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" After the victory Col. Clive met with Mir Muhammad 

 Ja'i'ar. They congratulated each other and went together to Mur- 

 shidabad. On their arrival at the palace, the nobles of the city and 

 the Government officials were called to a darbar. Col. Clive took 

 Mir Ja'far's hand and led him to the Masnad. At the same time 

 salutes were fired to indicate the transfer of the siibahs of Bengal, 

 Bahar, and Orissa, to Mir Ja'i'ar. After the darbar, the new Nawab, 

 Col. Clive with a few Englishmen, the Diwan Bam Chand, and 

 Nab Kishn, the Colonel's munshi, inspected the treasury, where 

 a sum of more than 20 millions of rupees, in silver and gold, was 

 found. 



"It is also well known that besides this treasury there existed 

 another in the Harem, which fact Mir Muhammad Ja'far concealed 

 from Col. Clive, at the instigation of the diwan and Clive's munshi. 

 The value of the gold and silver articles and of the jewels found 

 there was not less than 80 millions of rupees. The whole was divided 

 among Mir Ja'far, Bam Chand, Amir Beg and Nab Kishn. This 

 transaction is indeed very probable, as Bam Chand left a fortune of 

 12 J millions of rupees at his death, ten years later; whilst Nab 

 Kishn could afford to pay 900,000 rupees on the occasion of the death 



