An Account of 



Surja Mul to know what part they mould ad. All thefe propofals the 

 Naval? communicated exactly to. Nujeib ul Dowlah and the Grand 

 Vizier, and negotiated with the Mahrattas by their advice. 



Nujeib ul Dowlah threw every obftacle that he could in the way of 

 peace; but the Grand Vizier told Shuja ul Dowlah, that, if a peace 

 could be brought about through his means, it would be better; that he was 

 very willing to forward it, and would engage to obtain the Shah's concur- 

 rence. In fact he was at this time on but indifferent terms with Nujeib 

 ul Dowlah, 



At length it was refolved to fend the Eunuch TVXohammedYacoobKhan s 

 with their propofals to the Mahrattas, and to tell them from Shuja ul 

 Dowlah, that he acknowledged the friendfhip, which had always fubfifted 

 between them and him; that however it was neither proper nor practicable, 

 for him to join th^m, but that on every proper occafion he was ready to 

 manifeft his friendfhip, by giving them the bell: intelligence and advice j 

 and, iince they aiked his opinion in the prefent inftance, he would advife 

 them to avoid attempting any other mode of carrying on the war, than 

 the predatory and defultory one, to which they were accuftomed ; or that, if 

 they prefen ed peace, means ihould be devifed for obtaining it. 



They at the fame time wrote to Raja Surja Mul, advifing him to 

 -quit the Mahrattas, and return to his own country; which advice coincide 

 ing with his own opinion, he promifed to follow it. 



The Bhow, inanfwerto Shuja ul Dowlah, acknowledged the kind~ 

 .nefs of his advice and condu&j and promifed to pay attention to what he 





