T h"e Bat tle of Paniput. 



by all means neceiTary for him to join them, or at leafr. to feparatehimfell 

 from the other party, and to fend fomeperfon of character and rank" on liisr- 

 part to refide within camp. 



Accordingly the Navab lent %>Debyd'ut a native of Deh/y, who 

 was in his fervice; a man of great eloquence, (whofe father had been the 

 royal treafurer during the administration of the Syeds, and he himfelf had 

 been one of the houfehold during the reign of Mohammdd Shah) to 

 accompany Bowany Shunker. The Naval/ alfo- fent Row Casy 

 Raj (the writer of this narrative) who had been in the fervice of Sufder 

 Jung and much favoured by him. His excellency told Bowany Shun- 

 ker, that I (Casy Raj) was alfo a Decany, and introduced me to him 

 in his own prefence, where we foon recognized, our being of the fame cafl 

 and country. Bowany Shunker wrote the Bhow word of my being 

 employed in this affair, upon which the Bhow caufed a letter to be written 

 to me in the Decan language, but, as there was fome deficiency in the 

 form of addrefs, I did not reply to it. The Bhow inquired of Bowany 

 Shunker why I neglected to anfwer his letter, which being explained' he 

 was very angry with his Munfty,. 



When Raja Debydut got to the Bhow's camp, the negociation be- 

 gan, but the Bhow being diffatisned with this agent, he fent Bowanny 

 Shunker back to tell Shuja ul Dowlah, that Raja Debyd-ut was 

 too unguarded a man to be cntrufted with fecrets of fuch importance": he 

 therefore defired the Navah would fend a trufty man entirely to be relied 

 ®n, arid fend word by him precifcly what Iteps were to be pnrfued. 



At the fame time other overtures came from Mulhar Row, and R a-j.v, 



