History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c41.188

v2.c41.188

The negotiations culminated in January, 1769. The Governor sent for the treaties between Nawab' Alīwardī Khān and Raghujī Bhonsle I and the reciprocal one sent by Raghujī with the treaty between Nawāb Ja'afar 'Alī Khān and Rāja Jānujī Bhonsle. While sending these treaties from the record office at Murshidābād Muḥammad Riza Khān sent a note for the information of the Governor. The only additional information in this note is that Musliḥ-uddin Muḥammad Khān was not liked by Sirāj-ud-daulah and took refuge with Raghujī at Nagpur and that during the time of Ja'afar 'Ali Khān he returned to Benares. That Sadr-ul-haq Khān negotiated the affair in the day of Nawāb Alīwardī Khān. We also learn that Muslih-uddin Muhammad Khān agreed to pay four lakhs more than the stipulated amount of twelve lakhs in order to find favour with Raghujī. The letter ends with the statement that the original treaties between Alīwardī Khān and Raghujī Bhonsle I were lost during the troubles with Mīr Qāsim 'Alī Khān.¹ There is some confusion of dates in the Calendar, because we are told that Muhammad Riza Khān's note and copies of the treaties were received in Calcutta on the 1st January, 1769. Yet on the same date a letter is written to Muhammad Riza Khān requesting him to send a copy of the treaty between Rājā Jānujī and Alīwardī Khān regarding the cession of Katak and on the next day another letter was written to the old traitor Rājā Durlabhrām requesting him to send a copy of the same treaty.²