Ninthly.—It would also be just if the (cost of) calling* for the accounts of the former collector and his subordinates were allowed among his expenses.

Tenthly.—After the collectors have been removed, they remain in the pargana for the purpose of collecting the arrears. If their pay for that time and for the period before the notification of dis­missal has reached them and for the period of travelling (to court) be allowed among their expenses, it would be just. Eleventhly.—If the collector's pay, and that of the branding officers, be allowed, after they have been removed, for the period that they are on duty at court, and be included in the amount credited to them under the countersignature of the record-keepers of the attendances (caukī­navīsān), this would be a relief to them. Twelfthly.—Sometimes the pay of the auxiliaries (kumākīān)* has been entered as payable from the arrears left by a former incumbent; and on account of the ryots being non-existent, or not acknowledging the debt, or of their contu­macy, these arrears have not been realized. If the collector shall, owing to the contrivance (kārsāzī) of that set (the auxiliaries), have paid the wages, he should get credit for them. Thirteenthly.—Offi­cers are arrested because they have not submitted reports. They reply that they did submit reports to the court and got no answer. If the registrars (wāq'anavīsān) would look after this department and would make over the replies to the collectors' agents, such defences would be impossible. Fourteenthly.—It would be a comfort to the collector if he got half his pay* by assignment.

Fifteenthly.—For the purpose of the work of collection footmen (piādas) should be given, equal in number to the troopers, or to the half thereof. If it is indispensable that the former collector be kept under surveillance, respectable men should be appointed to guard him(?). Sixteenthly.—Great profit accrues to the Qānūngoes. If a man* from each pargana remain at court, assuredly there will be more enlightenment on this subject.

Seventeenthly.—The pargana treasurers have to make large advances.³* Some able and upright men should be appointed to carry on this work. Eighteenthly.—The statements of arrears made by former collectors should not be acquiesced in without scrutiny.* Nineteenthly.—Whoever* keeps his fief in a good state by attending to the distribution of corn at a time when other estates are suffering loss and are in a bad condition, should, when there is a question of increasing* the revenue, have such increase applied to the augmen­tation of his rank and allowances.

Twentiethly.—A soldier's horse dies, and he immediately buys another, and produces a correct descriptive roll of it; or sometimes he gets a new horse after two years and more. In the first case the soldier suffers loss, and in the second the king's property is injured. Also on account of the distance he cannot* bring the animal to be branded. If his pay be deducted from the date when he ceased to have a horse it will be hard. If they transfer the aznās* to the new horse, and so do not make a deduction from his pay, he will be relieved.

As these remarks had been written with a good intention and from right-thinking, they were accepted. The old accounts were put into order, and by the labours of this wise man the tribunal of the vizier become a house of delight for the public.

One of the occurrences was the discomfiture of M'aṣūm K. Kabulī. Though, owing to evil ideas and selfish motives, there had been dissension among the imperial officers, and for a time the rebels had been successful, yet as there was the aid of heaven, and there was daily-increasing fortune, the rebels fell into dismay. M'aṣūm hastened off to the place which has been mentioned,* and on account of confusion of plans and the tidings of the approach of the victorious army, he was unable to achieve any success. He chose a strong position and proceeded to build forts. At the place Tirmohinī,* where the Ganges, Jumna and Sāknī join, he laid the foundations of two forts.* He left there Beg Muḥammad, Ulugh Beg and some evildoers as also some Zamīndārs. He designed that they should be his bulwark (band), and he himself took a lower place (pastarak) The officers prepared for battle. 'Īsā sent able men and made supplications. As he did not show signs of peni­tence, they did not give ear to his overtures and addressed them­selves to the taking on the forts. There were severe engagements, and every time the enemy ran away in large numbers. On 21 Farwardīn the victorious army arranged a naval battle. In a short time one of the forts was taken, and at dawn they broke down the other and proceeded against M'aṣūm. He could not resist them and took to the river. From the tumult of the rebels and the force of the river his boat was sunk, and a few escaped, half-dead, to land. A second time was he discomfited, and the imperial servants offered up thanksgivings.

One of the occurrences was the punishment of Tarkhān dīwāna and of āhir Īlāncaq. They were in obscurity on account of former defeats, and were waiting their opportunity. At a time when the officers were in the sleep of negligence, āhir went to Tājpūr and stirred up the dust of strife. Timur Badakhshī fought ⁴⁶⁰ a rash battle and was defeated. This made āhir presumptuous. Tarkhān dīwāna came to Tānda, the capital, and increased sedition. He sent fireladen reeds into some houses. Shahbāz K. sent Qāsim K. Muḥ. Niyāzī* and some brave men to punish him. He was soon a wanderer in the desert of destruction and died in the Morang.* The dust of failure was also scattered on the heads of the others.

One occurrence was the death of Ḥabīb 'Alī s. Muḥibb 'Alī (Rohtāsī). When the Bihar officers went to serve in Bengal, Yūsuf Matī Afghan collected few men and committed outrages. Ḥabīb 'A. boiled over on account of his youth, and engaged in fight without due preparation. He performed wonders of valour and played away the coin of his life. Muḥibb 'Alī was wild on hearing of this, but the other officers would not allow him to go off. Shāh Qulī— who had long been desirous of approaching the holy threshold—was sent to punish the wretch. In short time the rebels met with their deserts, and the dust of dissension was laid.

One occurrence was the assignment of Bengal to Ṣādiq K. It has been mentioned that the Bengal officers out of conceit and selfishness severed the thread of singleness of heart. Ṣādiq went off with some men in one direction, and Shahbāz went off in another. As ignorance was in the ascendant, the separation was not advan­tageous. They withdrew their hands from work and indulged in mutual animosity. Khwāja Salaimān* was sent to them from court to give them advice, and an order was given that it was not right to do one work in two divisions. Acute and well-meaning men should hold a meeting, and the subject should be fully considered among the leaders. Whoever should assume the management of Bengal should surrender Bihar to the other officer. The Khwāja first went to Ṣādiq, who hastily took Bengal without there having been any meeting of the two men. Shahbāz, S'aīd and others were angry and left without putting the province into order.

One occurrence was that Shahbāz became annoyed with Sang­rām. Though the latter had not had the bliss of appearing at court, he never failed to serve the Bihar officers, and such was his good conduct that Rajah Todar Mal had called him his son. When Shahbāz was returning from Bengal, he, from interested motives, set about ruining Sangrām. The latter went into the ravines and prepared for wars. When the affair was somewhat protracted, ⁴⁶¹ S'aīd chose separation and came to Bihar. Shahbāz caressed Pūran Mal of Gīdhaur, who was Sangrām's enemy, and encouraged him to injure Sangrām. A short time afterwards he imprisoned him (Pūran Mal).* A Rajpūt, who had formerly been in his (Pūran Mal's service, left him and joined Sangrām. He lay in wait to kill Shahbāz, and one day when a man was conversing with Pūran Mal in Shahbāz's parlour, that confused one took the man for Shahbāz and attacked him with his sword. Puran M. acted quickly, seized the Rājpūt and killed him. Shahbāz acted without consideration and put the innocent man (Pūran Mal) in chains.

One of the occurrences was the submissiou of 'Īsā K. From the time that a disaster* had happened to the imperial forces, of which some account has already been given, he had been greatly alarmed. He had been bewildered by the arrival of the troops, but when motives of self-interest and factiousness had disorganized the leaders of the army, and they in a short-sighted manner had fallen out with one another, this landholder become somewhat confident and reassured. He out of foresight sent envoys to Ṣādiq K. and the other leaders, and used soothing words. He agreed that he would send M'aṣūm Kābulī to the Ḥijāz, and that he himself would behave like a good servant. Also that he would send one of his relations to court to serve there, and that he would send there valuable presents. He would also send back what he had taken from the army at the time of the confusion. He was arranging to do all this when suddenly Shahbāz K., S'aīd K. and the other officers came away, as has been said. Thereupon that evilly constituted one gave up submissiveness and indulged in extensive desires. The officers out of ignorance left him some territory, and he showed some obedience. He sent off to court the elephants, guns etc. which had fallen into his hands. Though he did not dismiss M'aṣūm K., yet he restrained him in some measure from strife-mongering. The farsighted sovereign accepted these things, but he did not approve of the officers coming away in the manner described. Khwāja Sulaimān reported that however much he spoke to Shahbāz K. about staying some days, he in his wrath would not agree to do so. H.M. sent him (Sulai­mān) again to that country along with Nāir Daulat in order to obtain information about his (Shahbāz's) doings, and to rebuke the officers.