Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirin 12.23.1

12.23.1

It was at this place that letters came from Aaly-verdy-qhan, announcing his being arrived at Azim-abad, where however he could make but a short stay, "as Mustapha-qhan had exhorted Rhago-dji-bhoslah to make an irruption into Bengal, a country in which, said he, he apprehended they would prove too hard both for the uncle and nephew. It is then important, added the letter, that you do put a finishing hand to Mustapha-qhan, as you have commenced him; and that I should depart for Mûrshûd-abad to provide against the Marhattas, in such a manner as to render a junction of those two enemies impossible." On receipt of this letter, the Governor left the command of his army to Abdol-aaly-qhan, with Mehdy-nessar-qhan under his orders; and taking that General's Paleky, with an additional number of chairmen, he marched all night, and at day-break, he found himself near his uncle's encampment. A little after, he paid his respects, and followed him for a few days; after which he borrowed Seradj-ed-doulah from him, and returned to his army. But hardly was he departed, when on the second day Aaly-verdy-qhan altered his mind; and thinking it best to get rid first of the enemy nearest at hand, he turned westward and joined his nephew; and both continued pursuing the enemy, as far as Zemeniah, a town on the shore of the Ganga, over against Ghazy-pûr, which latter is of Abûl-mansûr-qhan's Government, and inhabited as well as Zemeniah, by Afghans. The town was set on fire and plundered;