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CR9/9/1.
Title
Letter from Mir Jafar
Date(s)
- 1758, June 21 (Creation)
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1 2 items: paper, silver speckled.
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Refers to his 'dear brother' Sayyid Muhammad Kazim Khan Bahadur travelling from Azimabad [i.e. Patna], to a letter from Nawab Vazir al-Mamalik, and to arrangements for a great tamasha in Calcutta to mark the opening of the Plassey garden. He also writes of sinking of French equipment and their being afraid of the English army. -- Note at end in Nabob's own hand relating to entry no. 536 in CR8/1 despite inconsistency of dates.
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Persian.
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Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 5, Shawwal 14 a.m. sent : June 26 rec'd
Note
Preferred citation: CR9/9/1.
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Virtua system control number
vtls004400083
GEAC system control number
(WlAbNL)0000400083