No. I.
Letter from Raja Jai Singh of Amber to Rana Sangram
Singh of Mewar, regarding Idar.
Sri Ramji,[[1]]
Sri Sitaramji,
When I was in the presence at Udaipur, you commanded[[2]] that Mewar was my home, and that Idar was the portico of Mewar, and to watch the occasion for obtaining it. From that time I have been on the look-out. Your agent, Mayaram, has again written regarding it, and Dilpat Ras read the letter to me verbatim, on which I talked over the matter with Maharaja Abhai Singh, who, acquiescing in all your views, has made a nazar of the pargana to you, and his writing to this effect accompanies this letter.
The Maharaja Abhai Singh petitions that you will so manage that the occupant Anand Singh does not escape alive; as, without his death, your possession will be unstable;[[3]] this is in your hands. It is my wish, also, that you would go in person, or if you deem this inexpedient, command the Dhabhai Naga, placing a respectable force under his orders, and having blocked up all the passes, you may then slay him. Above all things, let him not escape—let this be guarded against.
Asarh badi 7th (22nd of the first month of the monsoon),
S. 1784 (A.D. 1728).
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