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ACUTENESS OF MURR1 RO. 483 latter, he satisfied both. He is even now in correspon- chap. clence with the Grand Vizier, and has lately received XI ' very flattering letters from the Great Mughal ! " In 1755. the same letter may be traced the determination of de Leyrit to have recourse to any expedient rather than carry out the partition system agreed to by Godeheu. Nevertheless, notwithstanding this determination and these favourable reports, it soon became every day more evident that the recall of Dupleix, the triumph of the English, as evinced by the installation of Muhammad Ali as Nawwab, and the policy of non-interference announced by Godeheu, had been working with a fatal effect on the minds of the proud Muhammadan chief- tains of the Dakhan. Of those who regarded the late occurrences as surely indicating the predominance of the English, the most considerable was the Prime Minister, Shah Nawaz Khan, a man who owed his elevation to Bussy, and upon whom Bussy believed he might surely count. But this chieftain had another reason for his action. Like Saiyid Laskhar before him, he had become jealous of the influence exercised by Bussv in the councils of his master : he con] J not but see that in all important matters the wishes of the French were consulted, their advantage was mainly studied. In his quiet oriental manner he took care that every transaction tending to bring out this feature should come under the notice of the Subadar, nor were insinuations wanting as to the drift of all the public measures proposed by the French statesman. An opportunity soon offered which enabled him to confirm in the mind of the Subadar the vague impres- sions to which his insinuations had given birth. In the month of February, 1756, the Haidarabad Government resolved to send an expedition against the Nawwab 01 Savanur, the successor of one of the four Affghan chiefs who had conspired against Nasir Jang at Jinji, and against Muzaffar Jang at Kadapah. This Nawwab had 11 2