Item CR9/19/4 - Letter from Maharajah Nand Kumar to Clive.

The late Navab, Shuja al-Mulk Mir Muhammad Ja'far Khan, during his life and with all his faculties functioning and following our religious tradition appointed me as his heir. He also told me that out of all the cash and precious stones he had in his treasury three Lac and fifty thousand rupees in cash and jewellery and fifty thousand rupees and Ashrafis to the value of one Lac rupees, making a total sum of five Lac rupees, should be sent to Nawab Sabit Jang Bahadur [Clive]. Therefore I have passed this sum to my mother, Begam Sahibah. After she has signed and affixed her seal the above sum will be sent to Lord Clive. -- Enclosure: Munni Begam -- The late Nawab during his life, and with all his faculties functioning and following our religious tradition, told me that whatever cash and valuables he had three Lac and fifty thousand rupees in cash and jewels and fifty thousand rupees in cash and ashrafis worth one Lac rupees, altogether five Lac rupees, should be passed on to Lord Clive. I am writing these sentences as a testimony.