 However, this trade was forbidden by Elwick and he considered any sort of foreign trade as detrimental to the interests of the British East India Company.Cheen Kulich Khan, the Nizam of Hyderabad defeated the Nawab of the Carnatic in June 1724 and proceeded towards Gingee causing severe apprehensions among the British authorities in Madras.The same month, the Afghans laid siege to the town of Shiraz in Persia thereby effectively cutting off the supply of Madeira wine to the factory of Madras.