YOUR letter has been received, and its contents are understood. What you say, respecting your having left the Kushoon of the Sipahdâr Syed Ghûfâr for the guard of the baggage, and taken the Kushoon of the Sipahdâr Mahommed Ali along with yourself, is known. With the exception of tents and pawls* and other articles of indispensable necessity, there is no baggage attached either to you or to the divi­sion of Bûrhânûddeen; therefore the leaving the Kushoon of the said Sipahdâr for their protection is absolutely superfluous. Besides, advert­ing to [the near approach of] the rainy season, it is of importance, on the score of health, that you should have your tents and pawls along with you. Such being the case, you will take the Kushoon of Syed Ghûfâr also with you, as well as your tents and pawls.

You and Bûrhânûddeen must live together in harmony, and not thwart or oppose one another in the conduct of our affairs, but apply yourselves to the chastisement of the enemy. It will also be suitable to the friend­ship [which should subsist between you,] and will contribute to the success of our affairs, if you sometimes visit his quarters: nor will it be amiss if you occasionally invite him to yours.

It is abundantly evident from the foregoing letter (and will appear still more from some others that follow) that no very good understanding subsisted between the cousin and brother-in-law of the Sultan; whose admonitions, on the occasion, being mostly addressed to Kumrûddeen, it may, from thence, be inferred, that the fault was chiefly on the side of the latter; who might probably think that his nearer affinity to the Sultan, as well as the services of his father, gave him a claim to superior consideration.