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Jagat Seth Mahtab Rae is leaving today the 23rd of Muharram and will be with you soon. The festival of Dusehra is approaching and as this a special occasions for these people it would be appreciated if he is not detained there for long so that he could return in time to celebrate this festival with his people. -- Enclosure.1. -- I had received some gifts for you from Huzur-i Wala through Rifaat Pinah Zain al-Din Muhammad Khan and I am sending these gifts to you through Jagat Seth Mahtab Rae who is well versed in etiquette and the procedures of receiving and delivering gifts.

I have already conveyed to you details of my sad circumstances. Today on the 15th of Katak the Chothi Thakurani, that is the wife of the Maharajah Sahib, accompanied the funeral out of the palace walls and brought it to a designated place at the banks of the Ganges. I am also at present staying at the same place and am planning to proceed to Murshidabad from here. -- Enclosure: From Rajah Tara Chand to Clive. -- Thakurani Sahibah is leaving for Murshidabad today the 16th of Katak; I am also accompanying her.

I was very pleased to have received the good news that you have entered the districts of Divani. I will be leaving here soon and will encamp near the Ganges and then wait for your orders. The rest will be decided when we meet.

Thank for your reply to my letter regarding your writing a letter to Mr Heshton [Hastings] asking him to confiscate three bundles of cloths which were not added to the Company warehouse earlier. I am waiting for these to arrive here. I am also waiting for the arrival of Mr Vajih, Rasikh Jang Bahadur.

I hope you have received my earlier letter. As I did not receive any reply I have been concerned about your health. I would be grateful if you could inform me about your well-being.

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.

Thank you for your letter. A reply to Navab Wazir's letter he had sent to you is long overdue; he has sent me another reminder. In the past I have enquired through Mr Amhurst? whether he had sent Nawab Wazir's letter to Nawab Mir Muhammad Jafar Khan. The Nawab Vazir had, in reply, written to him that he would be able to answer his letter only after he had received advice and a draft of a reply and had shown this draft to Mr Vajah?. As we do not know whether he had received the corrected version of this draft or not it would be a waste of time to send him a reply. At the same time I have received letters from the capital dated the 16th of Rabi al-Avval. In it is written that the Emperor and the Wazir al-Mumalik are returning back to the capital after their conquests and annihilation of the rebel forces of the district. They will reach the capital in two or three days. In the post- bag I have received from you today one letter is addressed to Nawab Vazir, the second to Maharajah Umdat al-Mulk Rajah Nagar Mal Bahadur, the third to Muhammad Sulaiman Khan Bahadur and the fourth to brother Daler Singh Bahadur. These were all presented to His Highness who cannot send a reply at present as he is travelling with his army. In two to four days he will be able to send a reply to the letter of Muhammad Sulaiman Khan who is a courtier of Nawb Wazir al-Mumalik. You will be seeing it soon and it would be good to send him a friendly reply. I have received two letters from Nawab Wazir al-Mumalik, one addressed to you and the other addressed to Mir Muhammad Jafar regarding the case of the state of Nawab Samsam al-Daulah which you had sent him. You may keep the letter addressed to you and you may send the one addressed to Nawab Sahib to him asking him to seek the help of Khvajah Muhammadi Khan and to write to Rajah Ram Narayan that he should withdraw his claim on Malda. His Highness has asked me to stress this strongly. There has been quite a lot of rumours that Abadli was coming but these all turned out be not true. The Marhattas are busy in rampaging the Capital. Amaji Mankser? who used to be always here is back here again. I have sent one of my servants, Hanga, to remind him of the previous favours shown to him. I am hoping that he will be able to deliver the parvanah of Mir Muhammad Jafar Khan to Maharajah Ram Narayan Bahadur asking him not to support Khvajah Muhammdi Khan and not to interfere in the affairs of Malda.

I have already written to you about the death of my grand mother. I feel very ashamed that because of my poverty I am unable to perfom the ceremony of her last rites appropiately. As my benefactor it was essential that I bring this to your notice. I am hoping to perfom this ceremony on 17th of As.

The darogha of my fort, Mr Breere, had written to you emphasising the need to send some bilahadaran/soldiers/oarsmen. They have not arrived here as yet. I would be grateful if the matter could be expedited as we notice the enemey building up its cavalry here. So far, they have not created any disturbances.

I have received your letter demanding one Lac rupees for the upkeep of your men. I have tried my best to comply with your demand but I am short of cash at present and have not been able to pay even my own sepoys since the month of Safar. I have been able to collect fifty thousand rupees which I have given to your agent to forward to you for the upkeep of your army. As you have suggested I have taken the case of Rajah Ram Narayan to Huzur and it has been agreed that he will award him a Khillat on Thursday. After enquiring about your wishes from George Camp? he wants to come and see you. Meanwhile, I have received a bottle of very useful kushtah from an Indian Hakim; if you wish I will be glad to send this bottle to you.

Hamid Allah Shaikh, Shaikh Ghulam Ali and Mir Ghulam Gilani who are at present staying here have proved themselves in bravery, respect and pious behaviour. I hope that when they come and see you you may be able to offer them appropriate employment or service.

Thank for your letter asking me to send you a hubble-bubble made of crystal glass and with a handle decorated with gold patterns. I had sent my messenger to purchase such a handle with gold work but unfortunately they were not successful and I do not have the courage to send you any other handle. Fortunately I have found one such handle made of silver in my own collection; this is being sent to you through messengers. I hope this will be acceptable to you.

Previously I had written two or three letters to you but did not receive any reply. Now I am coming to Calcutta to see Mr Clive and would like to call on you at the same time. I am still awaiting a decision on my court case. Any help in this regard would be highly appreciated.

I had sent you a letter through the Peshkar but have not received any reply; I hope you have received this letter. We are all praying here day and night for your well-being. I was hoping that you would write to me when you arrived at Murshidabad but now we hear that you and the Nawab were going to Calcutta instead. I hope you will write to me from there. -- Earlier I had sent news reports from Shahjahanabad and from the court of Shuja al-Daulah. At present I have no further news about the army of Shuja al-Daulah. The latest news about him is that he has gone to Jaunpore to settle matters between Benares and Jaunpore. Rajah Balvind Singh has provided a bank draft of one Lac rupees and has promised to pay a further two Lacs. The Nawab, after leaving Jaunpore, marched towards the northeast to a place called Karakat, which is at a distance of seven Karohs from Jaunpore. From here, he is going to Ghazipore. He has refused to accept fifty thousand rupees which were brought in by the vakil of Navab Fazl Ali Khan. The Marhatta army, which had reached Lahore, is retuning to Shajahanabad. Their forward column has reached Sirhind and Navab Ghazi al-Din Khan, who did not agree with the Prince, is staying in the mansion of Ali Mardan Khan.

Rajah Ram Singh [Governor of Midnapore] arrived here today, i.e. Tuesday. He had brought with him two drafts of fifty thousand rupees. I informed Amir Beg Khan that Rajah Ram Singh says that he would deposit this sum only after he was assured that he would be restored to the Risalahdarship. Amir Beg Khan replied that the case of his appointment to risalah would be decided only if Clive and Amir Beg Khan would write to the Nawab Sahib for this. I could recall two hundred horsemen and five hundred artillery men under the charge of a friend of mine, Mir Sulaiman, and place Rajah Ram Singh in charge of this force but he did not accept this offer saying that he had nothing to do with this risalah. Amir Beg Khan advised me that I should refer the matter to you. I will be awaiting for your decision on this issue. Meanwhile, at mid-day on Sunday I came to know that Rajah Tilokchand, a zamindar of Burdwan, with his men were obstructing our employees in sending government money to you. I have therefore sent a force of twenty five horsemen and one hundred soldiers to Burdwan to bring Ramchand Diwan and `q Majmuhdar Gokal [?]. Later it was revealed by these two that the Deputy Diwan Raghu Indar was behind this mischief. They have now instructed their staff not to obstruct our messengers. I request you to send me a letter in English for Mr Scrafton who is in Muradbagh saying that he should recall the men he had sent to bring money to Burdwan and that he should not receive any money in Muradbagh.

Ganga Ram came to see Rajah Rajballabha Sahib and told him that Bishnu Charan Bose, son of the late Ram Nath, owes him money, household utensils, clothes, etc. which he had left with him on trust. It is therefore requested that you may order your employees to call Bishnu Charan before them and recover the money, utensils and clothes, etc. from him.

I have sent two parvanahs of wages complete with my signatures and stamp through Nand Kumar; I hope you will have received them by now. In order to fulfil the official requirements I would appreciate if you could send me official receipts with your personal stamps, etc.

I hope you have already received news report from the court of Rajah Ram Narayan we had sent you early this morning. The subsequent news is that when Rajah Ram Narayan went out he was accompanied by harkaras and they have submitted the following report. -- At mid-day when four ghari of the day had pased the rajah's carriage reached Phulwari and he sent two of his courtiers, Muhammad Ali Khan and Mir Masum, to see Nawab Madar al-Daulah. Nawab Madar al-Daulah received them with open arms and took them to his palace where they conducted negotiations with the help of Shah Shakir. Afterwards, the rajah left his elephant and sat in a palanquin and came to the tent of the Nawab Madar al-Daulah. They continued their negotiations for about four hours. Nawab Ahmad Khan Quraishi and Mustafa Quli Khan and Himmat Zaman Khan the son of Muslih Khan, Bishn Singh, Khanis? Ali Khan with his sons and Mir Abdullah had gone in the tent with the aforesaid rajah. Nawab Ahmad Khan offered a nazr of two ashrafis and Mustafa Quli Khan one ashrafi to Nawab Madar al-Daulah. -- In the afternoon Nawb Madar al-Daulah mounted his elephant and went to his fort. It was 13th of Rajab. -- Other news is that Nawab Shuja al-Daulah has left Lucknow and has come to Sahsram. -- Other news is that on Monday the 19th of this month Rajah Ram Narayan, with the help of mediator Nawab Madar al-Daulah, went to see the Prince.

I had received letters from Rajah Kajne ? Raj and Mirza Rajah Munnah Sultan Bahadur. I am enclosing my replies to these letters and hope that your staff will be able to send these replies to the appropriate persons as well as inform me about you health and welfare.

I have been informed that you have returned to your base now. I would appreciate if you could write to me about you well-being.