LETTER XCIX.
To KUMRÛDDEEN; dated 25th DÂRÂEY. (7th August.)

YOU write, “that in concert with Bûrhânûddeen, you are treating “with the besieged for the surrender of the place, which you expect “will submit in two or three days.” You must, by any means, whether by engagements or by artifice, get the garrison to evacuate the fort, in order that our troops may obtain a little respite from fatigue, as we have it in contemplation to employ them, ere long, on a weighty service.*

You state, “that yourself and Bûrhânûddeen labour diligently together, and in perfect concert, in the conduct of our affairs; but that, “possibly, some envious persons, incapable of viewing things clearly, “may have made a different representation to us.” It is understood. How shall any one [presume to] represent to us, that any disagreement subsists between that light of our eyes and Bûrhânûddeen, since both are our beloved sons, and have been brought up alike under our care: we therefore entertain a confident persuasion, that you will both, with one heart, exert yourselves earnestly in the service of the Sircar.

OBSERVATIONS.

A letter of the same date, and nearly of the same tenor as the preceding one, was addressed to Bûrhânûddeen, who likewise appears to have assured the Sultan, “that he conducted all affairs in concert with Kumrûddeen.” But though the Sultan thought fit to intimate to these commanders his belief that a proper harmony really subsisted between them, it appears, I think, sufficiently clear, from the tenor of his letters, that he was far from being entirely satisfied of the fact; and it may, at least, be confidently assumed, that there were those who thought otherwise, and who endeavoured to impress him with their opinions.