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1779. 3 Sittings. [Tuesday] July 13.

first she came to the Durga, but afterward when the Sepoys came, she was kept three days from Victuals. Women were sent to take her out of the Durga.
A Chubdar of the Cheif came to get a Razy-nama. Nauderah took a knife and attempted to stab herself, we prevented her.
Shaw Golaum Hossain. The second Witness.
I am the Head of the Fakeers. I did not know that Mr. Law, after plundering my house, would be the occasion of my coming to Calcutta, otherwise I would have made minutes of the time: now I do not know the times.
Nauderah came to the Durgah, first she lived in the Apartment of
three days. Afterward she lived in the Bathing Place. She staid these five or six Months. The Durgah was a Sacred Place which no Person dared to violate: Kings and Princes have made it their Asylum: formerly Thousands of Fakeers kept the door, and would suffer no man to enter. Since the English Government the Fakeers have always been Friends to the English. Shah Allum,
/ Padshaw