Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c30.s3.10
Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c30.s3.10
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v2.c30.s3.10
Meantime, the report of the coming invasion and the prince’s letters demanding tribute and homage from the governors of Bengal and Bihar had caused consternation in Patna. Rajah Rām Nārāyan, the deputy governor of Bihar, was regarded as an enemy and marked out for spoliation by Mir Jafar Ali Khan, the new Nawab of Bengal, and he had wisely secured Col. Clive’s protection. He sent off frantic appeals to Calcutta for armed aid. At first the Bengal authorities knew not how to lawfully oppose the Emperor’s son. But the malicious wazir Imād-ul-mulk, in order to frustrate Shah Alam once again, forced the puppet Emperor to appoint another prince, Hedāyet Bakhsh, subahdar of Bihar and issue letters denouncing Shah Alam as a rebel, 26 February. [TALS. 199b.]