the resources or power to resolve these issues but you will be pleased to know that I have now received documents relating to the grant of honours and status duly signed and sealed by the Qazi. As far as the cases of Genda Mall and Ranjit Rai are concerned, both have been exiled from their territories [see entry no 500 in CR8/1]. In addition, I can assure you that you will soon receive a firman from His Majesty, along with original documents relating to your awards.--Another, contemporary translation of the contents is CR8.1, entry no. 526.