112 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XVI, 
Mahall and relation to ye King’s duan for 
his friendly passing our id with (? out) 
oo Eanes arr aeeae b e 5 yards of scarlet. 
To ye King’s duan........ 2 swords and 10 
yds Sane velvett. 
Te Mier Moan! i002 ee: 2 bottles canary. 
August 7th. By reason of ye lawless of HoNaties and ye 
there to ye amount of Rs. 600,000 per annum. 
August 8th. Visited ye duan and oo his order for 
Phirwannas to be wrote in ye manner we 
desire 
August 22nd. A Vakil of Mr Pitt® appeared in Durbar and 
promised to pay customs : complications i tae: 
September 17th. We had news of Hodgee Sophee Caun ye 
King’s duan is jageered and Syed Amud Duan 
at Pattana is ordered in his place. Ye Nabob 
Shahstah Cawn sent to him to (? deliver) up 
his accounts to Coda Bux Caun (now Buxi‘ o 
the city) who Po supply the place till the 
other did arriv 
Buzz méed ‘Caun ye Nabob’s eldest son 
having divers times sent for 40 or 50 bottles 
canary wine and would have paid for ye same, 
but we did put it off from time to time telling 
him that we had not received any this year he 
would not be put off any longer urging his 
great necessity for ye same We sent him 10 
bottles not thinking it oo to take 
money for so small a quant 
September 21st. A Phirmand from ye ng ‘6 Nabob Shestah 
Caun with a sirpaw for Buzorg Omed Caun 
also an order for him to repair speedily to 
Pattana to be Suba there. 
September 22nd, The Nabob and Buzorg Omeed Caun went 
out ® to fetch in the King’s Phirmand as usual] 
and Sirpaw for the latter. 
| He was Daroga of pe eeane and was related to o Haji Saphi I Khan. 
* The Nawab apparently could not do this alone as it was an 
ges to seamen 
terloper, as non-Company owas were then called. 
+ He 3 ae King’s (i.e., Emperor’s) Buxi and next in importance to the 
King’s Diwan. it was natural that he should take charge, even 
my it was to Shaista Khan’s advantage, Khoda Bux being his son- 
in-law 
5 This describes an interesting old custom intended to show publicly 
