1 SETTLEMENT WITH SOME CHIEFS. 521
2 On our return to Dhaka a letter was re-
3 ceived from Sadat Khan, expressive of his
4 willingness to meet Lieutenant-Colonel Wade;
5 and we heard that he arrived at Goshta after
6 we had passed that place. He was recom-
7 mended to wait there the expected arrival of the
8 Shah, who he was told would no doubt take
9 his case into consideration.‘ A communication
10 was also held with Khalid Khan, Khosta, who
11 again waited on us at Chahardeh to renew
12 his pledges of loyalty. A letter of introduc-
13 tion was delivered to him for the King and Sir
14 W. Macnaghten, of similar import to those
15 which had been given to others, with which he
16 was likewise desired to wait on his Majesty on
17 his arrival at Jalalabad, when a permanent
18 arrangement respecting his jaghir would be
19 made with him. On our way a settlement was
20 also effected with the Maliks of Basoul and
21 Hazarnao, confirming to them their villages
22 on the terms on which they had enjoyed them
23 before; but they were prevented from levying
24 duties on passing merchandise, the wright of
25 which the sovereign of the country was only