Ram-naráin, Viceroy of Azim-abad, submits to Mir-djaafer-qhan —The Author’s family greatly disappointed—Hazyr-ally, slave to the former family, seizes the province of P8rania— Mirza-mehdi, a child of fifteen, youngest brother of Seradj-ed-döula, is barbarously put to death by Mir-djaafer-qhan’s order —Qhadum-hassan-qhan, a very strange character, sent to P8rania, expells Hazur-aaly—His conduct—His behaviour to an innocent astrologer—Ram-nárain manages so as to put himself under the safeguard of the English Government—The Author recovers his Djaghir, or family estate—Shitab-ráy makes his appearance on the stage of the world—Mir-a8dollah, a gentleman of the Imperial family of Persia—Wretched administration of the Navvab’s, and of his son—The troops, headed by two principal officers, conspire against him—The conspiracy is discovered and severly punished—Mir-cazen, an officer of importance, enveloped in the punition—Several illustrious, but defenceless women sent into a loathsome confine­ment —The Navvab’s detestable conduct renders Seradj-ed-döula regretted—Radja Sunder-sing, one of the most zealous friends of a revolution, is accidentally killed—The Imperial Prince, Aaly-goher, undertakes an expedition against Bengal—Is strongly recommended by his mother to our author’s father, Hedáiet-ally-qhan—Mahmed-c8li-qhan, Lord of Ilah-abad, joins the Prince—Ram-naráin tampers with the two parties—Our author rendered suspected on account of his father, justifies his conduct—The author sent on an embassy to the Shah-zada, or Imperial Prince—Faithless proposals of our author’s rejected with indignation by his father, and by the General of the army —Azim-abad besieged by the Shah-zada—The siege raised on the report of the arrival of the Bengal Army, and of Mahmed-c8li-qhan’s having been circumvented by his kinsman, Shudja-ed-düla —The Shah-zada joined by the Frenchman Mossilass —Mahmed-c8li-qhan’s army waylaid and stripped by his kins­man’s troops, and his person confined—Resolute behaviour of an officer who stands upon his defence; his noble character— The refractory Governor of P8rania is reconciled, by the interposition of the English—Second expedition of the Shah-zada’s in Bengal—The Shah-zada hearing that his father had been murdered ascends the throne under the title of Shah-aalem —He beats Ram-naráin in battle, but misses Azim-abad —He marches forward to encounter the Navvab of Bengal and Colonel Clive—Beats the Indians, but is beaten by the English —Camcar-qhan detaches himself from the Shah-zada, to fall by stealth upon M8rsh8d-abad—Is prevented by the old Navvab and a body of English—The Navvab orders an officer of char­acter to be blown at a gun—The refractory Governor of P8ra­nia wants to join the Shah-zada—Azim-abad assaulted twice, is succoured by Capt. Knox, who makes a successful sally, and then with a handful of men attacks and beats the Governor of P8rania—The Colonel and Miren arrive—The latter is killed by the lightning.