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Zemindary, and that it should he bestowed on this young man, that 
some villages should be added to the talooka of Dhujjoo Singh, and that 
he should be declared the Dewan, In justice to Moulvi Meer Gulam 
Mustapha, the present Collector in Husseypore, we must observe that 
his brother Meer Jummaul was also assassinated by the rebel, and the 
family by that means reduced to very necessitous circumstances. A small 
Jaigir would perhaps be their best method of support, and this might be 
formed chiefly of waste land at present yielding little revenue to the 
Company. 
(Copy.) 
Petition of Mobesh Dgtt, son of Basant Shaw. 
My father, Baboo Basant Shahi, was employed by Government 
and spent his days in their service, and since his demise, I have not 
been deficient in my duty to the Company, and am now with my 
guardian, Dhujjoo Singh, opposing the arms of the rebel Futtay Shahi, 
who is attended by the ryots and renters of the Pergannahs who 
accompany him, buoyed up with the hopes of seeing more prosperous 
days in future. 
My grandfather and Futtay Shahi’s father were own brothers. I 
am therefore by this alliance entitled to the Zemindary of these Per¬ 
gannahs which I request you will grant to me ; and the ryots who now 
wait upon the rebel will then repair to me, and give up all future 
prospect from that quarter, and after a deduction of the collections 
made by the rebellious Raja, I am willing to enter into engagements 
adequate to the produce, and undertake the management of the 
revenue. 
(A true copy.) 
(Sd.) Lt. Cbuss-Laplant, 
Secretary. 
Extracts of a letter to the Provincial Council at Patna , dated the 17th 
April, 1778 . 
Para 8. —We have attentively considered your recommendations 
of Mahesh Dutt, Dhujjoo Singh and Moulvi Meer Gulam Mustapha, 
but do not think it proper at this time to comply with them. You may 
inform them that when, with their assistance, we shall have apprehended 
the person of Futtay Shahi, we shall pay proper attention to their 
pretensions and services. 
Terri. Depmt : 
The 18th August , 1829. 
(Sd.) W. M. Tilghman, 
Offg. Deputy Secretary to Government > 
