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LXIV. That the manner in which the said inhuman acts of rapacity and
violence were felt, both by the women of high rank concerned, and by all
the people, strongly appears in the joy expressed on their release,
which took place on the 5th of December, 1782, and is stated in two
letters of that date from Major Gilpin to the Resident, in the words
following.
LXV. "I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 2d
instant, and in consequence immediately enlarged the prisoners Behar Ali
Khan and Jewar Ali Khan from their confinement: a circumstance that gave
the Begums, and the city of Fyzabad in general, the greatest
satisfaction.
LXVI. "In tears of joy Behar and Jewar Ali Khan expressed their sincere
acknowledgments to the Governor-General, his Excellency the Nabob
Vizier, and to you, Sir, for restoring them to that invaluable blessing,
liberty, for which they would ever retain the most grateful remembrance;
and at their request I transmit you the inclosed letters.
LXVII. "I wish you had been present at the enlargement of the
prisoners.
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