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III. That the Rajah Bulwant Sing died on the 23d of August, 1770, and
his son, Cheyt Sing, succeeding to his rights and pretensions, the
Presidency of Calcutta (John Cartier, Esquire, being then President) did
instruct Captain Gabriel Harper to procure a confirmation of the
succession to his son Cheyt Sing, "as it was of the utmost political
import to the Company's affairs; and that the young man ought not to
consider the price to be paid to satisfy _the Vizier's jealousy and
avarice_." And they did further declare as follows: "The strong and
inviolable attachment which subsisted betwixt the Company and the father
makes us most readily interpose our good offices for the son." And the
young Rajah aforesaid having agreed, under the mediation of Captain
Harper, to pay near two hundred thousand pounds as a gift to the said
Vizier, and to increase his tribute by near thirty thousand pounds
annually, a deed of confirmation was passed by the said Vizier to the
said Rajah and his heirs, by which he became a purchaser, for valuable
considerations, of his right and inheritance in the zemindary aforesaid.
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