I must acquaint you that my son Asoph ul Dowlah had formerly
threatened to seize my jaghire; but, upon producing the treaty signed by
you, and showing it to Mr. Middleton, he interfered, and prevented the
impending evil. The conspiration now framed an accusation against me of
a conduct which I had never conceived even in idea, of rendering
assistance to Rajah Cheyt Sing. The particulars are as follow. My son
Asoph ul Dowlah and his ministers, with troops and a train of artillery,
accompanied by Mr. Middleton, on the 16th of the month of Mohurum,
arrived at Fyzabad, and made a demand of a crore of rupees. As my
inability to pay so vast a sum was manifest, I produced the treaty _you_
signed and gave me, but to no effect: their hearts were determined upon
violence. I offered my son Asoph ul Dowlah, whose will is dearer to me
than all my riches, or even life itself, whatever money and goods I was
possessed of: but an amicable adjustment seemed not worth accepting: he
demanded the delivering up the fort, and the recall of the troops that
were stationed for the preserving the peace of the city.
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