Item CR9/15/42. - Letter from Miran,

Thank you very much for your letter stressing that I should have sent you the court case of Muhammad Rahim Khan. I did not inform you as I was hoping to come and inform you personally. I am therefore leaving here tomorrow and will encamp near you when I reach Nawab Ganj. -- P.S. While I was writing this letter I received a letter from Maharajah Ram Narayan for you. This is enclosed with this letter. Enclosure: Letter from Ram Narayan Bahadur to Clive on red paper, very fine and folded into a small tablet. -- Thank you very much for your letter of 27 Rajab, San 5, which came enclosed in a parvanah from Nasir al-Mulk Bahadur informing that after receiving the details of the war and my assurances you have decided to come to my help and advising me to hold on to the fort until the help arrives. You have indicated that you will be able to reach here in four to five days and I should try to hold on to the fort until then. With God’s grace I have been holding on to the fort until today, that is, the morning of Saturday, 1 Sha’ban, and which is eight or nine days since the battle began. I am sure Khvajah Afzu and my messenger on a camel would have reached you by now. Please let him know when you are nearer so that I can send a detachment of Tilangas to guide your advance towards the battlefield and help your forces in crossing the river. Another, contemporary translation of the enclosure is CC2/12, item no. 471.