Item CR9/17/39 - Letter from Mahrajah Shitab Rae Bahadur to Clive.

Thank you for your letter received here on the 11th of Jamadi al-Avval, San 8, informing me that you had sent a request from Nawab Siraj al-Daulah Bahadur that the present status enjoyed by his sons may be improved and that they should be awarded new honours, testimonials, khillats and mansabs. As it was not necessary for you to be informed about the outcome of this request and you were busy in your campaigns in Deccan there was a delay in sending this request to me. As the Nawab has not received any response to his request he is rather upset about it. -- I had put forward this request to the King at Jhatrah? with the remarks that the Nawab was in the habit of making such requests. As a consequence of this request I was told that it would be approved. I have therefore, prepared all the necessary documents and have sent them to the King for his approval. As I have not received his approval I am unable to send these documents to you. However, the King has now been advised that we should have nothing to do with the Nawab as whenever he wants to increase his status and honours he does it without the permission of the King. Therefore we should have nothing to do with the grant of awards of honours to him.