The power of the sword was in effect so, as they contracted for the maintenance of the army.

The Company had a revenue of a million and a half.

The Nabob had, indeed, fallen from any real and effective power, yet the dignity of the court was maintained.

The prejudices and interests of the Mahomedans, and particularly of their nobility, who had suffered more by this great revolution even than the old inhabitants of the country, were consulted; for by this plan a revenue of 500,000_l._ was settled on the viceroyalty, which was thus enabled to provide in some measure for those great families.

The Company likewise, by this plan, in order to enjoy their revenues securely, and to avoid envy and murmur, put them into the hands of Mahomed Reza Khan, whom Lord Clive found in the management of affairs, and did not displace; and he was now made deputy-steward to the Company, as he had been before lieutenant-viceroy to the Nabob.