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Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 5, Shawwal 4 received: June 12 received
I have not received any news from you since long. Please let me know about your well-being

Date(s) on item: October 21 received 1757
Before you left this place you had promised to send 12 maunds of ammunition to us. This has not arrived here so far. I will be grateful if you could expedite its delivery so that it reaches here in time for use

Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 6, Muharram 25 received: September 17 received
Acknowledges receipt of reply to his earlier letters in which he had sent him a muster roll. The Dutch ships which had arrived there have now left, probably towards Karnatak. One of their ships was destroyed and whatever information is received about the rest will be conveyed to you. As I was not getting detailed and correct information, I have appointed Mansa Ram a Harkarah (informer / news collector) and I have sent him to bring detailed information about their whereabouts. I have asked him to inform us immediately if the Dutch were getting ready to cause any disturbances

Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 6, Safar 4 sent; Safar 8 received: September 30 received
Refers to events of Tuesday 2 Safar, year 6 [25 September 1759]

Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 6, Safar 21 sent; Safar 23 received: October 15 received
Thank you very for your letter conveying the good news about your victory over the French and the destruction of their naval fleet. This is great news - hearty congratulations on this great victory

Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 6, Safar 21 sent; Safar 23 received: October 15 received
We have been informed that you have appointed your own men at the Police Station of Nakhora / Bakhoda without informing me about this. I am rather surprised at this action. Our friendship and understanding requires that you inform us before taking any such decisions. Similarly there is a force of fifteen hundred men gathered at Chor Charha. It will be appropriate that you reach there and punish them for this violation. Any violation of this order is not acceptable. We will be waiting for your reply

Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 6, Safar 27 received: October 18 received
Congratulations on the birth of your child [Rebecca?]. May God grant it a successful and long life

Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 6, Safar 28 sent and received: October 20 received
Envelope states letter was translated
With an enclosure from Mir Jafar, which refers to events in Azimabad and to his beloved Nawab Nasir al-Mulk Bahadur [Miran, his son].

Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 6, Safar 29 sent: October 28 received
Refers to news of his son who is to arrive shortly

I am fully prepared and determined to leave here and march with my army in the near future. Please let me know if this will suit you. Otherwise I will delay my coming and use this time to sort out some of our problems with our enemies here. Date(s) from item: Reg. yr 6, RabiI 16 sent; Rabi I 20 evening received: November 10 received

Thank you very much for your letter of 19 RabiI, reg. yr. 6 received here on Thursday, 23 Rabi I informing me about the latest developments. I have also read the contents of the letter you had received from the Nawab Sahib and a copy of which you had enclosed with the above letter. I will be leaving this place tomorrow, Friday. You can imagine that as soon as I reach my destination the war will start. Therefore I am sending Lahori Beg to you so that you could instruct him about the strategy of war we should follow. Also please send Mr Hastings so that he could direct the conduct of the war. You have asked me to enquire the wishes of people at Qasimbazar. I do not wish to delay this war and would like to wipe out the troublemakers as soon as possible. I urgently need reports of events from the surrounding areas. God willing, we will achieve a great victory very soon. Date(s) from item: Reg. yr 6, RabiI 23 sent; Rabi I 27 received: November 18 received
Enclosure: Copy of a parvanah sent to the Director of Trade of the Dutch East India Company at Chochrah. I have received instructions from the Nawab Sahib which have the approval of Nawab Sabitjang Bahadur [Clive] that you should cease trading herewith and that I should take the inhabitants of your kothi in custody and that you should return with your ships and armies back to your country. I hope we can achieve all this with your consent and agreement. This will greatly please the Nawab and his associates. Nawab Sabitjang has also emphasised that we will not tolerate any resistance or trouble in this respect. It is therefore in your interest that we can achieve this in a peaceful manner

Following your wishes I marched from Murshidabad on 25 RabiI, reg. yr. 6 and have reached Kathliya today, 29 instant. I will stay here for one day so that my army also arrives here. At present I do not intend to return and I wait for your instructions. From your intentions I suspect that there may be some troublemakers who may be inciting you against me. I intend to clear the problem of Khochra and after leaving my forces there I will come and see you alone. I am sure I will be able to convince you about the sincerity of my friendship and the evil designs of the troublemakers and will be able to remind you that previously I had asked you [ansahib] to hand over these troublemakers as they had not left any stone unturned to sow seeds of enmity between me, you and the Nawab. God willing, they will all be disappointed. When you [ansahib] return to Calcutta I will, after destroying Khochara, send you five cannons and one cannon of Haqqyan with their fuses and artillerymen. God willing, all your enemies will be killed and you will enjoy victory. And you will be convinced of my loyalty and sincerity and you will be able to hand over the troublemakers to me so that no one else in future creates any ill feeling among us. I am sending Gulab Chand to you he will be able to brief you orally about various other issues. Date(s) from item: Reg. yr 6, Rabi I 30 sent; Rabi` II 3 received: November 24 received

Thank you very for your letter, which was received here yesterday. I am pleased to have received another letter today, 3 RabiII, reg. yr. 6 informing that you have received further naval reinforcements. This is great news - congratulations. I have already sent my friends, Mir Roshan Ali, Lutf Ali Khan and other fifteen sardars, each with five thousand horsemen, five thousand foot artillery and I, along with my army, are waiting for your orders at Agardip. Please do let us know if you wish us to attack the Kothi at Chochrah and kill or take into custody all its inhabitants [?]. Date(s) from item: Rabi II 4 evening sent; Rabi` II 7 received: November 27 received
Enclosure: Yaddasht. -- List of sardars sent via Mirzapore under the command of Mir Roshan Ali Khan, Lutf Ali Khan, Hasan Ali Khan, Najabat [?] Ali Khan, Mirza Raza Ali, Mirza Yad-I Ali, Mir Ali Qasim, Ram Bakhsh Murari [?], Murli Har [?], Saradar Khan with his artillery, Ranjit [?] Khan, Yar Muhammad Khan, Sa'adat Khan Rohilah, Hari Singh, Indarjit

Today I received a delegation of four people, including their Deputy, from the Dutch East India Company. They apologized and made excuses for their past behaviour. After a long discussion I have agreed to sign an agreement with them. This document has been sent for the signatures of the Director of the Company, his Deputy and Members of the Council. A copy of the terms and condition agreed is enclosed. Date(s) from item: Rabi` II 14 received: December 4 received
Enclosure. 1. Clauses of the agreement with the Dutch which will be presented before the Council of the Dutch East Company for signatures. They will not conduct or participate in any war in Bengal. They will not construct any battleships or forts in Bengal and they will remain in their Old Factory and that they will keep control on the number of soldiers and men employed in this Kothi

I have received a communication from His Excellency summoning me to go and see him as soon as possible. Because rumours about the approach of the Prince is rampant in Azimababd and it is learnt that Khadim Hasan Khan has also joined him, I intend to leave immediately. I have been told that Major Clive Saif Jang intends to leave after five days. It will be better that he leaves earlier. Therefore, I would like to inform Major Clive to leave on Tuesday and join me as soon as possible. Date(s) from item: Reg. yr 6, Rabi` II 17 received: December 7 received

Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 5, March 25 received
I had earlier sent you a report on the situation in Azimabad. I hope you have read it by now. My advice is that we should sent reinforcements to Maharajah Ram Narayan. We can then achieve our victory. I will be leaving here in the early part of the evening tonight. If you travel at midnight your army can easily reach the destination in time. It is necessary that we march continuously to reach the battlefield as it is imperative that we help the Maharajah Sahib.
P.S. As the Maharajah is fighting on our behalf he should be able to issue order on our behalf. Although he did not reply to two or three parvanahs I had issued previously but in the present circumstances he may be allowed to do so

Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 6, Rajab 28 sent; Rajab 29 received: March 29 received
Envelope states letter was translated
Refers to a letter from Ram Narayan

Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 6, Rajab 30 sent and received: March 31 received
I have reached Jahangirabad today, 5 Rajab and will be leaving here at about six hours passed midnight. I will pitch my tents when I reach Monghyre. It is therefore requested that you leave Monghyre earlier so that you can reach Azimabad and help Maharajah Ram Narayan.
P.S. After I have travelled fourteen Karoh from here I intend to encamp at a distance of fourteen Karohs from Shafiabad. If you could travel six or seven Karoh from where you are now then you will be about two to three Karoh ahead of us

Expresses hope that they will achieve victory on the morrow and pitch a tent in which to celebrate. Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 6, Sha`ban 6 received: April 5 received. Envelope states letter was translated

Refers to events in Azimabad and to Warren Hastings. Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 6, Shaban 7 pm sent; Shaban 7 received: April 6 received. Envelope states letter was translated