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I was very pleased to have received your two letters - one through Mr Amyatt and the other delivered to me by Raja Ram Singh. Earlier I had received another letter from you through Mir Sahib to which I had sent a reply through him. As Mir Sahib is coming to see you I will give my replies to your letters to him to deliver them to you. -- Enclosure 1: I have come to know that you have invited Nawab Sahib and Maharaja Dulabh Ram to Calcutta to attend a feast. As I was not informed about this invitation I had to cancel my programme to go and see him. -- Enclosure 2: I have no words to thank you for your kindness in sending to me Mr Amyatt, a man of great intelligence and other qualities. Mirza Mustafa Quli Khan would like to pay his respects to you. I will bring him with me when I come to see you.

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.

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Thank your for your letter of 25 Muharram complaining that you have not received any reply to your last two letters. The Nawab Sahib, before leaving for Calcutta, had given all -- The testimonials, which Nawab Wazir had sent more than a month ago with his letter, did not carry his official seal. Moreover, these documents did not have your full titles and honors listed. These were, therefore, returned for amendments and corrections. We received the corrected documents and testimonials from the Nawab Wazir through Jagat Seths on 10 Safar, reg.yr. 5. Knowing very well the Nawab's concern for these documents I am holding these until his returns. It is essential that we keep all correspondence relating to this affair very secret and letters are sent in secure bags and by trusted messengers. Another, contemporary translation of the contents is CC2/4, entry no.144.

Refers to various parvanahs of Ram Singh, and Muhammad Misri, requiring that Mir Ali Akbar proceed from Midnapur to Murshidabad. -- Another, contemporary translation of the contents is CC2/4, entry no. 141.

Refers to affairs of Tuesday 14 Safar, reg. yr 5 [i.e. 17 October 1758], and of Rasikh Jang Bahadur, and mentions that, on the afternoon of the same date, a letter arrived from Ramnarayan in Azimabad, relating to news of Peter Amyatt and Tilok Chand.

A contemporary translation of the contents is CC2/4, item no. 138.

Refers to Ramnarayan, Shuja-ud-Daula, Nawab of Oudh and events in Lucknow. Name of sender and date from verso of letter.

I am glad to inform you that the Nawab has appointed me as the administrator of Rangpore district and I was invested with the insignias of the office on 17 Safar, reg.yr. 5 as well as given a robe of honour/ khillat, decorated head-dress, sword of honour, elephant, etc.

Thank you very much for your letter expressing your concern at the news that my army was engaged in a siege and that I should have sought help from Captain Colvin at Saidabad or otherwise should have written to you so that you could have sent some force to help me. As a matter of fact, I had written to you that I intended to banish Khvajah Hadi Khan, etc., who was bent on creating trouble here. Therefore, I had taken all necessary precautions before they were thrown out of Murshidabad. I regard you as my right hand man and depend on you. I am asking the sardar of Muradbagh, if necessary, to seek the help of the Captain Saidbad. -- P.S. Autograph note in Mir Qasim's own hand expressing good wishes. -- Another, contemporary translation of the contents is CC2/3, entry no. 101.

A contemporary translation of the contents is CC2/4, entry no. 142 with two enclosures (not translated), referring to affairs in Deccan, Nawab Tariq(?) Alikhan Bahadur and Misri Khan. Envelope includes short inscription in unjoined nagari script.

Amir Beg Khan and Mir Sulaiman Sahib arrived in Murshidabad on 16th Safar, reg.yr. 5 and went to see the Nawab. Today, 18 Safar, Rasikh Jang Bahadur entered Murad Bagh and is waiting to see the Nawab.

A contemporary translation of the contents is CC2/4, entry no. 149.

A contemporary translation of the contents is CC2/4, entry no.145.

I hope you have already read my reports on this area, which I have been sending you regularly. I received your letter on 20 Safar, reg. yr 5 [i.e. 23 October 1758), along with a parvanah addressed to Mir Ali Amber [i.e. Akbar] Khan. In this letter you have instructed me to pass this parvanah to Misery [Misri?] Khan when he arrives here from Mandamus and when Misery Khan returns to Mandamus you will ask Mir Ali Amber to go to Murshidabad. After his departure, I should go to Madhur/ Madanpur to take care of the administration and to collect overdue amounts. -- Enclosure : Another related report in an undated letter from Ram Singh, but now missing, were summarised as follows: I hope you have received my earlier report on the affairs of this district. The present situation is that I had received a parvanah from His Respledent Presence, the Nawab Sahib. In reply, I had informed him about my non-interference in the affairs and the mischief of Ali Akbar. In reply, I was told that during my negotiations with Amir Beg Khan I had agreed not to have a company of horsemen stationed here and that whenever I needed any help I should ask the [East India]Company servants to do so. Now there are troublemakers everywhere. On one side is Ali Akbar, on the other Muhammad Misri, another side horsemen belonging to the risalah of Mir Sulaiman. I am not sure what sort of mischief they have in their mind. I am very worried and spent a lot money but without any use. I will be grateful if you could allow me to come and see you personally so that I could explain to you my situation in detail. -- Another contemporary translation of the contents is CC2/4, entry no. 147.

Refers to parvanahs in Persian and Bengali, and to two enclosures: the first enclosure appears to be a testimonial that all effects have been received in full from Kasinath and recorded in the register; the second enclosure is a copy of a letter with similar content from Rajballabh.

Refers to affairs in Calcutta.