Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirin 12.16.4

12.16.4

It became therefore necessary to wean such powerful persons from their affections to him, and to attach them to his own person and Government. But he had also another motive; he wanted to put the finances of all those countries under the management of a Minister he had brought with him for that very purpose; and this was Radja Kyret-chund, whose father, Aalem-chund, had been Divan or Minister to the late Viceroy, Shudjah-qhan. All these views might have been summed up into one, namely, that of getting rid of my father's influence in those distant countries. Such a design could not remain concealed from my father, who immediately wrote to the Governor to request leave to repair to his court, that he might enjoy the happiness of standing amongst those that waited upon his person. He was answered by a request of not putting himself to so much unnecessary trouble, as the Governor would soon be at Azim-abad, where he would always be glad of his company. Hedaiet-aaly-qhan, on this answer, perceiving that ill offices had been done him, thought proper to remain in town. When, on a sudden, a report spread that the Marhattas were coming to Azim-abad again, and the report was soon confirmed. The Governor who had lost most of his troops in the campaigns of Oressa and Bengal, and who found himself now only at the head of a handful of men, did not think himself in safety in those parts, and he marched away immediately;