Akhbar-i Mahabbat 6.4

6.4

As the French had put Nawab Anwaru-d din Khan, of Gopamau, Governor of Arkat, to death, and having nominally chosen a person as chief, had gained ground in the Dakhin, Nawab Muhammad 'Ali Khan, his son, made friendship with the English officers, who in all respects gave him their assistance, and used their best efforts to extirpate the French. In 1174 A.H. (1760 A.D.) they laid siege to the fort of Phuljari, and having wrested it from the hands of the French, levelled all the buildings in it with the ground. Shikakul, Rajbandar, and other possessions of the French, the conquest of which was beyond all...tion, fell of themselves into their hands. Nawab Muhammad 'Ali Khan Mansur Jang, by the favour of the English, became governor of Arkat, under the title of Walajah Amiru-l Hind Muhammad 'Ali Khan Bahadur Mansur Jang. He gave himself up to the guidance of the English officers, and spent his whole life in the enjoyment of pleasure and delight. At present the territory of Arkat, like Bengal, is under the sway of the English, as will be shown hereafter.