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Brief letter advising of enclosed report of a parvanah dated 25 Jumada al-Thani, reg. yr 5, concerning the arrival of the prince's army to Azimabad. Sent with letter of preceding day from Mir Jafar to Clive, dated 5 Rajab reg. yr 5, treating of the same subject.

Refers to armies being all over the place and scarcely any sign of civilisation in Hughli.

I have received your letter stating that an Armenian has complained that he is not being allowed his merchandise loaded on two boats to be transferred on to a government ship and the officials are asking him to pay taxes. This Armenian is not telling the truth. As a matter of fact he left the boats on the night of 8th and 9th of this month and has expressed his satisfaction. I have instructed my men not to load anyone's merchandise on the official ships and these Armenians want to do the contrary. Anyhow, I have written to Nand Kumar to assist these Armenians. I have instructed him also that private merchandise should not be carried on official ships.

I have received a man named Mr Halbar Jiv/ Hallier who was involved in a court case of large sum of money with a letter addressed to me. I sent him with one of my chobdars to the guesthouse. A captain who had come from Calcutta imprisoned this man as well as my chobdar and confiscated the letter. It took a lot of convincing before he released them. I will be grateful if you could write to the captain not to interfere in the administration in future.

Not translated.

Relates to shipping and dastaks.

Thank you very much for your letter along with a letter for the Nawab Sahib. I have sent the above letter to the Nawab Sahib and will send you his reply as soon as I receive it.

I have not received any news from you since long. Please could you have a bunglow/ haveli near your house reserved for me as I intend to come and see you in two or three days time. Meanwhile I have received fifty lotus flowers which I am sending to you.

The Nawab has sent a letter along with one thousand Kanvals for you. This is being forwarded to you. I am hoping that I will be able to come and see you in a day or two. Another, contemporary translation of the contents is CC2/5, entry no. 201.

Just to let you know that I reached Hoogly safely. I have received a letter from the Nawab Sahib informing that he has handed over Taj Khan and other guards of the Company to the Vakil of the Company and taken a receipt from him. He has included a copy of this receipt with his letter. I am enclosing this receipt for your information. - Enclosure 1: . Copy of a receipt with the seal of Muhammad Anis, Vakil of the [East India] Company. - I, Muhammad Anis, Vakil of the East India Company hereby declare that I have received the custody of Taj Khan, Sayyid Mustafa, Balhajram and Satna who were employed by the company at Calcutta and had secretly run away to Murshidabad to seek employment there. They were arrested by the Nawab and have now been handed over to me to be returned to Calcutta. Signed. 15 Rabi al-Sani, San 5. - Enclosure 2: . Parvana of the Nawab, dated 21 Rabi al-Sani. - I have not received any news about the affairs of the company and the welfare of Clive and his associates. Please do ask them to write to us. Meanwhile, we have arrested Taj Khan, Mustafa Khan, etc., four guards of the company. They have been handed over to the Vakil of the Company and a receipt taken. A copy of the receipt is enclosed for you to send to the company. - Enclosure 3: From Nand Kumar to Clive. - I reached Hoogly safely in the morning of Saturday and have been busy with my affairs. I will come and see you at the agreed time.

Thank you for your letter informing that Gopi and four other Dafa'dars with some labourers have run away from Calcutta and are now in my district and that I should apprehend them send them back to Calcutta under guard. I am appointing my brother, Mirza Nur Ali Beg to accomplish this task. I am sending your letter to him for this purpose. I am intending to go to Murshidabad on the 26th of this month and will see my brother there. If you need any further help in this respect please write to him directly there. Another, contemporary and slightly different translation of the contents is CC2/6, item no. 225.

I have just received a letter from Nawab Sahib addressed to you. This is enclosed with this letter. Please let me have your reply so that I can pass it on to Nawab Sahib. -- Enclosure: Seal of Mir Muhammad Ja’far Khan Bahadur, Mahabatjang, Shuja al-Mulk Hisam al-Daulah, fidvi-yi Alamgir Badshah Ghazi 1170. 27 November rasid. Dated 12 Rabi al-Avval, San 5 [1171], 24 Nov. 1757. Date received 27 November, [1757] ; San 5; 15 Rabi al-Avval, [1171] San 5. From Mir Ja’far to Clive. Two hubble bubbles you had so kindly sent me are in a poor state now. As such hubble bubbles are not available here I will be grateful if you could arrange to send two similar pieces to me.

Thank you for your letter with the good news that two large ships with a large force on board, have arrived and some more are on their way. I am sure these will help you to achieve your heart's desires in full. Meanwhile, the letter, which Rajah Singh had written to me is enclosed for your information. -- Enclosure: Letter from Amir Beg Khan to Clive. I have earlier informed you about my circumstances in detail. The latest news is that I reached Calcutta with my army on 15th Rabi al-Avval, San 5 and went to see Navab Sabitjang, Masih Jang Bahadur and Diwan Nand Kumar. I explained to them my circumstances in detail and sought their advice in paying back the loans I had obtained to pay the government. They have adviced me to settle the loans of the mahajans first. As the repayment of these loans is increasing day by day it is becoming difficult for me to pay the loans back. I seek you help to intervene. -- Seal of Rajah Ram Singh Bahadur, 1171. Another, contrmporary translation of the letter, but not the enclosure, is CC2/4, entry no. 167.

Refers to the affairs of Durlabhram, and ends with greetings to Clive's wife.

Discusses dastaks and the movement of ships, including those of the East India Company. Another, contemporary translation of the content is CC2/5, entry no.176.

Thank you for your letter inviting me to come and see you. I will be able to do so on Friday, 22nd of this month.

Reports briefly on status of on-going negotiations. Another, contemporary translation of the contents is CC2/5, entry no. 179.

I have received a letter from the Nawab Sahib addressed to you. This is enclosed with this letter. I am hoping to go to Murshidabad soon. The Nawab Sahib has written to me that I should approach you to grant leave to Rasikh Jang Bahadur so that he could go and see him. I hope he will be able to do so soon. --- Another, contemporary translation is CC2/3, entry no. 108.

I am sending a pair of good-looking horses for you through Mirza Fazil Beg. I will be grateful if you will inform me when he arrives there. I hope to come and see you soon.

Encloses a memorandum on the movement of 4 ships, mentions the [Bangla] year 1166 [i.e. 1759/60]), and dastak 'no. 77', bearing the seal of Roger Drake and dated 30 January 1758.