"Abdali is also interested in Delhi alone. Earlier, Delhi had a lot of wealth and territory. The Patshah had power. That is the reason Mansur Ali Khan was keen to become the Wazir. Now the Patshahi is full of bad behaviour, has no treasure and no territory. It is merely like a man born rich. Investigate properly and then send a clever man to Shuja, and after considering everything, and working through the Jat and Govind pant, give him the post if he pays fifty lakhs and hands over Prayag. You have written that you will give the Mir Bakshi’s post to Najib Khan for thirty lakh rupees. Know this, Najib Khan is entirely a cunning and wicked man. His relations with Dadasaheb are vitiated. If you place him in Delhi, you may consider that you have placed Abdali himself there. He is be-imaan (without honour) and wicked. To allow him to grow is akin to feeding milk to a serpent. At the first opportunity, he must be extirpated. If Shuja does not agree to our terms, renew the agreements that chiranjeev Dada had with Ghaziuddin, Then, in combination with him and the Emperor, if you head for Bengal, the pressure will be enormous. You should head tor Bengal. From here, chiranjeev will come from Bundelkhand to Prayag. The second option is to convince the Wazir, to make Shuja the Mir Bakshi. If the Wazir refuses to come with you, go alone and take Shuja-ud-daulah with you and head for Bengal. Free the province. Take Kashi-Prayag from Shuja-ud- daulah and share half of Bengal and Bihar with him without further payment. This is the third option. Select the one that seems to have greater chance of success."