(Early Annals, vol. i, p. 241) mentions a farman of Aurang- 
zéb, dated 1680 “‘for freeing the English from the Tridgia 
(ste) or Toll Tax (sic) in Bengall.” 
Page 54. Hurrypore. Haripur. 
Page 57. Nabob Spindar Chaan. Asfandiyar Khan, 
Buchanan Hamilton (Eastern India, vol. iii, p- 48), gives a 
list of the Nawabs or Faujdars of Purnea. The first four on 
this list are :— 
Ostwar Khan. [Istwar Khan 2] 
Abdullah Khan. 
Asfandiyar Khan. 
Babhaniyar Khan. 
Page 61. John Ellis. Francis Ellis? See Yule: I. 110 ef seq. 
Page 62. John Elliott. See Yule: I., 110 et seq. 
Page 76. Bajitpore. ‘“ Bazetpore is about eighteen miles 
distant from Junglebaree; and like it, now forms a part of the 
district of of Mymensing. The cotton raised in the vicinity of 
these places is of a superior quality ; and both stations have 
long been celebrated for the manufacture of some of the finest 
muslins exported from Dacca.” Taylor: Cotton M anufacture 
of Dacca, p. 9. 
1918.] The Malda Diary and Consultations (1680-1682). 221 
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police station stands on the site of that at Bazitpore.” 
Hunter: Statistical Account, vol. v, p. 459. 
ge 77. Nurdys. ‘‘Noordeahs arrange the threads of 
cloths that happen to be displaced during bleaching. They 
ork in the manner shewn in the figure. The cloth wound 
upon a roller (nurd) is placed between two posts on the 
bleaching ground, and is unrolled and carefully examined. 
‘pines of the nagphunee plant (cactus indicus) is drawn lightly 
along the surface of the displaced threads in order to bring 
them into their proper places.”’ Taylor: Cotton Manufacture 
of Dacca, pp. 96-7. 
_ Page 77. Clement Du Jardin. Purser of the Sancta Cruz 
in 1676, afterwards a “freeman” at Fort St. George. For his 
later career and death on board the Ber keley Castle on 12th 
February, 1687, see Temple: ITI. 389n. 
Page 78. Mittigae. Mitigate. 
Pirjada, lt. the son or disciple of a 
Mahomedan spiritual guide. Applied technically to a holy 
ue 
Some Chief in “the Bay” on the death of Walter Clavell in 
held office till Hedges’ arrival in 1682. 
ls, vol. i, pp. 72-73. 
