Riyaz al-salatin 111.1.12

111.1.12

Issuing proclamations of peace and security, and employing reassurances and persuasions, Ali Vardi Khan won over to his side the Collectors, Zamindars and Officers of Orissa, and set about making settlement of the revenue, nazar, and tribute, as well as of the Jagirs. And in the course of one month, having finished the organisation and settlement of the Subah of Orissa, he entrusted the charge of that Province to Said Ahmad Khan, his nephew, who had previously served as the Faujdar of Rangpur, procuring for him from the Emperor the title of Nasiru-l-Mulk Said Ahmad Khan Bahadur Saulat Jang. Ali Vardi Khan also left Gujar Khan, a Rohilla general, together with a contingent of three thousand cavalry and four thousand infantry, to be in attendance on Said Ahmad Khan at Katak (Cuttack). Ali Vardi Khan then returned, triumphant and victorious, to Bengal.