Part IT; 
In order to appreciate the second instalment of thes 
Sanes, ae deals with the period 1688 to 1691, it is neces- 
ary for the reader to understand what was going on in 
al for two years before 
It took the English a long time to realise that an order 
from the Emperor was no protection to them against the exac- 
tions of the Nawab at Dacca, and that the Nawab’s order did 
not relieve them from the oppression of his subordinates. When 
they did, they resolved to resist oppression with force, and so 
in 1686 the Court of Directors despatched ships and troops to 
Bengal with orders to take and fortify Chittagong and if neces- 
sary surprise the Nawab himself at Dacca. Job Charnock! 
was then the Company’s representative in Bengal and the forces 
sent were placed under his orders. Soon after their arrival at 
u 
have sa ry Mr. Watts,’ the Chief at Dacca, but for the 
Articles were drawn up. We read in a letter from Patna (25th 
June, 1687): ‘They agreed upon the following articles, but 
left them unto the Navob’s approbation, and Agent Charnock 
cette to have them confirmed by the King, vizt., that they 
ould have a sufficient quantity of ground to build a Fort 
ie: and there to have a mint, that the Navob should rebuild 
Maulda Factory, restore the 45000 Rupees he took about the 
Cassambazar trouble and recover all the debts contracted by 
here is no space here to give a note on Job Charnock ; besides his 
Kigts is so — known that it would be out of place to write anything 
about him 
t find out any rope about him, unless he was the Richard 
Watts ae: with Francis Ellis, Rog 
ment of Fort St. George in 1699 
8 Called Bohur ate: in the old diari ies. He A is mansabdar at the 
Ni — court and as such probably held a high offi 
+ Called eariouals Burcoondar, Burcoozdar, and passa ie. He was 
F atacee of Hughly. 
alle Mee r Phancar and also Mier i gon shag described elsewhere 
as the Chief Captain of the Nawab’s intended a 
