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Provides an account of events on 25 Rabial-Awwal, reg. yr 6 [Friday 16 November 1759]. Date(s) from item: Reg. yr 6, Rabi I 26 received: November 17 received

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

Report of Gangali Harkarah from Benares sent on 15 RabiI, reg. yr. 6 ( [6. November 1759] and received at Azimabad on 19 Rabi I. It is reported that the Prince with his followers has marched from Divan and has encamped at the banks of Hasud [?] He has over one thousand foot soldiers and three thousand cavalry. None of the sons of Rajah Ajit Singh is with him. He has employed Karrar Husain Beg as his new servant. Madar al-Daulah is also accompanying him. Buland Khan and some other Jamadars have arrived to join the Nawab of Sund, Baqa Allah Khan's forces. The assistant at Allahabad at that time was visiting outer districts. On the advice of Kardar Husain Beg Khan some forces belonging to the Prince entered Allahabad with their banners and standards and posted their men at various places. Nawab Baqa Allah came to know about this and ordered all these men to leave the city. Bithal Rao's forces are encamped near Jhansi, which is at a distance of two manzils from Chatarpore. The Prince has written to him to come and join him. He has not received any reply. It appears that they are going to invade Mirzapore to collect expenses for their expedition. Rajah Ajit Singh had previously given the fort of Kundpore to the Prince's forces so that he could keep them under his supervision. He had allocated twenty rupees per head as vazifah for each soldier. The vakil of Kamkar Khan, Shankar Nath, a Kaisth Hindu has arrived at Mirzapore with twenty soldiers and ten thousand rupees to help the Prince. The Prince is receiving a number of letters each day promising help. Two employees of Nawab Quli Khan, Bahadur Ali Mughal and Husain Khan Mughal, have also joined him. Date(s) from item: Reg. yr 6, Rabi` II 5 received: November 25 received

Date(s) from item: Reg. yr 6, Rabi` I 26 received: November 17 received

During the time when there was tension between Calcutta and Qasim Ali Khan the administration of the district of Rangpore was suspended. Since then I have petitioned the Nawab to reinstate me to the post but I was asked to present myself at Murshidabad. After reaching Murshidabad and failing to get any results I employed the services of his Vakil and paid him twenty five thousand rupees but he has also failed to achieve any results. As you have close relations with the Nawab I would be grateful if you could intervene and ask the Nawab to help to sort out this case. Date(s) from item: Reg. yr 6, Rabi` I 28 received: November 19 received

News report dated 29 RabiI, reg. yr. 6. Enemy ships have departed from this place and have cast their anchors at Badrtal [?] The English ships are following them and will reach here soon. Later they went to Bombay where they have cast their anchors. Date(s) from item: Reg. yr 6, Rabi I 29 sent

Appears to be a plea to return to work after being dismissed two years previously owing to Clive's [] anger. Refers to the fact that Clive [?] had been a guest in the writer's garden. Date(s) from item: Reg. yr 6, Rabi` I 30 received: November 21 received. Envelope states letter was translated

Thank you for your letter dated 27 RabiI, reg. yr. 6 and received here on 1 Rabi II informing that you had received a letter from the Nawab Sahib stating that he has asked me [Nasir al-Mulk] to march from here on 25 RabiI, reg. yr. 6 and that you [Clive] should also come and join us as soon as possible. I had earlier written to you informing that I was leaving Murshidabd on the above-mentioned date to meet with you at Kathliyah. Today, 1st instant, after marching from Kathliyah I reached Kardip in the afternoon. I took the decision to start the battle at once. The Nawab had allocated fourteen cannons to support me but because of bad roads they have not arrived here as yet. Earlier I had requested you to send five cannons with their operators, ammunition, etc as soon as possible. In addition, in case you feared that the Dutch may try to obstruct their arrival you should arrange to escort them with sufficient force so that they arrive here safely. The Nawab has written to me to send four or five hundred men so that they could escort the guns he had promised to send. He has also expressed the hope that God willing we will be able to crush the British troublemakers soon. Date(s) from item: Reg. yr 6, Rabi II 1 sent; Rabi` II 6 received: November 26 received

Thank you for your letter complaining that I did not come to see you. I was getting ready to come when I received a letter informing that because of the arrest of Rai Sahib and Maharaja's escape all the country was up in arms. I therefore thought that my absence from here might fuel further disturbances. All these affairs are not hidden from you and I leave it you to decide whether I should come or not. I am fully ready to come if you wish me to do so. I have come to know from letters received from Vakils at Murshidabad that the Nawab does not allow anyone to apply for leave and on the contrary day by day he is making it more and more difficult to leave. I suggest that you a write a letter to the Nawab about the details and reason for the arrest of Rajah Tilok Chand and his associates and how much money regarding payment of wages is overdue from him and why he has been arrested for this overdue amount. You should also write to him to let the Rajah and his associate pout so that they could come to you and settle the matter of the overdue amount with you. Date(s) from item: Rabi` II 4 received: November 24 received

I received your letter informing about your well-being and about the obstinate behaviour of the Dutch Natal Mishnar [?] and that you will make your army ready for the battlefield in two or three days and that I should ask Nasir al-Mulk Bahadur to join you as soon as possible. We should make a distinction between the Dutch Kothi at Azimabad and the one at Kalka. I have already sent you the news regarding the departure of Nasir al-Mulk Bahadur soon after the arrival of your letter and informed the relevant person to make distinction between the Kothis at Azimabad, Kalakapore and Jahangirnagar. You may have already received all these details. We act upon whatever you write to us and by now Nasir al-Mulk must have joined you with his great army. I wait anxiously for the news of your victory and pray day and night for your safe return. Date(s) from item: Reg. yr 6, RabiII 4 sent; Rabi II 10 received: November 30 received

Thank you for your letter conveying the sad news that Fakhr al-Tujjar Khvajah Muhammad Vajid has passed away. No one has any say in what is desired by God. Date(s) from item: Reg. yr 6, RabiII 4 sent; Rabi II 19 received: December 9 received

I am very pleased to have received your letter informing that Colonel Forde has arrived back at Calcutta safely and that you are sending an expedition to Ganjam. This is a wise and correct step to take as it is necessary to suppress the enemies in this area. I pray for your success. Please do send me the good news of your victory. Date(s) from item: Reg. yr 6, RabiI 25 sent; Rabi II 1 received: November 22 received

I have already sent you my reply to your earlier letter by the last post. The messenger has brought to me two other letters. I will reply to these in the near future. Everything else is running smoothly here. I am waiting for the reply to my letter I sent you yesterday. Date(s) from item: Reg. yr 6, RabiII 3 sent; Rabi II 6 received: November 26 received

Thank you very much for your letter of 29 RabiI, reg. yr. 6 which I received on 2 Rabi II, reg. yr. 6. You have written that your victorious forces have arrived at Habibpur [?] and that I should join you with my army at that place and then send a reliable person to ask our enemy to surrender otherwise they will be killed in battle. My dear sir, the situation is this: I arrived at Bakardip yesterday, 1 RabiI and after constructing a bridge on the river Bhanmurthi I have just crossed the river with my forces. How is it possible that I could join you at Habibpur [?]. I have come here to fight the Dutch and to destroy Chochrah. I do not believe in negotiations with these people. Therefore, I sent a message to them yesterday that I am here either to take them as prisoners or kill them all in a battle. I would not allow them to conduct any negotiations with either the Nawab Sahib or Clive Bahadur. I have asked my artillery to get ready for action. Please let me know urgently whether you want me to send the enemy forces to Hell or to abandon the front and come and join your forces. Date(s) from item: Reg. yr 6, Rabi II 3 evening sent; Rabi` II 6 evening received: November 26 received

Thank you for your letter along with copies of two letters from the Prince and copy of a sentence from the agreement. According to you the study of these copies will show how you have been steadfast in sticking to all agreements and that I follow only those clauses of the agreement which suit me most and ignore those which do not favour me. I have studied the sentence in question very carefully and feel assured before God that I have followed the meaning of the sentence truthfully. I was convinced from the very beginning that some mischief-makers are trying to create misunderstandings between us. I can assure you that I am ready to sacrifice my life and wealth for my friend whom I regard dearer than my own life. That is why before I received your letter I had sent Nawab Nasir al-Mullk Bahadur to punish the Dutch and I am myself ready to do so. A letter from Mir Jafar sent the following day, dated 29 RabiI [20 March 1759] but now missing, contained this message: Thank you for your reply to my letter informing that the Dutch troublemakers have not left this county as yet and that you have ascertained that they have no wish to do so. You have written clearly that they should not bring their army by river for any reason and that you have now received reports that they were employing seamen, workers, carts, etc., at Qasimbazar for themselves. You have stressed that knowing their activities how could I believe that the Dutch were planning to leave this country. Had I known about the provisions being sent to Qasimbazar nobody would have dared to do so. As the Kothi of the English Company is adjacent to the Dutch Kothi their messengers would have informed them promptly. However, in spite of that I was not informed about this Date(s) from item: Reg. yr 6, Rabi I 28 sent; Rabi` II 3 received: November 24 received

Date(s) from item: Reg. yr 6, RabiI 29 sent; Rabi II 11 received: December 1 received
Envelope states letter was translated
Refers to Peter Amyatt
Enclosure 1: Extends greetings to John Carnac and Warren Hastings. Enclosure 2: A transcription of a letter apparently from Mir Jafar, dated 28 Rabial-Awwal, reg. yr 6 [19 November 1759], and mentions Nawab Ahmad Khan Bahadur, Gajraj Singh, MirIshq Allah, Muhammad Shah and Shaykh Tali` Yar

Thank you for your letter regarding the mischief of the Dutch and your instructions to the commanders of English ships to teach them a lesson and your orders that the Dutch Factories at Kalkapur and Azimabad should be closed down from all sides. You have praised the bravery and courage of Shaikh Muhammad, Jama'dar and Bahadur Ali Khan, Daroghah of artillery, in putting up a siege around the factories at Kalkapur so that they are surrounded from all sides now. You have also instructed them to spare the factories at Jahangirnagar and Azimabad. You have asked me to make my forces ready and wait for the arrival of Nawab Nasir al-Mulk Bahadur with his army. As a matter of fact before I received your letter Nasir al-Mulk had already left with his army to join you. I did inform him about the text of your message but he has replied that it was important for him to reach you first. Date(s) from item: Reg. yr 6, RabiII 1 sent; Rabi II 7 received: November 27 received

Acknowledges receipt of Clive's letter and informs him that Gulab Chand and Mirza Lahauri Beg have received salaries for their employees and that they have given him the good news of his welfare. They have asked him to assure him of their faithfulness and for this they have either killed or taken prisoners all troublemakers. They will interview the prisoners and will let him know the results of their findings. Contrary to some of the rumours Clive may have heard from his enemies, the Nawab assures him that he belongs to a very respectable family and as such is very grieved to hear such baseless accusation against his good name. To prove his innocence he intends to either kill or imprison all Dutch nationals and will give a complete account to Colonel Hut [?] in Calcutta. Meanwhile, if Clive could send Mr Shinton to see him he would be able to see the proof of the action he had taken against the Dutch. Date(s) from item: Reg. yr 6, RabiII 4 sent; Rabi II 7 received: November 27 received

I reached Bans Badyah safely on Wednesday, 6 RabiII. As I had left some of my cannons behind, and as it was extremely hot and I was feeling very tired, I rested there for a day. I was hoping to enter Hoogli today so that I could join you in the battle but because of the mischief of the local zamindars who did not construct the bridge I was unable to cross the river. Now I am trying to build a bridge of boats so that I can cross the river and join your forces to crush and destroy the Dutch. I have been informed that Colonel Mowat [?] after leaving the battlefield, has come to see you. It is necessary that you send Mr Hastings Sahib or Mr Havelock / Halik Sahib to see me and to brief me about the situation. Date(s) from item: Rabi II 5 received: November 25 received