130 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XVI. 
ad a sufficient number of ships but now we had not any 
notwithstanding we were always willing to serve the King and 
ye Nabob on all occasions when in a capacity to do it. 
It was most certainly a great omission in Capt Heath in 
not prosecuting the design of Arrackan agreed on in Behauder 
Cawn’s time, in all probability ’*twould have been a meanes to 
have settled the Rt. Honble Compy’s affaires without any 
further trouble. 
Oct. lst. A rumour was spread in the Citty of Shasteh 
Cawn’s returning hither Suba of this place and that he had 
proferred the King 3 crores of rupees, which is upwards of 3 
millions of pounds sterling, to effect it. 
Oct. 6th. (Mons. Gregory was the French Chief! at Dacca 
Kefait Caum (Kifayat Khan)* the King’s Diwan had 
his mansab increased from 900 to 1000). 
Considering the great want of repaire this factory hath 
been in for these five yeares past, which three dayes since had 
like to have been wholly swallowed up with a violent storm and 
raine which carryed away whole trees by ye rootes and blew 
down several houses in the Citty as well brick as thatch with 
ye loss of a great number of boates, 18 yeares time not being 
able to call to mind ye like, and that the delawne,’ the chiefest 
room in the house, was ready to fall, several of the timbers 
being started and broke. in soe much that living therein or 
doeing any business is very dangerous, I thought fit to give 
notice hereof to the Rt. Worshpll Agent and Council that a 
speedy remedy might be applied as well oe that as the security 
of the whole mansion and because the charge will very much 
exceede that of the usual repairation, I doe not think fit to 
procede eg till I know their pleasure. 
Oct. 20th. Understanding that Aga Hossain* was ordered 
acts of Ballasore and had taken his leave of the Citty and 
gone as far as Putterguttah * I immediately gott a swifte boate 
ready to visit him, when I arrived some small time before his 
departure, desiring after a few complements that he would 
please to favour and assist our people in their business. which 
he at eee he would. 
1 It is not Les when the Wench came to Dacca. It must have 
been patina 1666 and 1690. Their factory was on the sitenow eocupaed 
by the Ahsanmanzil. 
This man was Mir Ahmad, son of Mir Baghdadi, and his title was 
Kifayat Khan. He was removed from m Bengal in 1697-98 and soon after 
became Diwan of the Khalisa. He died in 1698-99, when about ote start 
for Dacca again o n being appointed yo Nazim by Prince Azimushan. 
Wilson’s Old Fort eho pem Vol. I, p. 50. Azimushan senadiaslby did 
not Figgowarde in Dacca 
re Hall. ra 
targhatta, on the Ichamati river, oad to 
Hughly ahr. ss be which was the high r 
