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of his mother. Yet both men were in receipt of only 60 rupees per 

 month at the time of the division." 



Then follows an account of the money paid to the Company and 

 the troops, as also of the " consideration" paid to the civil authorities 

 and to Col. Clive. The author gives also the agreement made 

 between the English and Mir Muhammad Ja'far, which he confesses 

 to have taken from the memoirs of Nawab Shams uddaulah, Anglice 

 Mr. Vansittart. The agreement* is the same as given in " The 

 Treatises, Engagements, Sunnuds. Calcutta 1862, Vol. I, p. 11." 



Notes on Murshidabad, &c. 



The description given of the town of Murshidabad contains nothing 

 new or interesting. The short history which the author gives, 

 may be found in the Araish i Mahfil (ed. Lees, p. 114) and in 

 Thornton's Gazetteer of India. But the following extracts are perhaps 

 of interest. 



*u>^ J" -> <^^ ^J-?° <-^^^ djs> viy )v Jy j * ^^v J^ tjAj 



* <^dy. Hjji ^t/ «-^ L5^ ^ t^ 1 ^ jl X^^Aa. (^^ -of oi aJ 



* Articles 6 and 7 mention compensations payable to Hindoos and ' Muham- 

 madans.' The " Treatises, Engagements, Sunnuds, Calcutta 1862" has instead the 

 reading " Gentoos and Musulmans." It appears that the English in India at the 

 time of Sirajuddaulah, used the terms " Moors and Gentoos for Muhammadans 

 and Hindus." Even Orme uses these terms, although he objects to them, on 

 the score of their incorrectness, recommending Musulmans for Moors. Gentoos 

 is Portuguese and the same as Gentiles, heathens. Perhaps it may be of interest 

 to mention here a few other differences in usage, Thus the word Sub ah was 

 employed for Subahdar. The word Himalaya was unknown and Indian Caucasus 

 used instead of it. Peon had the meaning of irregular infantry. Murshidabad 

 was spelt and pronounced Muxadavdd (the vulgar still pronounce it Mukshidabad 

 or Muksidabad) ; we find also Orixa for Orissa, Morattoes for Mahrattas, 

 Pitan for Pathan, pliirmaund for firman, Schah for Shah, Jehanguir for 

 Jehangir, Industdn for Hindustan, Helebds for Ilahbas, now called Allahahad, 

 &c. &c. I do not know, whether the word Muxadavad is a corruption of 

 Mahhrdcdldd, the old name of Murshidabad. 



