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1763. ^ n the 15th of January 1763 Major Carnac, who commandedthe English forces, marched against the prince, Shah Alum, andattacked and beat him. "He pursued the prince very closely forsome days, till the latter found himself so straightened, that heoffered to throw himself upon the protection of the English, whichwas accepted, and on the 8th of February he joined the Englishcamp, and proceeded with them to Patna. The province ofAllahabad, including the district of Corah, estimated at the yearlyrevenue of twenty-two lacks of rupees, was assigned to him inguarantee by the Company and, in addition, to render his establishmentsplendid, the British Governor, in behalf of the Com-;pany, agreed to pay into his Majesty's treasury the annual sumof twenty-six lacks of rupees from the revenues of Bengal." 134Describing a rupee of Shah Alum struck in 1176 (A.D 1762-3),and bearing on one side the inscriptionf ..." struck at Calcutta in the 4th year of the auspicious reign,"1765.2Marsden" says: This rupih was evidently struck at the periodwhen Shah Alum, after the defeat of his army, consented to placehimself under the protection of the English Government, and toreceive an assignment of certain revenues for his support. It isperhaps the earliest that expresses the name of Calcutta, and itsweight accords with the regulated standard. The work is creditableto the new mint."^n 17(55 it was agreed by the articles of a Treaty and Agreementconcluded between the Governor and Council of Fort St.William on the part of the English East India Company andthe Nabob Nudjum ul Dowla " that the books of the Circar shallalways be kept, and the business conducted at Moorshedabad, andthat shall as heretofore be the seat of my government, and whereverI (Nabob Nudjum ul Dowla) am, I consent that an Englishgentleman shall reside with me to transact all affairs between meand the Company, and that a person of high rank shall also resideon my part at Calcutta to negotiate with the Governor andCouncil." I will cause the rupees, coined in Calcutta, to pass in everyrespect equal to the Siccas 3 of Moorshedabad, without any deductionof Batta ;and whosoever shall demand Batta shall bepunished. The annual loss on coinage, by the fall of Batta, onthe issuing of the new Siccas, is a very heavy grievance to thecountry and after mature consideration, I ; will, in concert withthe Governor and Council, pursue whatever may appear the bestmethod for remedying it."1Francklin's History of the Reign of Shah Alum, p. 25.2Numismat. Orient., 1825, pt. ii, p. 6773Note on the word Sicca from Yule and Burnell, op. cit.'The term Sicca (sikkha, from Arab, sikka, a coming die,'money," whence I', sikka zadan to coin) ........ "and ' coined1683." Having received 25,000 rupees Siccas for Rajamaul." Hedges, MS.,April 4.1705." Les roupies Sicca valent a Bcnpale 39 sols." Lvillier. 255.1779." In the 2nd Term, 1779, on Saturday, March 6th, 'Judgment was pronouncedfor the plaintiff. Damages fifty thousand Sicca rupees."