Riyaz al-salatin 119.6

119.6

And as has been related before, when Nawab Siraju-d-daulah, Nazim of Bengal, owing to his inexperience, flung the stone into the hornet's nest, he suffered of necessity the sting. And Nawab Jafar Ali Khan, treating the English as his confidants and colleagues in the Nizamat of Bengal, suffered them to acquire control over administrative affairs. Inasmuch as complete disintegration had overtaken the Moslem Empire of Delhi, in every Subah the Provincial Governors acquiring authority grew into semi-independent Feudatories. Now, since a period of thirty years, the Provinces of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa have come into the possession and authority of the English Chiefs. An English Chief, styled the Governor-General, coming from England, resides in Calcutta, and selecting Deputies for the collection of the revenue and for administration of civil and criminal justice, and for trading business, sends them out to every place. And establishing the Khalisah Kachari (the Court of Crown-lands) in Calcutta, the English Governor settles on his own behalf the assessment of the revenue of each Zila (District). And the Deputies and the Ziladars (District Officers) collecting revenues, remit them to Calcutta.