Item CR9/6/10. - Letter from Nawab Vazir al-Mamalik,$f[1757x1759] /$cVazir al-Mamalik, Nawab.

I have already given you an account of the events here and the measures taken against the threat of the Marhattas. Meanwhile, I have received a letter from Hafiz Rahmat Khan. I am sending a copy of the reply I sent to him. As it is paramount that we stop the advance of the enemy I had written to you earlier that you, as an experienced and able General, should be appointed to face this challenge. -- Enclosure: Copy of the reply sent to Hafiz Rahmat Khan on 27 RabiI. Thank you for your letter of 16 Rabi I. You wrote that Nawab Najib al-Daulah with his friends Rajah Madhu Singh, Munir al-Daulah and others are all ready and prepared to face the Marhattas and it was necessary that we all agree on a common front. The Marhattas have arrived very near. They have appealed to you to settle this matter by negotiations but you have not accepted their terms as you fear that this would open the doors to the whole county. Therefore, it was necessary that we join each other and face them together and open negotiations with them when our position is strong so that, impressed by our strength, they may agree to favourable terms for peace. -- I had earlier brought this matter to the notice of the English and they advised me that as the rainy season was approaching it would be advisable to start the campaign after the rainy season was over. I agree with them in this matter and will be going to see them soon to discuss this further.