Muntakhab al-tawarikh 2: 'Sháh 'Á'lam.

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Sháh 'Álam angrily demanded from Najaf Khán an account of the revenues of Allahábád and the districts under his charge, and also the payment into his treasury of all the money he had appropriated to himself from the income of the khálisa maháls. He dismissed Najaf Khán from the Governorship of the province of Allahábád, and appointed Shukru-llah Khán in his stead. Najaf Khán prepared to dispute the matter by force. He replied that in rendering assistance to Shujá'u-d daula, ten lacs of rupees had been spent when he was fighting alone for thirteen days, and that money ought to be repaid to him. A great misunderstanding arose between him and the King, and at last the English became mediators, and caused three lacs of rupees to be given to Najaf Khán by the King. Twenty-six lacs of rupees from the revenues of Bengal, out of which two lacs were to be annually paid to Najaf Khán; thirty lacs from the chakla and the province of Allahábád; about five or six lacs from Shujá'u-d daula's territory, and an equal amount from those of Najíbu-d daula and Háfiz Rahmat Khán, viz., altogether about seventy lacs of rupees, were fixed to be paid to the King. All this may be considered to have been done through the kindness of the English, who thus enabled the King to live very comfortably. Ahmad Sháh and 'Álamgír had not even dreamt of such wealth as Sháh 'Álam enjoyed through the favour of God and the liberality of the English. After some time, Zú-l fikáru-d daula was appointed, on the part of Sháh 'Álam, collector of Kora, and Shákiru-d daula governor of Allahábád. The English returned to Bengal.