9& An- Account of 



** Hon, when he (Ahmed Shah) invaded Bhdojlan, Sht t ja ul DowlahV 

 u father, Sufdar Jung, had oppofed him and been the principal means 

 " of his failure. That no doubt this would make Siiuj a ul Doulah ap- 

 " prehen five and fufpicious of him, and therefore Nujeib ul Dowlah 

 44 mufr. endeavour by every means to get the better of that obftacle; left 

 " Shuja ul dowlah Should join the oppofite party. That this was 

 Si a negociation too nice and important to be conducted by Vakeels or by 

 "■ letters, and that therefore Nujeib ul Doulah muft go himfdf with a> 

 8i fmall efcort, and in perfon prevail on Shuja ul Dowlah to join them.'* 



Ahmud Shah Durrany and his Vizier, Shah Valli Khan, fenr 

 written treaties of alliance, and the Koran fealed with their: feals, by 

 Nuj.eI'B ul Dowlah, who, taking his leave of the Durrany Shah, fet» 

 out with an efcort of two thoufand horfe, and in three days got to Mindy: 

 gaut, on the. Ganges. 



Shuja ul Dowlah, fome time before this, had been encamped on his 

 frontier near the Ganges^ for the protection of his country, and, receivings 

 information of Nujeib ul Dowlah's fudden arrival, he found himfelf. 

 under the neceffity of giving him a meeting, and {bowing him all the 

 honours, which hofpitality and politenefs demanded. Nujei.b ul Dow- 

 lah mowed him the treaties propofed by the Durrany Shah, and gave 

 him every affurance and encouragement poffible both from the Durrany 

 Shah and from himfelf; and explained to him alfo the perils of their own' 

 iituations " for my own part, faid he,, I give over every hope of fafety, 

 "■ when I reflect that the Bhow is my declared enemy, but it behoves you alfo 

 44 to take care of yourfelf, and to fecure an ally in one of the parties ; and „, 

 f* as you know the Bhow bears a mortal hatred to all MuJ[ulmans t whenever 



