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I hope you have read the various letters I have sent you in the past. I am enclosing a letter from His Majesty addressed to you which I received recently; please let me have a reply. A news report regarding Navab Najib al-Daulah Bahadur, Ahmad Shah Durrani, the Sikhs and the Marhattas which I received is also enclosed for your information. Nawab Ahmad Khan Bahadur has also written to His Majesty that the Prince is asking him to come and see you. -- Enlosure 1: [gold cubes] From Maharajah Shitab Rae to Lord Clive. -- I send you news reports of Radhu Nath Rao based on the reports that I receive. The real intentions of Rao Bahadur are to wage war against Maharajah Javahir Singh; that is why the Maharajah has sent Rao Bahadur Singh, son of Thakur Mall, to see Navab Najib al-Daulah. He wants the Navab to join forces with him and the Sikhs against the Marhattas. As the Navab is not well he has not been able to see him as yet. -- Enclosure 2: Akhbar-i Nawab Najib al-Daulah Bahadur. -- Navab Najib al-Daulah has not been well for some days. Rao Bahadur Singh, son of Rajah Thakur Mall, was sent by Jawahir Singh to see the Nawab and to conduct negotiations with him but has not been able to see him because of the Nawab's illness. Jawahir Singh has proposed that if the Nawab agrees he could call the Sikh Sirdars and they could join together to fight against the Marhatts. Meanwhile, the Rohilas are creating a lot of mischief at Shahjahanabad and people are complaining. -- Enclosure 3: News report fom the army of Raghu Nath Rao Marhatta dated the 16th of Rabi al-Avval, San 7. -- The army is stationed at a distance of two karohs from the the village of Kobad. After offering his prayers Raghu Nath went on an elephant to examine the trenches. When he reuturned he went back to his tent and appointed Mahaji Sindhia to safeguard the batteries and in charge of the artillery at Garhi Kohad. The letter-bag brought by the vakil of Javahir Singh was shown to him and a reply was sent. -- Enclosure 4: News report from Shahjahanabad. -- Navab Najib al-Daulah left Shahjahanabad on the 22nd of Rabi al-Avval, San 7, to go to Najib Garh. He has left his younger brother Afzal Khan with a force of seven thousand at Shahjahanabad. He has also left Bahadur Singh, the son of Thakur Mall, who had come to conduct negotiations on behalf of Javahir Singh Jat at Shahjahanabad with Afzal Khan. He has called Rajah Daler Singh so that he could reply to him after consulting his brothers. -- News was received that Ahmad Shah Abdali had left Qandhar on the 23rd of Muharram to go to Kabul. He has reached Peshawar to collect requisitions levied on his enemies. The Sikhs are ready to face him in their territory. Raghu Nath Rao is in Gwaliyar and is waging war in the surrounding countryside -- Enclosure 5: From Shah Alam Badshah to Lord Clive. -- Date received: 9 July, 1766; 8 Muharram, San 7 -- I have issued a firman appointing Maharajah Shitab Rae as our vakil to receive money from the English as payments from the province of Bengal and to transmit it to us. Please consider him as our permanent vakil and send every month all payments from Murshidabad through him. This will please as most. -- Note: As we have appointed him as our permanent vakil we have sent him a seal of his office to be used by him.

I have already sent you details of the sale and purchase of opium in the province of Bihar. The rates of duty charged on opium in the province of Bihar as laid down by the rules and regulation from a long time past are as follows: -- On any transactions made by Muslims the duty is 3 rupees on every hundred rupees worth of goods; for Hindus it is three rupees and twelve annas; for French and Dutch nationals it is five rupees and twelve annas. -- Instead of all these three rates it would be better to have only one rate imposed. -- Enclosure 1: -- Details of duty paid by the Dutch, French and English traders on the sale and purchase of opium in the province of Bihar. -- Enclosure 2: -- Continuation of the above with details of duties paid by the Dutch and French kothis [factories].

As instructed I had come from Azimabad to see your assistant and convey all the news I had heard so far. Now I am informing you of events which took place after those reports. Navab Sahib, along with Muhammad Quli Khan Sahib, is staying in Lucknow; we have to wait and see what happens next. The situation at the capital is that the Nawab Vazir has asked the Marhattas to invade the territory of Najib Khan Rohelah and a battle is raging between the two armies. I have come to know that the Prince is staying at Chatardhar and is allocated a daily allowance of five hundred rupees. I am at present staying at Johnor but soon will be going towards the army of the Nawab near Lucknow. Please let me know if I have your permission to do so.

Maulavi Ghulam Jilani was employed by Khan Sahib Doyad Khan. For some reason he was not considered worthy of companionship and was dismissed. He left Basuli and came to Anolah where he started spreading rumours amongst the soldiers that he has been summoned by you and offered employment. As a group of soldiers were coming to meet you with similar intentions he joined them and stayed with them. However, during the night they realized that he had no intention of coming to see you but was secretly in touch with Nawab Qasim Ali Khan and informing him that the Company forces were about to enter his districts and create trouble in that area. During the rainy season when the local forces are scattered Qasim Ali Khan is arranging to gather his forces and attack our forces. It is suggested that you inform Qasim Ali Khan about this mischief.

I reached here on the 14th of Rabi al-Avval and found that Nasir al-Mulk Bahadur was ready to march towards Calcutta. When I asked him the purpose of his visit he replied that he was coming to see you. I am therefore warning you of his impending visit. I advised him that if he was coming to pay a courtesy visit he would be most welcome to do so hundreds of time but not if he was marching to admonish the Dutch. Earlier I had offered to negotiate between the two and had assured him that whatever was agreed would also be acceptable to you. In order to achieve this I came to Hoogli and after settling the affairs and after giving him a Khillat I had sent the details of our negotiations to Mr Hastings. I had also sent him the same information verbally. I am sure that he would have, by now, informed you about this. I am not sure in what way the Dutch have broken their pledges now that he has decided to march with his army. He has not informed me of any such acts by them. If he does not have the intention of conducting a war why is marching from Hoogli?

The Mahllat of Phulwari are the jagir of my brother Nawab Najm al-Din Ali Khan. Your army is at present encamped in his estate. Could you please instruct them not to interfere in the collection of local taxes and keep the peace and tranquillity of this region intact. We wish you happiness and success.

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.

Following the will of our late father, Navab Mir Muhammad Ja'far Khan, my late brother Navab Najm al-Daulah had sent you five Lac rupees with the instructions that this sum may be distributed as charity amongst your soldiers. Last year my late brother had deposited another six Lac rupees with the treasury of the East India Company for the same purpose. Out of this amount three Lac rupees were received at Murshidabad. The remaining three Lac rupees remain in the treasury of the Company. This amount should be allocated for the welfare of soldiers and distributed amongst them appropriately.

As a gesture of friendship and goodwill I am offering to have a Kothi for your staff decorated and furnished by us. I have therefore asked your staff to choose a house of their liking and to let me know so that I could arrange for its decoration and furnishing according to their taste.

I have requested your agents here to put all my properties under one heading for tax purposes. When I submit my annual accounts you will be able to check them at a glance and if there was any adjustment to be made you could then summon me to do so and I will gladly come and settle the account. I would be grateful if you could let me know if this is acceptable to you. If so, you could send your vakils, Shaikh Muhammad and Malik Ram, to investigate the matter and make their recommendations to you and you could then write to Nawab Sabitjang Bahaur (Lord Clive) who could in turn advise Nawab Nasir al-Mulk and Rajah Balabh Sahib to follow his recommendations.

They have sent a force of fifty Tilangas to guard my house. I will be indebted for life if you could help to get rid rid of this force from here.

I have aleady given you an account of the events here and the measues taken against the threat of the Marhattas. Meanwhile, I have received a letter from Hafiz Rahmat Khan; I am sending a copy of the reply I sent to him. As it is paramount that we stop the advance of the enemy I had written to you earlier that you, as an experienced and able General, should be appointed to face this challenge. -- Enclosue: Copy of the reply sent to Hafiz Rahmat Khan on the 27th Rabi al-Avval. -- -- Thank you for your letter of the 16th of Rabi al-Avval. You wrote that Navab Najib al-Daulah with his friends Rajah Madhu Singh, Munir al-Daulah and others are all ready and prepared to face the Marhattas and that it was necessay that we all agree on a commom front. The Marhattas have arrived vey near to here. They have appealed to you to settle this matter by negotiations but you have not accepted their terms as you fear that this would open the doors to the whole county. It was therefore necessary that we join each other, face them together, and open negotations with them when our position is strong so that impressed by our strength they may agree to favouable terms for peace. -- I had earlier brought this matter to the notice of the English and they advised me that as the rainy season was appoaching it would be adviseable to start the campaign after the rainy season was over. I agree with them in this matter and will be going to see them soon to dicuss this further.

Memorandum regarding the amounts, except jewels, sent by Mir Qasim to Mr [Arthur] Vanistart and Mr Hastings at Calcutta during the year 1167, or 1169 Bangla. -- Details of sums sent through khvajah Parvish, Turab Ali Khan, Jagatseth Mihtab Rae, Khvajah Aratun, etc. -- Income received from Monghyr through Hidayat Allah and Hariprashad during the month of Phagan. -- Income received by Ramchiran during the year 1167 from traders, landlords, etc. -- Enclosure: Memorandum regarding amounts of money Khvajah Pidroshan received from his employees. -- From Chand Ghosh, Jagannath Bisvas, Kashinath Bakhshi, Khushhal, Ram Singh, Tejram, Sudra Ram, and Ramkishor.

I have already sent you a detailed report earlier. Now I have received the enclosed reports from the army of H.M.; these are enclosed for your information. -- Enclosure 1: Auda Harkara had sent the following report from the camp of H.M. on the 9th of Zi Qa'dah and it was received at Azimabad on the night of 14th of this month. -- On Thursday the 7th of Zi al-Qa'd the march started. Early in the morning, when three ghari of night remained, H. M. woke from his slumber and went to Aish Mahall to pray and recite his vazifah; afterwards he rode on an elephant with Miyan Yaqut. Akbar Ali Khan and his staff came to pay their respects. On their way they were welcomed by Nawab Mumtaz al-Daulah Bahadur, Nawab Munir al-Daulah Bahadur and a number of other courtiers on foot. During the journey Fath Ali Khan presented a nazranah. When seven ghari of the day had passed they had managed to cover a distance of four Karoh; they stopped at Jaldarpan in Kanvarpur. When two gharis of the day remained H.M. went into Aish Mahall and Nawab Bahadur Ali Khan, Nawab Sahib-I Alam Bahadur, Rao Sujit Rae, Rae Khairati? Ram, Rajah Ram Nath, Nawab Munir al-Daulah, and Nawab Mahdi Ali Khan came to see him. After the evening prayers he went into the palace. At the time of departure, he had sent Ghulam Nabi Khan to discuss some affairs with Bare Colonel Sahib. Three ghari of the night had passed when Colonel Smith Bahadur, Mr Marstan Sahib, Hashton Sahib, Handar Sahib, etc. came to see him in the Aish Mahall. Colonel sahib told him that he had received news that the Marhattas were on the run and if permitted he would like to go to Sivrajpur and establish a cantonment there and H.M. could go to Allahabad and rule from there. H.M. agreed to this proposal. He enquired from the Colonel Sahib why this proposal was not put forward earlier. The Colonel replied that it was because we were facing danger from the Marhattas as well as from the Rohillas. H.M. sent a letter to Hafiz Rahmat Khan in the care of Akbar Ali Khan. It was learnt that the vakil of Raghunath Rao Marhatta, Nalaji Bhallah Pandit, had arrived in the camp of H.M. and is staying in Bajhari Ganj and Hafiz al-Mulk has left Jahanabad to go to Junjundi? -- On Friday the 8th of Zi al-Qa'd yakpas of the night remained when the drums for march were sounded. H. M. woke up early in the morning and after offering his prayers he rode on an elephant. As is customary, the courtiers came out to welcome him. Afrasayab Khan, a protégée of Nawab Najaf Khan Bahadur the Faujdar of Fathpur came to see him. He offered a nuzr of five ashrafis. At the time four gharis of the day had passed they had travelled nearly five Karohs. They entered the boundaries of Fathpur and established a camp there; H.M ordered the advance tent to be sent. When five ghari of the day remained he went into the Aish Mahall; Nawab Bahdur Ali Khan, Hisam al-Din Khan and others came to see the H.M. Afterwards, one hundred and one rupees, twelve goats, six chickens which Afrasiyab had sent were presented before H.M. In addition a deer sent by the state of Mir Fazl Ali Khan was brought in and given to Munir al-Daulah Bahadur. Two pieces of letter-bags and a copy of Shahnamah sent by Hafiz Rahmat Khan and Duidi Khan were brought in by Jagat Rae. Half a ghari of the day remained when he went into Mahall Sare. News was received that yesterday that Colonel Sahib has come two Karoh from Kanvarpore and is staying near Sarae Shahzadah. The English force with the armies of Rae Khairati Ram and Sujit Rae, after marching day and night from Kujkanjur, reached Farhpore and this morning on the orders of Colonel Sahib attacked the enemy force and then returned to Kapurnagar. Rae Khairati Ram and Sujit Rae are with Colonel Sahib. -- Enclosure 2: Auda Harkara had sent the following report from the camp of H.M. on the 10th of Zi Qa'dah and it was received at Azimabad on the night of the 16th of this month. -- On 9th Zi al-Qa'd, when four ghari the of night remained the march drums were sounded. Four ghari of the night remained when H. M. woke and after offering his prayers rode on his elephant; Miyan Daulat rode with him. As usual people came to welcome the procession. After travelling five karoh they reached Sarae Noshah and encamped there. -- Today, Sunday the 10th of Zi al-Qa'd, the royal procession marched from Sarae Noshah and reached Nahyah Kanun. It is estimated that after traveling continuously they will soon reach Allahabad. The English force is staying in Sivrajpore on the banks of the Ganges. Rae Khairati Ram and Rae Sujit Rae are with the Colonel Sahib. The Colonel Sahib wants to come and see H.M; Dahu sahib with two platoons of tilangas is in Kodah Jahanabad. Hafiz Rahmat Khan, Inayat Khan and other Rohila sardars have, after marching from Janjandi, reached Kanauj. It is assumed that they will soon reach Farrahabad. It is rumoured that some of the army of Raghu Nath Rao has reached Anbalavan; they want to chase them and then return. Harkaras belonging to the Colonel Sahib had gone to Fathpore to bring milk and eggs but Afrasiyab Khan, a servant of Nawab Najaf Khan, did not respond to their request in time. The Harkaras came back with harsh words against him and complained to Colonel Sahib who has put him under guard.

I have already sent you my reports. At this moment the situation is that I have sent a letter to my master who should have received it by now. It included a detailed report about the affairs here. It has been long time since I received any news of your well-being; please do write me a few lines.

I am very pleased to learn from your letter that you are happy and well. I am sending Mir Muhammad Alam to give you details of the affairs here.

After looking after the affairs of the Districts of Murshidabad for two months I have now reached the fort of Ranghur [Rangpore?] on Thursday the 22nd of Zil-Hajjah, year 6, and have started managing the affairs here. I need not write to you about the difficulties I face as you are fully aware of the situation here.

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.

The districts of Salimabad, Sundhargul, Lakhardiya, etc. are part of my state and the cultivation of these lands is in the name of Rajah Lakhi Narayan. Most of your employees who travel between Calcutta and Jahangirnagar pass though these lands and give all sorts of troubles to people living here. In the same way, the employees of the Kothi Lakhi with the help of other people who come here on elephants for their business also disrupt and damage the work of the artisans and businessmen. It is therefore requested that you appoint two companies of guards to protect the two Kothis and the people of these areas.

News report from the Camp of the Prince. -- One munshi and two harkaras belonging to Shitab Rae are present in the camp of the Prince. Two other men of Shitab Rae are with the French forces. Four men belonging to Rajah Ram are also in the service of the French. Two of these men were caught while sleeping; the other two are still there. A letter from Rajah Dulabha Ram addressed to Khudadad Khan was received here; a reply has been sent. Rajah Ram, Narayan Singh, Mathra Mall, etc. present news reports to the Prince which they receive from their men in Bengal. A bank draft of twelve thousand rupees addressed to the French was received at Benares from Azimabad. This was forwarded to Chatarpore but the French had left that place thirteen days ago so the bank draft was returned to Benares. -- Here no one trusts people from Bengal. We have to do everything with great care and cleverness. Two of my men are in the camp of Pihalvan Singh and other two are with Khudaddad Khan in Benares; two other are in the Camp of Monsieur Lally; fourteen other are present in the camp of the Prince. Thirteen, including a chef, are with me. As it all involves many expenses I will be coming to see you in a few days to discuss this. I hope you have read my earlier petitions in this respect. At present Chatu Babu and Bhaghari Harkara of Mathra Mall are in Benares and Himmat Singh who was with the French with four of his men has left Benares for Calcutta. A Bengali man, called Khvajah Pitrus belonging to the Tate tribe and an inhabitant of Hujrah, who was employed by the messenger of Torimall and who was sent to the French camp will be returning soon.