1920.] Dacca Diaries. 107 
importuning ye Duan and his mutsuddies, and 
having once made this an argument that in 
after a while gave orders for the execution 
of which the officers are now about. 
This is at present an unhappy stop of oe. 
ness in the mint though where it will en 
can not say, the merchants in case of jephaaky 
being resolved to complain hereof to the Nabob 
and that ye duan as appears by severall sunuds 
and papers has noe reason or ground for this 
demand and exaction 
January 4th. Sold lead to Roop Na raine. Gave Fazula 2 
yards ordinary cloth and Noore Mahmood 1 
sword blade. 
January Sth. Coda Bux Chaun the Nabob’s son in law 
having within 2 or 3 daies sent divers times for 
January 20th. Mirza Duckin! ye Nabob’s son having sent 
for ye chiefe he went and it being the first 
visit carried’ with him according to custome 
1 mohur and 5 rupees of which he took 1 rupee 
only : ie his servants at departure 5 rupees. 
March 4th. Boo! Chund ? from Muxoodavad arrived here 
bringing with him vast treasures of gold and 
silver, being partly the Emperor’s and partly 
hastah Caun’s rents, besides an extraordinary 
plaints of ye ‘whole body of merchants inhabit- 
ing in his dominions against ye severity of his 
exactions and late cruel usages o 
March 9th. Ye Nabob in ye 77th year of his age had 
this day a son® born, which occasioned a 
1 Probably Dakhini, —— to his birth in the Dak one 
of Shaista Khan’s sons, was pert there. Cf. Mirza pa vay pot me 
gave to another son, Khoda Band Khan, who was born in Bengal. 
2 Bal Chandra, see Hedges’ Diary : He was the chief revenue officer of 
Bughly and Murshidabad. 
3 This is Piao: dl vets the same son as Hedges tells us was born in 
November of the 
edges tells pe that ay Nawab was 82 years old at this time : 
probably oe diary is more correc 
