224 THE FIRST NIZAM

accountable for any risque that may accidentally happen
to them. I have fully wrote to Ghulam Hussain Cawn
about this affair who will communicate it to you. May
Your Excellency be always victorious over your enemies.1

Through the instrumentality of Diwan Puranchand the
revenues of the Carnatic were raised to 35, then to
40 lakhs, and finally to 45 lakhs. Kahwaja Ni'amatullah
Khan also contributed much to effecting the settlement
of the revenues of the province. Puranchand induced some rich
merchants of the Carnatic to undertake to stand surety for
the payment of the allotted money. As a reward for his ser-
vices, Nizamu'1-Mulk invited him to his camp, had a con-
versation with him for about two hours, presented him with
an elephant and a howdah, and raised his salary to 2,000
rupees.2

The rival Governments of the European settlements in
India, taking a comprehensive view of all the perils con-
fronting them, tried to gain the favour of the country Govern-
ments. But the proprietors of these trading companies were
naturally more interested in their profits than taking risks
for territorial possessions. The Governors of their settlements
were continually urged to economize. A Governor of Bombay
had been dismissed for fortifying his city, and a leading
director said of him that "he was a very honest man, but
too expensive a Governor95.8 The directors of the East India
Company, who were never tired of asking their representa-
tives in India to make a point of reducing their expenses as
far as possible, objected to spending so much money for
presents to Nizamu'1-Mulk, especially when no immediate
advantage was obtained. A despatch addressed to the Presi-
dent of Fort St. George and dated the 6th of June, 1746
runs:

Though the Subahship of the Province is removed from
the Old Family, from whom some Favours might reason-
ably have been expected, yet we observe the new Nabob

1 Diary and Consultation Book, 1743.

2 Ananda Ranga Pitta?s Diary, vol. Ill, p. 432.

3 Dodwell, Dupleix and dive, p. 7.