Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirin 25.7.7

25.7.7

These divisions in the Council, which had deterred Aly-hibrahim-qhan, had not produced less considerable effects elsewhere, and especially at Lucknow. Two or three years after Shudjah-ed-dowlah's demise, that is, in the heighth of General Clavering's influence, Mr. Djan Brishtoo, a very sensible young man, had been appointed to the residency at Lucknow: a modest word which implies no less than the absolute disposal of everything in the provinces of Aood and Ilah-abad. That young man availed himself so well of his own talents, as well of Assuf-ed-dowlah's ignorance, and of Moqhtar-ed-dowlah his Minister's supineness, that he transferred to the immediate dominion of the English Company, the country of Benares, which was part of the lease of the son of Radja Balvent-sing's. But the General being now dead, this service of his availed but little, and he was turned out of his office. Brishtoo, who had made money, and likewise done very well the Company's business, set out for his country, with intention to come back after having established his interest in England. But as long before his departure, the General and the others had wrote home to recommend him as a man of merit that had rendered eminent services, there came after his departure, an order from Europe to continue him in his office, with many commendations and encomiums upon his conduct. Whilst that order was coming, Brishtoo himself arrived in England;