A COLLECTION OF TREATIES AND ENGAGEMENTS, Sfc. §c. I ■ V s A COLLECTION OF TREATIES aJVB ENGAGEMENTS WITH THE NATIVE PRINCES AND STATES OF ASIA CONCLUDED, ON BEHALF OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY \ BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENTS IN INDIA, viz. By the Government of B_engal from the Year 1757 to 1809 ; By the Government of Fort St. George from the Year 1759 to 1809: By the Government of Bombay from the Year 1739 to 1808 : ALSO COPIES OF SUNNUDS, OR GRANTS, OF CERTAIN PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES TO THE EAST-INDIA COMPANY, \ BY THE MOGUL, AND OTHER NATIVE PRINCES OF HINDUSTAN: WITH AN INDEX. LONDON : Printed by E. Cox and Son, Printers to the Hon. United East-India Company, No. 75, Great Queen Street,' Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields. 1812. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2017 with funding from Duke University Libraries https://archive.org/details/collectionoftrea01beng LIST OF TREATIES, Sfc. Sfc. BENGAL, No. Page I. .Treaty and Agreements with Serajah Dowla, 1757 - - - 1 Agreement of the Company, signed by the Governor and Committee, 9th February, 1757 - -- -- -- - 3 Agreement of Colonel Clive with the Nabob, dated 12 th February, BENGAL. A.D.1757. 1757 4 II. > i m < • . .Perwannah for Dustucks from Serajah Dowla, for commercial Privileges, &c. dated the 9th Rajeb Moon (31st March 1757) - — Perwannah, under the Seal of the Nabob Monsoor-ul-Mulck Serajah Dowla Behauder Hybut Jung, dated 9th of Rajeb (31st March) in the third year of the glorious reign Mohunlol - - - ’ - S Dustuck under the seal of the Nabob Serajah Dowla, &c. dated 17 Jemmadee Sauni, the third year of the King’s glorious reign - = Perwannah of the Nabob Serajah Dowla to the Honorable Compan}', for erecting a Mint in Calcutta -------6 III. ..... .Treaty of Alliance and Friendship with Jaffier Ally Khan, 1757 - - — - jy General Sunnud under the Seal of Jaffier Ally Khan, 15th July 1757 - 8 y. Perwannah from Jaffier Ally Khan, for the Mint ----- 9 VI. ..... .Perwannah from Jaffier Ally Khan for the granted Lands, December 1757 10 VII. ..... .Perwannah from Jaffier Ally Khan for the Saltpetre Bahar, 1757 - - 12 VIII Sunnud for the Zemindarry of the Honorable East-India Company’s Lands, given under the Seal of Allow -o- Dowla Meer Mahomed Saddock Khan Behauder Assud Jung, Dewan of the Soubah of Bengal, 1757 — Particulars of the Endorsement - - - - - - -13 Form of theFerdSawal - - - - - - - -14 Form 287623 LIST OF TREATIES, &c. Page Form of the Ferd Huckeekut - - - - - _ -18 Form of the Muchulca - - - - - - - _ -19 Form of the Tcursook Hazir Zeminee ------ 20 Form of the Agreement for the Pishcash, & c. to the imperial Sircar - Explanation of the Terms used in the Sunmud granted for the Zemindarry of the Honorable Company’s Lands - - - - 21 Sunnud for the free Tenure of the Town of Calcutta, &c. to the Honorable East-India Company, given under the seal of the Nabob AlIow-o-Dowla Meer Mahommed Saddock Khan Behauder Assud Jung, Dewan of the Soubah of Bengal, 1758 - -- -- -- -23 Particulars of the Endorsement ------- 24 Form of the Ferd Sawal - -- -- -- - — Explanation of the Words in the Grant ------ 27 — — 1760. X ..Treaty between the Nabob Meer Mahomed Cossim Khan and the Com- pany, assigning to them the Lands of Burdwan, Midnapore, and Chit- tagong, 27th September 1760 - - - - - - - 29 XI Sunnud under the seal of the Nabob Naseer-ul-Mulck Imteaz-o-Dowla Nessaret Jung Meer Mahomed Cossim Khan Behauder - - - 32 — 1763. XII , . .Articles of a Treaty and Agreement between the Governor and Council of Fort William on the part of the English East-India Company, and the Nabob Shujah-ul-Mulck Hossam-o-Dowla Meer Mahomed Jaffier Khan Behauder Mahabut Jung, on his Restoration to the Soubahship, 10th July 1763 32 Demands made on the part of the Nabob Meer Mahomed Jaffier Khan, and agreed to by the Council, at the time of signing the Treaty - - - - - - - - - - - 3 a — - 1764. XIII. . . . .Nabob Meer Mahomed Jaffier Ally Khan’s Note for five lacks of Rupees per Month for the Expences of the Army, 16th September 1764 - 36 XIV. . . » .Proposals made and Articles executed by the Mogul, granting to the Company the Zemindary of Benares, 1764 - - - - - 37 Proposals made by the King Shah Aalum, and enclosed in a Letter from Major Hector Munro to the President and Council at Bengal, dated from the Camp at Benares, the 22d November 1764 - - - — Articles to be executed by the King, enclosed in a Letter from the President and Council at Bengal to Major Hector Munro, Com- mander-in-Chief of the Army, sent 6th December 1764 - - — Firmaund n No. BENGAL. A. D. 1757. i«?'Q TV LIST OF TREATIES, kc. iii No. Page Firmaund executed by the King, 29th December 1764 - - 38 BENGAL . XV .Articles of a Treaty and Agreement concluded between the Governor and A.D.1765 Council of Fort William, on the part of the English East-India Company, and the Nabob' Nudjum-ul-Dowla, on his Accession, 20th February 1765 39 XVI Firmaund from the King Shah Aalum, granting the Dewannee of Bengal, Bahar, and Orissa, to the Company, 12th August 1765 - - - 43 Contents of the Zimmun - -- -- -- - 44? XVII Firmaund from the King Shah Aalum for the Dewannee of the Province of Bengal, 12th August 1765 - - - - - - - 45 Contents of the Zimmun — ------- XVIII. . . . .Firmaund from the King Shah Aalum for the Dewannee of the Province of Bahar, 12th August 1765 - -- -- -- - 46 Contents of the Zimmun - -- -- -- - 47 XIX ..... .Firmaund from the King Shah Aalum for the Dewannee of the Province of Orissa, 12 th August 1765 - -- -- -- - — Contents of Zimmun --------- 43 XX ..... .Firmaund from the King Shah Aalum, confirming the Grants of Burdwan, and the rest of the Company’s Possessions in Bengal, to them, 12 th Au- gust 1765 — . Contents of the Zimmun - - - - - - -49 XXI ..... .Treaty between the Nabob Shujah-ul-Dowla, the Nabob Nudjum-ul-Dowla, and the English Company, executed at Illiabad, the 16th of August 1765 - -- -- ------- 50 XXII Articles of Agreement between the King Shah Aalum and the Company, for the Tribute of Bengal, 19th August 1765 - - - - - 53 XXIII . . , .Agreement between the Nabob Nudjum-ul-Dowla and the Company for his Stipend, 1765 - -- - = -- -- - 54 Grants for Lord Clive's Jaghire and Sttnnuds for the Reversion of the Jaghire to the Company , 1765 - -- -- -- 55 Sunnud for Colonel Clive’s Munsub ______ — Penvannah from the Nabob Shujah-ul-Mulck Hossam-o-Dowla Meer Mahomed Jaffier Khan Behander Mahaubut Jung to the Honorable President and Council at Calcutta - - - - - 58 Explanation of Terms used in Colonel Clive’s Perwannah for his Jaghire - -- -- - ----.59 o q 17 6 2 9 Sunnud LIST OF TREATIES, &c. iv No. BENGAL . A. D. 1765. Page Sunnud from the Nabob for the Reversion in Perpetuity of Lord Clive’s Jaghire to the Company - - - - - - -60 Firmaund from the King Shah Aalum, confirming the Reversion in Perpetuity of Lord Clive’s Jaghire to the Company - - - 61 Contents of the Zimmun - -- -- -- - 62 — 1766. XXIV . . . .Articles of a Treaty and Agreement concluded between the Governor and Council of Fort William, on the part of the English East India Com- pany, and the Nabob Syef-ul-Dowla, on his Accession, 19th May 1766 63 — 1768. XXV Treaty between the Company and the Vizier Shujah-ul-Dowla, for the Reduction of his Army, 29th November 1768 - - - - - 64 — 1770. XXVI . . . .Articles of a Treaty and Agreement between the Governor and Council of Fort William on the part of the English East India Company, and the Nabob Mebarek-ul-Dowla, on his Accession, 21st March 1770 - 66 — 1775. XXVII. ..Treaty of Subsidy with Sujah-ul-Dowla, 7th September 1773 - - 68 Translation of a new Cowlnama, or Agreement, given by the Nabob Sujah-ul-Dowla to Rajah Cheyt Sing - - - - _ - 69 Translation of thePottah, given by the Nabob Sujah-ul-Dowla to Rajah Cheyt Sing - - - - - - - -70 Letter from the Governor to Rajah Cheyt Sing - - - - 71 — - 1774. XXVIII . .Treaty under the Hands and Seals of the Nabob Sujah-ul-Dowla Behader and Colonel Champion, October 1774 ------ 72 XXIX . . . .Treaty under the Hands and Seals of Fyzulah Khan and Colonel Cham- pion, October 1774 - -- -- -- -- 73 — 1775. XXX Translation of the proposed Articles of the Treaty with the Nabob Ausuf-ul-Dowlab, for the Cession of Benares to the Company, 21 st May 1775 - 74 Translation of an Agreement under the Seal of his Excellency the Nabob Ausuf-ul-Dowlah --------76 Translation of an Agreement under the Seal of his Excellency the Nabob Ausuf-ul-Dowlah - -- -- -- -77 — 1776 XXXI . . . .Treaty of Peace between the Honorable the English East India Company and the Maratta State, May 1776 - - - - - - -78 Letter from Colonel Upton and Additional Clause - - - - 82 XXXII . . .Translation of the Sunnud granted to Rajah Cheyt Sing for the Zemindary of Gauzypore, Benares, &c. 15th April 1776 ----- 83 The No. LIST OF TREATIES, &c. v Page The Zemun - 84 BENGAL. Copy of a Pottali granted to Cheyt Sing - 85 Al.D.1779. XXXIII. . .Draught of a Treaty proposed between the Company and Maha Rajah Luckindar Behander, Ranah of Gohud, 2d December 1779 - - 86 XXXIV ..Agreement concluded by the Governor General with the Vizier, on the — 1781. 19th September 1781, for the Removal of the Temporary Brigade - 89 Agreement made by the Vizier with the Governor General - - 90 XXXV. . .Copy of the Pottah granted to Rajah Mehipnarain Behauder of Benares, 14th September 1781 - - - - - - - - - 9L The Bundobust of the year 1189 Fusselee - - - - 92 Cubbooleat of Rajah Mehipnarain Behauder - - - - - 94 Agreement of Rajah Mehipnarain Behauder for the Payment of Arrears ----------- 95 Requests of Rajah Mehipnarain, to which he is hopeful that the Governor General’s Signature may be affixed - - - - 96 XXXVI. . .Translation of a, Copy of the Treaty entered into by Mobarus-ul-Mulck Iftiker-ul-Dowla Colonel Muir Behauder Mohabut Jung, on the part of the English East-India Company, and the Maha Rajah Saheb Soubadar Madhee Row Sindia Behauder on his part, 13th October 1781 ------------ 97 XXXVII . .Treaty of Peace with the Marattas, 17th May 1782 - - - - 99 — 1782. Addition to the Treaty, at the Time of the Ratification and final Ex- change ----------- 104 Extract Bengal Secret Consultations, 1 5th March 1 782 - - - 105 Ditto - - ditto T- - 3d June - Ditto - - ditto - - 10th July - - - - 106 XXXVIII .Agreement with the King of Queda for the Cession of Prince of Wales — 1786. Island in 1786 - - -- -- -- -- - 107 XXXIX. . .Treaty with Asoph-ul-Dowlah, Nabob of Oude, fixing the whole of his — 1787. Payments at fifty lacks of Rupees, 15th April 1787 - lOS XL Treaty of Commerce w'ith the Nabob Asuf-ul-Dowla, 1st September — 1788. 1788 XLI Translation of the Nyzam’s Order to Seyf Jung for the Surrender of the Guntoor Circar to the Company, delivered to Captain Kennaway, the Resident at the Nyzam’s Durbar, the 18th September 17SS - - 121 b Copy LIST OF TREATIES, &c. ' VI No. BENGAL. XLII. A. D. 1789. — 1790. XLIII . . . .Copy of a Letter from Earl Cornwallis to the Nizam, deemed equal to a Treaty, written 7tb July 1789 - 122 Extract from the Journals cf the House of Commons, 15° Martii 1792 126 . . . .Treaty of Alliance between the Company, the Peshwa, and the Nj’zam, against Tippoo Sultaun, 5th June 1790 - - - - — — Separate Agreement with the Nizam ----- - 130 *— 1791. XLIV. . . .Treaty with the King of Queda, for an annual Quit-rent for Prince of Wales’ Island, 1st May 1791- - - - - - - -131 ■ — 1792. XLV Preliminary Treaty with Tippoo Sultaun, 22d February 1793 - - 133 XLVI Definitive Treaty of Peace with Tippoo Sultaun, 18th March 1792 - 134 Jummabundy of the Countries which are ceded to the Honorable English East-India Company by Tippoo Sultaun, dated the 16th March 1792, corresponding to the 22d Rejeb, 1206 Higera - - 140 XLVII. . .Treaty of Commerce with the Rajah of Nepaul, 1st March 1792 - - 144 — 1793. XLVI1I. . .Commercial Agreement with the Rajah of Assam, 28th February, 1793 - 146 ■ — 1794. XL1X. . . .Treaty with theNawaub Asoph-ul-Dowlah and the Chief of the Rohillas, 13th December 1794, with Appendix - - - - - -150 No. 1. Translation of the Preliminary Engagement between the Nawaub Vizier-ul-Mamalik Asof Jah Asof-ul-Dowlah Yeheha Khan Behader Huzzubber Jung, the English Company, and the Rohillah Tribe ---------- 15-3 No. 2. Translation of the Kabooleat, or Engagement, entered into by the Nawaub Ahmed Ally Khan Behauder to the Nawaub Vizier-ul-Mamalik Asof Jah Behauder - - - - -154 No. 3. Translation of the Deed of Acknowledgment entered into by the Nawaub Vizier-ul-Mamalik Asof Jah Behauder to the Honorable the English East-India Company - - - - 157 No. 4. Translation of the Wajib-ul-Arz delivered by Nussur-ulla- Khan, with the Answers written to each Question - 158 — -1795-6. L. Captain Syme’s Commercial Arrangement with the King of Ava, 1795 and 1796 - 161 Account of Duties paid by Ships anchoring at Rangoon, agreeable to former Regulations - - - - - - - -163 Translation of an Order from the Viceroy of Henzawuddy to the subordinate Council of Rangoon - - - - - -165 Translation No. LIST OF TREATIES, fcc. vii Page Translation of the Royal Order, regulating the Customs to be taken BENGAL . at the several Chokevs between Unmeerapoor and Rangoon - - 166 A.D. 1795- Translation of a Royal Order respecting the Duty to be taken on 1796. Timber - - - - - • - - - - -169 LI. - Agreement with the Nabob Vizier Asoph-ul-Dowlah for the Pay of an — .1797. additional Regiment of Cavalry, 20 th March 1197 ^ - LII Treaty with the Rajah Travancore, as originally proposed by the Govern- ment of Bombay, and afterwards amended, and finally concluded and ratified, by the Governor General in Council of Bengal, 18th May 1797 170 Temporary Engagement with the Rajah of Travancore, 17th No- vember 1795. - - - - - - - - - - ] 74 LIII. .... .Treaty of Alliance and Subsidy between the Nawaub Vizier Saadit Ah — 1798. Khan Behader and the Honorable East-India Company, 21 st February 179$ r r - . - 177 LTV ..... .Engagement executed by the Nabob Saadit Ali Khan to. the Bhow Begum (Mother of the late Nabob Asof-ud-Dowlah) under the Guarantee of the Company, 7th February 1798 - - - - - - - -181 LV. ..... .Treaty of Alliance, Defence, and Subsidy with the Nyzam, and for the Dismission of the French Troops from his Service, and the Reception of a Body of British Troops in lieu of them, with two separate Articles, 1 st September 1798 - - - - - - - - -182 Separate Articles appertaining to the Treaty with the Nyzam - - 186 LVI Treaty of Friendship with the Inaaum of Muscat, 18th January 1800 - 188 — 1800. LVII Treaty of Alliance and Defence with the Nyzam, and for the Cession of Territory in Commutation of Subsidy, 12 th October 1800 - Separate and Secret Articles - ------- 195 Schedule referred to in the Treaty - - - - - - -197 LVIII ... .Political Treaty with the King of Persia, January 1801 - 200 — ■ 1801. LIX Commercial Treaty with the King of Persia, January 1801 - 205 LX. ..... .Treaty of Alliance with the Rajah of Nepaul, 30th October 1801 - - 209 LXI Treaty with the Nabob Vizier Saadit Ali, for ceding to the Company, in perpetual Sovereignty, certain Portions of his Excellency’s territorial Possessions, in Commutation of Subsidy, 10th November 1801 - - 213 LXII Final Arrangement with the Nabob Vizier Saadit Ali, 1802 - «. - 217 — 1802 * LXIII. ... .Treaty with the Nabob of Furruckabad, for ceding to the Company in b 2 perpetual LIST OF TREATIES, &c. viii No. BENGAL. A.D. 1802 . Page perpetual Sovereignty, the Province of Furruckabad and its Dependen- cies, in Commutation of Tribute, 24th June 1802 - 227 LXIV Commercial Treaty with the Nyzam, 1 2th April 1802 - - 230 LXV Treaty of Alliance and Subsidy with the Peshwa, commonly called the Treaty of Bassein, 31st December 1802 ------ 233 Schedule of the Territories ceded in Perpetuity by His Highness Badjee Rao Ragonaut Pundit Purdhaun Behauder to the Honorable East-India Company - -- -- -- - 241 — 1803. Supplementary Articles to the Treaty of Bassein, 16th December 1803 242 — 1802. LXVI Treaty with the King of Queda, for Cession of Territory on the Coast of Queda, November 1802 - -- -- -- - 245 — 1803 . LXYII ... .Supplementary Treaty with the Rajah of Mysoor, for adjusting an Exchange of certain Districts, dated 29th December 1803, with a Re- ference to the fifteenth Article of the Treaty of Mysoor, concluded in 1799 - 248 Schedule A. — Districts ceded by His Highness the Rajah of Mysoor to the Honorable Company ------- 249 Schedule B. — Districts to be ceded by the Honorable Company to His Highness the Rajah of Mysoor - LXVIII . . .Instrument, under the Signature of the Governor General in Council, de- livered to the Nizam (Secundar Jah) on his Accession to the Musnud, recognizing all the former Treaties and Engagements with Nizam Alii, deceased, 24th August 1803 -------- 250 Extract Letter to the Resident a.t Hydrabad, dated 25th November 1803 Extract Letter from the Resident at Hydrabad, dated 10th January 1804 251 LXIX. . . . .Treaty of Alliance and Friendship with the Rajah of Bhurrutpore, 29th September 1803 - - ■- - - - - - LXX Treaty of Alliance and Friendship with the Rajah of Macherry, 14th No- vember 1803 ----------- 252 LXXI. ... .Treaty of Amity and Alliance with the Rajah of Jyepoor (or Jyenagur) 12th December 1803 - -- -- -- -- 253 LXXII Treaty of Amity and Alliance with Rajah Umbajee Rao Englah, 16th December 1803 255 Treaty LIST OF TREATIES, &c. ix No. Pa g e LXXIII . . .Treaty of Peace and Friendship with the Rajali of Berar, 17th December B ENGAL .. *803 261 AJ>1 803. LXX1V.. . .Treaty of Peace and Friendship with Dowlut Rao Scindiah, 30th De- cember 1803 ------------ 263 LXXV ... .Treaty of Amity and Alliance with the Ran ah of Gohud, 17th January — 1804. 1804 ----------- 268 LXXVI . . .Treaty of Alliance and mutual Defence with Dowlut Rao Scindiah, 27th February 1804 - -- -- -- -- - 272 LXXVII . .Partition Treaty of Hydrabad, with His Highness the Soubahdar of the Deckan, 28th April 1 804 - -- -- -- - 278 LXXYIII . .Partition Treaty of Poonah with His Highness the Peishwah, 14th May 1804 - 4 - 280 LXXIX. ..Treaty of Friendship and Alliance with the Rajah of Travancore, 12 th _ 1805. January 1805 - - - - - - - - - - 283 LXXX. . . .Treaty of Amity and Alliance with the Rajah of Bhurrutpore, 17th April 1805 - - - - - - 2S7 LXXXI . . .Definitive Treaty of Amity and Alliance with Dowlut Rao Scindiah, 22 d November 1805 - -- -- -- -- - 290 Declaratory Articles annexed to the Treaty concluded between the Right Honorable Lord Lake, on the part of the Honorable Com- pany, and Malta Rajah Dowlut Row Scindiah - 293 LXXXII. . .Treaty of Peace and Amity with Jeswunt Row Holkar, 24th December 1805 294 Declaratory Articles annexed to the Treaty of Peace and Amity concluded between the British Government and Maha Rajah Row Holkar - - - -- - - 297 LXXXIII. .Treaty with the Ran ah of Gohud, for the Relinquishment to the Com- — 1806. pany of the Country and Fort of Gohud and others, and for the Inves- titure of the Ranah in the Sovereignty of the Districts of Dalepoor Baree, and Bajekerab, 10 th January 1806 - 293 LXXXI V. .Engagement with the Rajah of Berar, for the Restitution of the Provinces of Sumbulpore and Patna by the British Government to the Rajah, 24th August 1806 - 300 LXXXV . . .Articles explanatory of the third Article of the Treaty of Mysore conclu- — „ 1807. ded in 1799. 29th January 1807 ------- 302 Treaty LIST OF TREATIES, &c. BENGAL. AD. 1809. — 1803. — 1804. No. Page LXXXVI. .Treaty of Alliance and Friendship with the King of Caiibul, 17fh June 1809 304 LXXXVJI. Treaty of Alliance with the Rajah of Lahore, 25th April 1S09 - - 805 Copy of the original Promissory Agreement ----- 306 Appendix. Engagements with the Petty Rajahs and Tributary Chieftains of Hindostan since the conclusion of the Treaty with the Peshwa, supplementary to the Treaty of Bassein 308 No. 1 .— Treaty with Ami*ut Row, 14th August 1803 - No. 2 . — Agreement with Rajah Himmut Behauder, 4th September 1803 309 No. 3. — Treaty with the Soubadar of Jansee, 6th February 1804 - 312 No. 4. — Treaty concluded between Rao Rajah Pareccheet of Duttia and Captain Baillie, Political Agent of his Excellency General Lake, Commander in Chief, &c. &c. at Koonjun Gath, 15th March 1804 - -- -- -- -- 314 — 1806, No. 5. — Agreement entered into by the Agents of Bhunga Sing, 1st April 1806 316 No. 6. — Paper of Requests presented on the part of Kooar Soonee Sah 317 Engagements on the part of Kooar Soonee Sah - - - - 320 No. 7.— -Treaty with the Nana of Calpee, 23d October 1806 - 321 Schedule of Muhals and Villages ceded by the British Government to Nana Govind Rao, as an Equivalent for a Portion of the District of Calpee and certain Villages of Raypore, agreeably to a Statement under the Signature of the Collector of Zillah Bundlecund ------- --- 324 Schedule of the Portions of Calpee and Raypore permanently annexed to the British Possessions in Bundlecund - 326 — 1807 . No. 8 . — Sunnud granted to Maha Rajah Kishore Sing, 1 st Febru- ary 1807 - 328 Obligation of Maha Rajah Kishore Sing, signed and sealed by his Minister, Roy Dhur Gey Sing, at Modha, 4th February 1807 - 329 No. 9. — Ikar-nameh, or Obligation of Allegiance, on the part of Rajah Bukht Sing, 8 th June 1807 - - - - - - 331 Wajib-ool-Urz presented by Rajah Bukht Sing - - - - 334 Sunnud granted to Rajah Bukht Sing ------ 336 No. 10. — Ikar-nameh, or Obligation pf Allegiance, presented by Koar Luchmon Sing - - - - - - - - -337 Sunnud LIST OF TREATIES, &c. XL Page 339 Sunnud granted to Luchmon Sing ------ Wajib-ool-Urz, or Paper of Requests, presented by Koar Luch- mon Sing - -- -- -- -- - 340 No. 11. — Ikar-nameh, or Obligation of Allegiance, presented t>y Purseram, 7th October 1807 ------- 341 Sunnud granted to Purseram ------- 343 Wajib-ool-Urz presented by Purseram ----- 344 BENGAL. A.D 1807. FORT ST. GEORGE. .Treaty with the Nyzam for the Cession of Masulipatam to the Company, 14th May 1759 - -- -- -- -- - 347 FORT ST. GEORGE. A.D. 1759. II Sunnud from the Nabob of Arcot, for the Seven Magans dependent upon — 1763 the Soubah, 16th October 1763 ------- 348 Nabob’s Sunnud for the Chingleput District ----- 349 Explanation of Names made use of in the Sunnud - 357 III. .. Grant from the Nabob of Arcot for the Company’s Jaghire, dated 2Stb, . 1765 and received the 30th August 1765- - - - - - — — Forms on the Back of the Sunnud - ------ 360 IV. .... . . .Firmaun from the Mogul for the Northern Sircars, 12th August 1765 - 361 Forms made use of on the Back of the Firmaun - 362 V Firmaun from the Mogul, being a Confirmation of the Nabob’s Grants to the Company in the Carnatic, 12th August 1765 - VI. Treaty with the Nyzam for ceding to the Company the Northern Sircars, — 1766 12th November 1766 - -- -- -- -- 363 Translation of a Sunnud, under the Seal of Nizam Ally Khan, for the five Sircars - -- - - -- -- 367 Translation of a Discharge, under the Seal of Nizam Ally Khan, to Omdet-ul-Muck Serajah Dowlah Anneverdeen Khan Behau- der, Moonsoor Jung, Fougedar of the Carnatic Payen Gaut, from the Borders of the Palnaud Country to the further Extre- mity of those-of theMalavar Country, and to the Sons and Heirs of the said Omdet-ul-Muck Behauder ----- Translation LIST OF TREATIES, &c. xii No. Page FORT ST. Translation of the Petition supposed to be presented by Omdet-ul- GEORGE. i „ . , , , r i ' 1 1 1 J v _ / Muck Behauder s Vaekeel ------- 368 A. D. 1766. Translation of two Obligations given to his Highness Nizam Aliy by General Caillaud, on the part of the Nabob Serajah Dowla - - — — 1768. YII Treaty of perpetual Friendship and Alliance with the Nabob of the Carna- tic and the Soubah of the Decan, 23d February 1768 - 369 Translation of a Sunnud under the Soubah’s Seal, 12th March 1768 - 378 Ditto - - - ditto - ditto - - 379 Ditto - - - ditto - 1 1th March Ditto - - - ditto - ditto - - 380 Translation of a Zimir, containing a Petition, which is supposed to be presented by the Muttesuddees, and to have been signed by the Soubah, signifying his Consent thereto - — . Translation of a Sunnud under the Seal of the Soubah, 11th March 1768 - -- -- - 381 Translation of a Discharge under the Soubah’s Seal, 11th March 1768 - -- -- Translation of a Sunnud under the Soubah’s Seal, 11th March 1768 382 — 1769. VIII ..... .Treaty of perpetual Friendship and Peace with Hyder Ali, 3d April 1769 383 — 1771. IX Translation of a Paper containing the Articles agreed to by the Rajah of Tanjour for the Discharge of the Peshcush, dated the 20th October 1771 - 385 Translation of an Engagement under the Seal of Rajah Tuljaujee, 25th October 1771 - - - - 386 Ditto - - - ditto - - 26th October - - - — — 1776. X. Agreement with the Rajah of Tanjour for subsidizing a Body of the Company’s Troops for the Protection of his Country, 12th April 1776 ------- 387 Letter from the Rajah of Tanjour to the Governor of Fort St. George, dated 12th April 1776 - - - - - - - - - — Sunnud granted to the East-India Company by the Rajah of Tan- jour ----------- 388 1779. XI Treaty of Alliance with Bazalet Jung, for renting of the Guntoor Circar to the Company, and for receiving into his Service a Body of the Com- pany’s Troops, 27th April 1779 ------- 390 Sunnud No. LIST OF TREATIES, &c. xiii Page Sunnud from Bazalet Jung 392 FORT ST. ... GEORGE. XII Treaty of Perpetual Peace and Friendship with the Nabob Tippoo Sultaun 7 Behauder, 1 1 .th March 1784 - ' - - - - - - 393 A.D.1784. XIII Preliminary Treaty and Agreement with the Nabob Mohomed Ali, for _ 1785. his Proportion of the Charges for the Defence of the Carnatic, June 1785 - -- -- - - 397 XIV Treaty with the Nabob Mahomed Ali for settling his Proportion of the — 1787. ' Expence for the Protection of the Carnatic, and for the Adjustment of » his Private Debts, 24th February 1787 ------ 401 Schedule referred to in the Treaty ------ 407 XV Treaty with the Rajah of Tanjour for settling his Proportion of the Con- tribution towards the Defence of his Country, and for adjusting his Private Debts, 10 th April 1787 ------ 409 Schedule of Private Debts referred to in the Treaty - - -416 XVI. . Agreement with the Rajah of Travancore for two Battalions to be sta- tioned within his Dominions, 12 th August 1783 - - - XVII. ....Treaty of Alliance with the Rajah of Cochin, 2d February 1791 - - 421 XVIII. . . . .Treaty with the. Nabob Mahomed Ali, with a Modification of the Treaty of 1787, assigning certain Districts as Securities for Payment of Sums stipulated, 12th July 1792 - ------ 424 List of Poligars, with the Amount of their respective Tributes or Peshcush - -- -- -- -- - 434 List of the Districts with the Amount of the Net Revenues from each 433 XIX. .... .Treaty with the Rajah Tanjore, 12 th July 1792, in Modification of the Treaty of 1787 - -- -- -- -- - 434 List of Districts, with the Amount of the Net Revenues from each 440 Schedule of Private Debts referred to in the Treaty - — XX Partition Treaty of Mysore, for strengthening the Alliance and Friend- ship subsisting between the Company, the Nizam, and the Paishwah, and for effecting a Settlement of the Dominions of Tippoo Sultaun, 13th July 1799 - -- -- -- -- -- 441 The Company’s Share of Districts ------ 446 The Nizam’s Share - - - - - - - _ 443 Di stricts ceded to Maha Rajah Mysoor - - 449 The Paishwah’s Share - -- -- -- - 452 Separate Articles of the Treaty with the Nizam - 453 Subsidiary — 1788 ; — 1791 . — 1792 *. — 1799 . LIST OF TREATIES, &c, xiv No. Page FORT ST. XXI. ► . . .Subsidiary Treaty with the Rajah of Mysore, 8th July, 1799 - - 454 — v — / XXII. . . . .Treaty with the Rajah of Tanjore, for transferring- the Sovereignty of his A.D • 1799. Country to the Company, 25th October 1799 - 460 — 1800. XXIII. . . . .Articles of Agreement for the Adjustment of the Desh Cavelly and Talem Cavelly of the Province of Tinnevelly, 26th August 1800 - 464 — - 1801. XXIV Treaty with Azeem-ul-Dowlah for settling the Succession to the Soubah- darry and for vesting the Administration of the Civil and Military Government of the Carnatic in the Company, 31st July 1801 - - 466 Account referred to in the eighth Article of the Treaty - 470 Separate Explanatory Articles annexed to the Treaty - 471 —— 1809. XXV Treaty of perpetual Friendship and Subsidy with the Rajah of Cochin, 6th May 1809 - - - - - - - - - 472 BOMBAY. BOMBAY. AJD?1739. !♦ * .Treaty with the Marattas, 12th July 1739 ------ 477 1756 II.... Treaty w r ith the Marattas, 12th October 1756 - 482 III Treaty, offensive and defensive, with the Prince of Cherrika, 1756- - 486 1758 IV Articles of the Firraaund granted by the Bringah Rajah, for granting to the Company the exclusive Privilege of purchasing Pepper, &c. in his Dominions, 1758 - -- -- -- -- - 487 V Perwannahs, &c. from the Prince of Scindy, relative to the Rate of Cus- toms and Duties to be paid by the Company, 1758 - 488 Copy (attested by Cojee Mahomed Yaya) of the Perwannah from Gobim'Shah Abassie, dated 22d September, 1758 - — — Translation of Golam Shah, Prince of Scindy’s Perwannah, for the Honorable Company’s Customs, Privileges, &c. at Scindy, dated 22d September, 1758 ------ - 490 Letter from Golam Shah, Prince of Scindy, to Mr. Robert Sumption, dated 11th December 1758 - - - - - - - 492 Order from Golam Shah, Prince of Scindy, to his Metah Coostamdas, dated 18th December 1758, and attested under the Codjee’s Seal Copy (attested under the Codjee Mahomed Yaya’s Seal) of the Perwannah from Golan Shah Abassie, dated 18th Maharin, or 22d September 1758 --------- 493 Articles LIST OF TREATIES, &c. No. VI. VII, VIII. IX. . X. .. xv Pa^e .Articles of Agreement made with Meah Atchund, at Surat, for the Con- firmation of Faris Khan in the Naibship, 4th March 1759 - 434 BOMBAY. AT). 1759. Perwannahs, &c. relating to Surat, 1759 ------ 495 Perwannah relating to the Castle and Tanka at Surat - ■ Representation made to the Mogul by Mr. John Spencer, in behalf of the Honorable East-India Company - 496 Perwannah, under the Vizier’s Seal, for Sciad Moynadeen Khan to act as Governor of Surat -------- 497 Hookum (or Order), under the Vizier’s Seal, to Mr. Spencer, to assist and advise with Sciad Moynadeen in the Government of Surat - 493 Hookum, under the Vizier’s Seal, to the Subjects and Inhabitants of Surat, to acknowledge and assist Sciad Moynadeen Khan as Gover- nor of Surat Husbulhookum under the great Seal of the Nabob Vizier Uirna Mulck Nizam-ul-Mulck Behauder ------ 499 Perwannah, under the Coochuck (or small Seal) of the Nabob Vizier Ulma Mulck Nizam-ul-Mulck Behauder, to Mr. John Spencer — Ditto - ditto ------- 500 Firmaund under the great Mogul’s Seal, and under-sealed by the Vizier, for the Honorable Company’s holding the Government of the Castle of Surat --------- 500 Dustuck (or Order) under the Khan Sumaun or Steward’s Seal, for the Honorable Company’s holding the King’s Fleet - 501 Order, under the Vizier’s Seal, to Sciad Moynadeen Khan, Gover- nor of Surat, regarding the Payment of the Tanka on account of the Fleet, to the Honorable Company ----- — . Husbulhookum, under the Seal of the Nabob Vizier Ulma Mulck Behauder, to the English Company, accompanying the Firmaund 502 Husbulhookum from the Vizier to Mr. Richard Bourchier - - 503 Articles of Agreement, offenive and defensive, and relative to certain Commercial Arrangements with the King of Cotiote, dated the 23d August 1759 .Firmaund from the Rajah of Soundah, for the Purchase of Pepper in his Country for one Year, in 1760 ------- 506 .Royal Grant of King Raddacalamcur, Regent of Colastria, for the Trade in Pepper, and Agreement for the Payment of certain Debts, dated the 9th September 1760 - - - - - - - - - — Obligation XVi No. BOMBAY. A. D. 1760. 1761. XI. LIST OF TREATIES, &c. Page Obligation given by the King Regent of Colaslria,’ the 9th September J760 - - - - - - - - - - 507 Privilege granted by the King Baddacalamcur, Regent of the King- dom of Colastria, 22d November 1760 - 50S .Articles of Agreement with Sciddee Hillol, on the part of himself and the Inhabitants of Jaffrabad, relative to Commerce, dated 3d January 1761 - - - - - 509 XII Articles of Agreement made with Seuram Punt Tatiah, in behalf of Ma- darao Balajee son of Balajee Badjeerow Pundit Punt Purdao, dated 14th September 1761 - - - - - - - - -511 XIII Three Perwannahs from the Prince of Scindy, relative to certain Com- mercial Privileges, 1761 --------- 513 Perwannah granted by GolamShah, Prince of Scindy, 22d April 1761 Ditto - - - - ditto - - - - - 23d April 515 Ditto - ditto ----- 22d April XIV. . . . .Articles of Agreement made with the King of Cartenaddu, for the Purchase of Pepper in his Country, and for mutual Aid and Assistance, 30th December 1761 - -- -- -- -- 516 — ■ 1763. XV Articles of Agreement made with Shaik Sadoon, of Bushire, for the Esta- blishment of a Factory, and other Commercial Privileges, 12th April 1763 517 XVI.- Articles of a Firmaund granted by the Nabob Hyder Ally Khan Behauder, for the Establishment of a Factory at Onore, and other Privileges, 27th May 1763 - - - - -518 XVII Royal Grant from Carem Khan of certain Privileges of Trade, 3d July 1763 - 520 Articles desired by the Khan ------- 522 — 1765. XVIII. . . .Articles of Agreement of Peace and Friendship with the Bouncello, con- cluded at the Fort of Raree, 7th April 1765 _____ 523 XIX Agreement with the Prince of Cherrika, forlhe Grant of the Province of Randolerrah to the Company, 23d March 1765 ----- 526 — 1766. XX Artie! es of Agreement made with the Rannie for the Restoration of Fort Augustus, and in regard to Commerce, 1 2th January 1766 - - - 527 XXI. . . . ..Grant from Hyder Ally Khan Behauder of certain Commercial Privileges in Malabar, dated 23d February 1766 ------ 530 Treaty LIST OF TREATIES, & c , xvii - 3 age XXII Treaty of Pdace with Hyder Ally, 3th August 1770 - - - - 530 XXIII. . . - .Treaty with the Nabob of Cambay for the Cession to him of the Fort of Tarrajah, taken from the Coolies, 1771 - , 533 XXIV ... .Agreement with the Nabob of Cambay for 'the eventual Grant to the Company of a Factory at Gogo, 22d October 1771 - 535 BOMBAY. A. D. 1770. — 1771. XXV Treaty of Peace and Friendship with the Nabob of Baroacb, 30th No- vember 1771- - - - - - - _ _ . _ 536 Separate Article entered into with the Nabob of Baroach - - 538 Translation of the Nabob’s Bond to the Honorable Company - - XXVI Treaty with Fu tty Sing for a Participation of the Revenues of Baroach, _ 1773. 12th January 1778 --- ------- 539 XXVII. .. .Treaty with Ragobah for placing him in the Peshwahship, 6th March 1775 - 540 List of Sunnuds for Places given by Ragobah Badjerow Purdan to the Honorable Company - - - - - 545 Translate of five Sunnuds from Ragobah - - - Ditto - five ditto - - - - 546 Ditto - four ditto - - - - - — Ditto - one ditto - m - - 547 Ditto - one ditto _ XXVIII. . .Treaty with Ragobah for conducting him to Poonah, with a view of pla- cing him in the Peshwahship, 24th November 1778 - — XXIX ... .Convention of Wurgaon, 1779 ------- -'552 Agreement of John Carnac, Esq. Counsellor, and Colonel Egerton, an English Committee of Bombay, with Madajee Scindiah - - 554 XXX .... .Treaty of Alliance and Defence with Futty Sing by General Goddard, 26th January 1780 ------- - 555 XXXI . . . .Treaty Avith Futty Sing, as amended and ratified by the Governor General and Council 558 XXXII. .. .Agreement with the Rajah of Travancore, commonly called the Pepper Contract, 23tfi January 1793 - - - - - - - - 561 XXXIII. . .Treaty Avith the Nabob of Surat for the Cession of the City of Surat and the circumjacent Country to the Company, 13th May 1800 - 563 XXXIV. . .Treaty of Alliance and Subsidy with Anund Roav GuicoAvar, 6th June 1802 - - » - - - = = - - _ - 565 — 1775. — 1778. — 1779. — 1780, — 17 93. — 1800. — 1802. Translation LIST OF TREATIES, &c. BOMBAY. A. D. 1802. XVkii No. Tage Translation of a Sunnud or Grant of Chickley, written in the Form of a Letter to the Honorable Jonathan Duncan, Esq. Resident and Governor of Bombay, by A a and Row Guieowar Senah Khas Khel Shumshere Behauder - -- -- -- - 563 Malsa Kaunt in the Rajah’s own Hand-writing - - 569 Appendix to the Treaty, viz. No. 1. — Translation of an Engagement by Mnlhar Row Guieowar Himurt Behauder to the Honorable the Governor of Bombay - 573 No. 2. — The Governor of Bombay to Mulbar Row Himut Behau- der 574 No. 3 . — From Muihar Row to Anund Row Guieowar - — — No. 4. — From Anund Row to Muliiar Row Guieowar Himut Behau- der ------------ 57 5 No. 5.—' Translation of a Letter from Anund Row Guieowar to Suck- haram Chinnajee, Subedar of Surat Attavissy - - - - 576 No. 6. — Translation of a Letter from Anund Row Guieowar to Vitul Row Babajee, Camavisdar of Chickley - „ No. 7. — Translation of a Letter from Anund Row Guieowar to the Zemindars of Chickley - -- -- -- - 577 No. 8. — Translation of a Letter from Anund Row Guieowar to Myral Narayen - -- -- -- -- No. 9. — Translation of a Sunnud for Dolkah, executed by Anund Row Guieowar, to the Honorable Jonathan Duncan, Esq. Presi- dent and Governor, on behalf of the Honorable Company - - 578 No. 10. — Translation of a Bond executed by Anund Row Guieowar to the Honorable Jonathan Dunean, Esq. ----- . — No. 11. — Translation of a Letter, or Sunnud, from Anund Row Guieowar to the Honorable Jonathan Duncan, Esq. - 579 No. 12. — From Anund Row Guieowar to the Zemindar of the Per- gunnah of Nudyad or Nuryad ------- 580 No. 13. — Private Engagement to Rowjee Appajee - - 581 No. 14. — Grant of the Village of Bhattah, in the Pergunnah of Chourassy, to Rowjee Appajee ------- — No. 15. — Confirmation of Transfer of Lands ----- 582 No. 16. — Translation of Perwannah ------ 584 XXXV. ..Agreement with Anund Row Guieowar, 25th January 1803, supplemen- tary to the Treaty of March and June 1802 - - - - -585 Statement No. LIST OF TREATIES, &c. xix Page Statement of the Districts ceded to the Honorable Company by BOMBAY. Anund Row Guicowar - -- -- -- - 586 Letter, or Sunnud, addressed to the Honorable English Company by Anund Row Guicowac, dated 25th January 1803 - 587 Ditto - m ditto - - - 3d May - 588 Ditto - - ditto - 2d June - — - Translation of a Sunnud from Anund Row Guicowar to Bohwany Pursaud and Yaney Pursaud - - - - - - -589 Translation of a Sunnud from Anund Row Guicowar to all the Jemadars of Kimkatodra Tappee Wooter Teer, or on the north side of the Tappee River - - - - - - - -590 XXXVI. ..Treat3* with the Rajah of Soonth, declaratory of his Allegiance to the Company, 15th December 1803 ------- — XXXVII . .Treaty with the Rajah of Lunawara, declaratory of his Allegiance to the Company, 14th November 1803 ------ 592 XXXVIII. Treaty with the Rajah of Pretaubghur, declaratory of his Allegiance to the Company ----------- 593 XXXIX. ..Definitive Treaty with Anund Row Guicowar, in Confirmation of former — . 1805 Treaties, and for the Augmentation of the subsidiary Force, 21st April 1805 594 Schedule A. — Statement of the Funds assigned, and Districts, in per- petual Sovereignty, to the Honorable Company, by Anund Row Guicowar, to provide for the regular Payment of the Subsidiary Troops ----------- 600 Schedule B. — Statement of the Advances made by the Honorable Company and various Bankers to Anund Row Guicowar, compri- zing an Account of the Funds assigned for their Repayment - - — XL.. Agreements with the Piratical Marattas, 1808 ----- 602 — 1808 No. 1. — Translate of an Agreement executed by Waglia Manick of Dhingey, renouncing, in future. Piracy and all Right to Wrecks, 20th December 1807 - -- -- -- - . — No. 2. — Translation of an Agreement executed by Rana Sree Sug- garamjee of Aramra and Coer Babjee of Bate, by the Agency of Adekaree Sudderam, renouncing, in future. Piracy and all Right to Wrecks. 14th December 1807 - - - - - 604 No. 3. — Translate of an Agreement executed by Mooloo Manick Summyanee of Dewarka, renouncing, in future, Piracy and all Right to Wrecks, 14th December 1807 ----- — No.. LIST OF TREATIES, &c. No. 4.-=-Translation of an Agreement executed by Coer Meghrajee Posetra, renouncing, in future, Piracy and all Right to Wrecks. 28 th December 1807 - -- -- -- - 606 No. 5. — Translate of a Security Bond, executed by Coer Babjee of Bate and Mooloo Mamick of Dewarka for the Chief of Posetra - 606 No. 6. — Translate of a Copy of a Security Bond executed by Dewan Hunsray Sha, on the part of Rao Sree Raidan of Kutcb, for the Chief of Bate and Dewarka ------- 607 No. 7. — Translate of an Agreement executed by Hamed Khan Be- hauder, renouncing, in future, Piracy and all Right to Wrecks - 608 No. 8. — Translation of an Agreement executed by Jam Jussagee of Nowannuggur, renouncing, in future, Piracy and all Right to Wrecks, 27th January 1808 ------- 609 No, 9. — Translate of an Agreement executed by Rama Serlaunjee and Coer Hallajee of Poorbunder, renouncing, in future, Piracy and all Right to Wrecks - - - - - - - - — - No. 10. — Translate of an Agreement executed by Khawass Sugga- ram and Pragjee of Joreeabunder, renouncing, in future, Piracy and all Right to Wrecks. - - - - - - - -6 10 Memorandum. — The Asiatic Names in the following Treaties are variously printed, according to the Orthography of the original Translations . Agreed to, ac - Signed seven times cording to the tenour of the Firmaund. TREATIES, #e. WITH THE COUNTRY POWERS OF INDIA, CONCLUDED ON BEHALF OF THE E v£ S T°I JVJB I *4 COM TP*M JV Y I BY THE GOVERNMENT OF BENGAL. No. I. Treaty and Agreements with Serajah Dowla, 1757”. Monsoor ul Mulck Serajah Dowla Shah Kuly Khan Behauder, Hybut Jung, Servant of King Aalum Geer, the Invincible, List of Demands. ARTICLE I. That the Company be not molested, upon account of such privileges A.D. 1757 as have been granted them by the King’s Firmaund and Husbulhookums, and the Firmaund and Husbulhookums in full force. That the villages which were given to the Company by the Firmaund, but detained from them by the Soubah, be likewise allowed them ; nor let any impediment or restriction be put upon the Zemindars. Serajah Dowla ARTICLE cy A.D.1757 •tg Serajah Oi Dowla. & J 'O TVv S ^3 •"» ^ . tl £ ^*k ^ <0 ^ JO & "*S • S ^ *>»i S^» .N $p <*J Jo & ,«o «>J *> cq 5 Sx • "? •o' s s - f •§ is & « a ^ «o ^ ; i ^ *> 5 « <50 JO ^ *. -r S 2 f^Sx’S ^ ^’S ju ~=S ^T.'-i ~ «j Si ~?s 42 r- "s J 5 s § ^ s- --P § £5 {^ h "i £ •R J 2 S ^ S "- O 2 - § r< * « £ ?3 >» C — c * © ^ ^ b *a ^ Cj ^ ° ^ y K ? R * w R | « . £ © -C -, *t 0 ^ •vT ■?* '"B ■■§ »S *“ ' : R K 2 * o , S ^ &•* iT S j.a „ 3 ,iO?) <§ a>r§ .sp g> © "? g> , | -sp O c v n S i* ^ o ? >« TREATIES, &c. ARTICLE II. That all goods belonging to the English Company, and having their Dustuck, do pass freely by land or water, in Bengal, Bahar, and Orissa, without paying any duties or fees of any kind whatsoever ; and that the Zemindars, Chokeydars, Guzerbauns, &c. offer them no kind of molestation upon this account. ARTICLE III. That restitution be made the Company of their factories and settle- ments at Calcutta, Cossimbuzar, Dacca, &c. which have been taken from them. That all money and effects, taken from the English Company, their factors and dependents, at the several settlements and Aurungs, be restored in the same condition. That an equivalent, in money, be given for such goods a? are damaged, plundered, or lost, which shall be left to the Nabob’s justice to determine. ARTICLE IV. That the Company be allowed to fortify Calcutta, in such manner as they shall esteem proper for their defence, without any hindrance or obstruction. ARTICLE V. That Siccas be coined at Allenagur (Calcutta) in the same man- ner as at Moorshedabad ; and that the money struck in Calcutta, be of equal weight and fineness with that of Moorshedabad. There shall be no demand made for a deduction of Batta. ARTICLE VI. That these proposals be ratified in the strongest manner, in the presence of God and his Prophet, and signed and sealed to by the Nabob, and some of his principal people. ARTICLE VII. And Admiral Charles Watson and Colonel Clive promise, in behalf of the English Nation and of the English Company, that from hence- forth all hostilities shall cease in Bengal, and the English will always remain in peace and friendship with the Nabob, as long as these arti- cles are kept in force and remain unviolated. Abaz 3 BENGAL. Ahaz ul Mulck Morad ul Dowla Nowarish Ally Khan Behauder, Zahooar Jung, a Servant of King Aalum Geer, the Invincible. Meer Jaffier Rajah Doolubram Khan Behauder, Behauder, a ^ a Servant of King Servant of King Aalum Geer, the Aalum Geer, the Invincible. Invincible. V A.D. 1757 Serajah Dowla. Agreement of the Company, signed hy the Governor and Committee, the 9th of February, 1757. We, the East-India Company, in the presence of his Excellency the Nabob, Moon- soor ul Mulcit Serajah Dowla Shah Kuly Khan Behauder, Hybut Jung, Nazim of Bengal, Bahar, and Orissa, by the hands and seal of the Council, and by firm agreement and solemn attestation, do declare, that the business of the Company’s Factories, within the jurisdiction of the Nabob, shall go on in its former course : that we will never oppress or do violence to any persons, without cause : that we will never offer protection to any per- sons having accounts with the Government, any of the King’s Talookdars or Zemindars, nor murderers nor robbers ; that we will never act contrary to the tenour of the articles agreed to by the Nabob: that we will carry on our business as formerly, and will never, in any respect, deviate from this agreement. s 2 Agreement Agreement of Colonel Clive with the Nabob, dated February 12, 1757. A.D.1757 Serajah Dowla. I. Colonel Clive, Sabut Jung Bebaucler, Commander of the English land forces in Bengal, clo solemnly declare, in the presence of God and our Saviour, that there is peace between the Nabob, Serajah Dowla, and the English. They, the English, will inviolably adhere to the articles of the treaty made with the Nabob, that as long as he shall observe his agreement, the English will always look upon his enemies as their enemies, and when- ever called upon, will grant him all the assistance in their power. No. II. Per w ann ah for Dustucks from Serajah Dowla, dated the 9 th Rajeb Moon: The English Company’s goods have been carried backward and forward, by land and water, alwa3 7 s, through the provinces of Bengal, Bahar, and Orissa, by the dustuck and seal of the said Company, by virtue of the King’s Firmaund, which is also now confirmed by me. Take care, on no pretence, to interrupt their carrying their goods backwards and forwards, through all the Chokeys whatsoever, and not to demand any Katbarra, Manjor, &c. according to the King’s Firmaund. Let them pass and repass, without receiving a single cowrie from any of their people ; and interfere not with the English Company’s Gomastahs, on any account, but rather take care that, through all your districts, their business be not obstructed in any way. Fifteen Perwannahs, of the same tenour and date, were granted, under the seal of khe Nabob, Serajah Dowla, to the Rajahs and Zemindars. Perwannah, BENGAL. 5 Perwannah, under the Seal of the Nabob Monsoor ul Mulck Serajah Dowla Beliauder, Hybuf Jung, dated 9th of Rajeb ("31 st March*) in the third Year of the glorious Reign Mohunlol. All goods belonging to the English Company, which, by virtue of the royal mandate, used to pass and repass with the said Company’s dustucks, by land or water, through the provinces of Bengal, Bahar, and Orissa, I have at this time granted a free currency to, in the same manner, and with the same privileges as formerly : it is necessary that your Excellency write to the officers at Dacca, Chittagong, Jugdea, Akbarnagur, Silhet, Rangamatty, Cheetmarree, Moorshedabad, and Purnea, that they suffer the same goods to pass up and down the rivers, without any molestation or imposition of Katbarra (a tax laid upon boats), or any other articles forbidden by the royal court ; nor exact the smallest sum from them, nor any ways oppress the Gomastahs or dependents. Let them be punctual in this. A.D.1757 Serajah Dowla. Dustuck, under the Seal of the Nabob, Serajah Dotvla, Sfc. dated 17 Jemmadee Sauni,f the third Year of the King’ s glorious Reign. To all Fouzdars, Zemindars , Chokeydars, and Overseers of the Way of the Provinces of Bengal , Bahar , and Orissa. All goods belonging to the English Company, which, by virtue of the royal mandate, used to pass and repass through the foregoing provinces, by land and water, with the Company’s dustucks, I have at this time granted a free currency to, in the same manner as formerly, and with the confirmation of their former privileges. Let all goods, having the English Company’s dustuck, pass as before, up and down the river, without any molestation or imposition of Katbarra, or any other articles forbidden by the royal court ; nor exact the smallest sum from them, nor oppress the Company’s dependents. In this be punctual, and act conformable to this writing. • 1757 . t About the 9th of March, 1757 * Perwannah 6 * TREATIES, &c. Perwannah of the Nabob, Serajah Dowla, to the Honourable Company, for erecting a Mint in Calcutta. A.D.1757 From the date of the first of the moon Shabaun, the four-sun siccas are begun to be stamped, and through all the mint-houses the new siccas of the four-sun are coined. Take care and erect a mint in Calcutta (called Allenagur), and stamp gold and silver rupees out of the bullion and gold imported by your nation, of the weight of rupees of gold and silver coined at Moorshedabad ; under the name of Allenagur Calcutta, shall you coin your money ; it shall pass for land revenues, &c. Nobody will ask or set any Batta upon them, only take care not to coin the gold and silver of other nations. Serajah Dowla, No. III. Treaty with Jaffier Ally Khan, 17^7- 1 swear by God , and the Prophet of God, to abide by the Terms of this Treaty whilst I have life.* Meer Mahomed Jaffier Khan Behauder, Servant of King Aalum Geer. Treaty made with the Admiral and Colonel Clive [Sabut Jung Behauder], Governor Drake, and Mr. Watts. ARTICLE I. Meer Jaffier. Whatever articles were agreed upon in the time of peace with the Nabob, Serajah Dowla Monsoor ul Mulck Shah Kuly Khan Behauder, Hybut Jung, I agree to comply with. ARTICLE * These words were wrote in his own hand. BENGAL. 1 ARTICLE II. The enemies of the English are my enemies, whether they be Indians or Europeans. A.D. 1757 ARTICLE III. Meer Jaflier. All the effects and factories belonging to the French, in the provinces of Bengal (the Paradise of nations), and Bahar, and Orissa, shall remain in the possession of the English j nor will I ever allow them any more to settle in the three provinces. ARTICLE IV. In consideration of the losses which the English Company have sustained, by the capture and plunder of Calcutta, by the Nabob, and the charges occasioned by the maintenance of the forces, I will give them one crore of rupees. ARTICLE V. For the effects plundered from the English inhabitants of Calcutta, I agree to give fifty lacks of rupees. ARTICLE VI. For the effects plundered from the Gentoos, Musulmans, and other subjects of Calcutta, twenty lacks of rupees shall be given. ARTICLE VII. For the effects plundered from the Armenian inhabitants of Calcutta, I will give the sum of seven lacks of rupees. The distribution of the sums allotted the natives, English inhabitants, Gentoos, and Musulmans, shall be left to the Admiral and Colonel Clive (Sabut Jung Behauder) and the rest of the Council, to be disposed of by them to whom they think proper. ARTICLE VIII. Within the ditch, which surrounds the borders of Calcutta, are tracts of land, belonging to several Zemindars ; besides this, I will grant the English Company six hun- dred yards without 'the ditch. ARTICLE IX. All the land lying to the South of Calcutta, as far as Culpee, shall be under the Zemindarry of the English Company ; and all the officers of those parts shall be under their jurisdiction. The revenues to be paid by them (the Company) in the same manner with other Zemindars. ARTICLE X. Whenever I demand the English assistance, I will be at the charge of the maintenance v of them. ARTICLE XI. I will not erect any new fortifications below Hughley, near the River Ganges. ARTICLE 8 TREATIES, &c. ARTICLE XII. A.D.1757 As soon as I am established in the government of the three provinces, the aforesaid MeePjaffier SUmS P a ^* Dated the 1 5th Ramzan , in the \th Year of the Reign . ADDITIONAL ARTICLE. ARTICLE XIII. On condition that Meer Jaffier Khan Behauder shall solemnly ratify, confirm by oatb^ and execute all the above articles, which the underwritten, on behalf of the Honorably East-India Company, do, declaring on the Holy Gospels, and before God, that we will assist Meer Jaffier Khan Behauder with all our force, to obtain the Soubahship of the provinces of Bengal, Bahar, and Orissa ; and further, that we will assist him to the utmost, against all his enemies whatever, as soon as he calls upon us for that end ; provided that he, on his coming to be Nabob, shall fulfil the aforesaid articles.* No. IV. General Sunnud, under the Seal of Jaffier Ally Khan. To all Governors, Muttaseddees, present or future, all Naibs, Fouzdars, Zemindars, Chowdrahs, Canongoos, &c. Servants of the Government , in the Provinces of Bengal , Bahar, and Orissa. Know that, by the Royal Firmaund and Husbulhookums, the English Company are pardoned (Maaff), exempt from all duties, therefore I write That whatever goods the Company’s Gomastahs may bring, or carry, to or from their factories, the Aurungs, or other places, by land or by water, with a Dustuck from any of the chiefs of their Factories, you shall neither ask nor receive any sum, however triflingi for the same. 'Know, they have full power to buy and sell ; you are by no means to op » pose it. You are not to require from the Company’s Gomastahs the Settee, Manghans, 01 * any * The above Article was not transmitted from India to the Company, but is to be found in the 12th page of the Appendix to the Dutch Memorial ; and as there is no reason to doubt the authenticity of it, it is subjoined to the Treaty with the Nabob, Meer JafBer. BENGAL. 9 any other of the Zemindar’s impositions. The Company’s Gomastahs shall buy and sell A.D. 1757 the Company’s goods, without the intervention of Delolls, unless the Gomastahs are v — - v - '—' satisfied to employ them. You are to assist them, on all occasions, wherever they buy ^ eer J a ffi er * or sell. Whoever acts contrary to these orders, the English have full power to punish them. If any of the Company’s goods are stolen, you are to recover the very effects stolen, or make good their amount. Any merchants, or others, on whom the Company have any lawful demands, you are to see that the same be paid to their Gomastahs. Take care that no one wrong or oppress the Company’s Gomastahs. You are not to require or stop their boats, on pretence of the Katbarra, or other duties on boats, whether they be the Company’s own boats, or boats hired by their Gomastahs. You are to give credit to the copies of all the Sunnuds to the Company, under the Kazzi’s seal, without requiring the original. Any of the Company’s debtors running from them, you are not to give them protection, or plead for them, but are to deliver them up to the Company’s Gomastahs. The Fouzdarry-Crutch, &c. impositions of the Fouzdars, which are forbid by the King, you shall not demand of the English, their Gomastahs, or inhabitants. Whenever the English Company desire to settle a new factory, besides those they are already possessed of, in the provinces of Bengal, Bahar, and Orissa, you are to give them forty Begahs of the King’s land. If any of the English ships are driven by bad weather, or wrecked in any of the ports, or other places, you are to assist them all in your power, and see that the goods are restored to the Company, and you are not to require the Choutarry, &c. which the King has forbid. A mint is established in Calcutta ; coin siccas and gold mohurs, of equal weight and fineness with the siccas and gold mohurs of Moorshedabad : they shall pass in the King’s treasury. All that I have wrote must be done : do as I have wrote, nor ask a new Sunnud every year. The 27th of the Moon Shevaul, and 4th of the King’s Reign, being the 15th of the Month of July, 1757. No. V. Perwannah from Jaffier Ally Khan, for the Mint . To the high and mighty, the bold and valiant Commanders, the greatest of Merchants, the English Company, on whom may the King’s favour rest for ever. c A mint 10 TREATIES,. &c. A.D. 1757 A mint has been established in Calcutta : continue coining gold and silver into siccas ■ v— and mohurs, of the same weight and standard with those of Moorshedabad ; the impres- Meet Jaffiei. s j on tQ Q a i cu u a% They shall pass current in the provinces of Bengal, Bahar, and Orissa, and be received into the Cadjanna ; there shall be no obstruction or difficulty for Cussore. Under the seal of Fidvir Aalum Geer, Badsha Gauze, Sujah ul Mulck, Hossam 6 Dowla, Meer Mahomed Jaffier Khan Behauder, MahabutJung: 11th Zeer- laida, 4th of the King’s Reign. No. VI. Perwannah for the Granted Lands. Seal of the Nabob, Jaffier Ally Khan. 1170. Aalum Geer, Emperor, fighting for the Faith, his Devoted Meer Mahomed Jaffier Ally Khan Behauder, Sujah ul Mulck, Hossam 6 Dowla, Mahabut Jung, Anno 4. Ye, Zemindars, Chowdrahs, Talookdars, Muccuddems, Reeayahs, Morsawreans, Mootawettawahs of the Chuckla of Hughley, and others situated in Bengal, the terrestrial paradise: Know, that the Zemindarry, Chowdrahy, and Talookdarry of the countries in the subjoined list, hath been given, by treaty, to the most illustrious and most mao-ni- ficent, the English Company, the glory and ornament of trade : The said Company will be careful to govern according to established custom and usage, without any gradual deviation, and watch for the prosperity of the people : Your duty is to give no cause of complaint to the Reeayahs of the Company, who, on their part, are to govern with such kindness, that husbandry may receive a daily increase; that all disorders may be suppressed, drunkenness and other illicit practices prevented, and the Imperial tributes be sent in due time. Such part of the abovesaid country as may be situated to the west of Calcutta, on the other side of the Ganges, does not appertain to the Company : Know then, ye Zemindars, &c. that ye are dependents of the Company, and that ye must submit to such treatment as they give you, whether good or bad; and this is my express injunction. Twenty- BENGAL. 11 \ Twenty-four Mahals. The Purgunnah of - - Mugra Ditto - - - Khasspoor Ditto - - - Mudenmutt Ditto - - - Ekktiarpoor Ditto - - - Burjutty Ditto - Azimabad Ditto - - - Moodagotcha * Ditto - - - Putcha Kolia Part of the Purgunnah of Shadpoor Shah Nagur Part of the Purgunnah of Ghur The Purgunnah of - - - Karee Jurree Ditto ----- Deccan Saugeer Part of the Purgunnah of Calcutta Part of the Purgunnah of Paikan Part of the Purgunnah of Munpoor Part of the Purgunnah of Ameerabad Part of the Purgunnah of Mahomed Ameepoor Mellung Mahal The Purgunnah of - - Hattiagur Ditto - - - - - Meida Part of the Purgunnah of Akbarpoor Part of the Purgunnah of Bellia Part of the Purgunnah of Bussindarry. Dated the 5 th of Rabbi ul Sauni, anno quarto.* f (In the Nabob's own hand, serving by way of sign manual.) It is written, Finis. A.D. 1757 Meer Jaffier, * (In Maha Rajah Doolubrum's own hand, as Naib.J Seen. (In Rajah Raage Bidlub' s own hand, as Hussoor Nevise.) The 5 th of Rabbi ul Sauni, anno quarto, registered in the Imperial Register. (In Rajah Conghu Baharrees own hand, as Dewan of Bengal.) The 5 th of Rabbi ul Sauni, anno quarto, registered in the Dewannee Register. c 2 No. VII. * About the 20th of December, 1757. f 12 . TREATIES, &c. > No. VII. Perwannah from Jaffier Ally Khan, for the Saltpetre of Bahar. A.D.1757 At this time, through the means of Colonel Clive, the Saltpetre lands of the whole MeeTjaifier P l0V * nce Bahar have been granted to the English Company, from the beginning of the Bengal year, 1165 , in the room of Coja Mahomed Wazeed : you are, therefore, hereby directed to establish the authority of their Gomastahs in all the Saltpetre lands of the aforesaid province, to give strict orders to the Saltpetre Picars, not to sell an ounce of Saltpetre to any other person, and to receive from the Company the stipulated Nezza- ranna and money for the aforesaid lands. O s £ ^ ,^J 0 *5 O ^ - ^3 C?' ■W -Si ^ ft; ^ 6 Co „ • Approved. S ■§ •I* I ^ .0 5i o © § « s' *- to CO Co O' ■8 ^ | -a >} s° c> Q> -ss 53 5 ^ No. VIII. Sunnud for the Zemindarry of the Honourable East-India Company’s Lands , given under the Seal of the Nabob, Allow 6 Dowla, Meer Mahomed Saddock Khan Behauder, Assud Jung, Dewan of the Soubah of Bengal. To the Muttaseddees for affairs for the time being and to come, and Chowdrees, and Canongoos, and Inhabitants, and Husbandmen of the Kismut Purgunnah of Calcutta, &c. of the Sircar Sautgaum, &c. belonging to the Paradise of Nations, the Soubah of Bengal : BENGAL. 13 Bengal : Be it known, that in consequence of the Ferd Sawal, signed by the glory of the A.D. nobility and administration, Sujah ul Mulck, Hossam 6 Dowla Meer Mahomed Jaffier Khan Behauder, Mahabut Jung, Nizam of the Soubab, and the Ferd Huckeekut and Muchulca, signed conformably thereto, the forms of which are herein fully set forth : The office of the Zemindarry of the Purgunnahs above- written, m consideration of the sum of twenty thousand one hundred and one rupees (20,101) Pishcash, &c. to the Imperial Sircar, according to the endorsement, from the month Pooss (anno 1164) in the year eleven hundred and sixty-four of the Bengal JEra, is conferred upon the noblest of merchants, the English Company, to the end that they attend to the rites and customs thereof, as is fitting ; nor in the least circumstance neglect or with-hold the vigilance and care due thereto : that they deliver into the treasury, at proper times, the due rents of the Sircar : that they behave in such manner to the inhabitants and lower sort of people, that by their good management the said Purgunnah may flourish and increase : that they suffer no robbers nor house-breakers to remain within their districts, and take such care of the King’s highways, that the travellers and passengers may pass and repass without the least molestation : that (which God forbid) if the effects of any person be plundered or stolen, they discover and produce the plunderers and thieves, together with the goods, and deliver the goods to the owners, and the criminals to condign punishment ; or else, that they themselves be responsible for the said goods : that they take especial care, that no one be guilty of any crimes or drunkenness, within the limits of their Zemindarry ; that after the expiration of the year, they take a discharge, according to custom ; and that they deliver the accounts of their Zemindarry, agreeable to the stated forms, every year, into the Duftercana of the Sircar ; and that they refrain from demanding the articles forbidden by the Imperial Court (the asylum of the world). It is their (the Muttaseddees, & c.) duty to look upon the said Company as the established and lawful Zemindars of those places, and whatsoever appertains, or is annexed to that office, as their right ; in this particular be they strictly punctual. Dated the First of Babbi ul Sauni, in the third * sun of the Reign. Let the Endorsement be wrote. Particulars of the Endorsement. In consequence of the Ferd Sawal, signed by the Glory of the nobility and adminis- tration, Sujah ul Mulck, Hossam 6 Dowla, Meer Mahomed Jaffier Khan, Behauder, Mahabut * Sould be the 5th sun. 14 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1757 Mahabut Jung, Nizam of the Soubab, and the Ferd Huckeekut and Muchvilca, signed _ conformably thereto, the forms of which are herein fully set forth ; the office of the ^Iccr J affier ^ “ 1 Zemindarry of the Kissmut Purgunnah of Calcutta, &c. of the Sircar Sautgaum, belonging to the Paradise of Nations, the Soubah of Bengal, in consideration of the sum of twenty thousand one hundred and one rupees (20,101) Pishcash, &c. to the Imperial Sircar, from ’ the month Pooss (anno 1164) in the year one thousand one hundred and sixty-four of the Bengal ^Era, is conferred upon the noblest of merchants, the English Company. 27 Mahals Deroobust Kissmut 15 Mahals 12 Mahals The amount, according to the account signed by the Canongoos of the Soubah. Form of the Sign Manual : Be the Sunnud granted. Form of the Ferd SawaL The Zemindarry of the Kissmut of Purgunnah of Calcutta, &c. of the Sircar Sautgaum, &c. belonging to the Paradise of Nations, the Soubah of Bengal, having been conferred on the noblest of merchants, the English Company, the aforesaid Company represent, that the inhabitants will not be satisfied without the grant of a Sunnud ; Avherefore they desire, that the Sunnud may be graciously allowed them, for which they agree to pay the sum of twenty thousand one hundred and one rupees (20,101) Pishcash, &c. to the Imperial Sircar. — In this particular what are your commands ? 27 Mahals Deroobust Kissmut 15 Mahals 12 Mahals The amount, according to the account signed by the Canongoos of the Soubah, Rupees 2,22,958 10 12 3 Kissmut N.B. This is wrote by the Royroyan. p- o -gs. ^ n o 3 I ~ t? r *1 rO pj* ^ § 5 ° 'c w • s © * M -Ci ^ 8 ^ •g s; O § ^ I K? S ^ ^3 BENGAL. Kissmut Purgunnah of Calcutta, &c. of the Sircar Sautgaum, in the districts of the Chuckla of Hughley. 26 Mahals Deroobust Kissmuttea 15 Mahals 11 Mahals Amount 2,20,166 14 10 1 Kissmut Purgunnah of Calcutta ------- Sircar Sautgaum Division 16 Annas Mahal Kissmuttea Amount 28,482, 6 13 Belonging to the Company 28,361 S 10 1 Ditto - - - Ramcunt 120 13 2 3 15 A.D.ljrS 7 Meer Jaffier, Kissmut Purgunnah of Mugra Division 16 Annas Mahal Kissmuttea Amount 24,504 13 16 1 Purgunnah of Khasspoor - ■ Division 16 Annas Mahal Deroobust Amount 3,337 3 2 Purgunnah of Mudenmull - « Division 16 Annas Mahal Deroobust Amount 22,199 5 5 Purgunnah of Berryhattee Division 16 Annas Mahal Deroobust Amount 6,149 4 13 3 Purgunnah of Ekktiarpoor Division 16 Annas Mahal Deroobust Amount 7,923 1 8 Sircar ditto Sircar ditto Sircar ditto Sircar ditto Sircar ditto Purgunnah 16 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1757 Meer Jaffier. I ■s | KQ 1 tn y> **«» s Purgunnah of Deccan Sauger - - Division 16 Annas Mahal Deroobust Amount 60 7 12 2 Purgunnah of Shahnagur - - - - Division 16 Annas Mahal Deroobust Amount 283 7 14 Purgunnah of Azimabad - - - - Division 16 Annas Mahal Deroobust Amount 10,000 Purgunnah of Ghur - - - - - Division 16 Annas Mahal Deroobust Amount 7,420 9 15 Purgunnah of Moodagotcha - - • Division 16 Annas Mahal Deroobust Amount 31,793 10 Purgunnah of Peetcha Kollie - - Division 16 Annas Mahal Deroobust Amount 3,129 4 15 Purgunnah of Karee Juree - - Division 16 Annas Mahal Deroobust Amount 562 8 Kissmut Purgunnah of Manpoor Division 16 Annas Mahal Kissmuttea S Nw ^ Amount 8,947 10 1 1 Belonging to the Company ^ ^ Ditto - - - Ramcunt 5*. Kissmut Purgunnah of Paikan ~ s r>* 0 Division 12 Annas Mahal Kissmuttea Amount 6,787 10 6 3 Sircar Sautgaum Sircar ditto Sircar ditto Sircar Saleemabad Sircar ditto Sircar ditto - Sircar ditto - Sircar ditto 8,856 3 1 91 9 18 - Sircar ditto Kissmut BENGAL. 1 7 Kissmut Purgunnah of Ameerabacl - - - - Sircar Saleemabad Adjacent to Chitpoor Division 3 Annas Mahal Kissmuttea Amount 3,650 10 9 Kissmut Purgunnah of Havelushehr - - - Sircar ditto The village of Seenderpoor No Division Mahal Kissmuttea Amount 323 11 8 Kissmut Purgunnah of Mahomed Ameepoor - Sircar ditto The village No Division Mahal Kissmuttea Amount 184 5 10 Kissmut Purgunnah of Mob, Salt, and Wax - Sircar ditto No Division Mahal Kissmuttea Amount 16,702 13 1 Purgunnah of Hattiagur - - = - Sircar ditto Division 16 Annas Mahal Deroobust Amount 22,119 7 19 3 Purgunnah of Meida ----- Sircar ditto Division 16 Annas Mahal Deroobust Amount 4,199 14 10 Purgunnah of Akbarpoor - - - Sircar ditto Division 16 Annas Mahal Deroobust Amount 2,223 15 15 Purgunnah of Shahpoor - - - - Sircar ditto. Division 16 Annas Mahal Deroobust Amount 3,470 12 2 2 D Kissmut A.D.1757 Meer Jaflier. 18 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1757 Meer Jaffier. Kissmut Purgunnah of Aboab Fouzdarry, &c. Sircar Saleemabad No Division 2 Mahals Kissmuttea Amount 1,204 12 18 2 Kissmut Purgunnah Aboab Fouzdarry, and Pishcash Congo 2 Mahals Amount- - -- -- -- - 1,174 11 16 3 Bherjy (transferred) - -- -- 30 113 Sairs, Hattiagur, and Meida, and Meidonmul, and Moodagotcha, belonging to Coot Ekktiapoor. Division 3 Annas 11 Gundas Mahal Kissmuttea Aruout 4,501 Kissmut Purgunnah of Bellia Busseindarry, Sircar Saleemabad, named Sahebnagur, in the districts of the Chuckla of Burdwan, containing the Monza Bhilla, and all the lands lying on the East Side of the River Ganges. Division 10 Annas Mahal Kissmuttea Amount 2,791 11 12 2 Form of the Sign Manual : After the receipt of the Muchulca, and v Zaminee, according to custom. Be the Sunnud granted. Form of the Ferd Huckeekut. In consequence of the Ferd Sawal, signed by the glory of the nobility and adminis- tration, Sujah ul Mulck, tlossam 6 Dowla, Meer Mahomed Jaffier Khan Behauder, Mababut Jung, Nazim of the Soubah, the form of tvhich is herein fully set forth, the office of the Zemindarry of the Kissmut Purgunnah of Calcutta, &c. of the Sircar Sautgaum, B E N G A L. 19 Sautgaum, &c. belonging to the Paradise of Nations, the Soubah of Bengal, in consi- deration of the sum of twenty thousand one hundred and one rupees (20,101) Pishcash, &c. to the Imperial Sircar, is conferred on the noblest of merchants, the English Company, who hare delivered a Muchulca and Zaminee into the books, and petition for the Sunnud. In this particular what are you pleased to decree ? A.D.1757 Meer Jaffier. _ a* s =■ 'Z ‘S a. 50 01 3 O 3 O 3 O «” £. S § § “ ** J g N ^ o o 2 2. S 27 Mahals Beroobust Kissmuttea 15 Mahals J2 Mahals Amount, according to the account signed by the Canongoos of the Soubah, Rupees 2,22,958 10 2 3 Form of the Sign Manual It has been viewed. Form of the Muchulca, dated the We, the English Company, do declare, that whereas the office of the Zemindarry of the Kissmut Purgunnah of Calcutta, &c. of the Sircar Sautgaum, &c. belonging to the Paradise of Nations, the Soubah of Bengal, in consideration of the sum of twenty thousand one hundred and one rupees (20,101) Pishcash, &c. to the Imperial Sircar, from the month Pooss (anno 1164), in the year eleven hundred and sixty-four of the Bengal *Era, has been conferred on us, to the end that we attend to the rites and customs thereof, as is fitting, nor, in the least circumstance, neglect or withhold the vigilance and care due thereto. That we deliver into the treasury, in the proper times, the due rents of the Sircar. That we behave in such manner to the inhabitants and lower sort of people, that by our good management the said Purgunnahs may flourish and increase. That we suffer no robbers nor housebreakers to remain within our districts, and take such care of the King’s highways, that the travellers and passengers may pass and repass, without fear or D 9 molestation. 20 TREATIES, &c. A.D.1757 Meer Jaffier. molestation. That (which God forbid) if the effects of any person be plundered or stolen, we discover and produce the robbers or thieves, together with the goods, and deliver the goods to the owners, and the criminals to condign punishment ; or else that we, ourselves, be responsible for the said goods. That we take especial care that no one be guilty of any crime, or drunkenness, within the limits of our Zemindarry. That, after the expiration of the year, we. take a discharge, according to custom ; and that we deliver the accounts of our Zemindarry, agreeable to the stated forms, every year, into the Dnftercana of the Sircar ; and that we refrain from demanding the articles forbidden by the Imperial Court (the asylum of the world). For this reason we have given this writing, as a Muchulca and agreement, that upon any occasion recourse may be had thereto. 5 1 27 Mahals ^ Deroobust Kissmuttea 15 Mahals 12 Mahals Particulars Mahals ha written in dorsement. Amount 2,22,958 10 2 3 Form of the Sign Manual . It is accepted. Form of the Tomsook Hazir Zeminee , dated I do declare, that whereas the office of the Zemindarry of the Kissmut Purgunnah of Calcutta, &c. of the Sircar Sautgaum, &c. belonging to the Paradise of Nations, the Soubah of Bengal, has been conferred on the noblest of merchants, the English Company ; I, being appointed the personal security for the said Company, with the Sircar, do agree, and give this writing, that the aforesaid Company shall be present, and execute the functions of their Zemindarry. If they shall absent themselves, I will make them appear ; but if, at any time, I am not able to make them appear, I will be responsible for their compacts. For this reason, I have given this writing, as a Tomsook Hazir Zaminee, that upon any occasion recourse may be had thereto. Form of the Sign Manual: Signed. Form of the Agreement for the Pishcash, &;c. to the Imperial Sircar. Account of the agreement for the Pishcash, &c. made for obtaining the Grant of the Sunnud for the Zemindarry of the Kissmut Purgunnah of Calcutta, &c. of the Sircar Sautgaum, BENGAL. 21 Sautgaum, &c. in the name of us, the English Company, for the Year 1165 of the A.D. 1 7$7 Bengal ^Era. ataMfcr. 20,101 Rupees Pishcash Pishcash of the Imperial Sircar 12,101 Nazzaranna Soubahdarry 5,000 Rupees Vizier’s Fees 3,000 Rupees 2,22,958 10 2 3 Mem. Here follows, in the Original, a description of the particulars of the several Purgunnahs, as before specified. Explanation of the Terms used in the Sunnud granted for the Zemindarry of the Honourable Company’s Lands. Aboab Fouzdarry Purgunnah. Many Zemindars complaining of the great oppressions of the Fouzdarry, formerly obtained from the Nabobs an exemption from the jurisdictioh of the Fouzdarry, in consideration of their paying to the Government the amount of the income which was produced by the fines of that office, every Zemindar being assessed proportionably for that amount, which tax has continued ever since, and is passed under the head of the Purgunnah Aboab Fouzdarry. Bengal, Soubah Jennet ul Belaad Bengal, the Paradise of Nations, the Soubah of Bengal. A title given by Auring Zebe to Bengal. Canongoos, Registers of the Soubah. Chowdrahs, Landholders, in the next rank to Zemindars. Chuckla , The jurisdiction of a Fouzdar, who receives the rents from the Zemindars, and accounts for them with the Government. Deroobust Purgunnahs , Whole or entire Purgunnahs, which depend on a single Zemindar. Division, In the Original, Rakkum. The 22 TREATIES, See. A.D. 1757 Meer Jaffier, The proportions of the Kissmut Purgunnah are reckoned by annas, or sixteenths. It may be observed, that many of the Kissmut Purgunnahs are termed divisions of sixteen annas; the reason of which is, that the lands included bear so small a proportion to the rest that they are not rated at all. Duftcrcana, The exchequer, or office for keeping the Government’s books. Ferd Huckeckut, A manifest or memorial. Ferd Sawal, A petition. Iiuck Alwazeernt, The fees of the Vizier. Kissmut , signifies a Division. When any part of a Purgunnah is transferred from one Zemindar and assigned over to another, each part or division is called a Kissmut Purgunnah, as the Kissmut Purgunnah of Bellia Bussindarry, of which ten annas or five-eights belong to the Company’s jurisdiction, and six annas or three-eighths to Rajah Tulluckchund. Mahal. Every fund which produces the revenues of the Government is called Mahal. In the Sunnud it includes only Purgunnahs and Sairs. Mob, Salt, and Wax. The rents of this Purgunnah arise entirely from the Sale of Salt and Wax, from whence it takes its name : as there is no ground-rent collected in this Purgunnah, it is therefore termed no division. Mowza, A parish. Muchulca , An indenture or agreement. Muttaseddees, All persons employed in taking the accounts of the Soubah. Nazim, A viceroy or governor of a province. Nezzaranna Soubahdarry, The fees of the Nazim. Pishcash Sircar Wallaw, A fine paid into the Emperor’s treasury. Poos s BENGAL. 23 Pooss, The ninth month of the Bengal year, answering nearly to the month of December. A .D.lJSf Meer Jaffier. Purgunnah , A country: any number of Mowzas (or parishes) the rents of which are col- lected at one place, called a Cutcherree. Sairs , Any place or office appointed for the collection of duties and customs. In the Purgunnahs of Hattiagur, Meida, Meidonmul, and Moodagotcha, a duty was collected on Salt, and paid formerly to the Buxbundarry, which having been made over to the Company is inserted in the Sunnud for the lands. Sircar, A term given to any number of Purgunnahs, placed under one head in the Government’s books, for the easier adjustment of the accounts. Any office under the Government is likewise termed a Sircar. Sunnud , A charter or grant. Tomsoolc Hazir Zaminee , A security for personal appearance. No. IX. Sunnud for the free Tenure of the Town of Calcutta, Sfc. to the Honourable East-India Company, given under the Seal of the Nabob Allow 6 Dowla, Meer Mahomed Saddock Khan Behauder, Assud Jung, Dewan of the Soubah of Bengal, 1758. To the Muttaseddees for affairs for the time being and to come, and Zemindars, and A.D. 1758 Chowdrahs, and Talookdars, and Canongoos of the Mowza of Govindpoor, &c. in the ' districts of the Purgunnah of Calcutta, belonging to the Paradise of Nations, the Soubah of Bengal: Beit known, that in consequence of the Ferd Sawal, signed by the glory of the nobility and administration, Sujah ul Mulck, Hossam 6 Dowla, Meer Mahomed Jaffier Khan Behauder, Mahabut Jung, Nazim of the Soubah and the Ferd Huckeekut, and Muchulca, signed conformably thereto, the forms of which are herein fully set forth ; the rents of the aforesaid Mowzas, &.c. which adjoin to the factory of the most noble of merchants, the English Company, amounting to eight thousand eight hunderd 24 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1758 hundred and thirty-six rupees, and something more, from the 1st of Rabbi ul Sauni, 5 th Sun,* according to the Endorsement, are forgiven; to the end that they provide for the defence of their factory, and the safeguard of the seaports herewith. It is their (the Muttaseddees, &c.) duty, to desist from all claims for the rents, nor in any way, nor by any means, oppress or disturb them. In this particular be they punctual. Dated as above. Let the Endorsement be wrote, f- Particulars of the Endorsement . In consequence of the Ferd Sawal, signed by the glory of the nobility and adminis- tration, Sujah ul Mulck, Hossam 6 Dowla, Meer Mahomed Jaffier Khan Behauder, Mahabut Jung, Nazim of the Soubah, and the Ferd Huckeekut, and Muchulca, signed conformably thereto, the forms of which are herein fully set forth ; the rents of the Mowza of Govindpoor, &c. in the districts of the Purgunnah of Calcutta, &c. belonging to the Paradise of Nations, the Soubah of Bengal, and dependent on the Khalfa Shereefa, and the Jaghire of the Sircar, which adjoin to the factory of the noblest of merchants, the English Company, amounting to eight thousand eight hundred and thirty-six rupees, and something more, from the latter season of Oodael, J in the year eleven hundred and sixty-four ( 1164 ) of the Bengal /Era, are forgiven the noblest of merchants aforesaid. Mowzas and Mahals 22§ Mowzas 20~. Mahals (2 Markets) 2 The amount, according to the Ferd signed by the Canongoos of the Soubah. Form of the Sign Manual : Be the Sunnud granted. Form of the Ferd Saival, The noblest of merchants, the English Company, represent, that the factory for carrying on their trade in the Purgunnah of Calcutta, lying near the sea, and being liable to continual alarms and interruptions from the enemy, for their defence they have made a Tank * About the beginning of December, 1758. f This is wrote by the Royroyan. 5 In the Oiiginal.Fesset Kruf. I BENGAL. 25 Meer Jaffier. ft Tank of water round their factory, and left an Esplanade on all sides, at the distance A.D. 1758 of a cannon shot ; and that the Mowza of Govindpoor, &c. in the districts of the Pur- gunnah of Calcutta, &c. of the Sircar Sautgaum, belonging to the Paradise of Nations, the Soubah of Bengal, dependent on the Khalsa Shereefa, and Jaghire of the Sircar, adjoin thereto ; they request that a Sunnud, exempting them from the payment of the rents thereof, be granted them. In this particular what are your commands ? Mowzas 20f . Mahals (2 Markets) 2 Amounting, according to the account signed by the Canongoos of the Soubah, to Rupees 8,836 4 3 2 Mowza of the Govindpoor, &c. belonging to the Purgunnah of Calcutta. Mowzas with Kissmutteas 12. In all 6| Mowzas.—- -Amount 2,542 14 2 3 Kerria Kissmut of Govindpoor Mowza of 8 annas. — Amount 338 11 16 2 Jaghire Kerria Kissmut of Mirzapoor Mowza of 8 annas. — Amount 131 10 17 3 Kerria Kissmut of Gunnispoor, in the Bounds of Molunga of the Khalsa Mowza of 8 annas. — Amount 171 13 19 2 Kerria Kissmut of Chowrungee of the Jaghire Mowza of 8 annas. — Amount 44 8 2 2 Kerria Kissmut of Dhulland Mowza of 8 annas. — Amount 227 11 12 2 Kerria Kissmut of Jella Colunda Mowza of 8 annas.— -Amount 266 2 13 Kerria Kissmut of Dilliah Danghee of the Jaghire Mowza of 12annas. — Amount 582 15 6 3 Kerria Kissmut of Anhatte of the Jaghire Mowza of 6 annas. — Amount 184 13 16 1 Kerria Sulduah of the Jaghire One Mowza.- — Amount 355 13 11 Kerria Kissmut of Bharee Birjhee Mowza of 6 annas. — Amount 63 2 4 2 E Kerria 26 TREATIES, kc A.D. 1758 Kerria Kispoorperra of the Jaghire . v — - v— ^ OneMowza. — Amount 191 0 5 Meer Jaffier. Kerria Kissmut of Bharee Serampoor of the Jaghire Mowza of 4 annas. — Amount 34 5 17 1 Kissmut Mowza of Dheliunt, &c. belonging to the Purgunnah of Paikan Twelve Mowzas, including Kissmutteas, in all 6| Mowzas of the Khalsa. — Amount 1,894 4 2 Kerria Kissmut of Dheliunt Mowza of 8 annas. — Amount 253 10 12 I Kerria Kissmut of Soota Lootee Mowza of 6 annas. — Amount 113 7 1 1 Kerria Kissmut Govindpoor Mowza of 8 annas. — Amount 161 3 13 Kerria Kissmut of Chowrungee Mowza of 8 annas. — Amount 97 7 Kerria Kissmut of Mirzapoor Mowza of 8 annas.— Amount 150 8 8 1 Kerria Rocul Koorea OneMowza. — Amount 178 12 1 Kerria Kissmut of Deccan Paikparra Mowza of 2 annas. — Amount 15 9 15 Kerria Kissmut of Dhela Dangee Mowza of 4 annas. — Amount 156 13 6 Kerria Kissmut of Anhattee Mowza of 10 annas. — Amount 218 10 12 Kerria Kissmut of Jella Colunda Mowza of 8 annas.— Amount 147 2 16 1 Kerria Kissmut of Bharee Birjhee Mowza of 10 annas. — Amount 227 2 2 Kerria Kissmut of Bharee Serampoor Mowza of 12 annas. — Amount 123 12 7 Mowza of Shimla, &c. belonging to the Purgunnah of Manpoor Three Mowzas entire of the Khalsa. — Amount 331 15 11 Kerria Shimla — OneMowza. — Amount 121 15 3 2 Kerria BENGAL. Kerria Maukhund— One Mowza.— Amount 180 4 13 2 Kerria Awdinghu— One Mowza.— Amount 29 11 14 Mowza of the Town of Calcutta, &c. belonging to the Purgunnah of Ameerabad Six and \ Mowzas and Mahals. — Amount 4,008 10 11 Kerria of the Town of Calcutta* One Mowza. — Amount 1,376 13 7 2 Kerria Kissmut of Soota Lootee Mowza of 10 annas. — Amount 1,392 9 14 2 Kerria Kissmut of Deccan Paikparra Mowza of 14 annas of the Jaghire. — Amount 479 2 2 Kerria of Birjhee One Mowza of the Jaghire. —Amount 114 7 2 2 Kerria of Serampoor One Mowza of the Jaghire. — Amount 50 13 15 2 Market of Soota Lootee One Mahal of the Khalsa. — Amount 272 2 2 Market of Govindpoor One Mahal of the Khalsa.— Amount 322 12 5 2 A.D. 1758 Meer Jaffier. Kerria Kissmut of Aboab Fouzdarry of the Town of Calcutta, &c. Amount 8 3 18 1 Form of the Sign Manuals The Muchulca being taken according to the Form, Be the Sunnud granted. Mem. Here follows the Ferd Huckeekut, and also the Muchulca of the Company, which are in the same Form as those in the Sunnud foregoing for the Company’s Zemindarry. Explanation of the Words in the Grant , or the Free Tenure of the Town of Calcutta, Aboab Fouzdarry. Many of the Zemindars having made great complaints of the oppres- sions of the Fouzdarry, formerly obtained of the Nabobs an exemption E 2 from * In the Original it is Dhee Calcutta, 28 TREATIES, &c. from the jurisdiction of the Fouzdarry, in consideration of their paying to the Government the amount of the income which was produced by the fines of that office, every Zemindar being assessed proportionably for that amount ; which tax has continued ever since, and is passed under the head of the Purgunnah Aboab Fouzdarry. Beyigal, Paradise of Nations, the Soubah of Bengal, Soubah Jennet ul Belaad Bengal. A title given by Aurung Zebe to Bengal. Canongoos, Registers of the Soubah. Chowdrahs , Landholders, in the next rank to Zemindars. Dhee , The ancient limits of any village or parish : thus, Dhee Calcutta means only that part which was originally inhabited. Ferd Huckeekut, A manifest or memorial. Ferd Sawal , A petition. Jaghire Sircar. Such lands as are made over to the Munsubdars (or persons invested with dignities) for their maintenance, are called Jaghire. Jaghire Sircar , means the Jaghire of the Government, or the Nazim. Kerria, A parish or village. Khalsa Shereefa. Whatever accounts belong immediately to the Emperor are called Khalsa ; the word Shereefa, added to it is only a title, signifying noble or magnificent. Kissmut, signifies a division ; Kerria Kissmut means a part of a parish, being such a proportion as is included in the Sunnud. Mahal. Every fund, which produces the revenues of the Government, is called a Mahal; but in this Sunnud, only Markets are so called. A Mowza, being only a part or division of a Purgunnah, is not considered as a Mahal. Mo'xza, A parish or village ; it properly signifies a place. A.D.1758 Meer Jaffier. Muchulca , An indenture or agreement. Multaseddees, All Persons employed in taking the accounts of the Soubah. Nazim, A Viceroy, or Governor of a province. Oodaeel f BENGAL. 29 Qodaeel. In the computation of time used in Indostan, they reckon a term of twelve A.D. 1JA8 years, called a Kerm ; Oodaeel is the name given to one of the years of this revolution. Meer Jaffiei. Purgunnah , A country, any number of Mowzas (or parishes) the rents of which are collected at one place, called a Cutcherree. Sircar , A term given to any number of Purgunnahs placed under one head in the Government’s books, for the easier adjustment of the accounts ; any office under the Government is likewise termed a Sircar. Soabahy A province. Sunnud , A charter or patent. No. X. A Treaty between the Nabob Meer Mahomed Cossim Khan and the Company, 1760. Meer Mahomed Cossim Khan Behaudcr’s Seal. Cossim Alii, Two treaties have been written of the same tenour, and reciprocally exchanged, A.D. 1^60 containing the Articles under-mentioned, between Meer Mahomed Cossim Khan Behauder and the Nabob Shums 6 Dowla,* Governor, and the rest of the Council for the affairs of the English Company ; and during the life of Meer Mahomed Cossim Khan Behauder, and the duration of the factories of the English Company in this country, this agreement shall remain in force. God is witness between us, that the following Articles shall, in no wise, be infringed by either party. ARTICLE * Supposed to be Governor Vansittart, 30 TREATIES, &c. ARTICLE I. The Nabob, Meer Mahomed Jaffier Khan Behauder, shall continue in possession of his dignities, and all affairs be transacted in his name, and a suitable income shall be allowed for his expenses. ARTICLE II. The Neabut of the Soubahdarry of Bengal, Azimabad,* and Orissa, &c. shall be conferred by his Excellency, the Nabob, on Meer Mahomed Cossim Khan Behauder ; he shall be invested with the administration of all affairs of the provinces, and after his Excellency he shall succeed to the Government. ARTICLE III. Betwixt us and Meer Mahomed Cossim Khan Behauder, a firm friendship and union is established ; his enemies are our enemies, and his friends are our friends. ARTICLE IV. The Europeans "and Telingas of the English army shall be ready to assist the Nabob, Meer Mahomed Cossim Khan Behauder, in the management of all affairs ; and in all affairs dependent on him, they shall exert themselves to the utmost of their abilities. ARTICLE V. For all charges of the Company and of the said army, and provisions for the field, &c. the lands of Burdwan, Midnapore, and Chittagong, shall be assigned, and Sunnuds for that purpose shall be written and granted. The Company is to stand to all losses, and receive all the profits of these three countries, and we will demand no more than the three assignments aforesaid. ARTICLE VI. One half of the Chunam produced at Silhet for three years shall be purchased by the Gomastahs of the Company, from the people of the Government, at the customary rate oif that place. The tenants and inhabitants of those districts shall receive no injury. ARTICLE VII. The balance of the former Tuncaw shall be paid, according to the Kistbundee agreed upon with the Royroyan. The jewels, which have been pledged, shall be received back again. ARTICLE VIII. We will not allow the tenants of the Sircar to, settle in the lands of the English Company ; neither shall the tenants of the Company be allowed to settle in the lands of the Sircar. ARTICLE IX. We will give no protection to the dependents of the Sircar in the lands, or in the factories of the Company ; neither shall any protection be given to the dependents of the Company in the lands of the Sircar; and whosoever shall fly to either party for refuge shall be delivered up. * Or Bahar, BENGAL. 31 ARTICLE X. The measures for war and peace with the Shahzada, and raising supplies of money, and the concluding both these points, shall be weighed in the scale of reason, and what- ever is judged expedient shall be put in execution ; and it shall be so contrived by the joint councils, that he be removed from this country, nor suffered to get any footing in it. Whether there be peace with the Shahzada or not, our agreement with Meer Mahomed Cossim Khan Behauder we will (by the grace of God) inviolably observe, as long as the English Company’s factories continue in the country. A. D. 1760 Cossim Ali. Dated the 17th of the month Sophar, in the 11 74th year of the Hegira, or 27th of September, 1760. [Sign Manual of Meer Mahomed Cossim Khan] This was sealed on the 18th of the month Sophar, in the eleven hundred and seventy-fourth year of the Hegira, and the proposals are agreed to. - No. XI. Sunnud, under the Seal of the Nabob Naseer ul Mulck, Imteaz 6 Dowla, Nesserat Jung, Meer Mahomed Cossim Khan Behauder. \ To the Zemindars, Canongoos, Talookdars, Tenants, Husbandmen, and Chiefs of the villages of the Purgunnah of Burdwan, &c. the Zemindarry of the Rajah Tilluck- chund, in the districts of the Soubah of Bengal : Be it known, that whereas divers wicked people have traiterously stretched forth their hands to plunder the subjects, and waste the royal dominions; for this reason, the. said Purgunnah, &c. is granted to the English Com- pany, in part of disbursement of their expences, and the monthly maintenance of five hundred European horse, two thousand European foot, and eight thousand Seapoys, which are to be entertained for the protection of the royal dominions. Let the above officers quietly and contentedly attend and pay, to the persons appointed by the English Company, the stated revenues, and 'implicitly submit, in all things, to their authority. And the office of the collectors of the English Company is as follows : they shall continue the Zemindrasand Tenants in their places, regularly collect the revenues of the lands, and deliver them in monthly, for the payment of the expences of the Company, and the pay of the above-mentioned forces, that they may be always ready, cheerfully and vigorously to promote the affairs of the King, Let this be punctually observed. Dated- 32 TREATIES, &c.> A.D. 1760 Dated the 4th. of the Moon Rabbi ul Awel, 1st San, answering to the 1st of the month Cautic, 1176 Bengal stile. Co5sim Alb. N. B. The Sunnuds for the Chuckla of Midnapore, in the districts of the Soubah of Orissa, and for the Tanna of Islamabad, or Chittagong, appertaining to the Soubah of Bengal, are worded as the above. Sunnud, under the Seal of the Nabob Naseer ul Mulck, fyc. To the Droga of Chunam, to the Naib of Silhet: Be it known, that whereas the English Company are constructing a fort in Calcutta, and meet with great obstacles in finishing that work, in the want of stone Chunam ; for this reason it is ordered, that of whatever quantity of Chunam is produced at that place, one half (the price thereof being received agreeable to the rate of that place) be delivered to the Gomastahs of the English Company, for the term of three years, that no delays may be occasioned in finishing the fort aforesaid ; and the other half is to be sent for the Sircar. Let this be punctually observed. Dated the 4th of the Moon Rabbi ul Awel, 1st Sun, answering to the 1st of the month Cautic, 1176 Bengal stile. No. XII. Articles of a Treaty and Agreement between the Governor and Council of Fort William, on the Part of the English East-India Company, and the Nabob Shujah ul Mulck, Hossam 6 Dowla, Meer Mahomed Jaffier Khan Behauder, Mahabut Jung, 1/63. The Seal of the Nabob Meer Mahomed Jaffier Khan Behauder, Mahabut Jung, & c. A.D. 1763 On the Part of the Company. We engage to reinstate the Nabob Meer Mahomed Jaffier Khan Behauder in the Meer Jaffier. Soubahdarry of the provinces of Bengal, Bahar, and Orissa, by the deposal of Meer Mahomed BENGAL. 33 Mahomed Cossim Khan; and the effects, treasure, and jewels, &c. belonging to Meer A.D.17&3 Mahomed Cossim Khan, which shall fall into our hands, shall be delivered up to the On the Part of the Nabob. Nabob aforenamed. ARTICLE I. The treaty which I formerly concluded with the Company, upon my accession to the Nizamut, engaging to regard the honour and reputation of the Company, their Governor and Council, as my own, granting Perwannahs for the currency of the Company’s busi- ness ; the same treaty I now confirm and ratify. ARTICLE II. I do grant and confirm to the Company, for defraying the expences of their troops, the Chucklas of Burdwan, Midnapore, and Chittagong, which were before ceded for the same purpose. ARTICLE III. I do ratify and confirm to the English, the privilege granted them by their Firmaund, and several Husbulhookums, of carrying on their trade, by means of their own Dustuck, free from all duties, taxes, or impositions, in all parts of the country, excepting the article of salt, on which a duty of two and a half per cent, is to be levied on the Rowana, or Hughley market price. ARTICLE IV. I give to the Company half the saltpetre which is produced in the country of Purnea, which their Gomastahs shall send to Calcutta. The other half shall be collected by my Fouzdar, for the use of my offices; and I will suffer no other person to make purchases of this article in that country. ARTICLE V. In the Chuckla of Silhet, for the space of five years, commencing with the Bengal year 1170, my Fouzdar, and the Company’s Gomastah, shall jointly prepare Chunam, of which each shall defray half the expences; and half the Chunam, so made, shall be given to the Company, and the other half shall be for my use. ARTICLE VI. I will maintain twelve thousand horse and twelve thousand foot in the three provinces. If there should be occasion for any more, the number shall be encreased by consent of the Governor and Council, proportionably to the emergency. Besides these, the forces of the English Company shall alwaj's attend me when they are wanted. ARTICLE VII. Wherever I shall fix ray court, either at Moorshedabad or elsewhere, I will advise the Governor and Council ; and what number of English forces I may have occasion for in F the / 34 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1763 Meer Jaffier. the management of my affairs, I will demand them, and they shall be allowed me, and an English gentleman shall reside with me, to transact all affairs between me and the Com- pany ; and a person shall also reside, on my part, at Calcutta, to negotiate with the Governor and Council. ARTICLE VIII. The late Perwannahs, issued by Cossim Ally Khan, granting to all merchants the exemption of all duties, for the space of two years, shall be reversed and called in, and the duties collected as before. ARTICLE IX. I will cause the Rupees, coined in Calcutta, to pass, in every respect, equal to the Siccas of Moorshedabad, without any deduction of Batta ; and whosoever shall demand Batta shall be punished. A R T I C L E X. I will give thirty lacks of Rupees, to defray all the expences and loss accruing to the Company, from the war and stoppage of their investment ; and I will reimburse to all private persons, the amount of such losses, proved before the Governor and Council, as they may sustain in their trade in the country. If I should not be able to discharge this in ready money, I will give assignments of land for the amount. ARTICLE XI. I will confirm and renew the treaty which I formerly made with the Dutch. ARTICLE XII. If the French come into the country, I will not allow them to erect any fortifications, maintain forces, hold lands, Zemindarries, &c. ; but they shall pay tribute, and carry on their trade as in former times. ARTICLE XIII. Some regulations shall be hereafter settled between us, for deciding all disputes which may arise between the English Agents and Gomastahs, in the different parts of the coun- try, and my officers. In testimony whereof, we, the said Governor and Council, have set our hands, and affixed the seal of the Company, to one part hereof ; and the Nabob aforenamed hath set his hand and seal to another part hereof : which were mutually done and interchanged, at Fort William, the 10th day of July, 1763. ( Signed ) Henry Vans itt art, John Carnac, William Billers, Warren Hastings, Randolph Marriott, Hugh Watts. BENGAL, 35 Demands made on the Part of the Nabob Meer Mahomed Jaffier Khan, and agreed to hy the Council, at the Time of signing the Treaty. ARTICLE I. I formerly acquainted the Company with the particulars of my own affairs, and A.D.17^3 received from them repeated letters of encouragement and kindness, with presents; I now make this request, that you will write in a proper manner to the Company, and also to the King of England, the particulars of our friendship and union, and procure for me writings and encouragement, that my mind may be assured from that quarter, that no breach may ever happen between me and the English, and that every Governor, Coun- sellor, and Chiefs of the English that are here, or may hereafter come, may be well dis- posed and attached to me. ARTICLE II. Meer Jaffier. Since all the English gentlemen, assured of my friendly disposition to the Company, confirm me in the Nizamut, I request that to whatever I may at any time write they will give their credit and assent, nor regard the stories of designing men, to my prejudice, that all my affairs may go on with success, and no occasion may arise for jealousy or ill-will be- tween us. ARTICLE III. Let no protection be given, by any of the English gentlemen, to any of my depen- dents, who may fly for shelter to Calcutta, or other of your districts, but let them be de- livered up to me on demand. I shall strictly enjoin all my Fouzdars and Aumils, on all accounts, to afford assistance and countenance to such of the Gomastahs of the Company as attend to the lawful trade of their factories : and if any of the said Gomastahs shall act otherwise, let them be checked, in such a manner as may be an example to others. ARTICLE IV. From the neighbourhood of Calcutta to Hughley, and many of their Purgunnahs, bordering upon each other, it happens, that on complaints being made, people go against the Talookdars, Riotts, and tenants of my town, to the prejudice of the business of the Sircar: wherefore let strict orders be given, that no Peons be sent from Calcutta, on the complaints of any one, upon my Talookdars or tenants ; but on such occasions let application be made to me, or to the Naibs of the Fouzdarry of Hughley, that the country may be subject to no loss or devastations ; and if any of the traders which belonged to the Bucksbunder and Azimgunge, and have settled in Calcutta, should be desirous of F 2 returning \ 36 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1763 returning to Hughley, and carrying on their business there, as formerly, let no one molest them. Chandernagore and the French factory were presented to me by Colonel Clive, and given by mein charge to Ameer Beg Khan; for this reason let strict orders be given, that no English gentleman exercise any authority therein, but that it remain, as formerly, under the jurisdiction of my people. ARTICLE V. Whenever I may demand any forces from the Governor and Council for my assistance, let them be immediately sent to me, and no demand made on me for their expences. The demands of Nabob Shujah ul Mulck, Hossam 6 Dowla, Meer Mahomed Jaffier Khan Behauder, Mahabut Jung, written in five articles, We the President and Council of the English Company, do agree and set our hands to, in Fort William, the 10th of July, 1763. (SignedJ Henry Vansittart, William Billers, John Cartier, Warren Hastings, Randolph Marriott, Hugh Watts. No. XIII. Nabob Meer Mahomed Jaffier Ally Khan’s Note , for Five Lacks of Rupees per Month , for the Eocpences of the Army, 1764. ^ 76f Account of money settled for the expences of the Europeans and Seapoys, the Meer Jaffier. artillery, and raising of the cavalry, which shall be paid a month sooner or later, according to the particulars under-mentioned, from the beginning of the month Sophar (31st of July, 1764) of the 5th year of the reign, till the removal of the troubles with the Vizier, viz. In the province of Bengal, at Moorshedabad ----- 3,00,000 In the province of Bahar, at Patna - -- -- -- - 2,00,000 Total Rupees 5,00,000 Written BENGAL. 37 Written the 19th of Rabbi ul Awe], the 5th year of the Jaloos, 16th September, A. D. 17&4 1764. M'eer Jaffier. N.B. I will include in the aforesaid sum, whatever balance may be due from me, on account of my former agreement with the Company. No. XI Y. A. Proposals made by the King Shah Aalum, and enclosed in a Letter from Major Hector Munro to the President and Council at Bengal, dated from the Camp at Benares, the 22 d of November , 1764. If this country is to be kept, put me in possession of it, and leave a small detach- ment of the troops with me, to shew that I am protected by the English, and they shall be at my expence ; that if any enemy come at any time against me, I will make such connections in the country, that, with my own troops, and the afore-mentioned small detachment, will defend the country, without any further assistance from the English, and I will pay them, of the revenues of the country, what sum they shall demand yearly. If the English will, contrary to their interest, make peace with the Vizier, I will go to Delhi ; for I cannot think of returning again into the hands of a man who has used me so ill. I have no friends I depend on more than the English ; their former behaviour to me will make me ever respect and regard them. Now is their time to be in possession of a country abounding with riches and treasure ; I shall be satisfied with whatever share they please of it. The Rohillas were always enemies to the imperious Vizier. They are ail my friends. B. Articles to be executed by the King, enclosed in a Letter from the President and Council at Bengal to Major Hector Munro, Com- mander-in- Chief of the Army , sent the 6th of December, 1764. In consideration of the assistance and fidelity of the English Company, which has freed us from the inconveniences we laboured under, and strengthened the foundations of the A.D.I764 The Mogul. 38 TREATIES, &c. A D. 1764 the empire which God has given us, we have been graciously pleased to grant to the English Company our royal favours, according to the following articles, which shall ihejViogul 0 . 0 0 remain firm, both in present and in future. As the English Company have been put to great expense, and their affairs exposed to danger, by the war which the Nabob Shujah ul Dowla, unjustly, and contrary to our ro} r al pleasure, waged against them, we have therefore assigned to them the country of Gauzepoor, and the rest of the Zemindarry of Bulwant Sing, belonging to the Nizamut of the Nabob Shujah ul Dowla: and the regulation, and government thereof, we have given to their disposal, in the same manner as it was in the Nabob Shujah ul Dowla’s. The aforesaid Rajah having settled terms with the Chiefs of the English Company, is, according thereto, to pay the revenues to the Company ; and the amount shall not belong to the books of the Royal Revenue, but shall be expunged from them. The army of the English Company having joined our standard, shall put us in posses- sion of Illiabad, and the rest of the countries belonging to the Nizamut of the Nabob Shujah ul Dowla ; and the revenues, excepting those of Rajah Bulwant’s Zemindarry, shall be in our entire management and disposal. As the English Company will be at a further expense in putting us in possession of Illiabad, and the rest of the Nizamut of the Nabob Shujah ul Dowla, we will therefore, as we get possession, grant to them, out of our treasury, such a proportion of the revenues as the exigencies of our affairs will admit of; and when we are put in full possession, we will reimburse the whole expense^ of the Company in this business, from the time of their joining our Royal Standard. c. Firmaund executed hy the King. As the English Company have been put to great expense, and their affairs exposed to danger, by the war which the Nabob Shujah ul Dowla, unjustly, and contrary to our royal pleasure, waged against them, we have therefore assigned to them the country of Gauzepoor, and the rest of the Zemindarry of Rajah Bulwant Sing, belonging to the Nizamut of the Nabob Shujah ul Dowla ; and the regulation and government thereof we have given to their disposal, in the same manner as it was in the Nabob Shujah ul Dowla’s. The N BENGAL. The aforesaid Rajah having settled terms with the Chiefs of the English Company, is, A. D. 1/64 according thereto, to pay the revenues to the Company. The Mogul. The army of the English Company having joined our standard, shall put us in possession of Illiabad, and the rest of the countries belonging to the Nizamut of the Nabob Shujah ul Dowla ; and the revenues, excepting those of Rajah Bulwant’s Zemindarry, shall be in our entire management and disposal. It becomes the Company to shew their grateful sense of our royal favours, and to exert themselves to the utmost, in the proper management and regulation of the country ; to encourage and befriend our subjects ; to punish the contentious, and expel the rebel- lious from their territories. They must use their best endeavours to promote the welfare of our people, the Riotts, and other inhabitants ; to prohibit the use of things of an intoxicating nature, and such as are forbidden by the Law of God ; in driving out enemies ; in deciding causes, and settling matters agreeably to the rules of Mahomed and the Law of the Empire; so that the inhabitants may apply themselves, with peace of mind and satisfaction, to the cultivation of the county, and the exercise of other their professions, and that the weak may not labour under oppression and violence. They will consider these as our strict injunctions. Written on the 4th day of Rajeb, the 6th year of the Reign, 29th December, 1764. No. XV. Articles of a Treaty and Agreement , concluded between the Gover- A.D. 1765 nor and Council of Fort William, on the Part of the English East- Nudjum ul DowIpi India Company, and the Nabob Nudjum ul Dowla, 1765. On the Part of the Company. We, the Governor and Council, do engage to secure to the Nabob Nudjum ul Dowla, the Soubahdarry of the provinces of Bengal, Bahar, and Orissa, and to support him therein with the Company’s forces against all his enemies. We will also, at all times, keep up such force as may be necessary, effectually to assist and support him in the defence 40 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1765 defence of the provinces ; and as our troops will be more to be depended on than any the Nudjum ul Dowla. Nabob can have, and less expensive to him, he need therefore entertain none but such as are requisite for the support of the Civil Officers of his government, and the business of his collections through the different districts. We do further promise, that in consideration the Nabob shall continue to assist in defraying the extraordinary expences of the war, now carrying on against Sujah ul Dowla, with five lacks of Rupees per month, which was agreed to by his father,* that whatever sums may be hereafter received of the King, on account of our assistance afforded him in the war, shall be repaid to the Nabob. On the Part of the Nabob. In consideration of the assistance the Governor and Council have agreed to afford, in securing to me the succession in the Soubahdarry of Bengal, Bahar, and Orissa, hereto- fore held by my father, the late Nabob Meer Jaffier Ally Khan, and supporting me in it against all my enemies, I do agree and bind myself to the faithful performance of the following Articles. ARTICLE I. The Treaty which my father formerly concluded with the Company-, f upon his first accession to the Nizam ut, engaging to regard the honour and reputation of the Company, and of their Governor and Counci!, as his own, and granting Perwannahs for the cur- rency of the Company’s trade, the same Treaty, as far as is consistent with the Articles hereafter agreed to, 1 do hereby ratify and confirm. ARTICLE II. Considering the weighty charge of government, and how essentiel it is for myself, for the welfare of the country, and for the Company’s business, that I should have a person, who has had experience therein, to advise and assist me, I do agree to have one. fixed with me, with the advice of the Governor and Council, in the station of Naib Soubab, who shall accordingly have immediately under me the chief management of all affairs. And as Mahomed Reza Khan, the Naib of Dacca, has, in every respect, my approbation, and that of the Governor and Council, I do further agree, that this trust shall be conferred on him, and I will not displace him without the acquiescence of those gentlemen ; and in case any alteration in this appointment should hereafter appear advisable, that Mahomed Reza Khan, provided he has acquitted himself with fidelity in his administration, shall, in such case, be reinstated in the Naibship of Dacca, with the same authority as heretofore. ARTICLE • No. XIII. t No. 111. BENGAL. 41 ARTICLE III. The business of the collections of the revenues shall, under the Naib Soubab, be divided into two or more branches, as may appear proper ; and as I have the fullest dependence and confidence on the attachment of the English, and their regard to my interest and dignity, and am desirous of giving them every testimony thereof, I do further consent, that the appointment and dismission of the Muttaseddees of those branches, and the allotment of their several districts, shall be with the approbation of the Governor and Council. And considering how much men of my rank and station are obliged to trust to the eyes and recommendations of the servants about them, and how liable to be deceived, it is my further will, that the Governor and Council shall be at liberty to object and point out to me, when improper people are intrusted, or where my officers and subjects are oppressed, and I will pay a proper regard to such representations, that my affairs may be conducted with honour, my people every where be happy, and their grievances be redressed. ARTICLE IV. A. D. 1765 Nudjum ul Dowla. I do confirm to the Company, as a fixed resource for defraying the ordinary expenses of their troops, the Chucklas of Burdwan, Midnapore, and Chittagong, in as full a manner as heretofore ceded by my father. The sum of five lacks of sicca Rupees per month,* for their maintenance, was further agreed to be paid by my father ; I agree to pay the same out of my treasury, while the exigency for keeping up so large an army continues. When the Company’s occasions will admit of a diminution of the expenses they are put to on account of those troops, the Governor and Council will then relieve me from such a proportion of this assignment, as the increased expenses, incurred by keeping up the whole force, necessary for the defence of the provinces, will admit of : and as I esteem the Company’s troops entirely equal thereto, and as my own, I will only maintain such as are immediately necessary for the dignity of my person and government, and the business of my collections throughout the provinces. ARTICLE V. I do ratify and confirm to the English, the privilege granted them by their Firmaund, and several Husbulhookums, of carrying on their trade, by means of their own Dustuck, free from all duties, taxes, or impositions, in all parts of the country, excepting in the article of salt, on which a duty of two and a half per cent, is to be levied on the Rowana or Hughley market price. ARTICLE VI. I give to the Company the liberty of purchasing half the saltpetre produced in the country of Purnea, which their Gomastahs shall send to Calcutta ; the other half shall be g collected * No. XII. 42 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1765 collected by my Fouzdar, for the use of my officers ; and I will suffer no other persons to make purchases of this article in that country. .Nucljum ul 1 Dowla. ARTICLE VII. In the Chuckla of Silhet, for the space of five years, commencing with the Bengal year 1171, my Fouzdar and a Gomastah, on the part of the Company, shall jointly pro- vide Chunam, of which each shall defray half the expence, and half the Chunam, so made, shall be given to the Company. ARTICLE VIII. Although I should occasionally remove to other places in the provinces, I agree that the books of the Sircar shall be always kept, and the business conducted at Moorshedabad, and that shall, as heretofore, be the seat of my government. And wherever I am, I con- sent that an English gentleman shall reside with me, to transact all affairs between me and the Company, and that a person of high rank shall also reside on my part at Calcutta, to negotiate with the Governor and Council. O ARTICLE IX. I will cause the Rupees coined in Calcutta to pass, in every respect, equal to the Siccas of Moorshedabad, without any deduction of Batta ; and whosoever shall demand Batta shall be punished. The annual loss on coinage, by the fall of Batta on the issuing of the new Siccas, is a very heavy grievance to the country ; and after mature considera- tion, I will, in concert with the Governor and Council, pursue whatever may appear the best method for remedying it. ARTICLE X. I will allow no Europeans whatever to be entertained in my service ; and if there already be any, they shall be immediately dismissed. ARTICLE XI. The Kistbundee, for payment of the restitution to the sufferers in the late troubles, as executed by my father, I will see faithfully paid. No delays shall be made in this business. ARTICLE XII. I confirm and will abide by the Treaty which my father formerly made with the Dutch. ARTICLE XIII. If the French come into the country, I will not allow them to erect any fortifications, maintain forces, or hold lands, Zemindarries, &c. ; but they shall pay tribute, and carry on their trade as in former times. ARTICLE BENGAL. 43 ARTICLE XIV. Some regulations shall be hereafter settled between us, for deciding all disputes which may arise between the English Gomastahs and my officers, in the different parts of the country. A.D. 1765 Nudjum ul Dowla. In testimony whereof, We, the said Governor and Council, have set our hands, and affixed the seal of the Company, to one part hereof ; and the Nabob before-named hath set his hand and seal to another part. (A true copy) W. Ma/endie, Secretary. Mem. This Treaty was executed by the President and Council of Fort William, on the 20th of February, 1765, and by the Nabob, on the 25th of the same month. No. XVI. Firmaund from the King Shah Aalum, granting the Dewannee of Bengal, Bahar, and Orissa, to the Company, 1765. At this happy time our royal Firmaund, indispensably requiring obedience, is issued ; that whereas, in consideration of the attachment and services of the high and mighty, the noblest of exalted nobles, the chief of illustrious warriors, our faithful servants and sincere Mogul, well-wishers, worthy of our royal favours, the English Company, we have granted them the Dewannee of the provinces of Bengal, Bahar, and Orissa, from the beginning of the Fussul Rubby of the Bengal year 1172,* as a free gift and Ultumgau, without the asso- ciation of any other person, and with an exemption from the payment of the customs of the Dewannee, which used to be paid by the court. It is requisite, that the said Company engage to be security for the sum of twenty-six lacks of Rupees a year, for our royal revenue, which sum has been appointed from the Nabob Nudjum ul Dowla Behauder, and regularly remit the same to the Royal Sircar ; and in this case, as the said Company are obliged to keep up a large army for the protection of the provinces of Bengal, &c. we have granted to them whatsoever may remain out of the revenues of the said provinces, c 2 after • Mem. This, and the four following Firmaunds, appear to be dated the tame day, and were to take place from the same period as No, IV. and V., in the Fort St. George Grants. A.D. 1765 44 TREATIES, &c. A.D.1765 after remitting the sum of twenty-six lacks of Rupees to the royal Sircar, and providing TiiTlVIonil t ^ e ex P ences °f ^ Nizamut. It is requisite that our royal descendants, the Viziers the bestowers of dignity, the Omrahs high in rank, the great officers, the Muttaseddees of the Dewannee, the managers of the business of the Sultanut, the Jaghiredars and Croories, as well the future as the present, using their constant endeavours for the esta- blishment of this our royal command, leave the said office in possession of the said Com- pany, from generation to generation, for ever and ever. Looking upon them to be assured from dismission or removal, they must, on no account whatsoever, give them any interruption, and they must regard them as excused and exempted from the payment of all the customs of the Dewannee and royal demands. Knowing our orders on the subject to be most strict and positive, let them not deviate therefrom. Written the 24th of Sophar, of the 6th year of the Jaloos, the 12th of August, 1765. Contents of the Zimmun. Agreeable to the paper which has received our Sign Manual our ro} r al commands are issued, that in consideration of the attachment and services of the high and mighty, the noblest of exalted nobles, the chief of illustrious warriors, our faithful servants and sincere well-wishers, worthy of our royal favours, the English Company, we have granted them the Dewannee of the provinces of Bengal, Bahar, and Orissa, from the beginning of the Fussul Rubby of the Bengal year 1172, as a free gift and Ultumgau, without the association of any other person, and with an exemption from the customs of the Dewannee, which used to be paid to the court, on condition of their being security for the sum of twenty-six lacks of Rupees a year, for our royal revenue, which sum has been appointed from the Nabob Nudjum ul Dowla Behauder ; and after remitting the royal revenue, and providing for the expences of the Nizamut, whatsoever may remain we have granted to the said Company. The Dewannee of the Province of Bengal. The Dewannee of the Province of Bahar. The Dewannee of the Province of Orissa. No. XVII. BENGAL. 45 The Mogul, No. XVII. Firmaund from the King Shah Aalum, for the Dewannee of the Province of Bengal, 1765. At this happy time our royal Firmaund, indispensably requiring obedience, is issued: A.D.1765 that in consideration of the attachment of the high and mighty, the noblest of exalted nobles, the chief of illustrious warriours, our faithful servants and sincere well-wishers, worthy of our royal favours, the English Company, we have granted them as a free gift and Ultumgaa, agreeably to the Zimmun, from the beginning of Rubbi Tuccacooy-ul of the Bengal year 1172, the office of the Dewannee of the Khalsa Shereefa of the province of Bengal (the paradise of the earth) with the conditional Jaghire thereof, without the association of any other person. It is requisite that our royal descendants, the Viziers the bestowers of dignity, the Omrahs high in rank, the great officers, the Muttaseddees of the Dewannee, the managers of the business of the Sultanut, the Jaghiredars and Croories, as well the future as the present, using their constant endeavours for the establishment of this our royal command, leave the said office in possession of the said Company, from generation to generation, for ever and ever. Looking upon them to be insured from dis- missal or removal, they must, on no account whatsoever, give them any interruption, and they must regard them as excused and exempted from the payment of all the customs of the Dewannee and demands of the Sultanut. Knowing our orders on this subject to be most strict and positive, let them not deviate therefrom. Written the 24th of Sophar, of the 6th year of Jaloos, the 12th of August, 1765. Contents of the Zimmun. Agreeably to the paper which has received our Sign Manual, we have granted the office of the Dewannee of the Khalsa Shereefa of the province of Bengal (the paradise of the earth) with the conditional Jaghire thereof, as a free gift and Ultumgau, to the high and mighty, the noblest of exalted nobles, the chief of illustrious warriours, our faithful servants 46 TREATIES, &c. A. D. 1765 servants and sincere well-wishers, worthy of our royal favours, the English Company, ThTMcrnd without the association of any other person, from the beginning of the Rubbi Tuccacooy- ul of the Bengal year 1 172. Fort William, September 30, 1765. (A true Copy ) Alex. Campbell, S. S. C. No. XVIII. Firmaund from the King Shah Aalum, for the Dewannee of the Province of Bahar, 1765. At this happy time our royal Firmaund, indispensably requiring obedience, is issued ; that in consideration of the attachment of the high and mighty, the noblest of exalted nobles, the chief of illustrious warriours, our faithful servants and sincere well-wishers, worthy of our royal favours, the English Company, we have granted them as a free gift and Ultumgau, agreeably to the Zimmun, from the beginning of the Rubby Tuccacooy- ul of the Bengal year 1172, the office of the Dewannee of the Khalsa Shereefa of the province of Bahar, with the conditional Jaghire thereof, without the association of any other person. It is requisite that our royal descendants, the Viziers the bestowers of dignity, the Omrahs high in rank, the great officers, the Muttaseddees of the Dewannee, the managers of the business of the Sultanut, the Jaghiredars and Croories, as well the future as the present, using their constant endeavours for the establishment of this our royal command, leave the said office in possession of the said Company, from generation to generation, for ever and ever. Looking upon them to be insured from dismission or removal, they must, on no account whatsoever, give them any interruption, and they must regard them as excused and exempted from the payment of all the customs of the Dewannee and demands of the Sultanut. Knowing our orders on this subject to be most strict and positive, let them not deviate therefrom. Written the 24th of Sophar, of the 6th year of the Jaloos, the 12th of August 1765. Contents. BENGAL. 47 Contents of the Zimmun. Agreeably to the paper which has received our Sign Manual, we have granted the A.D. 1^65 office of the Dewannee of the Khalsa Shereefa of the province of Bahar, with the conditional Jaghire thereof, as a free gift and Ultumgau, to the high and mighty, the noblest of exalted nobles, the chief of illustrious warriours, our faithful servants and sincere well-wishers, worthy of our royal favours, the English Company, without the association of any other person, from the beginning of the Rubby Tuccaooy-ul of the Bengal year 1172. Fort William, September 30th, 1765. (A true Copy) Alex. Campbell, S. S. C. No. XIX. Firmaund from the King Shah Aalum, for the Dewannee of the Province of Orissa, 1765. At this happy time our royal Firmaund, indispensably requiring obedience, is issued ; that in consideration of the attachment of the high and mighty, the noblest of exalted nobles, the chief of illustrious warriours, our faithful servants and sincere well-wishers, worthy of our royal favours, the English Company, we have granted them as a free gift and Ultumgau, agreeably to the Zimmun, from the beginning of Rubby Tuccacooy-ul of the Bengal year 1172, the office of the Dewannee of the Knalsa Shereefa of the province of Orissa, with the conditional Jaghire thereof, without the association of any other person. It is requisite that our royal descendants, the Viziers the bestowers of dignity, the Omrahs high in rank, the great officers, the Muttaseddees of the Dewannee, the managers of the business of the Sultanut, the Jaghiredars and Croories, as well the future as the present, using their constant endeavours for the establishment of this our royal command, leave the said office in possession of the said Company, from generation to generation, for ever and ever. Looking upon them to be insured from dismission or removal, 48 TREATIES, &c. A.D.1765 removal, they must, on no account whatsoever, give them any interruption, and they must regard them as excused and exempted from the payment of all the customs of the Dewannee and demands of the Sultanut. Knowing our orders on this subject to be most strict and positive, let them not deviate therefrom. The Mogul. Written the 24th of Sophar, of the 6th year of the Jaloos, the 12th of August, 1765. Contents of the Zimmun. Agreeably to the paper which has received our Sign Manual, we have granted the office of the Dewannee of the Khalsa Shereefa of the province of Orissa, with the conditional Jaghire thereof, as a free gift and Ultumgau, to the high and mighty, the noblest of exalted nobles, the chief illustrious warriours, our faithful servants and sincere well-wishers, worthy of our royal favours, the English Company, without the association of any other person, from the beginning of the Rubby Tuccacooy-ul of the Bengal year 1172. Fort William, September 30th, 1765. (A true Copy J Alex. Campbell, S.S.C. No. XX. Firmaund from the King Shah Aalum, confirming the Grants fo Burdwan, and the Rest of the Company’s Possessions in Bengal, to them , 1765. At this happy time our royal Firmaund, indispensably requiring obedience, is issued ; that the Cbucklas of Burdwan, Midnapore, and Chittagong, and also the twenty-four Purgunnahs of Calcutta, &c. (the Zemindarry of the high and mighty, the noblest of exalted nobles, the chief of illustrious warriors, our faithful servants and sincere well- wishers. BENGAL. ' 49 The Mogul. wishers, worthy of our royal favours, the English Company) which were granted to the A. D. 17^5 said Company in the time of Meer Mahomed Cossim, and Meer Mahomed Jaffier Khan, deceased ; we, in consideration of the attachment of the said Company, have been graciously pleased to confirm to them, from the beginning of the Fussul Rubby of the Bengal year 1172, as a free gift and UltumgSu, without the association of any other person. It is requisite that our royal descendants, the Viziers the bestowers of dignity, the Omrahs high in t rank, the great officers, the Muttaseddees of the Dewannee, the managers of the business of the Sultanut, the Jaghiredars and Croories, as well the future as the present, using their constant endeavours for the establishment of this our royal command, leave the said districts and Purgunnahs in possession of the said Company from generation to generation, for ever and ever. Looking upon them to be insured from dismission or removal, they must, on no account whatsoever, give them any inter- ruption, and they must regard them as excused and exempted from the payment of all manner of customs and demands. Knowing our orders on this subject to be most strict and positive, let them not deviate therefrom. Written the 24th of Sophar, of the 6th year of the Jaloos, ' the 12th of August, 1765 Contents of the Zimmun. Agreeably to the paper which has received our Sign Manual, our royal commands are issued, that the Chucklas of Burdwan, Midnapore, and Chittagong, and also twenty- four Purgunnahs of Calcutta, &c. (the Zemindarry of the English Company) which were granted to the said Company in the time of Meer Mahomed Cossim, and Meer Mahomed Jaffier Khan, deceased, be confirmed to the said Company, as a free gift and Ultumgau, without the association of any other person. Chuckla of Burdwan, Chuckla of Midnapore, Chuckla of Chittaaronsr. O o The twenty-four Purgunnahs of Calcutta, &c. (the Zemindarry of the English Company). Fort William, September 30th, 1765. (A true Copy) Alex. Campbell, S. S. C. h 50 TREATIES, &c. No. XXI. A.D .1765 Shujah ul Dowla, and Nudjum ul Dowla. Treaty between the Nabob Shujah ul Dowla, the Nabob Nudjum ul Dowla, and the English Company, executed at Illiabad, the 1 6th of August , 1 7^65. (Scaled and approved of by the King.) Whereas the Right Honourable Robert Lord Clive, Baron Clive, of Plassey, Knight Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Major General and Commander of the Forces, President of the Council, and Governor of Fort William, and of all the settlements belonging to the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East-Indies, in the provinces of Bengal, Bahar, and Orissa ; and John Carnac, Esq. Brigadier General, Colonel in the service of the said Company, and Commanding Officer of their Forces upon the Bengal Establishment; are invested with full and ample powers, on the behalf of his Excellency, the Nabob Nudjum ul Dowla, Soubahdar of Bengal, Bahar, and Orissa, and likewise on the behalf of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East-Indies, to negotiate, settle, and finally to conclude a firm and lasting peace with his Highness, the Nabob Shujah ul Dowla, Vizier of the Empire : Be it known, to all those to whom it may or shall in any manner belong, that the above- named Plenipotentiaries have agreed upon the following Articles with his Highness. ARTICLE I. A perpetual and universal peace, sincere friendship, and firm union, shall be esta- blished between his Highness, Shujah ul Dowla, and his heirs, on the one part, and his Excellency, Nudjum ul Dowla, and the English East-India Company, on the other ; so that the said contracting powers shall give the greatest attention to maintain between themselves, their dominions, and their subjects, this reciprocal friendship, without per- mitting, on either side, any kind of hostilities to be committed, from henceforth, for any cause, or under any pretence whatsoever ; and every thing shall be carefully avoided, which might hereafter prejudice the union now happily established. ARTICLE II. In case the dominions of his Highness, Shujah ul Dowla, shall at any time hereafter be attacked, his Excellency, Nudjum ul Dowla, and the English Company, shall assist him BENGAL. 51 him with a part or whole of their forces, according to the exigency of his affairs, and so A.D. 1765 far as may be consistent with their own security : And if the dominions of his Excellency, Nudjum ul Dowla, or the English Company, shall be attacked, his Highness shall, in like manner, assist them with a part or the whole of his forces. In the case of the Enolish Company’s forces being employed in his Highness’s service, the extraordinary expence of the same is to be defrayed by him. Skujah ul Dowla, and Nudjum ul Dowla, ARTICLE III. His Highness solemnly engages never to entertain or receive Cossim Ally Khan, the late Soubahdar of Bengal, &c., Sombre, the assassin of the English, nor any of the European deserters, within his dominions, nor to give the least countenance, support, or protection to them. He likewise solemnly engages to deliver up to the English, whatever Europeans may, in future, desert from them into his country. ARTICLE IV. The King Shah A alum shall remain in full possession of Cora, and such part of the province of Illiabad as he now possesses, which are ceded to his Majesty, as a royal demesne, for the support of his dignity and expences. ARTICLE V. His Highness, Shujah ul Dowla, engages, in the most solemn manner, to continue Bulwant Sing in the Zemindarries of Benares, Gauzepoor, and all those districts he possessed, at the time he came over to the late Nabob Jaffier Ally Khan and the English, on condition of his paying the same revenue as heretofore. ARTICLE VI. In consideration of the great expence incurred by the English Company in carrying on the late war, his Highness agrees to pay them (50) fifty lacks of Rupees, in the following manner, viz. (12) twelve lacks in money, and a deposit of jewels to the amount of (8) eight lacks, upon the signing of this Treaty, (5) five lacks one month after, and the remaining (25) twenty-five lacks by monthly payments, so as that the whole may be discharged in (13) thirteen months from the date hereof. ARTICLE VII. It being firmly resolved to restore to his Highness the country of Benares, and the other districts now rented by Bulwant Sing, notwithstanding the Grant of the same from the King to the English Company, it is therefore agreed, that they shall be ceded to his Highness in manner following, viz. They shall remain in the hands of the English Com- pany, with their revenues, till the expiration of the agreement between Bulwant Sing and the Company, being on the 27th of November next ; after which his Highness shall enter into possession, the Fort of Chunar excepted, which is not to be evacuated, until the 6th Aricle of this Treaty be fully complied with. H 2 ARTICLE 52 T R E A T I E S, &c. A.D.1765 Shujah. ul Dowla, and Nudjum ul Dowla. ARTICLE VIII. His Highness shall allow the English Company to carry on a trade duty free, through- out the whole of his dominions. ARTICLE IX. All the relations and subjects of his Highness, who in any manner assisted the English during the course of the late war, shall be forgiven, and no ways molested for the same. ARTICLE X. As soon as this Treaty is executed, the English forces shall be withdrawn from the dominions of his Highness; excepting such as may be necessary for the garrison of Chunar, or for the defence and protection of the King, in the city of Illiabad, if his Majesty should require a force for that purpose. ARTICLE XL His Highness the Nabob Shujah ul Dowla, his Excellency the Nabob Nudjum ul Dowla, and the English Company, promise to observe sincerely and strictly all the Articles contained and settled in the present Treaty ; and they will not suffer the same to be infringed, directly or indirectly, by their respective subjects : and the said contracting powers, generally and reciprocally, guarantee to each other all the stipulations of the present Treaty. Signed , sealed , and solemnly sworn to, according to their respective faiths, by the contracting Parties, at Illia- bad, the 1 6th day of August, in the year of our Lord 1765, in the Presence of us, Clive, John Carnac, Edmund Maskelyne, Archibald Swinton, George Vansittart. Shujah ul Dowla' s Seal and Ratification. Fort William, September 30th, 1765. (A true Copy ) Alex. Campbell, S. S. C. Mirza Cossim Khan, Rajah Shitabroy, Meer Mushala. BENGAL. 53 V The Mogul. No. XXII. Articles of Agreement between the King Shah Aalum and the Company. The Nabob Nudjum ul Dowla agrees to pay his Majesty, out of the revenues of Ben- A.D. 1765 gal, Bahar, and Orissa, the sum of twenty-six lacks of Rupees a year, without any de- duction for Batta on bills of exchange, by regular monthly payments, amounting to Rupees 2,16,666 10 9 per month; the first payment to commence from the 1st of Sep- tember of the present year : and the English Company, in consideration of his Majesty’s having been graciously pleased to grant them the Dewannee of Bengal, &c. do engage themselves to be security for the regular payment of the same. It shall be paid month by month, from the factory at Patna, to Rajah Shitabroy, or whomsoever his. Majesty may think proper to nominate, that it may be forwarded by him to the court. But in case the territories of the aforesaid Nabob should be invaded by any foreign enemy, a deduction is then to be made out of the stipulated revenues, proportionable to the damage that may be sustained. In consideration of Nudjuf Khan’s having joined the English forces, and acted in his Majesty’s service in the late war, his Majesty will be graciously pleased to allow him the sum of two lacks of Rupees a year, to be paid by equal monthly payments ; the first payment to commence from the 1st of September of the present year: and in default thereof, the English Company, who are guarantees for the same, will make it good, out of the revenues allotted to his Majesty from the territories of Bengal. If the territories of Bengal should at any time be invaded, and on that account a deduction be made out of the royal revenue, in such case a proportionable deduction shall also be made out of Nudjuf Khan’s allowance. Dated the 19th of August, 1765. Fort William, September 30th, 1765. (A true Copy ) Alex. Campbell, S. S. C. 54 TREATIES, &c. No. XXIII. Agreement between the Nabob Nudjum ul Dowla and the Company. A.D . 1705 Nudjum ul Dowla, The Ring having been graciously pleased to grant to the English Company the Dewannee of Bengal, Bahar, and Orissa, with the revenues thereof, as a free gift, for- ever, on certain conditions, whereof one is, that there shall be a sufficient allowance out of the said revenues for supporting the expences of the Nizamut: Be it known to all whom it may concern, that I do agree to accept of the annual sum of Sicca Rupees 53,36,131 9, as an adequate allowance for the support of the Nizamut, which is to be regularly paid as follows, viz. the sum of Rupees 17,78,854 1, for all my household expences, servants, &c. and the remaining sum of Rupees 36,07,277 8, for the main- tenance of such horse, Seapoys, Peons, Bercundasses, &c. as may be thought necessary for my Sewaury, and the support of my dignity only, should such an expence hereafter be found necessary to be kept up ; but on no account ever to exceed that amount. And having a perfect reliance on Maeen ul Dowla, I desire he may have the disbursing of the above sum of Rupees 36,07,277 S, for the purposes before-mentioned, This agreement (by the blessing of God) I hope will be inviolably observed, as long as the English Com" pany’s factories continue in Bengal. Fort William, September 30th, 1765. (A true Copy) Alex. Campbell, S. S. C. BENGAL. 55 * 2 * The following Papers, No. 1 to 4, are the Grants for Lord Clive’s Jaghire, and the Sunnuds for the Reversion of the Jaghire to the Company. No. 1. Sunnud for Colonel Clive’s Munsub. HIS MAJESTY. On Saturday the 12th 0 f Rabbi-ul-Sauni, in the fourth of the glorious and happy reign, and the 1171st year of the Hegira,* in the Ressalla of the glory of nobility and rank of Ameers, the shrine of grandeur and dignity, instructed both in the ways of devotion and wealth, to whom the true glory of religion and kingdoms is known ; the bearer of the lance of forti- tude and respect ; the embroiderer of the carpet of magnificence and greatness ; the support of the empire and its dependencies, to whom it is entrusted to govern and aggrandize the empire; the conductor of victory in the battles fought for the dominion of the world ; the distributer of life in the councils of state, to whom the most secret recesses of the mysteries of govern- ment are discovered ; the master of the arts of pene- tration and circumspection ; the brightness of the mirror of truth and fidelity ; the light of the torch of sincerity and integrity ; who is admitted to, and con- tributes to the determinations of the royal councils ; a participator of the secrets of the penetralia of friend- ship ; who presides equally over the sword and pen ; moderator of the affairs of the earth ; chief of the Khans of the most exalted rank ; the pillar of the Ameers "3 2 *3 • ~ ^ CNi £ £ 3 ^ 3 5 s = 1 . * ^ ■§ ■&> Vs "Si ** <£ lO CS £ <3 A.D.1765 Lord Clive’s Jaghire, * A.D. 1751, 56 TREATIES, & and ^ le administrator of the affairs of the immoveable empire ; councellor of enlighted wis- dom and exalted dignity ; adorned with friendship and honours ; endowed with dignity and discretion ; pillar of the dominions of Solomon ; the distributer of glory; Buxey of the empire ; Ameer of Ameers ; hero of the empire ; tiger of the country ; Mahomed Ahmud Khan ; S the brave ; tiger of war ; the commander in chief of N the forces, glorious by victory ; the tiger of Hind, mighty in battle. And in the time of the Waka Nagarree of the least of the domestics, of the court of glory and majesty Sooklaal : This was written : The command of (above) was passed, that Colonel Clive, an Euro- pean, be favoured with a Munsub of the rank of 6000 and 5000 horse, and the title of “ Flower of the Empire, defender of the country, the brave, firm in war.” This was entered the 10th day of Rabbi-ul-Sauni, in the 4th year, according to the original Yaddasht. Form of the Signing. To the glory of nobility and rank of Ameers, the shrine of grandeur and dignity, instructed, &c. be it entered in the Waka. • fcl ba Os S ■ 6000 5000 ^ bo » Rs £ J Os ^3 Os rank. horse. a a ft S \ § ^ " s r. a § S' s- s *»- 2 S. a ■2 3 ^ § 3^ S. I Oi Ol After the manner of the Waka it is concluded. Written on the day above-mentioned of the Sauni moon of the glorious happy reign. Sun BEN G|A L, £ "a <; s a 2! S- a ~a* b 0 4 <§ -SP ►< 2? K -S , Sun 1171. The Servant of Aalum Geer, the Warlike King, whose Glory is equal to that of Jumshud, mighty in War, the Flower of the Country, Chief of the Forces, the Glory of Victory, the Tiger of Hind, Mahomed Admud Khan, the Brave, Tiger of War, Buxey of the Empire, Ameer of Ameers, The Tiger of the Country. Sun 4th. •uSp£[ s^safejAj siq jo auaA' qtf. oqj ui ‘lun’Bg [n iqqny; jo q wz oqi «o ‘soqjo S t UBAt9Q aqj ui paaojug Sun 1167. The Slave of Aalum Geer, Warlike King, Sooklaal, Sun the First. 2 § ■s 4 .to ^ rH vS| ? ^ ^ * ^ 5 a h -s ^ § <; * > I *K» ■si •s ^ • v r-°° S a 2 53 ^ •uSpyj jo tmg q;p uapnBqag; unqyj n.reqoaj; f W 3 Ai jo ^°1D 3T H r - lE Al m aAE ig; ^.ijuno^ aqj jo ,i3A\opj aqr “'Suiyj aqq.re^y aqj f .i33y) ranpy jo 3Aiqg oqx •Uop'JJ S t /CjS3f-Bp*J siq jo .teai qj-p aqt ur ‘lunng |n iqqnu jo qigj aqj uo ‘iaaounq^j aqj jo S[Buuy aqj ut pajajug; A.D . 1765 Lord Clive's Jaghire, No. 2, « 58 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1765 Lord Clive’s Jaghire. No. 2 . Perwannah from the Nabob Shujah ul Mulck, Hossam 6 Dowla, Meer Mahomed Jaffier Khan Behauder, Mahaubut Jung, to the Honorable President and Council of Calcutta. Be it known to the Council of the noblest of Merchants, the English Company, that whereas the glory of the nobility, Zubdut ul Mulck, Nassera Dowla, Colonel Clive, Sabat Jung Behauder, has been honoured with a Munsub of the rank of six thousand and five thousand horse, from the Imperial Court, and has exerted himself, in conjunction with me, with the most steady attachment, and in the most strenuous manner, in the protection of the Imperial territories ; in recompence thereof the P.urgunnah of Calcutta, &c. belonging to the Chuckla of Hughley, &c. of the Sircar Sautgaum, &c. dependent on the Kbalsa Shereefa and Jaghire, amounting to two hundred and twenty-two thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight Sicca Rupees, and something more, conferred on the English Company by the Dewannee Sunnud as their Zemindarry, commencing from the month Poos, in the eleven hundred and sixty-fourth year of the Bengal style. From the half of the season Rebbee Sooskanneel, in the 11 65th year of the Bengal style, is appointed the Jaghire of the glory of the nobility aforesaid. It behoves you to look upon the above person as the lawful Jaghiredar of that place, and in the same manner as you formerly delivered in the due rents of the Government, according to the Kistbundee, into the treasury of the court and the Jaghire, taking a receipt under the seal of the Droga and Mushruf and Treasurer, now, in like manner, you are regularly to deliver to the afore-mentioned Jaghiredar, the rents, according to the stated payments, and receive a receipt from the aforesaid person. Be punctual in the strict execution of this writing. Written the 1st of Zeckaida, 6th Sun of the Reign.* [The Nabob's Mark. ENDORSEMENTS. * About the 13 th July, 1759* BENGAL. 59 It has passed. N. B. (the Roytoyan’s signing.) Explanation of Terms used in Colonel Clive’s Perwannah for his Jaghire. Bewannee. The Dewan is the King’s agent for the collection of his revenues: Huzzoor , Literally the Presence ; applied, by way of eminence, to the Nabob’s Court. Jaghire , Lands assigned by the King for the maintenance of a Munsubdar. In contra- distinction to the Khalsa, it signifies the revenues appropriated to the use of the Soubahdar and his family. Khalsa Shereefa , The office in which all the King’s accounts are passed. Kistbundee. A contract for the acquittance of a debt, by stated payments. Munsub, A dignity. Perwannah, A warrant, or a letter from any person in a superior station to a dependant. Rebbe. The year in all public registers is divided into two seasons ; the one called Kherief, which comprehends the months of Assin, Cartic, Aghun, Poos, Maug, PhagCln ; the other Cheit, Bysaac, Jute, Assar, Jawn, Saween, Bhaudun. The latter half of the season Rebbe commences the 1st of the month Assar, or the 12th of June, from which time the Jaghire takes place. Sooskaneel. I have not had time to inform myself of the exact meaning of this word, but believe it to be the name of the present year ; the registers of this empire accounting a perpetual revolution of twelve years, each of which is dif- ferently named. I 2 ENDORSMENTS. D. Copied in the books of the Dewannee, the 1st of the Mohurrun, the 6th year of the Reign. N. B. (Signed by the De- wannee Secretary, Peshkar, or Accountant.) H. Entered in the books of Huzzoor, the 1st of Mo- hurrun, the 6th Sun of the Reign. N. B. (Signed by the Nabob’s Moonshee.) A.D. 1765 Lord Clive’i Jaghire. No. 3. 60 TREATIES, &c. No. 3. Sunnud from the Nabob, for the Reversion in Perpetuity of Lord Clive’s Jagliire to the Company. A.D. 1765 Lord Clive's Jaghire. Be it known to the Counsellers and Chiefs of the English Company, the present and future Muttaseddees, the Chowdrahs, Canongoos, Muccuddems, Riotts, Muzarries, and all other inhabitants of the Purgunnahs of Calcutta, &c. in the Sircar of Sautgaum, &c. ia the province of Bengal: The sum of 2,22,958 Sicca Rupees and odd, agreeable to the Dewannee Sunnud, and the Sunnud of the high and mighty Shujah ul Mulck, Hossam 6 Dowla, Meer Mahomed Jaffier Khan Behauder, Mahabut Jung, Nazim of the province, has been appointed from the aforesaid Purgunnahs, belonging to the Chuckla of Hughley, &c. in the Sircar of Saut- gaum, &c. the Zemindarry of the English Company, as an unconditional Jaghire, to the high and mighty Zubdut ul Mulck, Nasseer ul Dowla, Lord Clive, Behauder. Now, likewise, the said Purgunnahs are confirmed, as an unconditional Jaghire, to the high and mighty aforesaid, from the 16th of May, of the 1764th year of Christ (answering to the 14th of Zeckaida, of the 1177th Year of the Hegira) to the 16th of May, of the 1774th year of Christ (answering to the 8th of Rabbi ul Awel, of the 1 188th year of the Hegira) being ten years, of which one year is expired, and there are nine to come, they shall ap- pertain, as an unconditional Jaghire, to the high and mighty aforesaid ; and after the expi- ration of this term they shall revert, as an unconditional Jaghire and perpetual gift, to the Company; and if (which God forbid) the high and mighty aforesaid shall die within this term, they shall revert to the Company immediately upon his death. It is requisite that ye should regard the high and mighty aforesaid, during the aforementioned term, and after him the Company aforesaid, as unconditional Jaghiredars, and regularly pay them the revenues of the aforesaid Purgunnahs. Written the 23d of June, 1765, answering to the 3d of Mohurrun, of the 1179th year of the Hegira. E. Stephenson, Provisional Secretary . BENGAL. 61 No. 4. Firmaund from the King Shah Aalum, confirming the Reversion in Perpetuity of Lord Clive’s Jaghire to the Company. Lord Clive’s Jaghire. Whereas a Sunnud has been presented to us, under the seal of the Nabob Nudjum ul A.D. 1760 Dowla Behauder, to the following purport, viz. 16 The sum of 2, 22,958 Sicca Rupees and 44 odd agreeably to the Dewannee Sunnud, and the Sunnud of the high and mighty Shujah 44 ul Mulck, Hossam 6 Dowla, Meet Mahomed Jaffier Khan Behauder, has been ap- 44 pointed from the Purgunnahs of Calcutta, &c. in the Sircar of Sautgaum, &c. in the 44 province of Bengal (the paradise of the earth) the Zemindarry of the English Com- 44 pany, as an unconditional Jaghire, to the high and mighty Zubdut ul Mulck, Nasseer 44 ul Dowla, Lord Clive, Behauder : Now, likewise, the said Purgunnahs are confirmed, 44 as an unconditional Jaghire, to the high and mighty aforesaid, from the 16th of May, 44 of the 1764th year of the Christian style (answering to the 14th of Zeckaida, of the 44 1177th year of the Hegira) to the expiration of ten years, they shall appertain, as an 44 unconditional Jaghire, to the high and mighty aforesaid ; and after the expiration of 44 this term, to revert to the Company, as an unconditional Jaghire ; and if the high and 44 mighty aforesaid should die within the said term, they shall revert to the Company 44 immediately upon his death.” And whereas the said Sunnud has met with our appro- bation, at this happy time, therefore our royal Firmaund, indispensably requiring obe- dience, is issued, that in consideration of the fidelity of the English Company, and the high and mighty aforesaid, the said Jaghire stand confirmed, agreeably to the aforesaid Sunnud. It is requisite that the present and future Muttaseddees, the Chowdrahs, Canongoos, Muccuddems, Riotts, Musarries, and all other inhabitants of the Purgunnahs of Calcutta, &c. in the Sircar of Sautgaum, &c. regard the high and mighty aforesaid, during the before-mentioned term, and after him the Company aforesaid, as unconditional Jaghiredars, and regularly pay them the revenues of the said Purgunnahs. Written the 24th of Sophar, in the 6 th year of the Jaloos, the 12 th of August, 1765. 62 TREATIES, &c. Contents of the Zimmun. A.D .1765 Lord Clive’s Jaghire, Agreeably to the paper which has received our Sign Manual, our royal commands are issued, that whereas the sum of 2,22,958 Sicca Rupees and odd, has been appointed from the Purgunnahs of Calcutta, &c. in the Sircar of Sautgaum, &c. the Zemindarry of the English Company, as an unconditional Jaghire to the high and mighty Zubdut ul Mulck, Nasseer ul Dowla, Lord Clive, Behauder, agreeably to the Dewannee Sunnud, and the Sunnud of the Nazim of- the province ; in consideration therefore of the attach- ment of the high and mighty aforesaid, we have been graciously pleased to confirm to him the said Purgunnahs, for the space of ten years, commencing from the 16th of May, of the 1164th year of the Christian style, or 14th of Zeckaida, of the 1177th year of the Hegira ; and in consideration of the attachment of the English Company, we have granted the said Purgunnahs to them, after the expiration of the aforesaid term, as an unconditional Jaghire and perpetual gift ; and if the high and mighty aforesaid should die Avithin this term, the said Purgunnahs are to revert immediately to the English Company. Fort William, September 30th, 1765. (A true Copy) Alexander Campbell, S. S. C. BENGAL. 63 No. XXIV. Articles of a Treaty and Agreement concluded between the Gover- nor and Council of Fort William, on the Part of the English East-India Company, and the Nabob Syef ul Dowla, 1766. On the Part of the Company. We, the Governor and Council, do engage to secure to the Nabob Syef ul Dowla, A. D. 1^65 the Soubahdarry of the provinces of Bengal, Bahar, and Orissa, and to support him v — ^ therein, with the Company’s forces, against all his enemies. Dowfe On the Part of the Nabob. ARTICLE I. The treaty which my Father formerly concluded with the Company, upon his first accession to the Nizamut, engaging to regard the honour and reputation of the Company, and of the Governor and Council, as his own, and that entered into with my Brother, Nabob Nazim ul Dowla, the same Treaties, as far as is consistent with the true spirit, intent, and meaning thereof, I do hereby ratify and confirm. ARTICLE II. The King has been graciously pleased to grant unto the English East-India Company the Dewanneeship of Bengal, Bahar, and Orissa, as a free gift, for ever ; and I having an entire confidence in them, and in their servants, settled in this country, that nothiilg whatever be proposed or carried into execution by them derogating from my honour, dignity, interest, and the good of my country, do therefore, for the better conducting the affairs of the Soubahdarry, and promoting my honour and interest, and that of the Company, in the best manner, agree, that the protecting the provinces of Bengal, Bahar, and Orissa, and the force sufficient for that purpose, be entirely left to their discretion and good management, in consideration of their paying the King Shah Aalum, by monthly payments, as by Treaty agreed on, the sum of Rupees 2,16,66,610 9 ; and to me, Syef ul Dowla, the annual stipend of Rupees 41,86,131 9 ; viz. the sum of Rupees 17,78,854 1, for my house, servants, and other expences indispensably neces- sary ; 64 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1766 sary ; and the remaining sum of 24,07,277 8 , for the support of such Seapoys, Peons, and Bercundasses, as may be thought proper for my Asswarry only ; but on no account Dowla, ever to excee( l that amount. ARTICLE III. The Nabob Minauh Dowla, who was, at the instance of the Governor and Gentlemen of the Council, appointed Naib of the provinces, and invested with the management of affairs, in conjunction with Mah Rajah Doolubram and Juggat Seat, shall continue in the same post, and with the same authority ; and having a perfect confidence in him, I moreover agree to let him have the disbursing of the above sum of 24,07,277 8 , for the purposes above-mentioned. This agreement (by the blessing of God) I hope will be inviolably observed, as long as the English Company’s factories continue in Bengal. Dated this 19th day of May, in the year of our Lord 1766 . ( Signed J W. B. Sumner, Harry Verelst, Randolph Marriott, Hugh Watts, Claud Russell, William Aldersey, Thomas Kelsell, Charles Floyer. No. XXV. Treaty between the Company and the Vizier Shujah ul Dowla, 1768- A.D. 1768 Shujah ul Dowla. Whereas unbecoming rumours have been propagated abroad, which tend to the interruption of the firm friendship, union, and confidence, formerly established between his Highness, the Nabob Shujah ul Dowla, Vizier of the empire, on the one part, and the Right Honourable Robert, Lord Clive, and General John Carnac, in behalf of the deceased Nabob Nudjum ul Dowla, late Soubahdar of Bengal, Bahar, and Orissa, and the English Company, on the other part j Harry Verelst, Esq. President and Governor BENGAL. 65 Governor of Fort William, and the Council thereof, with a view to the removal of all A.D.1/68 causes of jealousy and disagreement, and the confirmation of a good disposition on both v '— sides, have deputed John Cartier, Colonel Richard Smith, and Claud Russell, three Members of the Council from Calcutta, personally to confer with his Highness aforesaid ; and whereas the aforesaid John Cartier, Colonel Richard Smith, and Claud Russell, after effecting an interview with his Highness aforesaid, have reason to be satisfied with his steady attachment to the English, they therefore, in behalf of his Excellency, the Nabob Syef ul Dowla, Soubabdar of Bengal, Bahar, and Orissa, and the English Company, renew and confirm the former Treaty, letter by letter, and article by article; and his Highness, the Nabob Shujah ul Dowla aforesaid, doth likewise renew and confirm the said Treaty : and moreover, out of a pure desire effectually to eradicate all doubts and jealousies, to establish the present harmony on the most durable basis, and to confirm the former Treaty, doth consent and agree, that the following words shall be inserted, as an explanatory clause, in the said Treaty: It is, by the advice and consent of the President and Council aforesaid, agreed, that his Highness shall not entertain a number of forces exceeding thirty-five thousand men, whether Seapoys, Cavalry, Peons, Artillery-men, Rocket-men, or troops of any denomination whatever. Of this number ten thousand are to be Cavalry ; ten battalions of Seapoys, including Soubahdars, Jemidars, Havildars, and all ranks of officers, not to exceed ten thousand men ; the Nujib regiment, consisting of five thousand men with matchlocks, to remain always on its present establishment ; five hundred men for the Artillery, and that number never to be exceeded ; the remaining nine thousand five hundred men are to be irregulars, neither to be cloathed, armed, or disciplined, after the manner of the English Seapoys or Nujib regiment : and his Highness also engages to arm none of his forces, besides the ten thousand men mentioned in this Treaty, after the English manner, nor to train them in the discipline of the English troops. In consideration thereof, the said John Cartier, Colonel Richard Smith, and Claud Russell, engage, in behalf his Excellency, the Nabob Syef ul Dowla, and the English Company aforesaid, that whilst his Highness, Shujah ul Dowla aforesaid, and his successors, shall abide by the Articles of this Treaty, neither the present Council of Fort William, nor any future Council, shall hereafter introduce any new matter relative thereto, besides what has been formerly agreed to, and is now concluded upon ; and both parties shall consider this agreement as firm and binding. His Highness, aforesaid, shall swear upon the Koran, John Cartier, Colonel Richard Smith, and Claud Russell, upon the Gospel, never to infringe the minutest part or meaning hereof, and to maintain it themselves, and to transmit it inviolable to their posterity. ( Sig 7 ied ) John Cartier, Richard Smith, Claud Russell. Signed, K 66 TREATIES, &c; A.D .1768 Signed, sealed, and solemnly sworn to, according to their respective faiths, by the contracting Parties, at Benares, the 29th day of November, in the year of our Lord, Shuiah ul , . r Dowla. 1768, in the presence or us, ( Signed ) Gabriel Harper, C. W. Bohghton, W. M. Coxe. < 3 > I promise to disband all the troops which I now entertain, exceeding the number of thirty-five thousand horse and foot, and to comply with all the Articles stipulated in the Treaty, within the space of three months. Written the 19th of the month Rajib, the year of the Hegira 1182, which answers to the 29th of November, 1768. I ( Signed ) E. Baber, Secretary. Articles of a Treaty and Agreement between the Governor and Council of Fort William, on the Part of the English East-India Company, and the Nabob Mebarek ul Dowla, 1 770. A.D.1770 Mebarek ul Dowla. On the Part of the Company. We, the Governor and Council, do engage to secure to the Nabob Mebarek ul Dowla, the Soubahdarry of the provinces of Bengal, Bahar, and Orissa, and to support him therein, with the Company’s forces, against all his enemies. On the Part of the Nabob. ARTICLE I. The Treaty which my Father formerly concluded with the Company, upon his first accession to the Nizamut, engaging to regard the honour and reputation of the Company, and of the Governor and Council, as his own, and that entered into with my Brothers, the Nabobs Nazim ul Dowla and Syef ul Dowla, the same Treaties, as far as is consistent with the true spirit, intent, and meaning thereof, I do hereby ratify and confirm. BENGAL. 6J ARTICLE II. The King has been graciously pleased to grant unto the English East-India Company the Dewanneeship of Bengal, Bahar, and Orissa, as a free gift, for ever : and I having an entire confidence in them, and in their servants, settled in this country, that nothing whatever be proposed or carried into execution by them derogating from my honour, interest, and the good of my country, do therefore, for the better conducting the affairs of the Soubahdarry, and promoting my honour and interest, and that of the Company, in the best manner, agree, that the protecting the provinces of Bengal, Bahar, and Orissa, and the force sufficient for that purpose, be entirely left to their direction and good management, in consideration of their paying the King Shah Aalum, by monthly pay- ments, as by Treaty agreed on, the sum of Rupees two lacks sixteen thousand six hun- dred and sixty-six, ten Annas, and nine Pice, (Rupees 2,16,666 10 9), and to me, Mebarek ul Dowla, the annual stipend of Rupees thirty-one lacks eighty-one thousand nine hundred and ninety-one, nine Annas, (31,81,991 9) viz. the sum of Rupees fifteen lacks eighty-one thousand nine hundred and ninety-one, nine Annas, (15,81,991 9) for my house, servants, and other expences indispensably necessary, and the remaining sum of Rupees sixteen lacks (Rupees 16,00,000), for the support of such Seapoys, Peons, and Bercundasses, as may be thought proper for my Asswarry only ; but on no account ever to exceed that amount. A.D. 1770 Mebarek ul Dowla. ARTICLE III. The Nabob Minauh Dowla, who was, at the instance of the Governor and Gentlemen of the Council, appointed Naib of the provinces, and invested with the management of affairs, in conjunction with Mali Rajah Doolubram and Juggat Seat, shall continue in the same post, and with the same authority ; and having a perfect confidence in him, I more- over agree to let him have the disbursing of the above sum of Rupees sixteen lacks, for the purposes above-mentioned. This agreement (by the blessing of God) shall be inviolably observed for ever. Dated this 21st day of March, in the year of our Lord 1770. (Signed) John Cartier, Richard Becher, William Aldersey, Claud Russell, Charles Floyer, John Reed, Francis Hare, Joseph Jekyll, Thomas Lane, Richard Barwell. (A true Copy) (Signed) W. Wynne, Secretary. 68 TREATIES, &c. No. XXVII. Treaty with Sujah ul Dowla, 1 773. A.D. 1773 The Vizier of the Empire, Asuph Jah Sujah ul Mulk, the Nabob Sujah ul Dowlah, v -— / Aboo ul Munsoor Cawn, Behauder, Sifdar Jung, Sippah Salah, on the one part; and ^Sowla^ Warren Hastings, Esquire, President of the Council, Governor of Fort William, and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the English Company, in the Provinces of Bengal, Bahar, and Orissa, for and in the name of the English Company, on the other part ; do agree on the following articles : ARTICLE I. Whereas, in the Treaty concluded at Allahabad, the 16th August, 1765, between the Vizier and the Company, it is expressed, that the districts of Corah and Allahabad were given to His Majesty for his expences ; and whereas His Majesty has abandoned the possession of the aforesaid districts, and even given a Sunnud for Corah and Currah to the Marattas, to the great prejudice of the interests both of the Vizier and of the English Company, and contrary to the meaning of the said treaty, and hath thereby forfeited his right to the said districts, which have reverted to the Company, from w'hom he received them : it is therefore agreed, that the aforesaid districts shall be put into the possession of the Vizier on the following conditions ; and that, in the same manner as the province of Oude, and the other dominions of the Vizier, are possessed by him, so shall he possess Corah and Currah, and Allahabad, for ever. He shall, by no means, and under no pre- tence, be liable to any obstructions in the aforsaid countries from the Company and English Chiefs ; and exclusive of the money now' stipulated, no mention or requisition shall, by any means, be made to him for any thing else on this account. This agreement shall be observed by all the English Chiefs, Gentlemen of the Council, and by the Company, nor shall it ever be broken or deviated from. Conditions, viz. He shall pay to the Company fifty lacks (£0,00,000) of Sicca Rupees, according to the currency of the province of Oude, as follows ; viz. In ready money t Sicca Rupees 20,00,0000 In tw'o years after the date hereof, viz. The first year ------ 15,00,000 The second year ------ 15,00,000 30,00,000 Sicca Rupees 50,00,00 0 BENGAL. 69 ARTICLE II. A.D. 1773 To prevent any disputes arising concerning the payments which shall be made by the Vizier, for the expences of the Company’s troops that may march to his assistance : Dowla, It is agreed, That the expence of a brigade shall be computed at two lacks ten thousand (2,10,000) Sicca Rupees per month, according to the currency of the province of Oude. By a brigade is meant as follows, viz. 2 Battalions of Europeans, 6 Battalions of Sepoys, 1 Company of Artillery. The expences of the said troops shall be defrayed by the Vizier, from the time that they shall have passed the borders of his dominions till they return within the borders of the province of Bahar ; and, exclusive of the above mentioned sum, no more shall, on any account, be demanded from him. Should the Company and the English Chiefs have occasion to send for the troops of the Vizier, the Company and the English Chiefs shall also pay their expences in the like manner. Signed, sealed, and solemly sworn to by the contracting parties, at Benares, this 7th day of September, in the year of our Lord 1773, in the presence of us, (Signed) John Stewart, William Redfearn. Translation of the new Cowlnama, or Agreement , given hy the Nabob Sujah ul Dowla to Rajah Cheyt Sing. The affairs of the Zemindarry and Tahud of the Sircar of Benares, and Sircar Chunarah, and of the Mehals of Juanpoor, Bejeypoor, Buddohy, Suknesegurrah, Mulboos Khans, Sircar Gazeypoor, Likinderpoor, Kereed Shadey-abad, Joppeh Serinch, &c. 70 TREATIES, &c. A.D.1773 Sujah ul Dowla. &c. which were under the charge of Rajah Bulwund Sing, deceased, I do hereby grant and confirm unto you, upon their former footing : it is necessary that, after deducting the Nankar and half of the Jaghire of Buddehoy, you monthly and annually pay into the treasury of the Sircar the established and stated payments. By the favor of God, what- ever is promotive of your honor shall be performed, and exclusive of the Jumma specified in the Cabooleat of the present Fussully year 1178, no increase shall ever hereafter be demanded; and if you remain firm and steady in your obedience, and in the payment of your rents, no harm shall, by any means, happen to your Ryots or country. By the word of God, and of the holy Koran, and of the blessed Imaums, this agreement is made between me and my heirs, and you and your heirs, and it shall never be deviated from. Dated this 18th day of the moon Jemmady-ul-sami, in the year 1177 Hygera, answering to the 6th September, 1773, English style. A true Translation, (Signed) William Redfearn. Pn. Tr . Translation of the Pottah given hy the Nabob Sujah ul Dowla to Rajah Cheyt Sing. The Sircar of Benares and Chunarah, and the Mehals of the Sircar of Juanpoor, & c. including land-rents and Syer-duties, and Havely Mahomed-abad (Benares), Mulboos Khans, Pergunnah Booder, &c, Talook of Sekinra Mow, in the dependencies of the Pergunnah Khaundas, Pergunnah Buddoky Luknesegur, Bejeypoor, Sircar Gazepoor, Pergunnah Sikinderpoor, Khereed Shadeyabad, and Joppeh Serinch, &c. land-rents and Syer duties included ; after deducting the Dustoor Dewanny, Nankar, half of the Jaghire of Bud- doh}', and the other exempted Jaghires, and whatever has formerly been allowed as deductions ; I do now fully grant and make over to you, in the terms of your Cabooleat, from the first of Khareef, 1178, in consideration of the sum of Benares Cum Sunna Rupees 22,48,449, Assel and Ezafa, as specified underneath, clear of all expences of Sehbundy. It is necessary that you pay the above sum to the Sircar, according to the stated and esta- blished Kists, year by year ; and by the favor of God, there shall never be any deviation from this agreement. Particulars, BENGAL. Particulars, viz. Paid by Rajah Bui wand Sing, as follows: Benares - -- -- -- - 12,00,607 Buddohy - -- -- -- - 1,30,000 Lucknesegur ------- 16,000 Bejeypoor ------- - 2,00,000 Gazepoor - -- -- -- - 5,00,000 Shadeyabad ------- 40,000 Deduct Nanker, half of the Jaghire of Buddohy, ) and Altemgah, &c. - - - s Net revenue paid by Rajah Bulwant Sing - 19,98,449 Increase settled with Rajah Cheyt Sing ----- 2,50,000 Net revenue to be paid by Rajah Cheyt Sing - 22,48,449 Dated the 27th of Rejub, in the year of the Hygera 1 184. A true Translation, (Signed) Wm. Redfearn, Pn. Tr. From the Governor to Rajah Cheyt Sing. At this time, the Vizier of the Empire having given you an agreement, under his hand and seal, which I have countersigned, and also affixed my seal to, it is necessary that, conformably thereto, and according to the treaty concluded at Allahabad by Lord Clive and the Vizier, respecting Rajah Bulwant Sing, your deceased Father, you with the greatest cheerfulness pay to the Vizier the rents thereby established ; in which case the Company will always attend to your welfare, and afford you their care and protection, and in the agreements aforementioned there shall never be any breach or deviation. A true Translation, ( Signed ) Wm. Redfearn, Pn. Tr. n A. D. 1773 Sujali ul Dowla. 20,36,607 88,158 72 TREATIES, & c. No. XXVI II. Copy of a Treaty, under the Hands and Seals of the Nabob Sujah ul Dowla Bahadur and Colonel Champion, 1774. A.D 1774 Sujah ul Dowla. A friendship having been entered into between me and Fyzulah Khan, I have agreed to give him the country of Rampore, and some other districts dependent thereon, pro- ducing altogether an annual revenue of 14,75,000 Rupees; and I have stipulated, that Fyzulah Khan shall retain in his service five thousand troops, and not a single man more ; I therefore give this written engagement, that I will, at all times, and on all occasions, support the honor and character of Fj'zulah Khan, and will promote his interest and advantage, to the utmost of my power, upon the following conditions. That Fyzulah Khan shall enter into no connection with any person but myself, and that he shall hold no correspondence with any person, except the English chiefs. That he shall consider my friends as his friends, and my enemies as his enemies ; and that with whomsoever I shall make war, Fyzulah Khan shall send two or three thousand men, according to his ability, to join my forces : and if I march in person, Fyzulah Khan shall himself accom- pany me with his troops. And if, on account of the smallness of the number of the forces he is to retain in his service, he is not able to accompany me, I will then appoint him three or four thousand more troops, that he may accompany me with a good army, and I will be at the expense of supporting them. Upon the performance of these conditions, I have agreed to give the said countries, at the afore-mentiohed revenue, to Fyzulah Khan, and to promote his interest and advantage, to the utmost of my power. If Fyzulah Khan fulfil the articles of this treaty, and adheres steadily to it, God willing, I will not neglect whatever may be for his advantage. He shall send the remainder of the Rohillas on the other side of the river. I have sworn by the holy Koran, calling God and his Prophet to witness to the performance of these articles. * October, 1774. BENGAL. 73 No. XXIX. Copy of a Treaty, under the Hands and Seals of Fyzulah Khan and Colonel Champion, 1774. Fyzulah Khan. A friendship having taken place between the Nabob Vizier ul Mulk Behauder A.D. 1774 and me, and the Nabob Vizier having been graciously pleased to bestow on me a country, I have sworn on the holy Koran, calling God and his Prophet to witness to what I engage, That I will always, whilst I live, continue in submission and obedience to the Nabob Vizier. That I will retain in my service five thousand men, stipulated by the Nabob Vizier, and not a single man more. That with whomsoever the Nabob Vizier shall engage in hostilities, I will assist him ; and that if the Nabob Vizier shall send an army against any enemy, I will also send two or three thousand of my troops to join them ; and if he goes in person against any enemy, I will personally attend him with my forces. That I will have no connection with any person but the Nabob Vizier, and will hold no correspondence with any one, the English Chiefs excepted. That whatever the Nabob Vizier directs, I will execute ; and that I will, at all times, and on all occasions, both in adversity and prosperity, continue his firm associate. I have sworn on the holy Koran, calling God and his Prophet to witness to the performance of these articles : may God and his Prophet punish me, if I act contrary to them. * October, 1774. 74 TREATIES, &c. No. XXX. Translation of the proposed Articles of the Treaty with the Nabob Ausuf-ul-Dowlah, 1775. A.D.1775 Ausuf-ul- Dowlah, The Nabob Ausuf-ul-Dowlah, Icayaa Cawn, Bahauder, Ilozebbus Jung, on the one part, and the Honorable Warren Hastings, Esq k Governor General, and the Members of the Supreme Council of Fort William, for and in the name of the English East-India Company, on the other part ; agree to the following articles : ARTICLE I. That universal peace, firm friendship, and perfect union, shall for ever be established between the Nabob Ausuf-ul-Dowlah and the English East-India Company. The con- tracting powers, with a view of maintaining this reciprocal friendship in the future, shall not, for any cause or under any pretence, encourage the Ryots and the inhabitants of their Soubahs in committing hostilities and disturbances ; and every thing shall be avoided by the said powers which might occasion them. Their friends and enemies are mutual, and any person who shall run away and take refuge in the country of one of the said parties, shall be given up to the other, and no assistance afforded him. ARTICLE II. The aforesaid Nabob engages never to entertain or receive in his dominions Cossim Ally Cawn, the former Soubahdar of Bengal, and Sumro the murderer of the English ; even in case of his getting them into his hands, he will, out of friendship, make them prisoners, and deliver them up to the English Company. He also engages not, for any cause or under any pretence, to entertain Europeans of any nation in his service, without the consent of the English Company. That he will prevent, oppose, and send back such as offer to come into, pass through, or remain, or shall be in his dominions, without the PerwanUah of the English Company. The Europeans of every nation, in the service of the said Nabob, are hereby dismissed ; and now, and in the future, he engages never to entertain the said Europeans, and to deliver up to the English Company such of their servants who have deserted or may desert, in case of his apprehending them. ARTICLE III. If the King should write any thing relative to the affairs of the Nabob Ausuf-ul- Dowlah to the English Serdars, they will attend to the satisfaction, advantage, and inclination BENGAL. t~ % inclination of the said Nabob, and not consent to what the King may say or write. In A.D.177^ like manner, if the King should write to the Nabob Ausuf-ul-Dowlah, relative to the AusuTub affairs of the English Sirdars, he will attend to their satisfaction, advantage, and inclina- Dowlah. tion, and not consent to what he may say or write. ARTICLE IV. The countries of Corah and Allahabad shall always and for ever remain in the possession of the Nabob Ausuf-ul-Dowlah, on the same footing as the Subah of Oude ; and they shall, on no account, in the future, be disturbed by the English, nor will they ever request a Dam or Derrum, or any thing from the said countries. The English Serdars engage to defend the Soubah of Oude at all times, and Corah and Allahabad, until the pleasure of the Court of Directors shall be known. ARTICLE V. The said Nabob, for the defence of his country, as above specified, declares that he has given up, of his own free will and accord, unto the English Company, all the districts dependent on the Rajah Cheyt Sing, together with the land and water duties, and the sovereignty of the said districts in perpetuity. That the English Company shall, after one month and a half from the date of this treaty, take upon them the sovereignty and pos- session of the districts under Rajah Cheyt Sing, as hereunder specified, viz. Sircar Benares, The districts of Juanpore, Sircar Chumah, Bijehpore Bahdore, Suktessgur, Mulboss Kawss, The Sircar of Gawzypore. The Pergunnah of Seekundapore, Jeride, Shaay, Abad, Toppa, Surchchur, &c. as formerly ; the Mint and Cutwally of Benares. ARTICLE VI. The Nabob Ausuf-ul-Dowlah, for the aid and assistance of the English troops, when stationed with him, shall pay monthly, from the date of this treaty, for the charges of a brigade, the sum of two lacks sixty thousand Oude Sicca Rupees, of the sixteenth year, agreeable to the present currency. If, in future, this currency should be abolished, the decrease or increase of Batta shall be mutually given and received by the parties. The particulars of a brigade are, viz. Two battalions, or one regiment of Europeans, one company of artillery, and six battalions of Seapoys. The aforesaid Nabob shall, whenever the English troops pass the boundaries of the Company’s provinces, at his request, pay the stipulated sum monthly, from that time until their return to the abovesaid boundaries. L ARTICLE 76 TREATIES, &c. A.B. 1775 Ausuf-ul- Dowlali. ARTICLE VII. If the aforesaid Nabob shall ever require the aid or assistance of the English Com- pany, for the defence of any other of his countries besides those above specified, he will fix something for the Company proportioned to the service. The English Company and all the English Sirdars engage to perform whatever articles are now mutually settled ; and in the future, during the life of the Nabob Ausuf-ul- Dowlah, they will never vary or depart from them. They will not, in any respect or manner, make requests of any thing new, contrary to the tenor of this treaty. The parties mutually swear, according to their respective faiths, to abide by these engagements. Dated the 20th of Rubby-ut-Ewut, 1189 of the Hygera, or the 21st of May, 1775. A true Translation, ( Signed ) John Bristow. Resident at the Court of the Nabob of Oude. Compared with an attested copy sent down by Mr. Bristow, and found to be an exact translation, except that the word “ Bahdoee,” in the list of districts, was omitted, which I have inserted. (Signed) J. H. D’Oyly. Actg. Pn. Tvo Translation of Agreement under the Seal of His Excellency the Nabob Ausuf-ul-Dowlah. In case of any persons having any demands, or having received Tuncaws on Rajah Cheit Sing, or on the districts under him, agreeable to my orders, such demands, or Tun- caws, do not depend on the. said Rajah, or on the said districts, but are due from myself. The possession and sovereignty in perpetuity of the said districts, under the said Rajah, without incumbrances, delays, dues, debts, Tuncaws, &c. I wholly give up to the English Company, at the expiration of one month and an half. Dated BENGAL. 77 Dated the 20th of Rubby-ut-Ewut, 1189 of the Hj'gera, or the 21st of May, 1775. A. D. 1775 A true Translation, (Signed) John Bristow, Resident at the Court of the Nalol of Oude. Ansuf-ut- Dowlak. Compared with an attested copy sent down by Mr. Bristow, and found to be an exact translation. ( Signed ) J. H. D’Oyly, Pn. Tr. Translation of an Agreement under the Seal of His Excellency the Nabob Ausuf-ul-Dowlah. The balance due to the English Company, on account of the countries of Corah and Allahabad, Rohilcund, andtheTuncaw for the troops, according to the engagements of the late Nabob Sujah-ul-Dowla, shall be paid to them as it becomes due, without any dispute. Dated the 20th of Rubby-ut-Ewut, 1189 of the Hygera, or the 21st of May, 1775. A true Translation, (Signed) John Bristow, Resident at the Court of the Nalol of Oude. Compared with an attested copy sent down by Mr. Bristow', and found to be an exact translation. (Signed) J. H. D’Oyly, Act. Pn. Tr. Considered the proposed articles for a Treaty of Alliance with the Nabob Ausuf- ul-Dowlah. Approved the 1st Article, Ditto the 2d, Ditto the 3d, Ditto the 4th, Ditto the 5th, Ditto the 6th, Ditto the 7th. Ordered, 78 TREATIES, &c. A.D.1775 Ausuf-ul- Dowlab. Ordered, That the treaty be compared with the Persian copy; and if it be found exact, that two fair copies be engrossed in form, for the seal of the Company and signature of this Board, to be forwarded to Mr. Bristow, that he may obtain the same testimonies on the part of the Nabob, and return one of them. Approved the two other engagements taken by Mr. Bristow from the Nabob. No. XXXI. Treaty between the Honorable the English East-India Company and the Maratta State, 177 6* Poorundab, 1st day of March, 1776. A.D. 1776 Whereas differences have arisen amongst the Chiefs of the Maratta State, and the Government of Bombay having taken a part therein, by sending forces into the Maratta Marattas. dominions, which the Honorable the Governor-General and Council of Fort William dis- approve, and being desirous of conciliating these differences, have determined, accord* ingly, to enter into such measures as may most effectually contribute to so desirable an end. They have, for this purpose, therefore, authorized, deputed, and given full powers unto Lieutenant Colonel John Upton, in the service of the Honorable the English East* India Company, to conclude a peace between the Government of Bombay and the Ma- ratta State. And Colonel Upton having, accordingly, arrived at Poorunder, has concluded a solid and firm peace, on the part of the English Company, with the Ministers, Siccarem PunJet and Ballajee Pundet, on the part of the Peshwa, Row Pundet Purdhan, and all the Maratta Chiefs, and the following are the Articles of Convention which they have engaged into : ARTICLE I. Peace shall be established and take place from this day between the Honorable the English East-India Company in general, and the Government of Bombay in particular ; and Row Pundet Purdhan, and his ministers, Siccaram Bapoo and Ballajee Pundet, on the part of all^ the Marattas ; and the following articles are to be observed inviolably by both Parties. ARTICLE II. The Peace is to be forthwith proclaimed between the Honorable Company and the Maratta State, at the Presidency of Bombay, and at all its dependencies, at the head of the English BENGAL. 79 English troops encamped at Mandavie, and in every part of the Guzerat province where A.D. 177^* there are British subjects. The Maratta Government will also order proclamations to be made throughout all their dominions. The Marattas. ARTICLE III. The Peshwa, Row Pundet Purdhan, and his Ministers, being desirous of having Salsette and the small islands subdued by the English in this war, restored to them, do offer to give in exchange a country of three lacks of Rupees, with its Chout, &c. in the neighbourhood of Broach. Colonel Upton having declared, that he could not restore the said islands, it is therefore agreed, that they shall remain as they now are, and that they shall write to the Honorable the Supreme Council of Fort William, and both parties engage to abide by their determination. If the Governor-General and Council of Fort William do not restore them, they shall continue in the possession of the English, and the Marattas will then give up all right and title to the, said islands ; should the Governor- General and Council of Calcutta restore Salsette with the said islands, the English will accordingly deliver them over to the Peshwa. ARTICLE IV. The Marattas do agree to give to the English Company, for ever, all right and title to their entire share of the city and Pergunnah of Broach, as full and complete as ever they collected from the Moguls, or otherwise, without retaining claim of Chout, or any other demand whatever ; so that the English Company shall possess it without participation or claim of any kind. ARTICLE V. The Marattas do agree, (by way of friendship) to give for ever to the English Company, a country of three complete lacks of Rupees, near or adjoining to Broach, on which there is to be no claim of Chout, or any other demand whatsoever. Two persons on the part of the Company, and two persons on the part of Row Pundet Purdhan, to proceed and deter- mine the place and boundaries when the Peshwa will give the Sunnuds. ARTICLE VI. The Peshwa and Ministers agree to pay to the Company twelve lacks of Rupees, in part of the expences of the English army, in two payments, viz. six lacks within six months of the date of this treaty, and the other six lacks within two years of the same date. ARTICLE VII. The English do agree, that every part of the Guzerat country, ceded to the Company by Ragonaut Row, or taken possession of by them, shall be forthwith restored, with all the forts and towns thereunto belonging, except what is settled by this treaty. The country ceded to the English by Seagee, or Futty Sing Guicawar, shall also be restored, when I 80 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 177^ when it is proved by their letters, and copies of the Sunnuds granted by the former Marattas. Peshtvas, now in their (the Guicawars’) hands, that they do not possess power or authority to make such cessions. The Purgunnahs of Chickley and Coral, with the town of Veriow, three villages of the Purgunnah of Chureassy, and the village of Batta Gang, are to continue as pledges in the possession of the English, ’till the Sunnuds for the country of three lacks are made over. All treaties and agreements subsisting between the English and Ragonaut Row are hereby annulled ; and those of Sajee and Futty Sing Guicawars, are to be also annulled, when the abovementioned proofs are produced ; and these treaties are to be destroyed in the presence of the Peshwa’s Ministers when they come to hand. ARTICLE VIII. The English do agree, that the troops from the presidency of Bombay are to be marched immediately into their own garrisons and districts. ARTICLE IX. It is agreed, that Ragonaut Roav is to disband his army within one month of this date. Plis followers and adherents (except the servants about his person) are to separate within the same time ; and proclamation is to be made by the Maratta Government, granting a full pardon to all adherents and followers, and all such as have been in arms with Ragonaut Row, the four following excepted, viz. Abajee Mahadu, Noor Cawn Gardie, Toola Rut- mutgar, and Kurrig Sing Chokydar, Avho, for crimes and misdemeanors committed against the state, are for ever banished the Maratta dominions. ARTICLE X. If Ragonaut Row refuses to disband his army, the English are to withdraw their forces, and are not to assist him. ARTICLE XI. The conditions of the ninth article being complied with, the Peshwa and Ministers then consent to establish a household for Ragonaut Row, consisting of one thousand horse and some foot, who are to be paid and relieved at the pleasure of Government, but to obey all legal orders given them by Ragonaut Row ; also two hundred domestics, to be chosen by Ragonaut Row and paid by Government. They will also cause to be paid to Ragonaut Roav, to defray his other expences, three lacks of Rupees per annum, by monthly payments, at the rate of twenty-five thousand Rupees per month ; conditionally, that he resides at Cooper Gang, on the banks of the Gungha Gudoury. If, at any time, he may Avanl to change his place of residence, application is to be made to the Peshwa, Avithout Avhose permission such a change is not to take place ; and he is not to cause any disturbance, or carry on improper correspondence Avith any person. ARTICLE XII. It is agreed, that no assistance is to be given by the English to Ragonaut Row, or to any subject or servant of the Peshwa’s, that shall cause disturbances or rebellion in the Maratta dominions. BENGAL. 81 ARTICLE XIII. A.D.l 776 The Peshwa, Row Pundet Purdhan, and his Ministers, do declare, that the Chout of N '“ * JL I10 Bengal and its dependencies has, for time out of mind, been part of the Jaghire of the Marattas. Bounsello, they therefore cannot withdraw it ; but if the said Bounsello, or any of his descendants or successors, or any other person, cause disturbances, by claiming or demand- ing the Chout on Bengal or its dependencies, they do engage never to assist them themselves, or permit any Maratta Chief, dependent on them or the Rajahship, to give them any assistance. ARTICLE XIV. It is agreed, that in case of shipwreck of any English ships or vessels, or ships or vessels trading under their protection, on any part of the Maratta coast, every assistance shall be given by that Government and the inhabitants to save as much as possible ; and the whole that may be saved shall be returned, all reasonable charges being defrayed by the owners. In like manner, the English Company engage their assistance, should any Maratta ships or vessels be shipwrecked on any of their coasts. ARTICLE XV. The treaties between the Government of Bombay and the Marattas, dated July, 1739, and 12th October, 1766, are to be held and continued in as full force, as when they were first entered into ; unless any article or articles of either of them should, in other manner, be provided for by this treaty : in such case, such article or articles are to be rejected, and those of this treaty abided by. ARTICLE XVI. All other treaties or agreements subsisting between the Government of Bombay and the Maratta Government, not having undergone alteration, or otherwise provided for by this Treaty, are to be held and continued in as full force as when they were first entered upon. ARTICLE XVII. It is agreed, that if Ragonaut Row has lodged any jewels belonging to the Peshwa, Row Pundet Purdhan, in the hands of the English, they are to be restored, on the obligation being complied with for which they were lodged. ARTICLE XVIII. The Honorable the English Company shall be considered as the sole lords and pro- prietors of all the places ceded by this Treaty, from the dates of the respective Sunnuds or grants, and are therein, accordingly, to exercise their own laws and authorities. And the Marattas are not to cause any disturbance in any of the ceded countries, nor shall the English occasion any disturbance in the Maratta dominions. M ARTICLE 82 I TREATIES, &c. ARTICLE XIX. In the places hereby ceded to the Honorable Company, and in all the places restored to the Maratta Government by the English, it is agreed, that both parties shall commence to collect the revenues thereof, from the day on which they are delivered, and no demand of collection for any past time shall be made. , ARTICLE XX. A copy of this Treaty, under the seal of Colonel Upton, shall remain with the Ministers of the Maratta Government ; and a copy shall be sent to Calcutta, to be signed and sealed by the Honorable the Governor-General and Members of the Supreme Council of Fort William, and afterwards given to the Peshwa. ( Signed J J. Upton. A Translation, ( Signed J Ar. M‘Pherson, Persian Interpreter. The Signature of Ballajee Pundet. The Signature of Siccarem Pundet. [Here it is dated.] Received the following Letter from Colonel Upton. Gentlemen, It has been agreed between the Governor-General- and the Peshwa, and his Ministers, that the following alterations and clause should be made in the Treaty. This has been accordingly done, and the Treaty finally signed and made over by both parties. I have the honor to be. Gentlemen, with respect. Your most obedient humble servant, Poorunder, J, UPTON. •26th May, 1776* The 13th and 17th articles are omitted entirely; the 14th article therefore becomes the 13th, and so on 5 and the 18th article becomes the 16th, and so on. The concluding words of the 7th article ; the affairs of your Go- vernment. I am determined to put a stop to this practice, and to disregard their ap- plications ; but as the connection between the two Governments is universally known, strict attention to justice, on your part, will add credit and renown to both. With respect to Furruckabad, the fourth article of the Stipulation of Chunar shall be observed on my part, and the English Resi- dent there, either now, or at the end of 1194 Fusillee, shall be recalled, and after that period he shall not remain, nor shall any other be appointed. On this subject, in consequence of the interference hitherto assumed by this Government in the affairs of that province, I think it necessary to inform your Excellency, that it is incum- bent on me to recommend several matters to your Excellency’s attention. That, in the first instance, you pay due regard t6 the rights of the Nawaub Mozuffer Jung; and under any circumstances that may be- come necessary for the management of the affairs of Furruckabad, your Excellency shall engage to allot from the revenues a sum sufficient for the honorable maintenance of ENCLOSURE. A.D.1787 Kistbundy, or instalment, for the Company’s money, on account the ex pences of the troops stationed at Cawnpore, Fut- teghur, and Lucknow, the stipend of the Nawaub Saadet Ally Khan, the Rohillas, the expences of the Resident and other Gentlemen at Lucknow, the expences of the Dawk and the Gentlemen stationed with His Majesty and Scindea, from the month of March, 1737, to February, 1788, inclusive, under the seal of the Vizier. March, 1787, 3,25,000 April 3,25,000 May 3,25,000 June . . 3,25,000 July 3,25,000 August : In Money 3,25,000 In Drafts on Cal- cutta 5,00,000 8,25,000 September 3,25,000 October 3,25,000 November ; . . 3,25,000 December 3,25,000 January, 88, 3,25,000 February : In Money at Lucknow . .3,25,000 In Drafts on Calcutta . . . ,6,00,000 . 9,25,000 Total 50,00,000 Q Asoph-uD Dowlab. In 114 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 17S7 Asopk-ul- Dowlah, of the Nawaub Mozuffer Jung. And as the mother of Mozuffer Jung, and his bro- ther, Dil Dilere Khan, as well as Deep Chund, late Dewan, have given proofs of their attachment to this Government, it is therefore expedient, that some provision should be made for them, independant of Mozuffer Jung. It is well known, that Mozuffer Jung considers them as inimical to him ; and from the trust vested in Dil Dilere Khan by this Government, it is much to be feared, that if left unprotected, he will sulfur from the resentment of Mo- zuffer Jung, I therefore expect that your Excellency will engage to cause specific pensions to be paid to these persons, at the expenee of Mozuffer Jung, through the Resident of this Government. By tlie accounts subsisting between your Excellency and the Company, a large ba- lance is stated to be due from your Excel- lency; nevertheless, in conformity to the principles I have so expressedlv declared, I am not willing to embarrass your Excellency with any other demands than what are abso- lutely necessary : I propose, therefore, that your Excellency shall liquidate such part of the stated arrears as may be due to the troops employed in your country. The Residency, the Nawaub Saadit Ally Khan., and the ftohillah Chiefs, on the date from which this new agreement shall be de Jared in force, as well as the arrears due to Mr. Anderson, and the remainder, whatever it may be, shall be struck out of the account, and be no longer considered as a demand of this Government on your Excellency. In Specie 39,00,000 In Drafts 11,00,000 50,00,000 Fifty lacks of 23, 24, 25 and 26 sun Sicca Rupees. From Hyder Beg Khan , received 21 st July 1787 * I have already transmitted your Lordship an Arzie, mentioning my arrival at Luck- now, which has doubtless been perused. An answer from his Excellency the Vizier is now sent to your Lordship’s kind letter : from it your Lordship will learn the parti- culars of his Excellency’s inclination to preserve your Lordship’s pleasure. Your Lordship has shewn kindness and favor in the affairs of bis Excellency, and there is no doubt but will always shew kindness towards them, because his Excellency en- tertains great hopes from your Lordship. A Kistbundy for the money for the ex- pense of the troops, &c. goes enclosed in his Excellency’s letter, and I enclose a draft for the amount stated by Mr. Wombvvell to be due to the troops, up to February, 1787, together with two other drafts, on account the amount due to his Royal H gbncss, and the stipend of Nawaub Saadet Ally Khan to February 1787. They will be seen by 3 r our Lordship. As a long period elapsed during my journey, disorder has taken place in several modes in the affairs, and delay and procrastination have crept into the BENGAL 115 The substance of what is here written has been discussed in frequent conversations with Hyder Beg Khan, who has shewn himself a faithful servant to your Excellency, and a friend to both Governments. As he is fully acquainted with your Excellency’s interests, and is your most confidential servant and prime minister, I have considered him as empowered to settle any arrangement for the mutual benefit of the two Governments, and have accordingly communicated to him, without reserve, all that has occurred to me to promote this object, in the same man- mer as if your Excellency were present ; nevertheless, as your Excellency’s concur- rence and approbation are necessary to give a final sanction to the articles agreed upon by Hyder Beg Khan, I have thought proper to mention the heads of them in this letter, and the Nawaub Hyder Beg Khan will fully explain all the particulars to your Excel- lency. For the rest, your Excellency may have the most assured confidence, that I will most faithfully abide by all the engagements on the part of the Honorable Company. the payment of the public money, and now that I am arrived is the season for cultiva- tion, &c. I am engaged in the affairs of the Sirkar, and under the blessing of God and your Lordship’s prosperity, every mat- ter will be arranged, and the arrears due to Colonel Harper and other Gentlemen, whatever after investigation they may amount to, to the end of February ITS?, shall be paid at the expiration of the time. The amount of the instalments, or Kist- A.D.1787 Asoph-ul- Dowlah. bundy, of the Company’s money, on ac- count the disbursement of the troops, &c. has been paid into the treasury, from March, 1737, to June, 1737, and by God’s help it will be paid in future, agreeable to the Kistbundy, monthly. I hope to be honored with letters from your Lordship. ENCLOSURES. Bill drawn by Cashmeery Mull and Butch- rage on Sheopersaud and Bissesser Doss, on account arrears due to the troops stationed at Cawnpore and Futteghur, and the battal- lion at Lucknow, to February, 1787, amount- ing in 23, 24, 25, and 26 Sun Sicca Rupees, to — 7,085868 7 6 Ditto, drawn by ditto, on ditto, on account the money of his Royal Highness Lucknow Sicca Rupees 2,04,173 0 0 Ditto, drawn by ditto, on ditto, on account the money of Nawaub Saadet Ally Khan arrears to February, 1787, Luck- now Sicca Rupees - 1 , 00,000 0 0 Q. 2 116 TREATIES, &c. No. XL. Treaty of Commerce with the Nabob Asuf ud Dowlab,' 1788. A Treaty of Commerce, between Charles Earl Cornwallis, Knigkt of the Most Noble Order of the Garter ; one of His Britannic Majesty's Honorable Privy Council, Lieute- nant General of His Majesty's Forces , Governor General and Commander in Chief of all the Possessions and Forces of His Britannic Majesty , and of the Honorable the United Company of Merchants of England in the East-Indies , Sic. Sic. Sic. on the part of the said Honorable United Company , and His Excellency the Vizier ul Momalik Hindustan, Assuf Jah Nowab, Assuf ud Uowlah Yeheha Khan Behadur, Huzzubber Jung. A.D. 1788 Asoph-ul- Dowlah. The Right Honorable Charles Earl Cornwallis, K. G. Governor General, &c. &c. and His Excellency the Nawab Vizier, Behadur, &c. &c. having received various repre- sentations from the Merchants trading between the Company’s dominions, and the dominions of His Excellency the Vizier, setting forth the losses and inconveniences which they suffer, as well from the heavy duties collected on their merchandise, as from the mode of levying the same. His Lordship, on the part of the Honorable the United Com- pany of Merchants of England trading to the East-Indies, and His Excellency the Nawab Vizier, &c. with a view to remove the evils complained of, and to promote the welfare of their respective states, have agreed upon the following Articles, which shall be binding on themselves, their heirs, and successors. ARTICLE I. The contracting parties shall not claim any exemption from duties, either for them- selves, their subjects or dependants, or any other person or persons, of whatever country or nation. ARTICLE II. His Excellency the Nawab Vizier, &c. agrees to grant Rowannahs, or custom-house passes, under the seals and signatures of his officers, for all goods exported from his dominions to the dominions of the Company, specifying the quantity of the goods and the valuation on which his own export duties shall have been levied. The Eight Honorable Earl Cornwallis, in like manner, engages that similar Rowannahs, or custom-house passes, shall be granted for all goods exported from the Company’s dominions (comprehending the provinces of Bengal, Bahar, Orissa, and the district of Benares), to the dominions of His BENGAL. 117 His Excellency the Vizier, specifying the quantity of the goods, and the valuation on A.D. 1788 which the duties shall have been levied in the dominions of the Company. J Asoph-ul- ARTICLE III. Dowlah. His Excellency the Vizier, &c. agrees to levy the duties on all goods imported into his territories from the Company’s dominions, upon the valuation specified in the Com- pany’s Rowannah. The Right Honorable Earl Cornwallis, &c. agrees to levy the duties on all goods imported from his Excellency’s dominions into the district of Benares or the Company’s provinces, on the valuation specified in the Rowannah of his Excellency the Nawab Vizier. ARTICLE IV. Goods exported from the Company’s dominions to the dominions of His Excellency the Vizier, if by the river Ganges, shall pay the duties at Lutchagyr, or at Foolpore ; if by the river Goomty, at Ghura Mobarikpore ; if by the river Gogra, at Doohry Gaut ; if by land, at Keeway, Maidnee Gunge, Chaundahpertaubpore, Mow, or Mahraj Gunge ; and if by the way of Sircar Gooruckpore, at the Gaut of the river Gunduck, or at Gooruckpore, Mujholee, or Chollooparah. The merchant, or person, in charge of the goods, upon paying the duties herein after mentioned at either of the above stations, shall receive a Rowannah from the Collector of the duties, under his public seal, which shall exempt the goods from all further demands or molestation whatever, in their progress through the dominions of his Excellency. The duties on goods exported from the dominions of his Excellency the Vizier to the dominions of the Company, whether by land or water, shall be levied at the established stations in the district of Benares, and the province of Behar, and Rowannahs granted as above specified. The contracting parties reserve to themselves the power of changing the situation of the stations for levying the duties as they may deem expedient, upon giving public notifi- cation to each other of the new station fixed upon. ARTICLE V. Broad cloth, iron, copper, lead, manufactures of iron, copper, lead, gold or silver, raw-silk, silk piece goods, cotton piece goods, and piece goods made partly of silk and partly of cotton, exported from the dominions of the Company to the dominions of the Vizier, shall pay an import duty of two and a half per cent, to his Excellency, on the price specified in the Rowannah taken out in the Company’s dominions. ARTICLE VI. Salt exported from the Company’s dominions to the dominions of the Nawab Vizier, shall pay an import duty of five per cent, to his Excellency, on the valuation specified in the Rowannah granted at any of the stations in the Company’s dominions. ARTICLE' 118 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 178S Asoph-ul- Dowlab. ARTICLE VII. Cotton coming from Jahlone, Hydernuggur, Omraowty, Naugpore, or any of the countries of the Decan, and passing through the dominions of the Nawab Vizier to the dominions of the Company, shall pay a duty of five per cent, to his Excellency, on the fixed valuation of six Rupees per Maund of ninety-six Sicca Weight to the Seer. Row- annahs for covering the same through his Excellency’s dominions, shall be granted at the station where the duties are levied. The same cotton, when it arrives in the province of Benares, shall pay a duty of two and a half per cent., and two and a half per cent, more on entering the Soubah of Behar, upon the valuation above specified ; or, should it not pass through the jurisdiction of Benares, it shall pay five per cent, upon being imported into the Company’s provinces. ARTICLE VIII. Silk Piece Goods, Cotton Piece Goods, and Piece Goods made partly of Silk and partly of Cotton, exported from the dominions of the Nawab Vizier to the Company’s dominions, shall pay a duty of no more than two and a half per cent, on the price specified in His Excellency’s Rowannah. The said duty shall be collected at the established station in Benares, should the Goods pass through that district, and upon their arrival in the Company’s Provinces, the Collectors of the Customs shall grant a Rowannah, dutyfree, to cover such goods to any part of Bengal, Behar, or Orissa- Should the said Goods enter the Company’s provinces without passing through the district of Benares, the above duty of two and a half per cent, shall be levied at the first station in the Company’s provinces. ARTICLE IX. All Goods not specified in the foregoing Articles, exported from the respective domi- nions of the contracting parties, shall be subject to a duty of five per cent, on the valuation inserted in the Rowannah of the country from whence they were originally exported. If the goods shall have been exported from the Company’s dominions to the dominions of the Nawab Vizier, his Excellency will collect the duty aforesaid, at one of the stations men- tioned in the third article ; if from the territories of his Excellency to the dominions of the Company, two and a half per cent, shall be levied at the first established station in the dis- trict of Benares, and two and a half per cent, at the first atuhorized station in the province of Behar ; or should the said goods enter the Company’s provinces without passing through the jurisdiction of Benares, the whole duty of five per cent, shall be collected at the first authorized station in the province of Behar. ARTICLE X. Goods exported from the provinces of Bengal, Behar, or Orissa, or from the district of Benares to the dominions of the Nawab Vizier, after having paid the import duties to his Excellency, according to the rates, and in the mode prescribed in the foregoing ar- ticles, if sold in the dominions of the Nawab Vizier, shall be subject to the established local BENGAL. 119 local duties of the Market or Gunge, in which they are disposed of. Provided, never- A.D.1788 theless, that if the said goods shall be sold for the purpose of being exported beyond the confines of his Excellency’s dominions, and not for the consumption of the same, no Dowlak. local Gunge or market duty, or any other duty whatsoever, shall be levied on account of such sale or purchase ; but the import Rowannah of the seller shall be indorsed by the Collector, or head officer in charge of such Gunge, and delivered over to the purchaser, who shall transport the Goods through the dominions of the Nawab Vizier, without further molestation. If such purchaser, however, should afterwards dispose of the said goods for consumption in any market or Gunge in his Excellency’s territories, they shall be subject to the established duties of the same. In like manner, goods exported from the dominions of his Excellency to the dominions of the Company, after having paid the import duty in the latter, according to the rates, and in the mode prescribed in the fore- going articles ; jf sold in any Gunge or market, shall be subject to the local Gunge or market duties under the preceding limitations. The Gunge duties to be thus levied, are not to exceed the ancient established rates, to which no addition shall be made without the mutual consent of the contracting parties. ARTICLE XI. If any Renter, Zemindar, Collector of the Revenues, Jaghiredar, or Holder of rent free lands, shall levy any duties or exactions on goods passing through the dominions of the contracting parties, and on which the regular duties shall have been paid, and Rowan- nahs taken out as prescribed in the foregoing articles, for the first offence, he shall be fined twenty Rupees for every Rupee so exacted ; for the second offence, forty Rupees; and for the third offence, if a Renter or Collector of the Revenues, he shall be fined one hundred Rupees for every Rupee so exacted, and be dismissed from his farm or employ- ment ; if a Zemindar, Jaghiredar, ©r Rent free land-holder, he shall forfeit his lands. Any Officer of the Customs exacting more than he is authorized, shall for the first offence, be fined ten times the amount so exacted, and be dismissed from his employment. The party injured shall be indemnified out of the fines for the sum so exacted, and it shall be left to the discretion of the contracting powers to grant such further portion of the said fines, as they may deem adequate to the trouble and loss of the party so injured. ARTICLE XII. In order to discourage every attempt to evade the payment of the import duties, Mer- chants endeavouring to pass the station at which they are to pay the same, without having previously taken out a Rowannah, shall be subject to double duties; and the contracting parties agree to issue orders in their respective territories, requiring all persons to pay the duties and take out Rowannahs for their Goods, as directed in the foregoing articles, before they approach an authorized station. This 120 TREATIES, See, AD.1788 Asopli-ul- Dowlah. This article not to extend to the local duties in the markets or Gunges, which are to be collected in the mode, and under the limitations prescribed in the tenth article upon the goods entering the same. ARTICLE XIII. The contracting parties reserve to themselves the right of levying whatever duties they may think proper, on all goods produced and consumed within their respective domi- nions, and also on their own exports, and on all imports from other countries not under the dominion of the Company or the Nawab Vizier, the article of Decan &c. cotton going to the Company’s dominions excepted, on which his Excellency is to levy the duties as specified in the seventh Article. ARTICLE XIV. If any disputes shall arise between the merchants of the respective states, it shall be decided by the laws of that state in which the defendant may reside. If the defendant be a resident in the Company’s dominions, the plaintiff shall be allowed the privilege of stating his case through the Vakeel or agent of the Vizier to the Right Honorable the Governor General in Council, who may refer it for decision to the Provincial Court of Justice within the jurisdiction of which the cause of action may have arisen, or the defendant may reside; in like manner, if the defendant be a resident in the Vizier’s dominions, the plaintiff shall be entitled to represent his case through the. English Minister to his Excellency the Vizier, who may refer it for decision to such of his officers as he may think proper. It is further- agreed, that should the Collectors of the Customs, Zemindars, or other subjects of either state, act in any respect towards the merchants and traders contrary to the true intent and meaning of this Treaty, the party injured shall be entitled to seek redress in the mode above prescribed. ARTICLE XV. * This Treaty not to extend to the province of Rohilchund or Kuttair, in which his Excellency reserves to himself the right of collecting the duties according to the ancient established rates, or of encreasing or diminishing the same as he may deem expedient. ARTICLE XVI. His Excellency the Yizier having obtained the consent of the Nawab of Furruckabad to include his territories in this Treaty, and agreed to make him a compensation for any losses he may sustain in his revenues, in consequence of having relinquished his claim to the collection of separate duties on the Decan & c. cotton passing through his territories to the dominions of the Company, and on the exports from the Company’s dominions, the territories of the said Nawab are included accordingly, and as far as concerns the operation of this Treaty, are to be considered, in every respect, upon the same footing as a province of the dominions of his Excellency the Vizier. ARTICLE BENGAL, 121 ARTICLE XVII. A.D.17S8 This Treaty to be in force from the 1st of September next, corresponding with the 1. 29th of Zehige, 1202 Higeree, or sooner, if it can be ratified and exchanged before that Dowlah. period. ( Signed ) E. Hay, Secretary to the Government. No. XLI. Translation of the Nizam’s Order to Seyf Jung for the Surrender of the Guntoor Circar to the Company, delivered to Captain Ken- naway, the Resident at the Nyzam’s Durbar, the 1 8th September , 1788. At this time Captain Kennaway being come to the Presence, on the part of Lord A.D. 1788 Cornwallis, and having made a demand of the Guntoor, is charged with the settlement of affairs between his Highness and the English Company, you are therefore, immediately on receipt of this order, to deliver up the Sircar in question to the servants of the Company, without opposition, and with your Jumma Wawsil Baukee account, your own effects, and whatever is with you belonging to Government, repair to the Presence. A true translation of w r hat was delivered to Captain Kennaway, as a copy of the sealed order sent to him for Seyf Jung. (Signed) N. B. Ed monstone, Assistant to the Department. R 122 TREATIES, &c. No. XLII. Copy of a Letter from Earl Cornwallis to the Nizam, deemed equal to a Treaty, written 1th July , 1789. A.D.1789 The Nizam. Your Highness’s letter, containing strong expressions of friendship, was presented to me by Meer Abui Cossim, and has afforded me the most inexpressible satisfaction. I have perfectly understood all the matters entrusted to the verbal communication of Meer Abul Cossim, and the sincere and friendly sentiments which I have discovered your High- ness to be impressed with towards me, have induced me to shew the confidence I place in your Highness’s declaration, by candid and explicit conversations with Meer Abul Cossim, on subjects of the highest importance ; and as they all of them have tendency to strengthen and encrease our friendship, I shall communicate, without reserve, to your Highness, what has occurred to me relative to them. It was with no small concern, I found, on my arrival in charge of the control of all the Company’s affairs, that one of the eventual and most essential points of the Treaty of friendship and alliance, made in 1768, between your Highness and the Company, re- mained unexecuted on both sides, viz. the surrender of the Guntoor Sircar to the Com- pany, and the regular discharge of your Highness’s demand for the Peishcush, from the Company. Anxious, notwithstanding, that by urging the due performance of this article, I should not intrude on your Highness, while engaged in pursuits of importance, I post- poned all negociations on the subject, until I was convinced that your Highness, unin- terrupted by war, had full leisure to consider the propriety of the performance of this article of the Treaty, and until you might have had sufficient opportunity to put implicit confidence in m}'- assurances, for the punctual discharge of the Peishcush for the northern Sircars. I then deputed Captain Kennaway to your Highness’s court, with instructions to make the demand of the Guntoor Sircar, by virtue of the Treaty of 1768 ; to assure your Highness of my firm intention to discharge the balances, upon fair statement, due to your Highness on account of the Peishcush, and to impress you with the sincerity of my intentions for its regular payment hereafter. I have already expressed my satisfaction at your Highness’s immediate compliance to deliver up the Guntoor Sirkar to the Company, and have assured your Highness of my firm intention to persevere in a strict system of faith to engagements ; and now, with such a proof of the sincerity of your Highness’s friendship and good faith, I have, from a desire to * BENGAL. 123 to testify to your Highness that I am impressed with similar sentiments, entered into a full A.D. 178,9 discussion of every article with Meer Abul Cossim, in order that such parts of it as are ' undefined, and bear an obscure and doubtful meaning, may be so explained, as shall pre- clude every necessity of future discussion, remove all grounds of misunderstanding, and give stability and permanency to that friendship, which now subsists between us. In adopting this rule of conduct, I do no more than fulfil the intention of the King of England and the British Nation, who, by the system lately established for the Govern- ment of this country, had in view the important end of giving efficacy to the existing Treaties between the English and the Powers of Hindostan, and of securing a due per- formance thereof in future. This communication, I am persuaded, will fully satisfy your Highness of the propriety of my declining the proposal of Meer Abul Cossim, for entering into a new security for the discharge of the Peishcush, by mortgaging a portion of the Sircars, considering, as I do, the faith of the English Nation pledged for the due payment of it. In proof of the sincerity of my intentions, that the Treaty should be carried into full effect, I agree that, in the sixth article of the Treaty, the words, “ whenever the situation “ of affairs will allow of such a body of troops to march into the Decan,” shall be under- stood to mean, that the force engaged for by this article, vis. two battalions of Seapoys and six pieces of cannon, manned by Europeans, shall be granted, whenever your High- ness shall apply for it, making only one exception, that it is not to be employed against any power in alliance with the Company, viz. Pundit Pirdhaun Peishwa, Ragojee Bhoosla, Madajee Scindia, and the other Mahratta Chiefs, the Nawaub of Arcot, and Nawaub Vizier, Rajahs of Tanjore and Travancore. That the battalions at present not defined in number, shall not consist of less than eight hundred men each. That the six field-pieces shall be manned with the number of Europeans which is usual in time of war. That the expense to be charged to your Highness shall be no more than the exact sum which it costs the Company to maintain a body of that force, when employed on service in the field, and that this expence be as per separate account. That this detachment shall march within two months, or sooner if possible, after it is demanded, and your Highness shall be charged with the expense of it, from the day it enters your Highness’s territories until it quits them on its return to the Company’s ; with the addition of one month, at the average calculation of the whole amount, in order to defray the charges the Company must necessarily incur, to put such a force in state fit for service. I have so fully discussed the articles of the Treaty that relate to the Nawaub of Arcot and the Carnatic, on the representation of Meer Abul Cossim, that a mere reference to R 2 the 124 TREATIES, &c. A.D.1789 the articles themselves will inform your Highness of the full force of^ my arguments : and ThT^izam a ^ t ^ ou S^ the l° n g existing friendship between the Nawaub and the Company might be urged, as farther ground for declining the proposal of Meer Abu! Cossim, his right to the possession of the Carnatic Payenghautis fully established and admitted, by the seventh and eighth articles, and papers appertaining to them; there can therefore he no necessity for troubling your Highness with other reasons. In regard to the articles relative to the Dewanny of the Carnatic Ballagaut, your Highness must be well convinced, that circumstances have totally prevented the execution of these articles, and the Company are in the full enjoyment of peace with all the world ; but should it hereafter happen, that the Company should obtain possession of the country ( mentioned in these articles, with your Highness’s assistance, they will strictly perform the stipulations in favour of your Highness and the Mahrattas. Your Highness must be well assured, that while treaties of peace and friendship exist with any chief, negociations that tend to deprive that chief of any part of his possessions, unprovoked on his'part, must naturally create suspicions in his mind, unfavourable to the reputation of your Highness and to the character of the Company, since the only grounds on which such negociations could be carried on rest on a Treaty existing upwards of twenty years, the execution of which is yet unclaimed, and since no provocation has hitherto been made to justify a breach in the present peaceable and amicable understanding between each other. As I am at all times desirous, that such circumstances as carry with them impediment and hindrance to good order and government, without bearing the smallest advantage to either side, should be so changed, as to produce the good effects expected from treaties, and as the affairs of both parties might suffer great injury from being excluded from corresponding with the other powers of the Decan, I agree that, in future, either party, without a breach of treaty, shall be at liberty to receive or send Vakeels to correspond with any powers in the Decan, in such manner as may be expedient for the benefit of their own affairs, under the condition, that the object of such intercourse or correspond- ence be not hostile to either of the governments. I have, in many instances, as well through Captain Kennaway as to Meer Abul Cossim, and in the first part of this letter, declared my fh;m intention to execute the" Treaty of 1768 , and to live in perpetual amity and friendship with your Highness, and your Highness will be convinced, from the explanations I have given to those articles iri the Treaty of ambiguous and obscure meaning, that I am earnestly desirous of the adjustment of every matter, on grounds fair and liberal. But it is necessary, in con- sideration / ' BENG.AL. 125 sideration of the subjects of conversation with Meer Abul Cossim, that I should point A.D. 1789 out to your Highness, that unless just cause should be given for entering into new treaties, 'jtuTrazain the laws of my country, the injunctions of the King and Company of England, as well as the faith and honor of the English, prohibit me from entering into any negociation to make new Treaties ; and I have confined my conferences with Meer Abul Cossim to the explanation of that made in 1768, with a view to a more perfect execution of it. On this account, I have not judged proper to comply with such requests as have been made by Meer Abul Cossim, that in any shape tend to alter the spirit of that treaty. A farther argument to impress your Highness with the propriety of this determination, is the sanc- tion and support of His Majesty and the Company of England to those measures that coincide with their instructions. I have mentioned this circumstance, merely to assure your Highness of the strength of my assertions, and the value of my engagements, iu regard to the Guntoor Sircar, and the other articles of the Treaty; and I trust, that this clear explanation of the ambiguous articles of the Treaty will render it effectual, and will afford your Highness a convincing proof of the Company’s determination to adhere to the faith of it. Although I have not agreed to enter into a new Treaty with your Highness through Meer Abul Cossim, for the reasons above assigned, yet your Highness, in consideration of the authority vested in me, by the King and Parliament of England, will consider my letter, though merely purporting a clear explanation of the several articles in the Treaty of 1768, strong and efficient upon the English Governments in India, equally so as a Treaty in due form could be, since the Members of the Council have given their cheerful acqui- escence to its contents. For further particulars of my sentiments, I beg leave to refer your Highness to Meer Abul Cossim, whom I have considered, during this negociation, as faithfully attached to your Highness, fully acquainted with your Highness’s interests, and your most confidential servant, empowered to settle any agreement for the mutual benefit of the two Goverru- ments. I have, accordingly, communicated to him, without reserve, all that has occurred to me on the subject of the elucidation of the Treaty of 1768, in the same manner as if your Highness were present ; nevertheless, as your Highness’s concurrence and approba- tion are necessary to give a final sanction to the articles discussed, I have thought proper to mention them in this letter. For the rest, your Highness may have the most assured confidence, that I will most faithfully abide by all the engagements I have entered into on the part of the Company. Extract 126 TREATIES, &c. A.D 1789 Extract from the Journals of the House of Commons , 15° Martii, 179 * 2 . Ihe Nyzam. Resolved, That it appears that Earl Cornwallis’s letter, dated the 7th July 1789, to the Nyzam, was meant to have, and has had, the full force of a Treaty executed in due form. No. XLIII. Treaty of Alliance between the Company, the Peshwa, and the Nyzam, against Tippoo Sultaun, 1790. Treaty of offensive and defensive Alliance, between the Honorable United English East-India Company, the Peshwah, Sewoy Mahdoo Row Narrain Pundit Purdhan Behader, and the Nabob, Nizam Ally Khan Asof Jab Bahader, against Futty Ally Khan, known by the denomination of Tippoo Sultaun ; settled by Mr. Charles Warre Malet, on the part of the said Honorable Company, with the said Pundit Purdhan, by virtue of the Powers delegated to him by the Right Honorable Charles Earl Cornwallis, K. G. Governor General in Council, appointed by the Honorable the Court of Directors of the said Honorable Company to direct and control all their affairs in the East-Indies. ARTICLE I. A.D. 1790 The friendship subsisting between the states, agreeable to former Treaties, shall be ■v 1 encreased by this. The Peshwa ARTICLE II. 1DuNvZ3ID 1 ‘ Tippoo Sultaun having engagements with the contracting parties, has, notwithstand- ing, acted with infidelity to them all, for which reason they have united in a league, that, to the utmost of their power, they may punish him, and deprive him of the means of disturbing the general tranquillity in future. ARTICLE III. This undertaking being resolved on, It i s agreed, that on Mr. Malet’s annunciation to Pundit Purdhan, of the actual commencement of hostilities between the Honorable Com- pany’s forces and the said Tippoo, and on Captain Kennaway’s announcing the same to the Nabob Asof Jah, the forces of the said Pundit Purdhan and Nabob Asof Jah, in number BENGAL. 127 number not less than twenty-five thousand, but as many more, and as much greater an A. D. 1 JT 90 equipment as may be, shall immediately invade the territories of the said Tippoo, and reduce as much of his dominions as possible, before and during the rains ; and after that season, the said Pundit Purdhan and Nabob will seriously and vigorously prosecute the war with a potent army, well appointed and equipped with the requisite warlike apparatus- The Peshw ft and Nyzam • ARTICLE IV. The Nabob Asof Jah being furnished with two battalions of the Honorable Company’s forces, Pundit Purdhan shall have an option of being joined by an equal force, on the same terms, during the present w r ar against Tippoo. The pay of the said battalions to be made good by Pundit Purdhan to the Honorable Company, in like manner as settled with the Nabob Asof Jab. ARTICLE V. On the said two battalions joining the Mahratta army, Pundit Purdhan agrees to allot two thousand horse to remain and act in concert with them. But in the event of urgenc service, on which cavalry alone can be employed, one thousand of the said cavalry may be detached thereon, one thousand remaining constantly with the battalions, whose pay shall be defrayed regularly, in ready money, every month, in the army or in Poona, at the option of Mr.'Malet. ARTICLE VI. From the time of the said battalions entering Pundit Purdhan’s territories, an Agent, on the part of the said Pundit Purdhan, shall be ordered to attend the Commander, to ex- ecute such service as may occur. ARTICLE VII. If the Right Honorable the Governor General should require a body of cavalry to join he English forces, Pundit Purdhan and the Nabob Asof Jah shall furnish to the number of ten thousand, to march in one month from the time of their being demanded, by the shortest and safest route, with all possible expedition, to the place of their destination, to act with the Company’s forces : but should any service occur, practicable only by cavalry, they shall execute it, nor cavil on the clause - - - 20,000 0 0 Yainloor 16,000 0 0 1.6,43,099 3 2 Districts ceded to the Nawaub, Asoph Jah Behauder. Talook Kurpab, 61 Talooks. The DcTab, 15 Talooks Deduct as follows : la the Peshwah’s share 13,06,666 6 10 Remains with Tippoo Sultaun,Anagoondy 60,101 0 0 Remains to theNawaub,Assoph Jah Carried forward - 13,66,767 6 10 2,81,331 6 8 2,81,331 6 8 C. Pagodas. F. C, 13,16,765 5 4| 13,16,765 5 4\ N % BENGAL. 137 C. Pagodas. F. c. C. Pagodas. F. C Brought forward - - - 2,81,331 6 8 Banyaupilly and Churchinnulla, 2 Talooks - - - . - - 41,804 9 8 Singputtun and Chilwara - - - 20,000 0 0 Ouak - 20,000 0 0 Hanwuntgoond - 15,000 0 0 Wimpelly vemla - - - - 12,565 0 0 Moaka *• - ^ - - - 12,162 6 14 In gooty 4 Talooks, viz. - W Tarputry - 19,055 0 4 Tannorry - 13,072 8 0 i Yelanoor - 8,800 0 0 Singemmully - - 10,855 0 0 51,782 8 4 Beswapoor - - - - - 5,000 0 0 Bulkarykoor, &c. 2 Talooks 35,000 0 0 Deduct : Remains with Tippoo Sultaun 2 Talooks, Koorkoor and Dum- moor - - 12,000 0 0 Remains to the Nawaub,AssopbJah 23,000 0 0 In Koorkoor - - - 370 2 5 Districts ceded to Row Pundit Purdhaun JBehauder. Tippoo. 13,16,666 6 11 The Doal, 15 Talooks Deduct : Remains with Tippoo Sultaun, Anagoody, 1 Talook - In the share of the Newaub Asop'n Jah - Koopul, 8 Ta- iooks - 1,06,137 3 9 Kuichghurry, 1 do. - - 79,100 0 0 In Gujunder Ghur 96,094 2 15 Carried forward - 16,48,099 3 2 60,101 0 0 2,81,331 6 8 T 3,41,432 6 8 13,06,666 4 10 126,33,432 I 15| I 138 TREATIES, &c. A.D.1792 Tippoo. Got-. C. Pagodas. F. C. Brought forward Remains toRowPunditPurdhaun, VIZ. jj Dan war, 8 Talooks - - - 1,38,536 8 SI Hawanoor, 2 do. - - 30,604 3 2 Dunnoor - - 15,394 66 0| Bankapoor, 16 Talooks - 2,50,426 6 Serhutty, 4 Talooks - - 64,843 7 10 Kelore, 11 do. - - 1,43,397 4 3 Gudduck, 4 do. - - 45,297 1 91 Jaluhul, 5 do. - - 73,185 0 14 Dummul, 4 do. - 49,196 5 12 Shunore, 26 do. m - 3,40,946 7 13 Saulgurry Soudunty In Gujunderghen, m - 1,48,953 8 0 8 Talooks 1,01,977, 9 51 Deduct, in the share of the Nawaub Asoph Jah - - 96,094 2 15 Remains to Row Pundit Purdhauh From Gooty Sundoor - C. Pagodas. F. C. 5,883 6 7f C. Pagodas. F. C. 26,33,432 l 15J 13,06,666 6 10 10,000 0 0 13,1 6,6 6-6 6 10 Grand Total, C. Pagodas 39,50,098 8 9 1 ARTICLE IV. Whatever part of Namuel, Sunkagurry, Salem Caverepoor, Attoor, and Permutty, which, as above stated, are comprized within the division ceded to the aforesaid Company, shall be situated to the northward and eastward of the river Caveri, or if there should be any other Talooks, or villages of Talooks, situated as above described, they shall belong to the said Company, and others, of equal value, shall be relinquished by the said Com- pany to Tippoo Sultaun, in exchange for them : and if of the above districts there shall be any Taiooks, or villages of Talooks, situated to the westward or southward of the said river, they shall be relinquished to Tippoo Sultaun, in exchange for others, of equal value, to the said Company. ARTICLE V. On the ratification and mutual exchange of this Definitive Treaty, such districts and forts as are to be ceded by Tippoo Sultaun shall be delivered up, without any cavil or demand BENGAL 139 demand for outstanding balances : and such Talooks and forts as are to be relinquished by the three powers to Tippoo Sultaun shall, in the same manner, be delivered up ; and orders to this effect, addressed to the Aumils and Commanders of Forts, shall be imme- diately prepared and delivered to each, respectively, of the contracting parties. On the receipt of which orders, the discharge of the money stipulated to be paid immediately, and the release of prisoners on all sides, of which the contracting parties, considering God as present and a witness, shall release, without cavil, all that are in existence, and shall not detain a single person. The armies of the Allied Powers shall march from Seringapatam. Such forts and places, nevertheless, as shall be in the possession of the Company, and on the road by which the said armies are to march, shall not be given up until the said armies shall have removed the stores, grain, &c. and sick which are in them, and shall have passed them on their return. As far as possible, no delay shall be allowed to occur in the said stores, &c. being removed. ARTICLE VI. Whatever guns and shot shall be left by Tippoo Sultaun in the forts which the said Tippoo Sultaun has agreed to cede to the Allied Powers, an equal number of guns and shot shall be left in the forts which the Allied Powers have agreed to restore to Tippoo Sultaun. ARTICLE VII. The contracting parties agree, that Zemindars and Aumildars, being in balance to either party, and repairing to the country of either party, protection shall not be given them, and they shall be restored. If hereafter it should happen, that any disputes arise on the boun- daries of the Allies and the said Tippoo Sultaun, such disputes shall be adjusted with the knowledge and approbation of all parties. ARTICLE VIII. The Polygars and Zemindars of this country, who, in the course of the present war, have attached themselves and been serviceable to the Allies, shall not, on that account, in any shape or manner, be injured or molested by Tippoo Sultaun. Whenever three copies of this Treaty, consisting of eight articles, shall be delivered by Tippoo Sultaun, bearing his seal and signature, accompanied by three schedules, also under the seal and signature of the said Tippoo Sultaun, specifying the detail of the countries ceded to the three powers, one to the said Company with the schedule, one to the said Nawaub Assoph Jah Behauder with the schedule, and one to the said Row Pundit Purdhaun Behauder with the schedule, three counterparts thereof, and of the schedule, shall be delivered to the said Tippoo Sultaun by the Allies, that is to say, one counterpart with the schedule, on the part of the said Company, bearing the seal and signature of the said EarLCorn\yallis ; one, with the schedule, on the part of the said Nawaub Assoph Jah y 2 x Behauder, 140 TREATIES, kc. A.D. 1792 Tippoo. Behauder, bearing the seal and signature of the said Nawaub and of Aziem-ul-Omrah Behauder j and one, with the schedule, on the part of the said Row Pundit Purdhaun Behauder, bearing the seal of the said Row Pundit Purdhaun Behauder and the signature of the said Hurry Ram Pundit Tantea Behauder. Signed and sealed in camp, near Seringapatam, this ISth day of March, 1792. A true Copy, ( Signed ) A true Copy, ( Signed ) ( Signed ) Cornwallis. (.LS) G. F. Cherry, Persian Translator to the Governor General. George Parry, Acting Deputy Secretary. Jummabundy of the Countries which are ceded to the Honorable English East-India Company hy Tippoo Sultaun, according to the following Detail, dated the 1 6 th of. March, 1792, corresponding to the 22 d Rejeb, 1206 Hejeree. Talooks appertaining to Calcut, 63 Talooks, viz. C. Pagodas. F. C. C. Pagodas. F. C. C. Pagodas. F. C Talook Curba Calcut, 3 Talooks. . Curba - - - - - Rumnagr - Purrupnayr - Talook Goorumnuy, 7 Talooks. Curba - Kolecaut - Pay nay r - - Purmulla - - Kulkumra - Wurkumra - Poelwaye - Carried forward - 38,236 8 0 8,071 7 12 8,863 3 0 12,725 0 4 12,957 3 5 17,630 5 14 17,015 9 0 12,513 8. '3 10,535 7 2 1 1 ,564 8 8 94,943 2 14 94,943 2 14 BENGAL. C. Pagodas. F c. C. Pagodas. F. c. Brought forward - - - - - 94,943 2 14 Talook Petudnayr, 10 Talooks. Curba - - - 14,736 1 142 _ Mylatoor - - 12,192 4 15 Angarypoor - - - 13,615 4 5 Kulkumdela - - - 9,641 3 AJ * 2 Shumayr - - 10,982 9 11 Poontauny - - 14,073 7 5 Kootay - - - 8,159 4 5 Wunnayrgur - - - 6,386 2 14 Kaaput - - - 5,480 1 4 WyKittycote- - - 16,701 7 10 Talook Warutnayr, 4 Talooks. Curba - - - 13,515 0 4 i Mullpoor - • - 6,608 7 6 Moreypoor - - 11,1 17 3 2 Wullu Carycote - - 10,130 0 0 — 41,371 0 121 Talook Shaudgur, 1 1 Talooks. Curba - - - 12,954 0 8? "Wunnurg Kulkyparah - - 12,466 2 9 KalkynajT - - 12,445 6 6 Kolekathynayr - - 10,549 9 2 Korungeloor * - - - 7,117 9 1'4| Suluye - - - 7,567 6 14 Turunganaj'r ■ - - - 13,584 2 6 Hadnallekdush - - 13,916 7 0 Kurumputa - - 6,700 0 0 Turlatta- - - 10,394 5 15 Kowalparah - - - 8,328 8 9-i 2 1,16,025 9 4 'l'alook Eoweynayr, 2 Talooks. Curba - - - 1 1 ,430 3 n Kullaye - - - 4,470 4 n 15,900 7 71 'l'alook Cherkul, 5 'I'alooks. A Curba - - - 21,173 0 6‘| Carried forward - 21,173 6 6\ 2,68,241 0 oi 141 C. Pagodas. F. C. A. D. 1792 Tippoo. 142 Brought forward - Puttoon - Runditsera * Gowaye - - - - Murraye - - - Talook cote Angria, 3 Talooks. Cusba Kudrool* Putchy m m m m Cootyary ~ Talook Kurupnayr, 3 Talooks. Cusba Kootupoor Yergurah - Kawul - Talook Canianoor, 1 Talook Talook Cochy, 14 Talooks. Toorshmerow - Mukuntpoor - Cotcherry - - - Ainmagull - - - Tulpooly - Moloorkurra - Chaalkurra - Oiloornumaary Chiltoor Tutmungul Alunggaar Paroor - - - - Kootmutnayr - - - Shaadmungul - Profits on Black-pepper, Mint, and Duties on Timber, &c.: Farm of the Timber Duties Duties on Tobacco - Carried forward - TREATIES, &c. C. Pagodas. F. c. C. Pagodas. F. C. - 21,173 0 H 2,68,241 0 - 19,499 3 OA 4 - 13,137 8 1 12,176 0 10 1 - I 14,486 3 6 — 80,472 5 104 - 1 14,518 7 2| - 12,654 0 5 • 1 12,828 5 3 40,001 2 10 3 1 18,777 5 H r 13,192 3 15| - 18,139 0 °2 — - — 50,108 9 144 "" 1 | - - * “ 30,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 "j 10,000 0 0 7,000 0 0 6,000 0 0 - 7,000 0 0 . 5,000 0 0 - 5,000 0 0 W 10,000 0 0 -j 20,000 0 0 -i 4,000 0 0 4,000 0 0 - 4,000 0 0 • 4,000 0 0 1,00,000 0 0 30,000 0 0 - 2,800 0 0 - 32,000 0 0 5,68,823 8 10 , A.D. 1792 Tippoo, C. Pagodas. F. Shawbunder, or Ackawoon Deputy to the Shawbunder } } Flowered cloth, one piece Madrepauk, two do. Flowered cloth, one do. Madrepauk, two do. Flowered cloth, one do. Madrepauk, two do. Flowered cloth, one do. Madrepauk,* two do. Flowered cloth, one do. Madrepauk, two do. Y 2 Chokey 164 TREATIES, &c. Chokey .......... Flowered cloth, one piece Madrepauk, two do. 1st Nakhaun ...... Flowered cloth, one do. Madrepauk, two do. 2d Nakhaun ...... Flowered cloth, one do. Madrepauk, two do. 1st Siredogee ..... Flowered cloth, one do. Madrepauk, two do. 2d Siredogee Flowered cloth, one do. Madrepauk, two do. When a ship leaves the port, it is customary to make presents to the Members of the Provincial Government as follows : two pieces of Silee to each of the before mentioned Members of Government, that is twenty-four in all. It being customary for ships, on their arrival and departure, to give as perquisites to the Members of Government, cloth flowered, figured, and plain, and Madrepauk or Silee, such articles varying in their price, being sometimes dear and sometimes cheap, the amount therefore being liable to vary, it is established, that a ship, in lieu of such presents, shall pay altogether, for entrance and departure, five Viss of fine silver, called Rowna. Each ship shall pay for the Linguists eighty Tackal j For the Chokey dars, who are stationed at the Gout, or sent on board the ship, thirty- five Tackal ; For Peons, who carry intelligence, five Tackal ; For the person who accompanies the ship down to the Chokey, ten Tackal ; Writers and Chokeydars of the Godowns, ten Tackal ; Gate porter of the fort, ten Tackal ; The Chokey called Denouckand, the Chokey where lights are kept, for both, ten Tackal ; To the Writer for a pass, to clear the Chokeys on departure, five Tackals ; The Accountant of Government, fifteen Tackal. Pilotage : — A ship of three masts, two hundred Tackal ; a vessel of two masts, one hundred and fifty Tackal; a vessel of one mast, one hundred Tackal. Anchorage: — A ship of three masts, thirty Tackal; a vessel of two masts, twenty Tackal y a vessel of one mast, ten Tackal. 1795—96 King of Ava, It \ BENGAL. 165 It is the custom on all goods that are imported to take one out of ten, or ten out of 1795— “96 an hundred, king’s duty ; likewise the owner of the ship gives five pieces out of the first bale which he brings on shore, and each person who comes in the ship as a merchant, and not belonging to the ship, shall give one piece. To the Appraisers and Examiners one and an half out of each hundred. The Stamper of cloth, if he stamps three hundred and sixty pieces, he is entitled to one piece. The Writer or Accountant, who attends on board for registering five hundred pieces, he is to receive one piece. When a ship is about to depart, an officer of Government goes on board, to examine and dispatch her : such officer shall receive seven Viss of sugar and one hundred and forty china plates. Ships resorting from every quarter to the ports of his Birman Majesty, duties neither more nor less are to be received or exacted, and on this head the orders of his Majesty have been issued. The account is authenticated, and the particulars specified ; never- theless, in consideration of the friendship that subsists with the English, henceforth whatsoever ships are bond Jide English property, the port duties and exactions from such ships, both at coming and departing, shall be paid at the port of Rangoon, in silver of twenty-five per cent, standard, called in the Birman language Mowadzoo, or twenty-five per cent, silver. The original annexed to the Viceroy’s letter to the Governor General. A true Translation, (Signed) Michael Symes, Agent to the Court of Ava, Translation of an Order from the Viceroy of Henzawuddy to the Subor- dinate Council of Rangoon. Ackoom, Ackawoon, Chokey, Nakhaun, Chergee of Henzawuddy: Whereas, the Governor General of Bengal, having deputed Captain Michael Symes to the Golden Feet, charged with presents, with a view to increase the long existing friendship 166 TREATIES, &c. 1;95 — 96 friendship between the Birman and the English nations, his Majesty being highly pleased thereat, has directed, that the propositions which have been made by Captain Michael 0 ' Symes shall be complied with ; therefore the amity which has subsisted between the nations being confirmed and augmented by these presents, whatever English ships shall henceforth come to Rangoon, such ships shall pay certain port duties, in the currency at which goods are usually sold, that is, Mowadjod or sifter of twenty-five per cent, standard. ( Signed ) Henzawuddy ne Meon Mewwoon Meetsha : or, the Governor of the thirty-two Provinces of Henzawuddy . A true Translation, {Signed) M. Symes. Agent at the Court q f Ava. Translation of the Royal Order, regulating the Customs to he taken at the several Chokeys between Unmerapoor and Rangoon. Sirdars, Chokeydars, and guards of the several Gauts extending to the verge of the Ocean. Whereas the Governor General, out of his friendship, has deputed Captain Michael Symes, from Calcutta in Bengal, to be his Vakeel at this Court, who having made a re- presentation and memorial to us, such representation has accordingly been taken into due consideration. Merchants having paid the established duty on their merchandize, who do not dispose of such goods at the place of importation, but choose to bring them to the capital (literally the Golden Feet) either in person or by their agent, from such merchants no duties are, on any pretence, to be exacted or demanded on the way to the capital ; but when merchants going back carry with them goods in return, they are to pay duties on such returning goods, in like manner as is specified by the regulation issued from the Dufter of the Golden Palace, in the Birman year 1145: wherefore orders are dispatched to the several Chokeys, also to the Maywoon of Henzawuddy, and those matters which were submitted by the principal ministers to his Majesty are fully authorized. Moreover, BENGAL. 167 Moreover, in the Birman year 1157, and the 26th of the Birman month Saundecoup, or the 26th of the Mussulman month Rubbi-ul-awal, the royal mandate came forth to the following effect : 1795— 9S King of Ava. At the Chokey called Keouptaloom, boats returning from the capital shall pay one Mima, or one Anna and an half. At the Chokey called Muggoe, if the breadth of the boat be four cubits, for each cubit twelve Annas, or three Tackal in all, shall be paid. But if it be less than four cubits, one Tackal shall be paid for every thousand Yiss weight of Goods; and if the boat be empty, then shall one Mima, or four Annas, be paid for each man. At the Chokey called Pulloe, if the breadth be four cubits, six Mima, or ten Annas, shall be paid for each cubit ; and if the boat exceeds, or is under four cubits, the same rate shall be paid : and if the boat be laden with heavy commodities, then shall one Tackal be taken for every thousand Yiss. At the Chokey called Puttoo the custom taken shall be, for each cubit in breadth, three Mima or twelve Annas. N At the Chokey called Keounzelee, and the Chokey called Nawalee, no duty is to be exacted. Yet some trifle should be given, by way of present ; but no boat is to be stopped or impeded. At the Chokey called Tow, where the duty formerly was levied in lead, it shall now be levied in silver; that is, one Tackal shall be paid by each boat, for every thousand Yiss burthen. At the Chokey called Trongmeow, if the boat be four cubits in breadth, two hundred and fifty Tackal of lead (about ten Annas) shall be paid for each cubit ; but if the boat be less than four cubits, then shall three Viss and thirty Tackal of lead be taken for the whole (something less than a Rupee.) t At the Chokey called Bameu, boats shall pay six Mima, or ten Annas, for each cubit in breadth. At 168 TREATIES, See. 1795 — 96 At the Chokey called Ackeo there is no established duty; but from boats laden with KfngofAva ‘i 00 ’ sa ^> an< * Rappee, lt * s customary to give some trifle. At the Chokey called Henzawa, if a boat carries ten boatmen, besides the steersman, for each of such boatmen thirty-live Tackal of lead shall be paid, but the steersman shall pay nothing. If a boat be laden with rice, dhall, paddy, barley, kengid, or cotton, then shall the boat, so laden, pay a quarter of a basket of such commodity ; and if a boat be laden with heavy articles, such as salt, fish, and Nappee, four Viss of such heavy commodity shall be exacted from each boat. And when a boat going down pays these duties, no duties shall be required of the same boat returning ; and the reverse, a boat that has paid the duty shall not be taxed going down, some trifling present will be proper. At the Chokey called Denoubeou, if the breadth of the boat be four cubits, such boat shall pay two hundred and fifty Tackal of lead ; if under that size, for each boatman fifty Tackal. At the Chokey called Yangansea, and the Chokey called Panglang, on the north side, no duty is to be paid, but a Tray is to be given (meaning a trifling present, not more than the value of a Rupee.) In the Birman year 1145, a mandate was issued from the Register of the Golden Palace, that foreign mereh nts should have liberty to come to the capital (Golden Feet) without paying duties; neve' heless, ; \ returning they shall pay agreeable to the rates specified in the royal mandate issued from the Durbar of the Golden Palace, nor shall more or less be demanded or accepted : but co the Chokey of Yangansea on the north side, and the Chokey Panglang on the nt r.h side, and the Chokey Koongee, and the Chokey of Lounger, no authority is gr nted from the Golden Palace to exact duties, and none on any pretence are to be required or received. ( Signed ) A true Translation, Voonving Miaza, Principal Minister. (Signed) M. Symes, Agent to the Court af Ava , Translation BENGAL. 169 Translation of a Royal Order respecting the Duty to he taken on Timber. Guards, Chokeydars, and persons in authority, as far as the sea shore : Whereas the Governor General of the Company, at Calcutta in Bengal, having deputed Captain Michael Symes with presents to the Golden Feet, who requests liberty for merchants to purchase, load, and take away timber, according to established and authorized custom, therefore merchants of the English nation, desirous of transporting rafts of timber down the river, shall have liberty to carry from towns and villages such timber. And as, in the year 1145, enquiry and investigation were made, respecting the amount of duties formerly taken at each of the Chokeys, his Majesty was pleased to direct, that no duties should be taken, except what are specified therein ; for that reason it is now ordered, that no duties shall be taken at Chokeys on timber going down, nor any impost exacted on wood, except five per cent, payable at Rangoon, agreeable to former regulation. 1795—96 King of Ava. (Signed) Yoonvins Meoza, Principal Minuter. No. LI. Agreement with the Nabob Vizier Asoph ul Dowlah, for the pay of an additional Regiment of Cavalry . Translation of an Agreement entered into by his Excellency the Nawaub Vizier with the Honorable the Govenor General at Lucknow, executed the 20th of March , 1797. Asoph-ul- Dowlah. The Governor General having represented to his Excellency the Vizier the late very great encrease of the Company’s military establishment, by the addition of several regi- ments of cavalry, both European and native, and in compliance with the Company’s or- * ders. A.D.179^ 170 TREATIES,. &c. A.D. 1797 ders, solicited his Excellency’s assistance to defray the consequent additional expence, his Excellency, in the fullest reliance that the Company’s troops are ever ready, in conformity Dowlah. to existing engagements, to protect and defend his dominions against the attacks of all enemies, agrees as follows : \ ^ That he will annually defray the actual bona fde expences of a regiment of European, . and one of native cavalry, that is to say two regiments (the amount of which expences, however, the Governor General cannot at present specify) provided they shall not exceed, upon every account, five lacks and a half of Rupees per annum. The amount to be de- frayed by monthlj' instalments, of which the first shall commence with the month of By- saac of the present Fusly year. A true Translation,. (Signed) N. B. Edmonstone, Persian Translator to the Governments No. LIL Treaty with the Rajah of Travaneore, as originally proposed hy the Government of Bombay, and afterwards amended and finally con- cluded and ratified, hy the Governor General in Council of Ben- gal, 1797. A.D. 1797 Rajah of Travaneore. Proposed Terms for a Treaty of future perpetual Friendship , Alliance , and Subsidy, between the Honorable East-India Company and Rajah Ram Raje Behauder, the reigning Rajah of Travaneore, concerted between the Honorable Jonathan Duncan, Esq. Governor of Bombay, on the part of the Honorable Sir John Shore, Baronet the Governor General in Council of Fort William in Bengal, in virtue of the Powers vested in him by the King and Parliament of Great Britain, and by the East-India Company, to direct and confront the political Affairs of all the Company’s Settlements in India, on the one Part, and the said reigning Rajah of Travaneore, on the other. In consideration of the Rajah’s application to the Bengal Government, in the month of September, 1793, to have a permanent Treaty concluded with the English East-India Company 5 BENGAL. 171 Company to settle and fix the terms of their old friendship and alliance, and for the defence A.D. 1 JQ* of his country against foreign enemies, the result is contained in the following articles : v ~— ' t Rajah of ARTICLE I. Travancore, Before the breaking out of the last war between the Honorable Company and Tippoo Sultan, the three Talooks of Paroor, Alungaar, and Hoonutnaar, made part of the Rajah of Travancore’s country, and having by the said Sultan been included in his ces- sions to the Honorable Company by the Treaty of Peace of the 18th of March, 1792, the said Company do, in view to their ancient friendship with, and the plea of right preferred by the Rajah of Travancore, renounce every claim that they may have had to the Talooks in question, and all the said three Talooks are accordingly left on the former footing, as part of the said Rajah’s country. ARTICLE II. If any power or states, near or remote, by sea or land, shall, without aggression on the part of the Rajah of Travancore, attempt or begin hostility and war upon the country of the said Rajah, or his successors, under such circumstances the expulsion of, and the protection of the country against such enemies, rest with the Company’s Government. ARTICLE III. In consideration of the stipulation in the second article, the Rajah of Travancore doth engage, for himself and his successors, to pay annually, at Anjengo, both in peace and war, a sum equivalent to the expence of three of the Honorable Company’s battalions of Sepoys, together with a Company of European artillery > and two companies of Lascars. ARTICLE IV. The Company stipulate, that this force of infantry and artillery shall, if the Rajah desire it, always be stationed in his country, or on the frontiers near it, or in any other part, within the Company’s possessions, where he shall prefer, and they shall always be in readiness. And in respect to such requisitions as the Rajah and his successors may have occasion to address to the officer in command of these troops, to proceed to act against foreign enemies, who shall have invaded the said Rajah’s country, it is proper that such commanding officer stand previously furnished with instructions from the Government of that Presidency whence he shall have been detached, or otherwise he is, immediately on such requisition, to procure instructions, and the sanction of his said superiors, for repel- ling such invasion ; but in the event of the Rajah’s country being so unexpectedly invaded by an enemy, that the urgency of the danger, or attack from without, shall not admit of deferring the necessary operations, till the orders of the Government of such Presidency can be received, the commanding officer is, under such circumstances, to apply imme- diately, and without objection, the force under his command to the defence and protection z 2 of 172 TREATIES, 8te. Rajah of Travancore, A.D.1797 of the Rajah and his successors. And should it so happen, that the aforesaid force, and the Rajah’s own array, be at any time found unequal to cope with, and defend the country against the superior force of the enemy, the expence of such further troops, as it may be necessary and requisite for the Company to furnish in such instances, is to be altogether at the said Company’s cost ; nor shall their Government anywise object to furnish such additional force, the expence of which shall, in no respect, be chargeable on the Rajah or his successors, nor shall the Company ever apply for, or demand any sum on that account, nor possess any plea or claim to make any further requisition for pecuniary aid from the Rajah or his successors, by reason of any warfare or hostility that may hereafter eventually occur. ARTICLE V. As the Company do only engage to defend and protect the country dependent on the Rajah of Travancore against unprovoked attacks, it is therefore to be clearly and distinctly understood between the parties, that the Rajahs, present and future, are not to commit any hostile aggression towards any other state, whether Indian or European ; and in the event of the Rajah or his successors having any disputes of a political nature or tendency, it is necessary that the same shall be transmitted by the latter to the Honorable Company’s Government, who will determine thereon, according to justice and policy, and mutual concert. ARTICLE VI. The reigning Rajah of Travancore for the time being shall not keep in his service, in any civil or military capacity, nor allow to remain within his dominions, as merchants, or under any other plea or pretext, the subjects or citizens of any nation being at war with Great Britain or with the East-India Company ; nor, under any circumstances of peace or war, allow any European nation to obtain settlements (*. e. territory, or places under their own authority) within the same, nor enter into any new engagements with any European or Indian states, without the previous concurrence of the British Government in India. ARTICLE VII. When the Company shall require of the Rajah of Travancore any aid of his troops to assist them in war, it shall be incumbent on the said reigning Rajah, for the time being to furnish such aid, to such extent, and in such numbers, as may be in his power, from his regular infantry and cavalry, exclusive of the native Nyrs of his country ; which succours, thus furnishable by the Rajah, as far as shall be consistent with the safety of his own country, shall be liable to be employed as far, by the Company’s Government, on either side of the Peninsula, as to Madura and Calicut, and to be, during such service, at the Company’s expence, and under their orders. ARTICLE BENGAL. 173 ARTICLE VIII, That the pepper contract with the Company shall continue in perpetuity, liable, however, after the expiration of the period of the existing contract, to such modifications, as to price, period, or quantity, as may, from time to time, be agreed upon between the parties. ARTICLE IX. A.D.1 797 Rajah of Travancore, The Company engage not to impede, in anywise, the course of the rule, or of the administration of the Rajah of Travancore’s Government, nor at all to possess themselves, or enter upon any part of what regards the management of the present Rajah’s or his successors’ country. At the same time it is provided, that all the former agreements between the Honorable Company and the Rajahs of Travancore, relative to the settlements of Anjengo and Eddova, or Erowa, and to the Company’s privileges, in respect to trade, throughout the Rajah’s dominions, remain in full force, according to the practice hitherto : and as, otherwise, the object of this Treaty is principally to provide for the purposes of external defence, it bears therefore no reference whatever to the Rajah’s situation, as a tributary to the Carnatic, concerning which the Rajah of Travancore doth, in the since- rity of his heart, of his own accord, acknowledge and declare, that in the line of his firm fealty, as from of old established, towards the Sircar of the Soobah of Arcot, there shall never occur any difference or deviation. ARTICLE X. All unsettled claims of a pecuniary nature, which the contracting parties may have had upon each other, relative to warlike expences, up to the period of the conclusion of the Treaty of Peace with Tippoo Sultan, under date the 18th of March, 1792, shall be cancelled, and declared null and void. ARTICLE XI. The Company engage, that none of the Rajahs of Malabar, under their jurisdiction, shall be allowed to commit excesses in the country, or to encroach on the rights of the Rajah of Travancore, or of his successors : and both the contracting parties engage not to give shelter to the rebels, whosoever they may be, of either of the two states, within the country of Malabar, but, on the contrary, to seize on, and mutually to deliver up such persons. ARTICLE XII. On the commercial vessels of the said Rajah frequenting any of the ports in India, appertaining to the Honorable Company, they shall obtain every requisite assistance and supply, on paying for the same ; and, in like manner, the Honorable Company’s ships shall experience the like assistance and supply, in the ports and roads of his country. This 174 TREATIES, &c. A.D.1797 Rajah of Travancore. This proposed Treaty, consisting of twelve articles, has been concerted in the neigh- bourhood of Anjengo, 011 the 17th of November, 1795, of the Christian rera, corresponding with the 5th of Kartikee, 971 of the Malabar style, between the reigning Rajah of Tra- vancore and the Honorable Jonathan Duncan, Esq. Governor of Bombay, on this footing: that the said proposed Treaty shall, by the latter, be transmitted to the Honorable the Go- vernor General in Council, when, after his approval, he will forward it to England; and having there also been approved, is, within two years, to be returned, under the seal and ratification of the Company, in the accustemed form, and delivered to the Rajah, from which time the preceding concerted copy, being considered as a full and complete voucher, shall be strictly adhered and conformed to, by both governments. The amount of the subsidy, under these proposed terms of perpetual Treaty, shall, without fail, be annually paid in cash, at Anjengo, in three equal Kists, or instalments, at the expiration of every four months.- {Signed) J. Duncan. Temporary Engagement with the Rajah of Travancore, 17 th November 1795. Temporary Engagement between the Honorable East-India Company and Rajah Ram Raje Behauder, the reigning Rajah of Travancore, settled by the Honorable Jonathan Duncan, Esq. Governor of Bombay , on the Part of the Honorable Company, in consequence of Instructions from the Honorable Sir John Shore, Baronet, Governor General in Council of Fort William, in Bengal, in virtue of the Powers vested in him by the King and Parliament of Great-Britain, and by the East-India Company, to direct and controul the political Affairs of all the Company’s Settlements in India, on the one Part , and by the said reigning Rajah on the other. ARTICLE I. Until the receipt, within two years, of the approbation and ratification from Great- Britain, of the proposed terms of Treaty of future perpetual friendship, alliance, and subsidy, as written this day, the 17th of November 1795, or 5th of Cartikee, 971 Malabar style,- and to be then in full force, and observed on both sides, the following articles shall constitute the rule of guidance. * ARTICLE BENGAL, 175 ARTICLE II. A.D. 179 ; The Rajah of Travancore shall, from the 17th of November 1795, or 5th of Cartikee, Malabar style, pay to the Company, in the manner noticed in the 'third article of the Travancore, proposed terms of a perpetual Treaty, a sum equivalent to the expense of one battalion of the Honorable Company’s Sepoys, which battalion shall be kept ready for his service, whenever he stands in need thereof and shall call for the same, to defend his country against external force; for which defence the Company engage, in the manner, and under the conditions inserted under the fourth and fifth articles of the proposed terms of a perpetual Treaty, under this further clause, that if, during this interval, the said Rajah shall find occasion to call for more than one battalion to his assistance, he is, in such case, to pay to the Honorable Company a sum equal to the ex pence of two battalions, but no more than for two, for any further force for his defence that may prove necessary. ARTICLE III, During the said interval, or until the arrival from Great-Britain of the approval of the proposed terms of a perpetual Treaty, the Rajah of Travancore is to be liable to furnish and maintain at his own expence, on the requisition of the Company’s Governor at Bombay or Madras, one complete battalion of his trqops, to serve under the command of the British officer, in conjunction with the English forces, on either side, between Madura and Calicut, in garrison or in the field, for such period or periods, within the said interval, as the assistance of the said battalion may be required ; and any troops required beyond this battalion, the Rajah is, to the utmost of his ability, to furnish, on the terms and to the extent of the seventh article of the proposed terms of the perpetual Treaty, This agreement, consisting of three articles, is settled in the neighbourhood of Anjengo, on the 17th of November, 1795, corresponding * with the 5th of Cartikee, 971 Malabar style, by the said reigning Rajah of Travancore and Mr. Duncan, by whom a copy thereof shall be sent to the Honorable Sir John Shore, Baronet, Governor General in Council, who on approving thereof is, within two months of this date, to signify his ratification of the same, by a letter from the Governor General to the Rajah Ram Raje Behauder, from the receipt of which letter this engagement is to become finally binding on the contracting parties, .and to be in the meantime, or from this date till the expiration of the two months allowed for the receipt of the answer from Bengal, literally observed on both sides. The amount of the subsidy, under this temporary engagement, shall, without fail, be annually paid in cash, in three equal ^Kists, or instalments, at the expiration of every four months, at Anjengo. ( Signed ) J. Duncan, Whereas, 176 TREATIES, &c. A.D.1797 Rajah of Travancore. Whereas, in the seventh article of the above Treaty, the following words occur, u which succours, thus furnishable by the Rajah, as far as shall be consistent with the “ safety of his own country, shall be liable to be employed as far, by the Company’s <£ Government, on either side of the Peninsula, as to Madura and Calicut,” and these terms being deemed not sufficiently expressive of the intentions of the contracting parties, they hereby mutually agree, that the words, a cartel or exchange of prisoners. Signed, sealed, and exchanged, at Hydrabad, the 1st September, Anno Domini 1798, or i 9th Rubby* ul-Awul, Anno Higerae 1213. ( Signed J Kirkpatrick, ■feting Resident* Separate Article appertaining to the perpetual Subsidiary Treaty concluded between the Honorable English East-India Company and his Highness the Nawaub Asoph Jah Bebauder, on the 1st September , Amo Domini 1798, or 19th Rubby-uE Owul, Anno Higerce 1213. No correspondence on affairs of importance shall, in future, on any account, be carried on with the Sirkar of Rao Pundit Purdhaun, or with any of his dependants, either by the Naw'aub Asoph Jah Behauder or by the Honorable Company’s Government, w'ithout the mutual privity and consent of both contracting parties ; and whatever trans- actions, whether of great or small import, may in future take place with the aforesaid Rao Pundit Purdhaun or his dependants, a reciprocal communication of the same shall be made to the other contracting party, without delay and without reserve. Signed, sealed, and exchanged, at Hyderabad, the 1st September, Anno Domini 1798, or 19th Rubby=> ul-Awul, Anno Higerse, 1213. (Signed) Kirkpatrick, Acting Resident, 2 B 2 188 TREATIES, &c. No. LVI. Agreement with the Imaum of Muscat, 1800. A.D. 1800 An Agreement entered into by the Imaum of the State of Oman, with Captain John Imautnof Malcolm Bahader, Envoy from the Right Honorable the Governor General, dated the Muscat. 2,\st of Shaban, 1213 Higerse, or \Sth January, 1800. ARTICLE I. The Coulnamah entered into by the Imaum of Oman with Mehedi Alii Khan Bahader remains fixed and in full force. ARTICLE II. As improper reports, of a tendency to interrupt the existing harmony, and create misunderstanding between the two states, have gone abroad, and have been communicated to the Right Honorable the Governor General the Earl of Mornington, K. P., with a view to prevent such evils in future, we, actuated by sentiments of reciprocal friendship, agree, that an English gentleman of respectability, on the part of the Honorable Com- pany, shall always reside at the Port of Muscat, and be an Agent, through whom all intercourse between the slates shall be conducted, in order that the actions of each Go- vernment may be fairly and justly stated, and that no opportunity may be afforded to designing men, who are ever eager to promote dissensions, and that the friendship of the two states may remain unshook till the end of time, and till the sun and moon have finished their revolving career. Sealed in my presence, v-v (AA) ( Signed ) John Malcolm, w Envoy*, No. LVII. Treaty with the Nyzam, 1800, A.D. 1800 Treaty of perpetual and general Defensive Alliance, between the Honorable the English East-India Company and his Highness the Nabob Nizam ul Mulk Asoph Jah Behauder, The Nyzam. BENGAL. 189 Behauder, Soubahdar of the Decan, his Children, Heirs, and Successors ; settled A.D. 1800 by Captain James Achilles Kirkpatrick, Resident at the Court of his Highness, ThtTNyzam. by virtue of the Powers delegated to him by the Most Noble Richard Marquis Wellesley, fife. Kc. Kc. Whereas, by the blessing of God, an intimate friendship and union have firmly subsisted, for a length of time, between the Honorable Company and his Highness the Nabob Nizam ul Mulk Asoph Jah Behauder, and have been cemented and strengthened by several Treaties of Alliance, to the mutual and manifest advantage of both powers, who, with uninterrupted harmony and concord, having equally shared the fatigues and dangers of war and the blessings of peace, are, in fact, become one and the same in interest, policy, friendship, and honor. These powers, adverting to the complexion of the times, have determined, on principles of precaution and foresight, and with a view to the effectual preservation of constant peace and tranquillity, to enter into a general defensive alliance, for the complete and reciprocal protection of their respective territories, together with those of their several allies and dependants, against the unprovoked aggres- sions, or unjust incroachments, of all or of any enemies whatever. ARTICLE I. The peace, union, and friendship, so Jong subsisting between the two states, shall be perpetual ; the friends and enemies of either shall be the friends and enemies of both ; and the contracting parties agree, that all the former Treaties and Agreements between the two states, now in force, and not contrary to the tenor of this Agreement, shall be confirmed by it, ARTICLE II. If any power or state whatever shall commit any act of unprovoked hostility or aggression against either of the contracting parties, or against their respective dependants or allies, and, after due representation, shall refuse to enter into amicable explanation, or shall deny the just satisfaction or indemnity which the contracting parties shall have required, then the contracting parties will proceed to concert and prosecute such further measures as the case shall appear to demand. ARTICLE III. For the more distinct explanation of the true intent and effect of this agreement, the Governor General in Council, on behalf of the Honorable Company, hereby declares, that the British Government will never permit any power or state, whatever, to commit with impunity, any act of unprovoked hostility or aggression against the rights or territories of his Highness the Nizam, but will, at all times, maintain the same, in the same manner as the rights and territories of the Honorable Company are now maintained. ARTICLE 190 TREATIES", &c. A.D.1800 ARTICLE III.* v '—» v—' With a view to fulfil this Treaty of general defence and protection, his Highness the The Nyzara, Asoph J a h agrees, that two battalions of Sepoys and one regiment of cavalry, with a due proportion of guns and artillerymen, shall be added, in perpetuity, to the present permanent subsidiary force of six battalions of Sepoys, of one thousand firelocks each, and one regiment of cavalry, five hundred strong (with their proportion of guns and artillerymen), so that the whole subsidiary force furnished by the Honorable East- India Company to his Highness shall hence-forward consist of eight battalions of Sepoys (or eight thousand firelocks) and two regiments of cavalry (or one thousand horse) with their requisite complement of guns, European artillerymen, Lascars, and pioneers, fully equipped with warlike stores, and ammunition ; which force is to be stationed, in perpetuity, in his Highness’s territories. ARTICLE IV. The pay of the above-mentioned additional force shall be calculated at the rate of the pay of the existing subsidiary force, and shall commence from the day of the entrance of the said additional force into his Highness’s territories. ARTICLE V. For the regular payment of the whole expense of the said augmented subsidiary force consisting of eight thousand infantry, one thousand cavalry, and their usual proportion of artillery) his Highness the Nabob Asoph Jah hereby assigns and cedes to the Honorable East-India Company, in perpetuity, all the territories acquired by his Highness, under the Treaty nf Seringapatam, on the 18th March, 1792, and also all the territories acquired by his Highness, under the Treaty of Mysore, on the 22d June, 1799, according to the Schedule annexed to this Treaty. ARTICLE VI. Certain of the territories, ceded by the foregoing article to the Honorable Company, bein * Highness the Nabob Asoph Jah, for the purpose of rendering the boundary line of the Honorable Company’s possessions a good and well defined one, agrees to retain the districts in question, namely, Copul, Gujjinderghur, and others (as marked in the annexed schedule) in his own possession ; and, in lieu thereof, assigns and cedes, in full and in perpetuity, to the Honourable Company, the district of Adoni, together with whatever other territory his Highness may be possessed of, or is dependant on his Highness’s Go- vernment, to the south of the Toombuddrah, or to the south of the Kistnab, below the junction of those two rivers. * Sist'ig. ARTICLE BENGAL. 191 ARTICLE VII. The territories to be assigned and ceded to the Honorable Company by the fifth article, or in consequence of the change stipulated in the sixth article, shall be subject to the ex- clusive management and authority of the said Company and of their officers. A.D.1800 The Nyzam. ARTICLE VIII. Whereas the actual produce of a considerable portion of the districts ceded to the Honorable Company by Article VI. is ascertained and acknowledged to be greatly inferior to their nominal value, as specified in the Schedule annexed to this Treaty, and the said districts cannot be expected, for a long course of years, to reach their said nominal value ; and whereas differences might hereafter arise between the contracting parties, with respect to the real value of the same, and the friendship and harmony, happily subsisting between the contracting parties, be disturbed, by discussions relating to the adjustment of accounts of the produce and value of the said districts ; in order to preclude all causes of any such future difference or discussion between the two states, the said East-India Company agrees to accept the said districts (with the reservation stated in the sixth article) as a full and complete satisfaction for all demands, on account of the pay and charges of the said sub- sidiary force, and therefore to whatever extent, or for Avhatever length of time, the actual produce of the said districts shall prove inadequate to the amount of the subsidy payable by his Highness, on account of the said subsidiary force, no demands shall ever be made by the Honorable Company upon the treasury of his Highness, on account of any such deficiency, or on account of any failure in the revenues of the said districts, arising from unfavourable seasons, from the calamity of Avar, or any other cause. His Highness the Nizam, on his part, with the same friendly vietvs, hereby renounces all claim to any arrears or balances which may be due to him from the said districts, at the period of their cession to the Ho- norable Company, and also to any eventual excess in the produce of the said districts, beyond the amount of the subsidy payable by his Highness, on account of the said sub- sidiary force, the true intention and meaning of this article being, that the cession of the said districts, and the exchanges stipulated in the sixth article, shall be considered as a final close and termination of accounts betiveen the contracting parties, with respect to the charges of the said subsidiary force. ARTICLE IX. After the conclusion of this Treaty, and as soon as the British Resident shall signify to his Highness Asoph Jah, that the Honorable Company’s officers are prepared to take charge of the districts ceded by the fifth article, his Highness will immediately issue the necessary Penvannahs, or orders, to his officers, to deliver over charge of the same to the officers of the Company ; and it is hereby stipulated and agreed, that all collections made by his Highness’s officers, subsequent to the date of the said Penvannahs, or orders, and before. 192 TREATIES, &c. The Nyzam. A.D. 1800 before the officers of the Company shall have taken charge of the said districts, shall be carried to the account of the Honorable Company. ARTICLE X. All forts situated within the districts to be ceded as aforesaid, shall be delivered to the officers of the Honorable Company with the said districts ; and his Highness the Nabob Asoph Jah engages, that the said forts shall be delivered to the Honorable Company, as nearly as possible in the same state as that in which his Highness received them. ARTICLE XI. His Highness the Nabob Asoph Jah will continue to pay the subsid}'' of the former subsidiary force, and also that of the additional troops, from his treasury, in the same manner as hitherto observed, until the Honorable East-India Company’s officers shall have obtained complete possession from his Highness’s officers of the country ceded to the said Company by the fifth article. The Company will not claim any payments of subsidy from his Highness’s treasury, after their officers shall have obtained possession of the said dis- tricts from the officers of his Highness. ARTICLE XII. The contracting parties will employ all practicable means of conciliation to prevent the calamity of war; and, for that purpose, will, at all times, be ready to enter into amicable explanations with other states, and to cultivate and improve the general relations of peace and amity with all the powers of India, according to the true spirit and tenor of this defensive Treaty. But if a -war should unfortunately break out between the con- tracting parties and any other power whatever, then his Highness the Nabob Asoph Jah engages, that, with the reserve of two battalions of Sepoys, which are to remain near his Highness’s person, the residue of the British subsidiary force (consisting of six batta- lions of Sepoys and two regiments of cavalry, with artillery) joined by six thousand infantry and nine thousand horse of his Highness’s own troops, and making together an army of twelve thousand infantry and ten thousand cavalry, with their requisite train of artillery, and warlike stores of every kind, shall be immediately put in motion, for the purpose of opposing the enem}^ ; and his Highness further engages to employ every further effort in his power, for the purpose of bringing into the field, as speedily as possible, the whole force which he may be able so supply from his dominions, with a view to the effectual prosecution and speedy termination of the said war, the Honorable Company, in the same manner, engaging on their part, in this case, to employ in active operations against the enemy, the largest force which they may be able to furnish, over and above the said subsidiary force. ARTICLE BENGAL, 193 ARTICLE Xlir. Whenever war shall appear probable, his Highness the Nabob Asoph Jah engages to collect as many Benjarries as possible, and to store as much grain as may be practicable in his frontier garrisons. ARTICLE XIV. Grain, and all other articles of consumption and provisions, and all sorts of materials for wearing apparel, together with the necessary quantity of cattle; horses, and camels, required for the use of the subsidiary force, shall, in proportion to its present augmenta- tion, be, as heretofore, entirely exempted from duties. A.D.1800 The Nyzam, ARTICLE XV. As by the present Treaty the union and friendship of the two states are so firmly cemented, as that they may be considered as one and the same, his Highness the Nizam engages neither to commence nor to pursue, in future, any negociations with any other power whatever, without giving previous notice, and entering into mutual consultation with the Honorable East-India Company’s Government; and the Honorable Company’s Government, on their part, hereby declare, that they have no manner of concern with any of his Highness’s children, relations, subjects, or servants, with respect to whom his Highness is absolute. ARTICLE XVI. As, by the present Treaty of general defensive Alliance, mutual defence, and defence against all enemies are established, his Highness the Nabob Asoph Jah consequently en- gages, never to. commit any act of hostility or aggression against any power whatever; and in the event of differences arising, whatever adjustment of them the Company’s Government, weighing matters in the scale of truth and justice, may determine, shall meet with full approbation and acquiescence. ARTICLE XVII. By the present Treaty of general defensive Alliance, the ties of union, by the blessing of God, are drawn so close, that the friends of one party will be henceforward considered as the friends of the other, and the enemies of the one party as the enemies of the other ; it is therefore hereby agreed, that if, in future, the Shorapoor or Gudwall Zemindars, or any other subjects or dependants of his Highness’s Government, should withhold the payment of the Sircar’s just claims upon them, or excite rebellion or disturbance, the subsidiary force, or such proportion thereof as may be requisite, after the reality of the fact shall be duly ascertained, shall be ready, in concert with his Highness’s own troops, to reduce all such offenders to obedience. And the particular interests of the two states being now, in every respect, identified, it is further mutually agreed, that if disturbances shall, at any time, break out in the districts ceded to the 2 c Honorable 194 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1800 The Nyzam. Honorable Company by this Treaty, his Highness the Nabob Asoph Jah shall permit such a portion of the subsidiary force as may be requisite, to be employed in quelling the same, within the said districts. If disturbances shall, at any time, break out in any part of his Highness’s dominions, contiguous to the Company’s frontier, to which it might be inconvenient to detach any proportion of the subsidiary troops, the British Government, in like manner, if required by his Highness the Nabob Asoph Jah, shall direct such proportion of the troops of the Company, as may be most conveniently stationed for the purpose, to assist in quelling the said disturbances within his Highness’s dominions. ARTICLE XVIII. Whereas, by the favor of Providence, a perfect union, harmony, and concord, have long and firmly subsisted between the Honorable East-India Company, his Highness the Nabob Asoph Jah, his Highness the Peshwah Rao Pundit Purdhaun, and Rajah Rhagojee Bhoosillah, therefore should his Highness, Rao Pundit Purdhaun, and Rajah Rhagojee Bhoosillah, or either of them, express a desire to participate in the benefits of the present defensive alliance, which is calculated to strengthen and perpetuate the foundations of general tranquillity, the contracting parties will readily admit both, or either of the said powers, to be members of the present alliance, on such terms and conditions as shall appear just and expedient to the contracting parties. ARTICLE XIX. The contracting parties being actuated by a sincere desire to promote and maintain general tranquillity, will admit Dowlut Rao Scindiah to be a party 7 to the present Treaty, whenever he shall satisfy the contracting parties of his disposition to cultivate the relations of peace and amity with both states, and shall give such securities for the maintenance of tranquillity, as shall appear to the contracting parties to be sufficient. ARTICLE XX. This Treaty, consisting of twenty articles, being this day settled by Captain James Achilles Kirkpatrick with the Nabob Asoph Jah Behauder, Captain Kirkpatrick has delivered one copy thereof, in English and Persian, signed and sealed by himself, to the said Nabob, who, on his part, has also delivered one copy of the same, duly executed by himself ; and Captain Kirkpatrick, by virtue of especial authority given to him on that behalf by the Most Noble the Governor General in Council, hereby declares the said Treaty to be in full force from the date hereof, and engages to procure and deliver to his Highness, in the space of thirty days, a copy of the same from the Governor General in Council, in every respect the counterpart of that executed by himself ; and on the delivery of such copy, the Treaty executed By Captain Kirkpatrick shall be returned, but the additional subsidiary force, specified in the third article, shall be immediately required BENGAL. 195 required by his Highness the Nizam, and furnished by the Honorable Company, and all A.D. 1800 the other articles shall be in full force from this time. The Nyzam. Signed, sealed, and exchanged, at Hydrabad, on the 12th October, Anno Domini 1800, or 22d Jemmadee- ul-Awul, Anno Higene 1215. ( Signed ) J. A. Kirkpatrick, Resident, A true Copy, ( Signed J Thomas Sydenham, Secretary to the Residency, Seperate and Secret Articles. Separate and Secret Articles appertaining to the Treaty of perpetual and general Defensive Alliance , concluded between the Honorable English East-India Company and his Highness the Nawaub Asoph Jah Behauder, on the 12 th October , Anno Domini 1800, or 22d Jemmadee-ul-Awul, Anno Higerte 1215. . ARTICLE I. The Peshwa, Rao Pundit Purdhaun, shall be admitted to the benefits of this general defensive alliance on the following conditions : First. Rao Pundit Purdhaun shall accept the mediation of the Honorable Com- pany’s Government, for the amicable adjustment on the basis of the Treaty of Mah, of all claims or demands of Choute, and of all other claims or demands whatever, on the territories or Government of his Highness the Nabob Asoph Jah. The British Government will also take into consideration the claims of his High- ness the Nabob Asof Jah to a total exemption from Choute, and will arbitrate, on the principles of justice and equity, any question now existing, or which shall hereafter arise, relative to the same, between Rao Pundit Purdhaun and the Nabob Asoph Jah, provided Rao Pundit Purdhaun shall agree to accept the said arbitration, and Rao Pundit Purdhaun shall not be admitted to the benefit of this general defensive alliance, until he shall have agreed to accept the arbitration of the British Government, with respect to the said claims of the Nabob Asoph Jah to a total exemption from Choute. 2 c 2 Secondly. 196 TREATIES, &c. Secondly* Rao Pundit Purdhaun shall give full satisfaction to the Honorable East-India Company, on the various points depending between him and the British Government in India. Thirdly. If Rao Pundit Purdhaun shall agree to the foregoing conditions, the Honorable East-India Company and his Highness the Nabob Asoph Jah will assist him in the restoration'of his just authority in the Mahratta empire. Fourthly. For this purpose, Rao Pundit Purdhaun shall agree to subsidize,, in perpetuity, such a body of the said Company’s troops, as shall hereafter be judged necessary for the restoration and maintenance of his authority. ARTICLE II. Rajah Rhagojee Bhooslah shall be admitted to the benefit of this general alliance on the following conditions : First. Rajah Rhagojee Bhooslah shall accept the Honorable Company’s arbitra- tion of all unadjusted points between his Highness the Nabob Asoph Jah and the said Rajah, according to the tenor of subsisting treaties. Secondly. Rajah Rhagojee Booslah shall agree to such equitable interchanges of territory with the Honorable East-India Company, as shall be judged necessary to complete or improve their respective frontiers, or to such cessions of territory (in consideration of a just pecuniary equivalent) as shall be judged necessary to the same purpose. ARTICLE III. If, contrary to the spirit and object of this Defensive Treaty, wav should hereafter appear unavoidable (which God avert! ) the contracting parties will proceed to adjust the rule of partition of all such advantages and acquisitions as may eventually result from the success of their united arms. The contracting parties entertain no views of conquest or extension of their respective dominions, nor any intention of proceeding to hostilities, unless in the case of unjustified or unprovoked aggression, and after the failure of their joint endeavours to obtain rea- sonable satisfaction, through the channel of pacific negotiation, according the tenor of the preceding Treaty. It is however declared, that in the event of war, and of a conse- quent partition of conquests between the contracting parties, his Highness the Nabob Asoph Jah shall be entitled to participate equally with the other contracting parties, in the division of every territory which may be acquired by the successful exertion of their united arms, provided his Highness the Nabob Asoph Jah shall have faithfully fulfilled all A.D. 1800 The Nyzam. BENGAL. 597 all the stipulations of the preceding Treaty, especially those contained in the twelfth and A.D. 1 800 thirteenth articles thereof. The Nyzam. Signed, sealed, and exchanged, at Hydrabad, on the 12th October, Anno Domini 1800, or 22d Jem- snadee«ul-A\vul, Anno Higerce 1215. ( Signed ) J. A. Kirkpatrick, Resident* Schedule referred to in the Treaty. Schedule of his Highness the Nizam’s Territorial Acquisitions by the Treaty of Seringa - pat am, dated the 18 th May , 1792, and by the Treaty of Mysore , dated the 22dJune> 17 99, and which, in conformity to the fifth and sixth Articles of the annexed Treaty, are now, together with the Talook of Adoni, and all other Talooks situated to the South of the Rivers Toombuddrah and Kistnah, ceded in full and in Perpetuity to the Honorable East-India Company. List of Talooks acquired by the Treaty of Seringapafam. C. Pagodas F. A. Sidhout, 6 Talooks - - - - - - - 81,885 QL ■'j 1 Chinnoor, 6 do. - - - - - - 65,427 A.1 Of Kumlapoor, 4 do. - - - - - - 50,729 3l ° a. 3 Yo-oor, 6 do. - - - m - - 70,684 9 oX Budwail, 3 do. • - - - - - 54,883 0 4 Jumonul Murrow, 7 do. - - - - - - 90,643 7 1 Kummum, 7 do. - m - - - - 130,148 2f 1 Kunnuckgherry, 3 do. m - - - - - 30,952 4| 1 Chit-koontah, 1 do. - - - - - - - 11,298 Qi 0 Gudtoor, 1 do. - - - - - - - 17,846 A.1 0 Coelkonetah, 1 do. - - - - - - 10,224 9 3f Opulpaho, 1 do. - m - - - - 10,098 H If Nursapoor, 1 do. - - - - - - 8,397 51 3 Bisspul, 198 TREATIES, &c. A. D. 1800 The Nyzam. C. Pagodas. F. A. Bisspul, 1 do. - - - - - 11,074 It 0 Dony pahr Wurdwarum, 1 do. - - - - 12,402 n 1 Poodtoor, 2 do. - - - - - 22,979 4 2 9 p. Chutwail or Muttlwaur, 8 do. - - • - 130,769 3f 1 9 Monyarel pabt, I do. - . - - - .. - 6,000 0 0 Nussum, 1 do. - 17,802 2$ 0 Bungumpully and Chunchunmuttab, 2 do. - - - 41,804 H 0 Ouak, 1 do. 20,000 0 0 In Good}', 4 do. - - - - - 51,782 H 0 Bulhary and Kurkoor, 1 do. - - ■ • • 23,000 0 0 Weonlahwempelly, 1 do. - - - - 12,565 0 0 Kopul, 8 do. - - - - - ' - • . 106,137 si 1 Gajjinderghun, 8 do. - - - - - 101,977 9 0 Kunnuckgherry, 1 do. - - - — 79,100 0 0 Singaputtum oopal vvarrah, 1 do. - ; - - 20,000 0 0 Hunmunteond, 1 do. - - — - 15,000 0 0 Busswabpoor, i do. - - - ■- - 5, 000 0 0 Mokah ----- 12,162 H 2 In the Talook of Koorkoor - - - - - 370 2 1 1 9 Total - - 13,16,666 6i 2 List of Talooks acquired by the Treaty of Mysore. C. Pagodas. F. A. Gooty (remainder of) - - - - Fyze Nissar (the fort and dependanci es) - - - - 15,568 0 0 Kundundlah - - - - - - - - 7,500 0 0 Paumry ----- - - - - 11,000 0 0 W urkur kunoor ^ - - - - 8,998 0 0 Yarutty Murracherroo - - - - - 5,902 0 (# Beem Rajah - - - - - 4,800 0 0 Nuttoor - - - - - 2,700 0 0 Bialy Mutty Murgh - - - - - 9,426 3 0 Cbintumpully - - - e - - *" • - 8,951 0 0 Mutyhurah Huttoor - - - - 22,251 9A 0 Koodunty, BENGAL. 199 C. Pagodas, F. A. Koodunty • 0 0 Yarghy - - - - - 22,673 0 0 Pencoondah - - - - 60,000 0 0 Minighserrah - - - - 8,000 0 0 Hundy Ununtpoor - - - - 16,000 0 0 Koorkoor (remainder of) - - - - 11,629 0 0 Kunchungoondy - - - - - 10,000 0 0 Gurramcondah 0 0 Ruttungherry 0 0 Raydroog (6 Talooks) - - - - 1,02,856 0 0 Kinnool Paishcush - - - - - 66,666 0 0 Junymullah (1 Talook) - - - ' - - 7,800 0 0 Umrahpoor Noomautty - - - - 10,000 0 0 Annagoondy - - - - 60,100 0 0 Kurpunkully (6 Talooks) - - - - - 1,10,030 H 0 Wurtnahpoor, and sundry other Villages in the Chittle - droog district - - - - 5,840 H 0 Total - - 7,93,300 10| 0 Grand Total - 21,09,968 5 3 A.D.1800 The Nyzam. Districts situated North of the Toombuddrah, which , conformably to the sixth Article of Vie annexed Treaty, remain with his Highness the Nizam, to be deducted from the above , as follows : ( C. Pagodas. F. A. Koopul, 8 Talooks - - _ - - - - 106,137 3§ 0 Gajjirdughur, 8 do. ------- 101,977 9 0 Kunnauckgherry 1 do. ------- 79,100 0 0 Villages of the Anagoondy district, situated to the north of the Toombuddrah - - - - - - - 8,71000 Villages of the Tukkulcotah district, situated likewise north of the Toombuddrah - 855 0 0 Retained by his Highness the Nizam / Remains to the Honorable Company - 2,96,7SO r| o C. Pagodas 18,13,188 4£ 3 Add 200 TREATIES, &c. Add the Adoni country, which together with all his High- ness’s remaining possessions, south of the Toombuddrah, is, by the sixth article of the annexed Treaty, ceded in exchange for the above districts to the Honorable Com- pany ------ - Rupees 8,34,718 12 0 A true Copy, { Signed ) J. A. Kirkpatrick, Retident, No. LVIXI. Treaty with the King of Persia, 1801. A.D .1801 Translation of a Firmaun from Futteh Ali Shauh, King of Persia, and of an annexed Thel^ing "of Treaty , conluded by Haujy Ibraheim Khaun, Prime Minister, on the Part of the King Persia. c f p ers j aj fry w J mn he was fully empowered, and by Captain John Malcolm, on the part of the English Government, by virtue of Powers delegated to him for that Purpose by the Most Noble the Marquis Wellesley, K.P. Governor General of India , &c. &c. &c. FIRMAUN. In the name of the beloved and great God ! The King of Persia’s Seal. The earth is the Lord’s. Our august commands are issued, that the high in rank, the exalted in station, the great rulers, officers, and writers of the ports, sea coasts, and islands of the provinces of Fars and Khoozistaun, do consider themselves as particularly honored and advanced by the royal favour: and whereas, at this period, the foundations of A.D. 1800 The Nyzam. BENGAL. 201 The King of Persia. of union and friendship have been cemented, and the habits of amity and intercourse A.D. 1801 have been increased between the Ministers of the Persian State, of eternal duration, and the Ministers of the high Government of the refulgent sun of the sky of royalty, greatness, and eminence, the Sovereign of the countries of England and India; and as various engagements and treaties, calculated for duration and permanence, and for mutual good understanding, have been contracted, therefore this command, from the Palace of Glory, requiring obedience, has been proclaimed, that you, high in rank, do cheerfully comply, and execute the clear sense and meaning of what has been established : and should ever any person oP the French nation attempt to pass your ports or boundaries, or desire to establish themselves, either on the shores or frontiers, you are to take means to expel and extirpate them, and never to allow them to obtain a footing in any place, and you are at full liberty and authorized to disgrace and slay them. You are to look upon it as your duty, to aid and act in a friendly manner to all traders, merchants, and men of rank of the English nation, all such you are to consider as possessing the favor of the King : and you must act in conformity to the conditions of the annexed Treaty, that has been concluded between the trust-worthy of the high state, the bracelet of the graceful government, Haujy Ibraheim Khaun, and the high in rank, Captain John Malcolm. View this as an obligation. Dated the 1 2th of Shaubaun, in the year of the Higera 1215, corresponding with the — of Januaiy, Anno Domini 1801, Sealed in the usual form, on the back of the Firmaun, by the following Ministers : j~| Seal of Haujy Ibrahiem Khaun. Q Seal of Meerza Shuffee. [ | . Meerza Reza Kouli. ! I ■■■■■• Meerza Assud Oollali. Meerza Reezy. |~j Meerza Mortoza Kouli. |~| J J Meerza Foosuf. Meerza Ahmud. Meerza Fuzullah. TREATY ANNEXED. PREAMBLE. Praise be unto God, who said, “ Oh you, who believe, perform your contracts, per- “ form your covenants with God, when you enter into covenant with him, and violate not IC your engagements after the ratification thereof.” After the voice is raised to the praise 2 d and 202 TREATIES, &c. A.D.1801 The King of Persia. and glory of the God of the World, and the brain is perfumed, with the scent of the saints and prophets (to whom be health and glory) whose rare perfections are perpetually chaunted by birds of the melodious notes,* furnished with two, three, and four pair of wings, and to the highest seated in the heavens, for whom good has been predestinated and the perfume mixed with musk, which scenteth the celestial mansions of those that sing h)-mns in the etherial sphere, and to the light of the flame of the most high, which gives irradiated splendour to the collected view of" those who dwell in the heavenly regions, the clear meaning of [the Treaty] which has been established on a solid basis is fully explained in this page, and it is fixed as a prescription of law, that in this world of existence and trouble, and in this universe of creation and concord, there is no action among those of mankind, that tends more to the perfection of the human race, or to answer the end of their being and existence, than that of cementing friendship, and of establishing inter- course, communication, and connexion between each other. The image reflected from the mirror of accomplishment is a tree fruitful and abundant, and one that produces good, both now and hereafter. To illustrate the allusions that it has been proper to make and to explain these metaphors, worthy of exposition at this happy period of auspicious aspect, a Treaty has been concluded, between the high in dignity and the exalted in station, attended by fortune, of great and splendid power, the greatest among the high viziers, in whom confidence is placed, the faithful of the powerful government, the adorned with greatness, power, glory, splendour, and fortune, Haujy Ibraheim Khaun, on being granted leave, and vested with authority from the port of the high King, whose court is like that of Solomon, the asylum of the world, the sign of the power of God> the jewel in the ring of Kings, the ornament in the cheek of eternal empire, the grace of the beauty of sovereignty and royalty, the king of the universe, like Oaherman of the mansion of mercy and justice, the phoenix of good fortune, the eminence of never-fading prosperity, the King powerful as Alexander, who has no equal among the princes exalted lo majesty by the heavens in this globe, a shade from the shade of the most high, a Khooroo, whose saddle is the moon and whose stirrup is the new moon, a prince of great rank, before whom the sun is concealed. [. Arabic Verse.]] “ Thy benevolence is universally dispensed, every where drops are scattered. Thy kindness shadows cities ; may God fix firm the basis of thy dominion, and may God fix and extend thy power over the servants of the Almighty !” And the high in dignity, the • Metaphorically, angels. BENGAL. 203 The King of Persia, the great and able in power, the adorner of those acquainted with manners. Captain John A.D. 1801 Malcolm (delegated from the sublime quarter of the high in power, seated on a throne, the asylum of the world, the chief jewel in the crown of royalty and sovereignty, the anchor of the vessel of victory and fortune, the ship on the sea of glory and empire, the blazing sun in the sky of greatness and glory, lord of the countries of England and India, may God strengthen his territories and establish his glory and commands upon the seas) in the manner explained in his credentials, which are sealed with the seal of the most powerful and most glorious, possessing fortune, the origin of rank, splendour, and nobility, the ornament of the world, the completer of the works of mankind, the Governor General of India. This Treaty between these two great states shall be binding on race after race, and the two Governments must ever, while the world exists, act in conformitj 7 to what is now settled. ARTICLE I. As long as the sun, illuminating the circle of the two great contracting powers, shines on their sovereign dominions, and bestows light on the whole world, the beautiful image of excellent union shall remain fixed on the mirror of duration and perpetuity, the thread of shameful enmity and distance shall be cut, conditions of mutual aid and assistance between the two states shall be instituted, and all causes of hatred and hostility shall be banished. ARTICLE II. If the King of the Afghauns should ever shew a resolution to invade India, which is subject to the government of the monarch (abovementioned) the prince of high rank, the King of England, an army overthrowing mountains, furnished with all warlike stores, shall be appointed from the state of the conspicuous and exalted, high and fixed* in power (the King of Persia) to lay waste and desolate the Afghaun dominions, and every exertion shall be employed to ruin and humble the abovementioned nation. ARTICLE III. Should it happen that the King of the Afghauns ever becomes desirous of opening the gates of peace and friendship with the government of the King (of Persia), Avho is in rank like Solomon, in dignity like Jumsheed, the shade of God, who has bestowed his mercy and kindness on the earth, when ne.r nations are opened for an amicable adjustment, it shall be stipulated in the peace concluded, that the King of the Afghauns, or his armies,, shall abandon all design of attack on the territories subject to the government of the King above- mentioned, who is worthy of royalty, the King of England, 2 T> 2 article 204 TREATIES, &c. A.D. ISO! The King of Persia. ARTICLE IV. Should. ever any King of the Afghauns, or any person of the French Nation, commence war and hostilities with the powerful of the ever-enduring state (of the King of Persia) the rulers of the government of the King (of England) whose court is like heaven, and who has been before mentioned, shall (on such event) send as many cannon and warlike stores as possible, with necessary apparatus, attendants, and inspectors, and such supply shall be delivered over at one of the ports of Persia, whose boundaries are conspicuous, to the officers of the high in dignity, the King of Persia. ARTICLE V. Should it ever occur, that an army of the French Nation, actuated by design and de- ceit, attempts to settle, with a view of establishing themselves on any of the islands or shores of Persia, a conjunct force shall be appointed by the two high contracting states, to act in co-operation for their expulsion and extirpation, and to destroy and put an end to the foundation of their treason. It is a condition if such event happens, and the con- quering troops (of Persia) march, that the officers of the government of the King (of Eng- land) who is powerful as the heavens, and as beforementioned, shall load, transport, and deliver (for their service), as great a quantity of necessaries, stores, and provisions, as they possibly can. And if ever any of the great men of the French Nation express a wish or desire to obtain a place of residence or dwelling on any of the islands or shores of the kingdom of Persia, that they may there raise the standard of abode or settlement, such re- quest or representation shall not be consented unto by the high in rank of the state en- compassed with justice (the government of Persia), and leave for their residing in such place shall not be granted. While time endures, and while the world exists, the contents of this exalted Treaty shall remain, An admired picture in the mirror of duration and perpetuity, and submission to the fair image on this conspicuous page shall be everlasting. | | Seal of Haujy Ibraheim Khan . □ Seal of Captain John Malcolm . (Signed} John Malcolm. Envoy. A true Translation, (Signed) John Malcolm, Envoy . A true Copy, / Signed ) N. B. Edmonstone, Secretary. 4 BENGAL. 205 No. LIX. Commercial Treaty with the King of Persia, 1801 . Translation of a Firmaun from Futteh Ali Shauh, King of Persia, and of an an - A.D, 1801 nexcd Treaty concluded by Haujy Ibrahim Khaun, Prime Minister , on the part of the The^ing^of King of Persia, by whom he was fully empowered , and by Captain John Malcolm on the Persia. part of the English Government, by virtue of Powers delegated to him for that Purpose by the Most Noble the Marquis Wellesley, K. P., Governor General of India, &c. &c. FIRMAUN. In the name of the beloved and great God ! The King of Persia’s Seal. The earth is' the Lord’s. Our august commands are issued, that the high in dignity, the exalted in station, the refuge of power and glory, the noble and great in authorit} r , the chiefs of high nobles, the Beglerbegs, the Hakims, the Naibs, and Mootasuddies of the kingdom under our protection (who are raised by our royal favour) become acquainted that at this period, the dignified and eminent in station, the prudent, able, and penetrating, the greatest of the exalted followers of the Messiah, Captain John Malcolm, deputed from a glorious quarter (from the Government of the King of England), whose court resembles the firmament, an emperor in dignity like Alexander, possessing the power of the globe, and from the reposito?y of glory, greatness, and ability, endowed with nobility, power, and justice, (the Governor General of the kingdom of Hindoostaun) for the purpose of establishing union and friendship between the two great states, has arrived at our threshold, founded on justice, and has been honored by admission to our royal presence of conspicuous splendour, and r has 206 TREATIES, &c. A.D.1801 The King of Persia. has expressed a desire, that the foundations of amity and union should be laid between the two states, that they should be connected together in the bonds of friendship and harmony, and that a constant union and reciprocal good understanding should exist. We, from our august selves, have given our consent, and have granted the request and desires of the high in rank abovementioned, and a Treaty, sealed with the seal of the minister * of our ever-enduring government, has been givenjto him ; and you, exalted in station, are posi- tively enjoined of the necessity (after you become informed of our royal and august order) for all of you acting in strict conformity with the conditions of the Treaty concluded and exchanged between the high in rank, the exalted in station, the great and glorious in power, near to the throne, in whom the royal confidence is placed, Haujy Ibraheim Khan, and the high in rank the Envoy (Captain John Malcolm) whose titles have been before enumerated. Let no-one act contrary to this high command, or to the contents of the annexed Treaty ; and should it ever be represented to us, that any of the great nobles conduct themselves in opposition to the stipulations of this Treaty, or are in this respect either guilty or negligent, such will incur our displeasure and punishment, and be ex- posed to our royal anger, which is like fire, and let them view this as an obligation. Dated in the month of Shaubaun, in the year of the Higera 1215, corresponding with the month of January, Anno Domini 1801. Sealed in the usual form, on the back of the Firmaun, by the following ministers □ Seal of Haujy Ibraheim Khan. ] | Meerza Reza Kouli. j”| _ — — Meerza Reezy. 1 I — Meerza Moortiza Kouli. | | Seal of Meerza Shuffee. □ — Meerza Assud Oollah » □ — Meerza Ahmud. |~| — — ■ — Meerza Fuzullali Meerza Yoosuf. TREATY ANNEXED. PREAMBLE, Praise be to God, who has said, u perform your covenant, for the performance' of tl your covenant shall be enquired into hereafter.” * ■ 4® * Literally, one in whom confidence is placed. BENGAL. 207 The King of Persia. As establishing the obligations of friendship between all mankind is a charge from A.D. 1801 the Almighty, and is a most laudable and excellent institution, and as the Creator is pleased, and the happiness and. tranquillity of his creatures consulted by it, therefore, at this happy period of auspicious aspect, a Treaty has been concluded between the high in dignity, the exalted in station, attended by fortune, of great and splendid power, the greatest among the high Viziers, in whom confidence is placed, the faithful of the powerful government, the adorned with greatness, power, glory, splendour, and fortune* Haujy Ibraheim Khan, on being granted leave, and vested with authority from the port of the high King, whose court is like that of Solomon, the asylum of the world, the sign of the power of God, the jewel in the ring of Kings, the ornament in the cheek of eternal empire, the grace of the beauty of sovereignty and royalty', the king of the universe, like Caherman the mansion of mercy and justice, the phoenix of good fortune, the eminence of never-fading prosperity, the King powerful as Alexander, who has no equal among the princes, exalted to majesty by the heavens in this globe, a shade from the shade of the most high, a Khoorroo, whose saddle is the moon and whose stirrup is the new moon, a prince of great rank, before whom the sun is concealed. [ Arabic Verse.] Thy benevolence is universally dispensed, every where drops are scattered. Thy kindness shadows cities ; may God fix firm the basis of thy dominion ! ” And the high in dignity, the great and able in power, the adorner of those acquainted with manners. Captain John Malcolm, (delegated from the sublime quarter of the high in power, seated on a throne, the asylum of the world, the chief jewel in the crown of royalty and sove- reignty, the anchor of the vessel of victory aud fortune, the ship on the sea of glory and empire, the blazing sun in the sky of greatness and glory, lord of the countries of England and India, may God strengthen his territories and establish his glory and com- mand upon the seas ! ) in the manner explained in his credentials, which are sealed with the seal of the most powerful and most glorious, possessing fortune, the origin of rank, splendour, and nobility, the ornament of the world, the completer of the works of mankind, the Governor General of India. This treaty between these two great powers shall be binding on race after race, and the two governments must, ever while the world exists, act in conformity to what is now settled. ARTICLE I. The merchants of the high contracting states are to travel and carry on their affairs in the territories of both nations in full security and confidence, and the rulers and gover- nors of all cities are to consider it their duty to protect from injury their cattle and goods. ARTICLE 208 TREATIES, &c, A.D. 1801 ARTICLE II. The King of Persia, The traders and merchants of the kingdom of England or Hindoostaun, that are in the service of the English Government, shall be permitted to settle in any of the sea-ports or cities of the boundless empire of Persia (which may God preserve from calamity) that they prefer; and no Government duties, taxes, or requisitions, shall ever be collected on any goods that are the actual property of either of the Governments : the usual duties on such to be taken from purchasers. ARTICLE III. Should it happen that either the persons or property (of merchants) are injured or lost by thieves or robbers, the utmost exertions shall be made to punish the delinquents and recover the property. And if any merchant or trader of Persia evades or delays the payment of a debt to the English Government, the latter are authorized to use every possible mode for the i - ecovery of their demands, taking care to do so in communication, and with the knowledge of the ruler or governor of the place, who is to consider it a$ his duty to grant, on such occasion, every aid in his power. And should any merchant of Persia be in India, attending to their mercantile concerns, the officers of the English Government are not to prevent them carrying on their affairs, but to aid and favor them ; and the abovementioned merchants are to recover their debts and demands, in the mode prescribed by the customs and laws of the English Government. ARTICLE IV. If any person in the empire of Persia die indebted to the English Government, the ruler of the place must exert his power to have such demand satisfied, before those of any other creditor whatever. The servants of the English Government, resident in Persia, ' are permitted to hire as many domestic natives of that country, as are necessary /or the transaction of their affairs ; and they are authorized to punish such, in cases of miscon- duct, in the manner they judge mpst expedient, provided such punishment does not extend to life or limb : in such cases, the punishment to be inflicted by the ruler or governor of the place. ARTICLE V. The English are ^t liberty to build houses and mansions in any of the ports or cities of Persia that they choose, and they may sell or rent all such houses or mansions at pleasure. And should ever a ship, belonging to the English Government, be in a damaged state in any of the ports of Persia, or one of Persia be in that condition in an English harbour, the chiefs and rulers of the ports and harbours of the respective nations are to consider it as their duty to give every aid to refit and repair vessels so situated. And if.it happens, that any of the vessels of either nation are sunk or shipwrecked, in or near the ports or shores of either country, on such occasions, whatever part of the property is recovered / shall # * BENGAL. 209 shall be restored to their owners or their heirs, and a just hire is to be allowed by the A.D. 1801 owners to those who recover it. „ v '— “v— . The King of Persia. FINAL ARTICLE. Whenever any native of England or India, in the service of the English Government, resident in Persia, wishes to leave that country, he is to suffer obstruction from no person, but to be at full liberty to do so, and to carry with him his property. The articles of the Treaty between the two states are fixed and determined. That person who turns from God turns from his own soul. |_J Seal of Haujy Ibrahim Khan. □ Seal of Captain John Malcolm . (Signed) John Malcolm, Envoy. ADDITIONAL ARTICLE. It is further written in sincerity, that on iron, lead, steel, broadcloth, and purpetts, that are exclusively the property of the English Government, no duties whatever shall be taken from the sellers, a duty not exceding one per cent, to be levied upon the purchasers ; and the duties, imports, and customs, which are at this period established in Persia and India (on other goods) are to remain fixed, and not to be increased. The high in rank, Haujy Kulleel Khan Mulick oo Tijjar is charged and entrusted with the arrangement and settlement of the remaining points relative to commerce. Q Seal of Haujy Ibraheim Khan. j ( Seal of Captain John Malcolm . ( Signed ) John Malcolm, Envoy, No. LX. Treaty with the Rajah of Nepaul, 1801. Whereas it is evident as the noon-day sun to the enlightened understanding of A.D. 1801 exalted nobles and of powerful chiefs and rulers, that Almighty God has entrusted the v — protection and government of the universe to the authority of princes, who make justice of their principle, ar.d that by the establishment of a friendly connexion between them universal happiness and prosperity is secured, and that the more intimate the relation of 2 E - amity 210 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1801 amity and union, the greater is the general tranquillity ; in consideration of these circum- stances, his Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General Marquis Wellesley, &c. &c. and the Maha Rajah have established a system of friendship between the respective Governments of the Company and the Rajah of Nepaul, and have agreed to the folloAving articles. ARTICLE I. Rajah of Nepaul. It is necessary and incumbent upon the principals and officers of the two Governments constantly to exert themselves to improve the friendship subsisting between the two states, and to be zealously and sincerely desirous of the prosperity and success of the government and subjects of both. ARTICLE II. The incendiary and turbulent representations of the disaffected, who are the dis- turbers of our mutual friendship, shall not be attended to, without investigation and proof. ARTICLE III. The principals and officers of both Governments will cordially consider the friends and enemies of either state to be the friends and enemies of the other ; and this consider- ation must ever remain permanent and in force, from generation to generation. ARTICLE IV. If any one of the neighbouring powers of either state should commence any altercation or dispute, and design, without provocation, unjustly to possess himself of the territories of either country, and should entertain hostile intentions with the view of taking that country, the Vakeels on the part of our respective Government at either court will fully report all particulars to tho head of the state, who, according to the obligations of friendship subsisting between the two states, after having heard the said particulars, will give whatever answer and advice may be proper. ARTICLE V. Whenever any dispute of boundary and territory between the two countries may arise, such dispute shall be decided, through our respective Vakeels or our officers, according to the principles of justice and right ; and a land mark shall be placed upon the said boundary, and which shall constantly remain, that the officers, both now and here- after, may consider it as a guide, and not make any encroachment. ARTICLE VI. Such places as are upon the frontiers of the dominions of the Nabob Vizier and of Nepaul, and respecting which any dispute may arise, such dispute shall be settled by the mediation of the Vakeel on the part of the Company, in the presence of one from the Nepaul Government and one from his Excellency the Vizier. ARTICLE BENGAL. 211 ARTICLE VIE A.D.1801 So many elephants, on account of Muckanacinpoor, are annually sent to the Com- pany by the Rajah of Nepaul, and therefore the Governor General, with a view of pro* moting the satisfaction of the Rajah of Nepaul, and in consideration of the improved friendly connexion and of this new Treaty, relinquishes and forgoes the tribute above mentioned, and directs that the officers of the Company, both now and hereafter, from generation to generation, shall never, during the continuance of the engagement con_ tracted by this Treaty (so long as the conditions of this Treaty shall be in force) exact the elephants Rom the Rajah. Rajah, of Nepaul, ARTICLE VIII. If any of the dependants or inhabitants of either country should fly and take refuge in the other, and a requisition should be made for such persons, on the part of the Nepaul Government, by its constituted Vakeel in attendance on the Governor General, or on the part of the Company’s Government, by its representative residing at Nepaul, it is, in this case, mutually agreed, that if such person should have fled after transgressing the laws of his Government, it is incumbent upon the principals of both Governments immedi- ately to deliver him up to the Vakeel at their respective courts, that he may be sent in perfect security to the frontiers of their respective territories. ARTICLE XI. The Maha Rajah of Nepaul agrees, that a Pergunnah, with all the lands attached to it, excepting privileged lands and those appropriated to religious purposes and to Jag- geers, &c. which are specified separately in the account of collections, shall be given up to Samee Jeo, for bisexpences, as a present. The conditions, with respect to Samee Jeo, are, that if he should remain at Benares, or at any other place within the Company’s provinces, and should spontaneously farm his Jaggeer to the officers of Nepaul, in that event the amount of collections shall be punctually paid to him, agreeably to certain Kists which may be hereafter settled ; that he may appropriate the same to his necessary expences, and that he may continue in religious abstraction, according to his agreement, which he had engraved on brass, at the time of his abdication of the Roy, and of his resigning it in my favor. Again, in the event of his establishing his residence in his Jaggeer, and of his realizing the collections through his own officers, it is proper that he should not keep such a one and other disaffected persons in his service, and besides one hundred men and maid servants, &c. he must not entertain any persons as soldiers, with a view to the collection of the revenue of the Pergunnah ; and to the protection of his person he may take two hun- dred soldiers of the forces of the Nepaul Government, the allowances of whom shall be paid by the Rajah of Nepaul. He must be cautious, also, of commencing altercation, either by speech or writing ; neither must he give protection to the rebellious and fugitives of 2 E 2 the 212 TREATIES, &c, A.D.1801 Rajah of Nepaul. the Nepaul country, nor must he commit plunder and devastation upon the subjects of Ne- paul. In the event of such delinquency being proved, to the satisfaction of the two Go- vernments, the aid and protection of the Company shall be withdrawn from him ; and in that event, also, it shall be at the option of the Rajah of Nepaul, whether or not he will confiscate his Jaggeer. The Maha Rajah also agrees on his part, that if Samee Jeo should take up his resi- dence within the Company’s provinces, and should farm out his land to the officers of Nepaul, and that the Kists should not be paid according to agreement, or that he should fix his residence on his Jaggeer, and any of the inhabitants of Nepaul should give him or the Ryots of his Purgunnah any molestation, a requisition shall be made by the Governor General and the Company, on this subject, to the Rajah. The Governor General is security for the Rajah’s performance of this condition, and the Maha Rajah will immedi- ately acquit himself of the requisition of the Governor General, agreeably to what is above written. If any profits should arise in the collection of the said Purgunnah, in consequence of the activity of the officers, or any defalcation occurs from their inattention, in either case, the Rajah of Nepaul will be totally unconcerned. ARTICLE X. With a view of carrying into effect the different objects contained in this Treaty, and of promoting other verbal negociation, the Governor General and the Rajah of Nepaul, under the impulse of their will and pleasure, depute a confidential person to each other, as Vakeel, that remaining in attendance upon their respective Governments, they may effect the objects above specified, and promote whatever may tend to the daily improve- ment of the friendship subsisting between the two states. ARTICLE XI. It is incumbent upon the principals and officers of the two states, that they should manifest the regard and respect to the Vakeel of each other’s Government, -which is due to their rank, and is prescribed by the laws of nations ; and that they should endeavour, to the utmost of their power, to advance any object which they may propose, and to promote their ease, comfort, and satisfaction, by extending protection to them, which circumstances are calculated to improve the friendship subsisting between the two Govern- ments, and to illustrate the good name of both States throughout the universe. ARTICLE XII. It is incumbent upon the Vakeels of both States, that they should hold no intercourse whatever with any of the subjects or inhabitants of the country, excepting with the officers of Government, without the permission of those officers ; neither should they carry on any correspondence with any of them : and if they should receive any letter or writing from BENGAL. 213 from any such people, they should not answer it, without the knowledge of the head of A.D.1801 the state, and acquainting him of the particulars, which will dispel all apprehension or doubt between us, and manifest the sincerity of our friendship. ARTICLE XIII. Rajah of Nepaul. It is incumbent upon the principals and officers mutually to abide by the spirit of this Treaty, which is now drawn out according to their faith and religion, and deeming it in force from generation to generation, that they should not deviate from it : and any person who may transgress against it, will be punished by Almighty God, both in this world and in a future state. A true Translation, (Signed) Ratified by the Governor General and Council, 30th October 1801. C. Russell, Assistant Persian Translator . No. LXI. Treaty with the Nabob Vizier Saadit Ali, 1801. Treaty between the Honorable the East-India Company and his Excellency the Newaub A.D. 1801 Vizier ool Mumaulick Yemeen oo Dowlah Nazim ool Moolk Saadut Ali Khan Behader ' Mobaurez Jung, for ceding to the Company, in perpetual Sovereignty , certain Portions of his Excellency's territorial Possessions, in Commutation of the Subsidy now payable to the Company by the Vizier. Whereas, by the Treaty now subsisting between his Excellency the Vizier and the Honorable the East-India Company, the Company have engaged to defend his Excellency’s dominions against all enemies, and to enable them to fulfil that engagement, his Excel- lency is bound, by the aforesaid Treaty, to pay to the Company, in perpetuity, the annual subsidy of seventy-six lacks of Lucknow Sicca Rupees, and is further bound, by the said Treaty, to defray the expense of any augmentation of force which, in addition to the number of troops stipulated in the Treaty, shall be judged necessary to enable the Company to fulfil their engagements of defending his Excellency’s dominions against all 214 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1801 all enemies; and whereas it is advisable, that the funds for defraying these charges be sTrt~AU established on a footing, which shall admit of no fluctuation of either encrease or decrease, and shall afford satisfaction and security to the Company, in regard to the regular payment, in perpetuity, of all such charges, the following Treaty, consisting of ten articles, is concluded, on the one part, by the Honorable Henry Wellesley and Lieutenant Colonel William Scott, on behalf and in the name of his Excellency the Most Noble the Marquis Wellesley, K.P., Governor General for all affairs, civil and military, of the British Nation in India, by virtue of full powers vested in them for this purpose by the said Governor General, and on the other part, by his Excellency the Nawaub Vizier ool Mumaulick Yemeen oo Dowlah Nauzim ool Moolk Saadut Ally Khan Behader Mobaurez Jnng, in behalf of himself and his heirs and successors, for ceding to the Honorable the English East-India Company, in perpetual sovereignty, certain portions of his Excel- lency’s territorial possessions, in commutation of the former and augmented subsidy, and of all other sums of money now chargeable to his Excellency, on account of the Company’s defensive engagements with his Excellency. ARTICLE I. His Excellency the Nawaub Vizier hereby cedes to the East-India Company, in perpetual sovereignty, the under-mentioned portions of his territorial possesions, amount- ing, in the gross revenue, to one crore and thirty-five lacks of Rupees, including expenses of collections, in commutation of the subsidy, of the expences attendant on the additional troops, and of the Benares and Furruckhabad pensions. Statement of the Jumma. Chucklah, Corah, Kuwah, and Chucklah Etawah Rehr and others ------ Furruckhabad and others - Khairaghur and others ----- Azimghur and others, Azimghur, Mownan-Bunjun Goruckpore and others, i Goruckpore 5,09,853 8 0 and Butwul i Butwul 40,001 0 0 Soobah of Allahabad and others ------ Chucklah, Bareilly Asophabad, and Kelpory - Nawaub Gunge, Rehly and others - Mohoul and others, with the exception of the Talook of Arwul 55,48,577 II 9 5,33,374 0 6 4.50.001 0 0 2 . 10.001 0 0 6,95,621 7 6 5,49,854 8 0 9,34,963 1 3 43,13,457 11 3 1,19,242 12 0 1,68,378 4 0 Total Jumma, - - Lucknotv Sicca Rupees 1,35,23,474 8 3 The BENGAL. 215 The abovementioned Mohauls being ceded to the Company, as held by the Aumils A.D.1801 in the year 1208 Fuslee, no claims are to be hereafter made, on account of villages or lands which, in former years, may have been added to, or separated from, the said Mohauls. ARTICLE IL The subsidy which, by the second article of the Treaty of 1798, his Excellency- engaged to pay to the Company, (now that territory is assigned in lieu thereof, and of the expenses of the additional troops) is to cease for ever, and his Excellency is released from the obligation of defraying the expenses of any additional troops which, at any time, may be required for the protection of Oude and its dependencies, whether of the coun- tries ceded to the Company, or the territories which shall remain in the possession of Iris Excellency the Vizier. ARTICLE III. The Honorable the East-India Company hereby engage to defend the territories which will remain to his Excellency the Vizier, against all foreign and domestic enemies ; provided always, that it be in the power of the Company’s Government to station the British troops in such parts of his Excellency’s dominions as shall appear to the said Government most expedient, and provided further, that his Excellency, retaining in his pay four battalions of infantry, one battalion of Nujeebs and Muwatees, tw r o thousand horsemen, and to the number of three hundred Golandauze, shall dismiss the remainder of his troops, excepting such numbers of armed Peons as shall be deemed necessary for the purposes of the collections, and a few horsemen and Neejeebs to attend the persons of the Aumils. ARTICLE VI. A detachment of the British troops, with a proportion of artillery, shall at all times be attached to his Excellency’s person. ARTICLE V. That the true intent and meaning of the first, second, third, and fourth articles of this Treaty may be clearly understood, it is hereby declared, that the territorial cession being in lieu of the subsidy, and of all expences on account of the Company’s defensive engagements with his Excellency, no demand whatever shall be made upon the Treasury of his Excellency, on account of expences which the Honorable Company may incur, by assembling forces to repel the attack, or menaced attack, of a foreign enemy, on account of the detachment attached to his Excellency’s person, on account of troops which may occasionally be furnished, for suppressing rebellions or disorders in his Excellencj-’s terri- tories, on account of any future change of military stations, or on account of failure in the resources of the ceded districts, arising from unfavorable seasons, the calamities of war, or from any other causes whatever. ARTICLE TREATIES, &c. 216 A.D.1801 ARTICLE VI. Saadit Ali.- The territories ceded to the Honourable Company, by the first article of this Treaty, shall be subject to the exclusive management and controul of the said Company and their officers ; and the Honourable East-India Company hereby guarantee to his Excellency the Vizier, and to his heirs and successors, the possession of the territories which will remain to his Excellency, after the territorial cession, together with the exercise of his and their authority within the said dominions. His Excellency engages, that he will establish in his reserved dominions such a system of administration (to be carried into effect by his own officers) as shall be conducive to the prosperity of his subjects, and be calculated to secure the lives and property of the inhabitants ; and his Excellency will alwaj^s advise with, and act in conformity to, the council of the officers of the said Honourable Company. ARTICLE VII. The districts ceded by the first article of this Treaty shall be delivered over to the Company’s officers from the commencement of the Fuslee year 1203, corresponding with, the 22d of September, anno Domini 1801 - 7 and his Excellency will continue to pay the subsidy and expense of the additional troops from his treasury, in the same manner as hitherto observed, until the Company’s officers shall have obtained complete possession from his Excellency’s officers of the countries so ceded. The Company will not claim any payments of subsidy from his Excellency’s treasury, after their officers shall have obtained possession of the said districts from the officers of his Excellency, ARTICLE VIII. The contracting parties, with a view of establishing such a commercial intercourse between their respective dominions, as shall be mutually beneficial to the subjects of both states, hereby agree to frame a separate Commercial Treaty. In the mean time it is agreed, that the navigation of the Ganges, and of all other rivers, where they may form the mutual boundary of the two states, shall be free and uninterrupted, that is to say, that no boats, passing up and down the Ganges or other rivers, where they form the mu- tual boundaries of both states, shall be stopped or molested for duties ; nor shall any duties be exacted from boats which put to, in the possessions of either of the contracting parties, without intention of landing their goods. It shall, however, be in the power of both Governments to levy such duties as they may think proper, on goods imported into or exported from their respective dominions, not exceeding the present usage. It is further stipulated, that no exemption from duties, on articles purchased in his Excellency’s reserved dominions, for the consumption of the troops situated within the ceded territories, shall be claimed, after they shall have been delivered over to the Company’s officers. ARTICLE BENGAL. 217 ARTICLE IX. All the articles of former Treaties, for establishing and cementing the union and friendship subsisting between the two States, are to continue in full force ; and all the arti- cles of the Treaty concluded by the late Governor General, Sir John Shore, on the part of the Honorable the East-India Company and his Excellency the Vizier, in the year 1798, not annulled by this Treaty, are to remain in force, and continue binding upon both con- tracting parties. ARTICLE X. A.D.isoi Saadit Ali, This Treaty, consisting of ten articles, having been settled and concluded in the city of Lucnow, on the 10th day of November, in the year of our Lord 1801, corresponding with the second of the month of Rejeb of the year 1216 Higera, the Honorable Henry Wellesley and Lieutenant Colonel William Scott have delivered to the said Vizier one copy of the same, in English and Persian, sealed and signed by them, and his Excellency the Vizier has delivered to the Honorable Henry Wellesley and Lieutenant Colonel William Scott another copy, also in Persian and English, bearing his seal and signature; and the Honorable Henry Wellesley and Lieutenant Colonel William Scott engage to procure and deliver to his Excellency the Vizier, within the space of thirty days, a copy of the same, under the seal and signature of his Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General, when the copy under their seals and signatures shall be returned. A true Copy, ' • ( Signed ) N. B. Edmonstone, Secretary to Government. A true Copy, ( Signed ) C. R. Crommelin, Acting chief Secretary to Government . No. LXII. Final Arrangement with the Nabob Vizier Saadut Ali, 1802 . Memorandum of the final result of the Discussions between his Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General and the Nawaub Vizier. A.D. IS 02 Saadit Ali. On the 15th of Bebruary, 1802, his Excellency the Nabob Vizier transmitted to the Governor General a paper of propositions, to which his Excellency required the Governor 2 F General’s i 218 TREATIES, &c. Saadit Ali. A.D. 1802 General’s assent ; and the Governor General, after full deliberation on the contents of the said paper, returned a distinct answer to each of the articles therein detailed. His Excel- , lency the Vizier, in a paper delivered on the 22d of the same month, proposed certain modifications of the Governor General’s answers, and the original propositions, together with the Governor General’s answers, and the Vizier’s proposed modifications thereof, were fully discussed, at a conference holden between the Governor General and his Excel- lency the Vizier, on the 24th of the same month. In consequence of this conference, it was mutually agreed, that certain of the articles of the original paper of propositions should be altogether omitted, and that the Governor General’s reply to the third article should he modified, in conformity to the suggestion of his Excellency the Vizier. At the s ame conference his Excellency the Vizier adverting to the Governor General’s suggestion in his reply to the second article, that the Vizier should appoint some person to conduct, in the quality of minister, the ordinary details of public affairs, proposed to constitute and appoint his second son, Mirza Ahmed Ali Khan, to act in that capacity. The Governor General, at the same conference, deemed it to be expedient to declare to his Excellency the Vizier, the general principles which, in his Lordship’s judgment, should regulate the connection and intercourse between the two states, as resulting from the Treaty concluded between the Honorable Company and his Excellency the Vizier, on the 10th November, 1801. With a view to obviate ail future doubts on the subject and result of these commu- nications and conferences, the Governor General now commits to writing the final determi- nation of the several points discussed between his Lordship and the Vizier, and affixes his seal and signature to this paper, and directs the Secretary in the Political Department, who was present at every conference, and who interpreted between the Governor General and the Vizier, to countersign this paper. Answer. Unobjectionable, and this proposal shall be observed. The Resident shall be fur- nished by his Excellency the Nabob Vizier with all the information necessary to establish the justice of the proceeding by vouchers and proofs. Proposition. Let no one, as has hitherto been the practice, afford countenance and support to any person, to impede the recovery of just balances from Aumils and others ; but, on the contrary, let him (meaning the Resi- dent) afford assistance to the Sircar in the recovery of those balances. If the Resi- dent is desirous of withholding me from the prosecution of any particular measure, let him state his sentiments to me in private ; in which case (as I am far from being dis- posed BENGAL. 219 Answers. Propositions. A.D. 1802 posed to act unjustly) either I will prove to the Resident the equity of the proceeding, or the Resident will set me right : and in the latter event I will, in conformity to his desire, abandon such proposed measure, and no one will be apprized of any dis- agreement subsisting between us. This is perfectly wise and proper. Regular tribunals, in which I do not de- sire to possess any exclusive interest, shall be established, for the sole purpose of giving effect to the Mahomedan law, of fulfilling just claims, and of securing the lives and properties of the people. It is necessary that all persons should subject themselves to the jurisdiction of those tribunals ; and if any person should refuse to acknowledge the jurisdiction, or oppose the authority of those tribunals, let the Company’s officers assist in enforcing obedience to them. The administration of justice in the Be- gum’s Jaggeer must be under the Nabob’s authority, and the Begum’s servants must be subject to it. The authority of the Nabob’s courts will be enforced by the British Power. I consider her Highness the Begum as my superior, and I am extremely desirous of sup- porting her dignity, and of promoting her ease. I have no concern with the produce and revenues of her Jaggeer, nor of any of the Jaggeerdars ; but the authority of the courts of justice, the adjustment of disputes, the redress of grievances, the observance of the civil and criminal punishments, and all other points connected with the adminstra- tion of justice, must be conducted under my orders, in the cities of Lucknow and Fyzabad, and in all the Jaggeers, in the same manner as in the rest of my domi- nions. For these things appertain to the 2f2 sovereign, 220 TREATIES, &c. Answers. Propositions. sovereign, whose duty it is to prevent every species of oppression. Her Highness’s ser- vants must not, in any manner, interfere in them, for a partnership in government is inadmissible. It is for her Highness’s own credit, that she should state to me whatever may be her desire, in points of the nature above described, in order that what she de- sires may be accomplished, through the me- dium of the officers of my Government. The state of affairs hitherto prevailing has been this: that frequent tumults and bloodshed have occurred in Fyzabad and in her High- ness’s Jaggeer, and not the slightest atten- tion has been paid by her Highness to any thing that I have said or written. In the time of my late brother, the settlement of disputes in the Jaggeers was left to the Sircar. These points will give efficacy to my government. The Governor General proposes to take all the matters depending between the Na- bob and Begum into full consideration, and to effect a settlement between the Begum and the Nabob, on just, equitable, and permanent principles. I request that his Lordship will have the goodness to send for Darauh Ali Khan, and desire that, exclusively of the Jaggeer, such property, lands. Bazars, gardens, &c. to a considerable extent, belonging to the Sircar, as the officers of her Highness have unjustly and, without the requisite vouch- ers (Sunnud), appropriated since four years (a fact which Mr. Lumsden, Molary Co- lumn Kauder Khaun, his Moonshee, and other creditable persons, such as Almas Ali Khan, Daraub Ali Khaun, and their res- pective Vakeels, can substantiate, and are fully acquainted with, which her Highness herself formerly acknowledged, which, all the BENGAL, 221 Answers. Propositions. A.D.1802 the most creditable officers of the Sirkar, such as Jye Sookh Roy, &c. know, and a statement of which property is to be found upon their records, and the appropriation of which property occasions a considerable loss to me, at a time when I am not in a condition to sustain any loss) may be restored to me, and the profits which may have been collected from such property made over to me, so that my losses therein may be com- pensated. This will be in conformity to her Highness’s engagements. Let his Lord- ship have the goodness to transmit orders to the Honorable Henry Wellesley upon the following points. All criminals will be reciprocally surren- dered ; but the subjects of both states, who shall not be accused of capital crimes, should be at liberty to pass freely from one country to the other, and to be established recipro- cally in either. Not to afford protection to fugitives from my country, but to surrender such, -when demanded by me, or else to expel them from it. All balances, now or hereafter due to the Sircar, to be adjusted within a reasonable time, and engagements to be taken to this effect from all persons in balance. In the event of any of the dependants of my Sircar applying for farms within the ceded districts, to require such persbn to execute a writing, binding himself to take such farm only on condition that he is not in balance to the Sircar. None of the Nabob’s Aumils are now em- ployed in the ceded provinces. There are several of my Aumils retaining lands in the ceded districts, who are in balance to the Sircar to give me credit in his accounts for the sums due by such Au- mils, or else to deliver up those Aumils to me, that I may recover from them what is justly % 222 TREATIES, &c. Answers, Any property of this description, which the Nawaub shall satisfy the Lieutenant Governor to belong to his Excellency, will, of course, be delivered over to his servants. Orders shall be issued accordingly. Propositions. justly due, and then let them go. When they have settled their accounts with the Sircar, Mr. Wellesley will, of course, enter into such engagements with them as he may think proper. There are many gardens, and other pro- perty, belonging to the Sircar, in the coun- try ceded for the charges of the troops, which are quite distinct from the revenue of the country, in the same manner, for instance, as at this moment at Benares there is property belonging to me, and still in my occupation: let his lordship have the good- ness to direct that any property, of that description, in the ceded districts, may be given into the possession of my people. A statement of the particulars of such proper- ty, gardens, &c. within the ceded districts, shall be given in. I have been induced to cede the districts for the charges of the Bn ish troops, merely to gratify his lordship, deeming it necessary so to do, in consequence of Mr. Wellesley’s arrival, resolving to conform to his Lord- ship’s wishes, and to obey his Lordship’s commands. Let strict orders be issued, that no one may be permitted to injure or destroy any mosques, tombs, or Imaum- baurahs, which now exist within those dis- tricts. Orders will be issued for the settlement An engagement was contracted for pay- of this account. ing t0 ^ ie Sircar the monies collected at the Ghauts at Iliahabad. Four years have now elapsed BENGAL. 223 Answers. Propositions. A.D.1802 elapsed since that time, and though I have repeatedly made application to the Resident Saadit Ali. upon this subject, nothing has hitherto been paid on that account, which occasions a considerable loss to me. Let orders be issued for the payment of those monies, agreeably to engagement. The Treaty has been sent. Mr. Wellesley promised to send the Treaty ; it has not yet, however, been received. Let his Lordship (or Mr. Wel- lesley) be reminded to send it. The Governor General concurs in this proposition, and considers Mirza Ahmed Ali Khan to have been appointed accord- ing 1 ^ The Nabob Vizier proposes, that his son, Mirza Ahmed Ali Khan, be appointed to to the situation of minister for the affairs of Government. In conformity to his Excellency’s desire, the proposed explanation and injunctions were stated to the Resident by the Governor General in his Excellency’s presence, on the 24th February. I hope, from his Lordship’s kindness, that his Lordship will, in my presence, explain all the foregoing points to the Resident, and direct him to act in conformity to them ; and that his Lordship will also enjoin the Resident, after his Lordship’s departure, to occasion no delay or impediment in my departure, whenever I may choose to set out, and assist me in the preparations for my journey. The Governor General now proceeds to state the general principles, by which the connection and intercourse between the two States are to be regulated henceforth. • By the terms of the Treaty concluded between the British Government and his Excellency 4 224 TREATIES, &c. A. D. 1802 Answers. Saadit^AlJ. Excellency the Vizier, on the 10th Novem- ber 1801, his Excellency the Nabob’s autho- rity is to be completely established within his reserved dominions, and to be exercised through his Excellency’s own officers and servants, the British Government having engaged to guarantee the establishment and exercise of his Excellency’s authority with- in his reserved dominions, and the Governor General will never depart from this engage- ment. His Excellency has engaged to establish within his reserved dominions such a system of administration as shall be con- ducive to the prosperity of his subjects, and be calculated to secure the lives and property of the inhabitants. This system of administration is to be carried into effect by his Excellency’s own officers and ser- vants, and by his own authority. His Excellency has also engaged always to advise with, and to act in conformity to the counsel of the officers of the Honorable Company. In the establishment, therefore, of an im- proved system of administration within the reserved dominions, and also in all affairs connected with the ordinary government of those dominions, and with the usual exercise of this Excellency’s established authority, the Vizier has engaged to advise with the British Government, and to conform to its counsels. Propositions. / » Those BENGAL. 225 Answers. Propositions, Those counsels will always be offered to his Excellency, in the form of friendly ad- vice, and in the spirit of reciprocal confi- dence, and of mutual regard and respect. The Governor General, when the import- ance of the subject shall, require, and the nature of the occasion shall admit his imme- diate intercourse with the Vizier, will offer the advice of the British Government to his Excellency, by a direct communication, either in person or by letter. The British Resident at Lucknow, how- ever, is the constituted local representative of the British Government, and the ordi- nary and established channel of communi- cation, in all cases whatever. The Resident will, therefore, in the com- mon course of business, offer to the Vizier the advice of the British Government, in the name of the Governor General ; and in every case which may require the Resi- dent to state such advice, it is to be received as proceeding immediately from the Gover- nor General. Such advice will be offered by the Resi- dent, in all practicable cases, under the general, or specific orders of the Governor , General. The Resident must advise the Nabob with perfect cordiality, and must employ every endeavour A.D.1802 Saadit Ali. 2 G 226 TREATIES) &c. A.D. 1802 .Answers. endeavour to coincide with his Excellency Saadtt Alu . .. . , J in an uniform course or measures, and to unite sincerely with his Excellency in car- rying into effect, exclusively under his Ex- cellency’s authority, and through his Excel- lency’s officers, those measures which shall be determined upon, in conformity to the counsels of the British Government. In cases requiring the aid of the British Go- vernment, the assistance of the British troops shall he employed, according to the exigen- cy of the occasion. The Resident must conduct himself to- wards the Nabob Vizier, on all occasions, with the utmost degree of respect, conci- liation, and attention, and must maintain cordial union and harmony in all transac- tions, and must endeavour to impart strength and stability to his Excellency’s authority. The Resident must never proceed to act in the affairs of the reserved dominions, wdthout previous consultation with his Ex- cellency, or with his Ministers ; and the Resident must, in the first instance, observe strict secrecy, with regard to the subject of such consultations, until the measures to be adopted shall be finally determined. Under these regulations, the Governor General expects that the Nabob Vizier will act in conformity to the advice and repre- sentations of the Resident; and as no ques- tion of difficulty remains between the Bri- tish Propositions. BENGAL, 227 Answers. tish Government and his Excellency, the Governor General entertains a confident hope, that no future vexation can occur in the transaction of affairs. ( Signed ) N. B. Edmonstone, Secretary to Government, Secret and Political Department. PEoposrrroNs. A.D.J802 iSaadit ALi. No. LXIII. Treaty with the Nabob of Furruckabad, 1802. Treaty between the Honorable East-India Company and the Nabob Imdaud Ploosain A.D. 1802 Khann, for ceding to the Honorable the East-India Company, in perpetual Sovereignty, v — v — J Furruckabad, the Province of Furruckabad and its Dependencies, in Commutation of the Tribute hi- therto payable by the said Nabob to the Honorable Company, concluded on the one part, by the Honorable Henry Wellesley, Lieutenant Governor of the Ceded Provinces in Oude, by virtue of full Powers vested in him for that Purpose by his Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General, and, on the other P art , by the Nabob Imdaud Hoossain Khann Behauder Nasser Jung, on behalf of himself, his Heirs, and Successors. ARTICLE I. It is hereby stipulated and agreed, that the province of Furruckabad and its dependen- cies shall be ceded, in perpetual sovereignty, to the Honorable the East-India Companj'-, 2 G 2 from 228 TREATIES, &c. A. D. 1802 Furruckabad. from the commencement of the Fusli year 1210, the Nabob transferring to the Company his right and property in the same, with the exceptions hereafter mentioned. ARTICLE II. With a view of providing for the maintenance and dignity of the Nabob Imdaud Hoossain Knauti Bebauder, it is agreed, that he shall receive a monthly allowance of nine thousand Rupees (or o ;e lack and eight thousand Rupees annually), which allowance shall be continued to his heirs and successors, and shall not be subject to any diminution, from any cause whatsoever. And it is further agreed, that the said Nabob shall be treated, on all occasions, with the attention, respect, and honor, due to his rank and situation, and to a friend of the British Government. ARTICLE III. The Honorable the Lieutenant Governor engages, that two thousand Rupees yearly shall be allowed for the expences of the Enaum Barrab ; and that the amount -of three thousand six hundred Rupees yearly, for the payment of the allowances to the separate Mahauls of the late Nabob Mozuffer Jung, hitherto paid by Omroo Begum, shall be dis- tributed hereafter by the Nabob, who shall deliver the receipts for. the same to the Com- pany’s civil officer, provided it should be found that these allowances have not been regularly paid by Omroo Begum. ARTICLE IV. In compliance with the Nabob’s desire, the gardens, formerly the property of his father, the village of Serepah Neamutpoor, the forfeited houses in Furruckabad, and the property of the Ramee Souheb, shall be considered as his exclusive property, if there should appear to be no other person legally entitled to such property. ARTICLE V. As the detailed list given in by the Nabob, of family connections and attendants, under the head of pensions, and the list delivered in by Kherud Mund Khaun, are, in many respects, different, and as it is the intention of the British Government, that pro- vision should be made for persons, whose claims to pensions shall appear to be well founded, it is hereby agreed, that the rights of the different claimants shall be inquired into by the civil officer appointed by the British Govertment, in conjunction with the Nabob, and tha fc Sunnuds shall be granted, under their joint seals and signatures, agreeably to -which Sun- nudsthe pensioners shall be paid by the Nabob, who will deliver their receipts to the Com-' pany’s civil officer. ARTICLE VI. The authority of the Court of Adawlut shall not extend to the person of the Nabob ; but as his connections and dependants are undefined, and as it is the object of the British Government to introduce a fair and impartial administration of justice throughout the pro- vince BENGAL. I 229 vince of Furruckabad, it is agreed, that whatever complaints may be preferred against any of the Nabob’s dependants, shall, in the first instance, be referred to the Nabob, and in the event of the complainant not receiving speedy justice, or being dissatisfied with the Na- bob’s decision, the complaint shall be decided in the Court of Adawlut. ARTICLE VII. In compliance with the Nabob’s request, allowances shall be granted to the ynder- mentioned persons, to be continued so long as their conduct shall be satisfactory to the British Government and to the Nabob : Emaum Khan ------- Rupees 5,000 annually Purm-ul-Khan and Mohummud Khan - 5,000 do. Rhodan Buksh Phi Vakeel, on the part of the Nabob, to attend the civil officer appointed to Furrackabad - - - 4,000 do. Ahmend Bush and Mohummed Zellah - 2,000 do. ARTICLE VIII. The rent free lands, the daily and yearly pensions, and the Jagheers, shall be con- tinued, if, upon a fair investigation, they shall appear to have been establish d previously to the death of Mozuffer Jung. ARTICLE IX. This Treaty, consisting of nine articles, having been settled and concluded at the city of Bareilly, on the 4th day of June, 1802, corresponding with the 3d day of Suffer, 1217 Higera, the Honorable Henry Wellesley, Lieutenant Governor of the Ceded Provinces in Oude, has delivered to the Nabob Imdaud Hoossain Kaun Nasser Jung Behauder, a copy of the same in English and Persian, under his seal and signature, and the said Nabob has delivered to the Honorable Henry Wellesley, Lieutenant Governor of the Ceded Provinces, another copy of the same, under his seal and signature ; and the Honorable Henry Wel- lesley engages to procure, within the space of thirty days, a ratification of the Treaty, under the seal and signature of his Excellency, the Most Noble the Governor General. N. B. Ratified by the Governor General and Council, the 24th June, 1802. A.D. 1802 Furruckabad. * 230 TREATIES, &c. No. LXIV. Commercial Treaty with the Nizam 1802. A, D. 1802 The Nizam. Treaty for the Improvement and Security of the Trade and Commerce between the Terri tories of the Honorable East-India Company and of his Highness the Nabob Nizam’ool Moolk Asoph Jah, Soubahdar of the Deckan; settled by Major James Achilles Kirkpa- trick, Resident at the Court of his Highness by virtue of the Powers delegated to him by his Excellency the Most Noble Richard Marquis Wellesley, Knight of the Most Illus- trious Order of Saint Patrick , one of his Britannic Majesty's Privy Council, Governor General in. Council, Captain General, and Commander-in-Chief of his Majesty's and the Honorable Company’s forces in India , appointed by the Honorable the Court of Directors of the said Honorable Company to direct and confront all their affairs in the East-Indies, and Governor General in Council of all the British Possessions in the East- Indies. Whereas a well regulated commerce is essential to the opulence and prosperity of the people, and to the wealth and power of the state, and whereas a free and secure commer- cial intercourse tends to maintain and improve the relations of amity, peace, and concord, between contiguous nations ; wherefore the Honorable East-India Company and his High- ness the Nabob Asoph Jah, anxious to improve, by every possible means, the close and intimate connection now happily established between the two States, and to extend the be- nefits of their union to their respective subjects, have agreed on the following articles of a Treaty of Commerce between the two States. ARTICLE I. As a testimony of the firm friendship, union, and attachment, subsisting between the Honorable Company and his Highness the Nabob Asoph Jah, the Honorable Company hereby agree to grant to his Highness the free use of the sea-port of Masulipatam, at which port his Highness shall be at liberty to establish a commercial factory and agent, under such regulations as the nature of the Company’s Government shall require, and as shall be adjusted between the Governor General in Council and his said Highness. ARTICLE BE N G A L. u*> •*vt' ARTICLE IL His Highness’s ships, bearing his flag, shall be entitled, at all times, to the protection of his Britannic Majesty’s and of the Honorable Company’s ships of war, and shall be admitted into all the ports belonging to the British Government in India, upon the footing of the most favoured nations. ARTICLE III. There shall be a free transit between the territories of the contracting parties, of all articles being the growth, produce, or manufacture of each respectively, and also of all articles being the growth, produce, or manufacture of any part of his Britannic Majesty’s dominions. ARTICLE IV. All Rahdarry duties, and all duties collected by individual renters or Zemindars, on goods passing to and from the territories of the contracting parties, shall be abolished, and all Zemindars, Renters, &c. shall be strictly prohibited from committing any acts of ex- tortion or violence on the merchants passing through the respective territories of the con- tracting parties. ARTICLE V. A duty of five per cent., and no more, shall be levied at Hydrabad, indiscriminately on all articles of merchandize whatever, imported into his Highness’s dominions from the Company’s possessions. No articles shall pay duty more than once. The duties payable shall be regulated by a just valuation of the article or commodity on which they shall be charged, and which shall be determined by an invoice, authenticated by the seal and signature of the proper officer on each side ; nor shall any arbitrary valuation of any article or commodity be admitted to enhance the amount of the duties payable thereon. And the said duties shall be fixed and immutable, except by the mutual consent of the contract- ing parties. ARTICLE VI. The Honorable East-India Company shall, on their part, adopt similar arrangements^ in every respect, for the purpose of facilitating the transit through their dominions of all articles, the growth, produce, or manufacture of his Highness’s territories, and of guarding the same from all unjust exactions or vexatious imposts whatever. ARTICLE VII. The duties payable to the Honorable Company, on all articles imported into their territories from his Highness’s dominions, shall be collected, in the mode prescribed by the fifth article, at Masulipatam alone, or at one or more places, according to the conve- nience of the merchants belonging to his Highness’s dominions; and the said place or places shall be fixed with the consent of his Highness the Nizam, it being understood, that no article imported from his Highness’s dominions shall, in any case, pay duty more than once, whether the said duty be collected at Masulipatam or elsewhere. A. D. 1802 The Nizam, ARTICLE TREATIES, &c. 3&0 A.D.1802 The Nizam, ARTICLE VIII. A duty of five per cent., and no more, shall be levied once by his Highness’s Govern- ment, and be made payable at Hydrabad, on the prime cost of all commodities purchased in his Highness’s dominions for exportation. ARTICLE IX. No merchants or traders, under the Company’s Government, shall be allowed to revend in the dominions of the Nabob aforesaid, the productions or manufactures of his territories, purchased by them therein. Neither shall any grain be exported from the territories of the Nabob aforesaid, into those of the Honorable Company, without a special license for the purpose ; nor any more grain be purchased in his Highness’s territories, than what is necessary for the consumption of the subsidiary force. But it is, at the same time, hereby agreed, that in cases of necessity, permission shall reciprocally be granted, imme- diately on application, for the transportation of grain, free from all duties whatever, into the respective territories of the two contracting powers in Hindostan and Deckan. ARTICLE X. The traders under both Governments, namely, all such as shall traffic from the Hono- rable East-India Company’s territories to the territories of his Highness the Nabob Asoph Jah, and vice versa , shall, upon the importation of their commodities into their respective territories, pay once a duty of five per cent., according to the terms prescribed in the foregoing articles. With respect to others, who do not come under the above description* such as traders from foreign parts, or inhabitants of Hydrabad, who have always paid the usual duties, the Kurrorah shall, as heretofore, levy duties from them, according to custom. ARTICLE XL The preceding regulations shall take effect, and be established in the respective terri- tories of the contracting parties, on the 1st day of September next, answering to the 2d of Jemmadie-ul-Awul, Anno Hegirae 1217, after which day no duties shall be levied, in any other manner than in conformity to the stipulations of this Treaty. ARTICLE XII. This Treaty, consisting of twelve articles, being this day settled by Major James Achilles Kirkpatrick, with the Nabob Asoph Jah Behader, Major Kirkpatrick has delivered one copy thereof, in English and Persian, signed and sealed by himself, to the said Nabob, who, on his part, has also delivered one copy of the same, duly executed by himself ; and Major Kirkpatrick, by virtue of special authority given to him in that behalf, by his Ex- cellency, the Most Noble the Governor General in Council, hereby declares the said Treaty to be in full force from the date hereof, and engages to procure, and deliver to his Highness, in the space of fifty days, a copy of the same, from the Governor General in Council, BENGAL, 233 Council, in every respect the counterpart of that executed by himself ; and on the delivery A.D. 1802 of such copy, the Treaty executed by Major Kirkpatrick shall be returned. v — - v — 1 * The Nizam. Signed, sealed, and exchanged, at Hydrabad, this 12th day of April, Anno Domini 1802, or the 8th day of Zehidge, Anno Hegiree 1216. (Signed) A true Copy, (Signed) J. A. Kirkpatrick, Resident. J. Lumsden, Chief Secretary to the Government, No. LXV. Treaty with the Peshwa, commonly called the Treaty or Bassein, 31^ December 1802. Treaty of perpetual and general Defensive Alliance between the Honorable English A.D. 1802 East-India Company and his Highness the Peshwa Badju Rao Ragonant Rao Pundit y^Pediwa Purdhaun Behauder, his Children , Heirs , and Successors, settled by Lieutenant Colonel Barry Close, Resident at the Court of his Highness, by virtue of the Powers delegated to him by his Excellency the Most Noble Richard Marquis Wellesley, Knight of the most illustrious Order of St. Patrick, one of his Britannick Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council , Governor General in Council, appointed by the Honorable Court of Directors of the said Honorable Company to direct and control all their Affairs in the East-Indies. Whereas, by the blessing of God, the relations of peace and friendship have unin- terruptedly subsisted, for a length of time, between the Honorable English East-India Company and his Highness Rao Pundit Purdhaun Behauder, and have been confirmed, at 2 H different ♦ 234 TREATIES, Ac; A.D .1802 different periods, by Treaties of amity and union, the Powers aforesaid, adverting to The’Peshwa the complexion of the times, have determined, with a view to the preservation of peace and tranquillity, to enter into a general defensive alliance, for the complete and reciprocal protection of their respective territories, together with those of their several allies and dependants, against the unprovoked aggressions or unjust encroachments of all or any enemies whatever. ARTICLE I. The peace, union, and friendship, so long subsisting between the two states, shall be promoted and encreased by this Treaty, and shall be perpetual. The friends and enemies of either shall be the friends and enemiesof both ; and the contracting parties agree, that all the former Treaties and agreements between the two states, now in force and not contrary to the tenor of this engagement, shall be confirmed by it. ARTICLE II. If any power or state whatever shall commit any act of unprovoked hostility or aggression, against either of the contracting parties, or against their respective dependants or allies, and after due representation shall refuse to enter into amicable explanation, or shall deny the just satisfaction o'r indemnity which the contracting parties shall have required, then the contracting parties will proceed to concert and prosecute such further measures as the case shall appear to demand. For the more distinct explanation of the true intent and effect of this agreement, the Governor General in Council, on behalf of the Honorable Company, hereby declares, that the British Government will never 'permit any power or state, w-hatever, to commit with impunity any act of unprovoked hostility or aggression, against the rights and territories of his Highness Rao Pundit Purdhaun Behauder, but will, at all times, main- tain and defend the same, in the same manner as the rights and territories of the Honorable Company are now maintained and defended. ARTICLE III. With a view to fulfil this Treaty of general Defence and Protection, bis Highness Rao Pundit Purhaun Behauder agrees to receive, and the Honorable East-India Company to furnish, ^ permanent subsidiary force, of not less than six thousand regular native infantry, with the usual proportion of field-pieces and European artillerymen attached, and with the proper equipment of warlike stores and ammunition, which force is to be accordingly stationed, in perpetuity, in his said Highness’s territories. ARTICLE BENGAL. 235 \ ARTICLE IV. For the regular peyment of the whole expense of the said subsidiary force, his Highness Rao Pundit Purdhaun Behauder hereby assigns and cedes, in perpetuity, to the Honorable East-India Company, all the territories detailed in the Schedule annexed to this Treaty. A.D.1802 The Peshwa. ARTICLE V. As it may be found that certain of the territories ceded by the foregoing article to the Honorable Company may be inconvenient from their situation ; his Highness Rao Pundit Purdhaun Behauder, for the purpose of rendering the boundary line of the Honor- able Company’s possession a good and well-defended one, agrees, that such exchanges of Talooks, or lands, shall be made hereafter, on terms of a fair valuation of their respective revenues, as the completion of the said purpose may require. And it is agreed and cove- nanted, that the territories to be assigned and ceded to the Honorable Company by the fourth article, or in consequence of the exchange stipulated eventually in this article, shall be subject to the exclusive management and authority of the said Company and of their officers. ARTICLE VI. Notwithstanding the total annual expense of the subsidiary force is estimated at twen- ty-five lacks of Rupees, his said Highness has agreed to cede, by Article IV, lands estimated to yield annually the sum of twenty-six lacks of Rupees, the additional lack being intended to meet possible deficiencies in the revenues of the said lands, and save the Honorable Company from loss. ARTICLE VII. After the conclusion of this Treaty, and as soon as the British Resident shall signify to his highness Rao Pundit Purdhaun Behauder, that the Honorable Company’s officers are prepared to take charge of the districts ceded by Article IV, his Highness w'ill imme- diately issue the necessary Perwannahs, or orders, to his officers, to deliver over charge of the same to the officers of the Honorable Company. And it is hereby agreed and stipulated, that all collections made by his' Highness’s officers, subsequently to the date of the Treaty, and before the officers of the Honorable Company shall have taken charge of the said districts, shall be carried to the credit of the Honorable Company, and all claims to balances from the said districts, referring to periods antecedent to the conclusion of this Treaty, shall be considered as null and void. 2 H 2 ARTICLE 236 TREATIES, &g. A.D. 1802 ARTICLE VIII. The"peshwa. All forts situated within the districts to be ceded as aforesaid, shall be delivered to the officers of the Honorable Company with the said districts; and his Highness Rao Pundit Purdhaun Behauder engages, that the said forts shall be delivered to the Honorable Company without being injured or damaged, and with their ordinary equipment of ordnance, stores, and provisions. ARTICLE IX. Grain, and all other articles of consumption, and provisions, and all sorts of mate- rials for wearing apparel, together with the necessary numbers of cattle, horses, and camels, required for the use of the subsidiary force, shall be entirely exempted from duties, and the commanding officer, and officers of the said subsidiary force, shall be treated, in all respects, in a manner suitable to the dignity and greatness of both state§. The subsidiary force will, at all times, be ready to execute services of importance, such as the protection of the person of his Highness, his heirs, and successors, the overawing and chastisement of rebels or exciters of disturbance in his Highness’s dominions, and the due correction of his subjects or dependants, who may withhold the payment of the Sircar’s just claims ; but it is not to be employed on trifling occasions, nor like Sebundy, to be stationed in the country to collect the revenues, nor against any of the principal branches of the Mahratta Empire, nor in levying contributions from Mahratta depen- dants in the manner of Moolkgeerre. ARTICLE X. Whereas much inconvenience has arisen from certain claims and demands of the Mahratta State, affecting the city of Surat, it is agreed, that a just calculation shall be made of the value of the said claims by his Highness Rao Pundit Purdhaun Behauder and the Government of Bombay ; and in consequence of the intimate friendship now established between the contracting parties, his Highness Rao Pundit Purdhaun Behauder agrees, for himself, his heirs, and successors, to relinquish, for ever, all the rights, claims, and privileges of the Mahratta State, affecting the said city of Surat, and all collections on that account shall cease and determine, from the day on which this Treaty shall be concluded : in consideration of which act of friendship, the Honorable East- India Company agrees, that a piece of land, yielding a sum equal to the estimated value of the said claims of the Mahratta State, shall be deducted from the districts ceded by Article IV. ; and on the same principle, and from similar considerations, his Highness f urther agrees, that the amount of the collections made for the Poona State, under the title of Nogabundy, in the Pergunnahs of Cliourassy and Chickly, shall be ascertained, by an average BENGAL. 23 ? average taken from the receipts of a certain number of years, or by such other mode of A.D. 1802 calculation as may be determined on : and his said Highness doth further agree, for ^ J i > ii • n The Peshwa, himself, his heirs, and successors, to relinquish tor ever the Nogabundy collections afore- said, and they shall accordingly cease from the conclusion of this treaty. And it is agreed and stipulated, that a piece of land, yielding a sum equal to the amount of the said Nogabundy collections, shall be deducted from the districts ceded by Article IV., in the same manner as stipulated in regard to the Choute of Surat. ARTICLE XI. Whereas it has been usual for his Highness Rao Pundit Purdhaun Behauder to enlist and retain in his service Europeans of different countries, his said Highness hereby agrees and stipulates, that in the event of war breaking out between the English and any European nation,, and of discovery being made that any European or Europeans in his service, belonging to such nation at war with the English, shall have meditated injury towards the English, or have entered into intrigues hostile to their interest, such European or Euro- peans, so offending, shall be discharged by his said Highness, and not suffered to reside in his dominions. ARTICLE XII. Inasmuch as, by the present Treaty, the contracting parties are bound in a general defensive alliance, for mutual defence and protection against all enemies, his Highness Rao Pundit Purdhaun Behauder consequently engages, never to commit any act of per- sonal hostility and aggression against his Highness the Nabob Asoph Jah Behauder, or any of the Honorable Company’s allies or dependants, or against any of the principal branches of the Mahratta Empire, or against any power whatever, and in the event of differences arising, whatever adjustment the Company’s Government, weighing matters in the scale of truth and justice, may determine, shall meet with full approbation and acquiescence. ARTICLE XIII. And whereas certain differences, referring to past transactions, are known to subsist between the Sirkar of his Highness Rao Pundit Purdhaun Behauder and the Sirkar of his Highness the Nabob Asoph Jah Behauder, and whereas an amicable adjustment of those differences must be highly desirable for the welfare and benefit of both the said Sirkars, his Highness Rao Pundit Purdhaun Behauder, with a view to the above end, agrees, and accordingly binds himself, his heirs, and successors, to fulfil and conform to the stipula- tions of the Treaty of Mahr ; and his Highness Rao Pundit Purdhaun Behauder further agrees, that on the basis of the fulfilment of the said Treaty of Mahr, and of the claims of 238 TREATIES, &c. The Peshwa. A.D . 1802 of his Highness the Nabob Asoph Jah Behauder, to be totally exempted from the payment of Choute. The Honorable Company’s Government shall be entitled to arbitrate and determine all such points, as may be in doubt or difference between the Sirkars of their Highnesses above mentioned ; and his Highness Rao Pundit Purdhaun Behauder further agrees, that in the event of any differences arising between his Government and that of his Highness the Nabob Asoph Jah Behauder, at any future period, the particulars of such differences shall be communicated to the Honorable East-India Company, before any act of hostility shall be committed on either side, and the said Honorable Company interposing their mediation, in a way suitable to rectitude, friendship, and union, and mindful of justice and established usage, shall apply themselves to the adjustment of all such differences, conformable to propriety and truth, and shall bring the parties to a right understanding. And it is further agreed, that whatever adjustment of any such differences the Company’s Government, weighing things in the scale of truth and justice, shall determine, that deter- mination shall, without hesitation or objection, meet with the full approbation and acqui- escence of both parties. It is however agreed, that this stipulation shall not prevent any amicable negotiations which the Honorable Company and the Courts of Poonah and Hy- derabad, respectively, may be desirous of opening, provided no such negotiation shall be carried on between any of the three parties, without full communication thereof to each other. ARTICLE XIV. Whereas a Treaty of friendship and alliance has been concluded between the Honora* ble Company and Rajah Anund Row Guickwar Behauder, and whereas the said Treaty was meditated and executed, without any intention that it should infringe any of the just rights or claims of his Highness Rao Pundit Purdhaun Behauder affecting the Sirkars of the said Rajah, his said Highness adverting thereto, and also to the intimate alliance now established between the contracting parties, doth hereby formally acknowledge the existence of the saidTreaty between the Honorable Company and Rajah Anund Row Guickwar Behau- der ; and inasmuch as, by reason of certain unfinished transactions, the conclusion of which has been suspended from time to time, various demands and papers of accounts are found to subsist between the Government of his Highness Row Pundit Purdhaun Behauder and the Sirkar of the Rajah aforementioned, his said Highness, placing full reliance on the im- partiality, truth, and justice of the British Government, doth hereby agree, that the said Government shall examine into, and finally adjust, the said demands and papers of ac- counts; and his said Highness further stipulates and binds himself, his heirs, and succes- sors, to abide by such adjustment as the British Government shall accordingly determine. ARTICLE BENGAL. 239 * ARTICLE XV. A.D. 1802 The contracting parties will employ all practical means of conciliation to prevent the calamity of war, and for that purpose will, at all times, be ready to enter into amicable explanations with other states, and to cultivate and improve the general relations of peace and amity with all the powers of India, according to the true spirit and tenor of this de- fensive Treaty. But if a war should unfortunately break out between the contracting parties and any other power whatever, then his Highness Row Pundit Purdhaun Behauder engages, that with the reserve of two battalions of Sepoys, which are to remain near his Highness’s person, the residue of the British subsidiary force, consisting of four battalions of Sepoys with their artillery, joined by six thousand infantry and ten thousand horse of his Highness’s own troops, and making together an army of ten thousand infantry and ten thousand cavalry, with the requisite train of artillery and warlike stores of every kind, shall be immediately put in motion, for the purpose of opposing the enemy: and his Highness likewise engages to employ every further effort in his power, for the purpose of bringing into the field, as speedily as possible, the whole force which he may be able to supply from his Dominions, with a view to the effectual prosecution and speedy termination of the said war. The Honorable Company, in the same manner, engage on their parts, in this case, to employ in active operations against the enemy, the largest force they may be able to furnish, over and above the said subsidiary force. The Peshwa, ARTICLE XVL Whenever war shall appear probable, his Highness Rao Pundit Purdhaun Behauder engages to collect as many Benjaries as possible, and to stow as much grain as may be practicable in his frontier garrisons. ARTICLE XVII. As, by the present Treaty, the union and friendship of the two States is so firmly connect- ed, that they may be considered as one and the same, his Highness Rao Pundit Purdhaun Behauder engages neither to commence nor to pursue, in future, any negotiations with any other power whatever, without giving previous notice, and entering into mutual consultation, with the Honorable East-India Company’s Government : and the Honorable Company’s Government, on their parts, hereby declare, that they have no manner of concern with any of his Highness’s children, relations, subjects, or servants, with respect to whom his Highness is absolute. ARTICLE XVIII. Inasmuch as, by the present Treaty of general defensive alliance, the ties of union are, with the blessing of God, so closely drawn, that the interests of the two States are become 240 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1802 become identified, it is further mutually agreed, that if disturbances shall at any time break out in the districts ceded to the Honorable Company by this agreement, his The Peshwa. Highness Rao Pundit Purdhaun Behauder shall permit such a proportion of the subsidiary troops, as may be requisite to be employed in quelling the same within the said districts. If disturbances shall, at any time, break out in any part of his Highness’s dominions contiguous to the Company’s frontier, to which it might be inconvenient to detach any proportion of the subsidiary force, the British Government, in like manner, if required by his Highness Rao Pundit Purdhaun Behauder, shall direct such proportion of the troops of the Company, as may be most conveniently stationed for the purpose, to assist in quelling the said disturbances within his Highness’s dominions. ARTICLE XIX, It is finally declared, that this Treaty, which, according to the foregoing articles, is meant for the support and credit of his said Highness’s Government, and to preserve it from loss and decline, shall last as long as the sun and moon shall endure. Signed, sealed, and exchanged, at Basse! n, the 31st of December, Anno Domini 1302, or the 5th of Ramzaun, Anno Higerse 1217 . (Signed) B, Close, Resident at Poona , The Seal of Purdhaun, [The Peshwa' s Signature .] A true Copy, (Signed) M. Wilks, Private Secretary . Schedule BENGAL. 241 Schedule of the Territories ceded, in Perpetuity , by his Highness Badjee Rao Ragonaufc A.D. 1802 Pundit Purdhaun Behauder to the Honorable English East-India Company, agreeable ThTpeshwa. to the fourth Article of the annexed Treaty. 1st. From the province of Guzerat and territories South thereof : Dundooka, together with Chooia, Komapoor, and Gogo - 1,05,000 Cambay, Choute, and Nassoor - -- -- -- - 60,000 South of the Taptie. > Purnair - -- -- -- -- - 27,000 Bootseer - -- -- -- -- - 6,200 Banwanny --------- - 8,800 Balsur - ------- - 85, COO Parchole - -- -- -- -- - 1,07,000 Soopa - -- -- -- -- - 51,000 Sarbaun - - - - - - - - - 30,000 Wallow - -- -- -- -- - 30,000 Bamdoo Kusbah - - - - - -- - - 7,900 Waunsda Choute - -- -- -- - 7,000 Durumpoory do. ------- 9,000 Surat do. - - - - - ? - * - 42,100 Customs - -- -- -- -- - 83,000 Between the Taptie and Nerbuddah. Oolpah - -- - - -- -- - 3,16,000 Hansood --------- - 85,000 Octisier - - - - - - - -_ - 78,000 Nundary - -- - - -- -- - 65,000 Total South of the Taptie, and between Taptie and Nerbuddah 10,38,000 Deduct twenty per cent., on account of decrease of revenue 2,07,600 8,30,400 Nahabundy of Chourassy and Chickley - 20,000 Phoolparra - - Ceomarria - ------ 5,000 Cattergom - - v — 25,000 * , Carried forward - - 10,20,400 2 I Carried forward 242 TREATIES, &c. A. D. 1802 Brought forward •* The^Peshwa. 2( F From the Territories near the Toombuddrah : Savancore, 26 Talooks, 10,22,838 From Bankapoor - 5,56,762 Grand Total - Signed, sealed, and exchanged at Bassein, the 3 1st December, Anno Domini 1802, or the 5th Ramzan, Anno Higerae 1217. [The Peish watts Signature .] A true Copy, (Signed) B. Close. The Seal of Pundit Purdhaun. 10,20,400 15,79,600 26,00,000 Supplemental, to the Treaty of Bassein, 1803. A.D. 1803 A Treaty, consisting of nineteen articles, was concluded at Bassein, between the v — ' Honorable English East-India Company Behauder and his Highness the Paishwa Badjee Row Ragonaut Pundit Purdhaun Behauder. The following articles of engagement are now agreed on and settled, as supplemental to the said Treaty, by Lieutenant Colonel Barry Close, on the part of the said Honorable Company, and Anund Row Vakeel, on the part of the said Row Pundit Purdhaun Behauder, under full power and authority granted to them respectively for the purpose. ARTICLE I. That of the territory ceded in perpetuity to the Honorable East-India Company by the said Treaty of Bassein, the country of Savenore, and Taalooks of Buncapoor, in the Carnatic, yielding an annual revenue of sixteen lacks of Rupees, shall be restored, in perpetuity, to the Sircar of the said Row Pundit Purdhaun Behauder. ARTICLE BENGAL. 243 ARTICLE II. A.D.1803 That of the territory ceded in perpetuity to the English East-India Company by the XhVpeshwa Treaty of Bassein, the Purgunnah of Oolpah, in Guzerat, yielding a revenue annually of three lacks and sixteen thousand Rupees, shall likewise be restored, in perpetuity, to the Sircar of the said Row Pundit Purdhaun Behauder, in order that it may be restored to Nursing Khundy Row, who has served the Sircar with fidelity and attachment. ARTICLE III. That a regiment of native cavalry, of the same strength and complement as the cavalry regiments belonging to the Hyderabad subsidiary force, shall be added to the British Poona subsidiary force. ARTICLE IV. In the fifteenth article of the Treaty of Bassein it is stipulated, that ten thousand cavalry and six thousand infantry, with a due proportion of ordnance and military stores, shall be furnished by the said Row Pundit Purdhaun Behauder, and in addition thereto, such further force as the Sircar of the said Row Pundit Purdhaun Behauder should be able to bring into the field. This stipulation is now annulled, and, in lieu thereof, it is agreed and covenanted, that in time of war the said Row Pundit Purdhaun Behauder shall appoint and furnish five thousand cavalry and three thousand infantry, with a due proportion of ordnance and military stores, and, in addition thereto, such further force as the said Row Pundit Purdhaun Behauder shall be able to bring into the field. „ ARTICLE V. That a corps of Mahratta cavalry, amounting to five thousand, shall be maintained by the British Government during the present war, for the service of the Poona State, j under the orders of the British Government, of which five thousand horse, two thousand shall serve with his Highness the Paishwa, and the remaining three thousand with the British army in the field ; and in the said five thousand Mahratta cavalry are not to be included the Mahratta troops serving with the British army under the chieftains Bapoojee, Gunneis Punt Goklah, and Sudojee Row Nimalun, which troops shall continue to be subsisted at the charge of Row'Pundit Purdhaun Behauder. ARTICLE VI. By the first and second articles of this Agreement, territory, yielding an annual reve- nue of 19,16,000 Rupees, is restored to the Sircar of Row Pundit Purdhaun Behauder; in lieu thereof, and for the purposes hereafter mentioned, the said Row Pundit Purdhaun Bahauder agrees and stipulates to cede, in perpetuity, to the Honorable English East-India Company, from the province of Bundelcund, conquered for the Poona State by Ali Be- 2 i 2 hauder, 244 TREATIES, &c. A.D.1803 hauder, territory yielding an estimated annual revenue of 36, 16.000 Rupees, agreeably to TbtTPeshwa, the foIlowin S detail : 1. In lieu of the country of Savenore, and Taalooks of Buncapoor, in the Carnatic, and the Purgunnah of Oolpar, in Guzerat, a tract of territory, yielding an annual revenue of 19,16,000 Rupees. 2. On account of the stated high value of Oolpah, a tract of territory, yielding an annual revenue of 50,000 Rupees, in excess for that Purgunnah. 3. To bear the entire expence qf the regiment of cavalry mentioned in Article 111., a tract of territory, yielding an annual revenue of 7,50,000 Rupees. 4. To serve as an equivalent for the expence to be incurred by the British Government, in paying and maintaining, during the present war, the five thousand cavalry mentioned in Article V., a tract of territory, yielding an annual revenue of 5.00. 000 Rupees, and lastly, a tract of territory, yielding an annual revenue of 4.00. 000 Rupees, to meet the extraordinary expence which the British Government must be subject to, in establishing its authority in Bundelcund, which is disturbed and ravaged by rebels, who must be subdued and punished. Total ceded from Bundelcund 36,16,000 Rupees. ARTICLE VII. The whole of the foregoing territory, ceded, as above, from Bundelcund to the Honorable English East-India Company, shall be taken from those quarters of the province most contiguous to the British possessions, and in every respect most convenient for the British Government. ARTICLE VIII. Inasmuch as the Purgunnah of Oolpah was particularly valuable to the Honorable Company’s Government, by reason of its proximity to the city of Surat, in the prosperity of which the British Government bears an anxious concern, it is accordingly agreed and stipulated, that the said Purgunnah of Oolpah shall be so managed and governed, at all times, by the Mahratta authority, as to conduce to the convenience of the said city, by attention to the rules of good neighbourhood, and the promotion of an amicable and coifimercial intercourse between the inhabitants of both sides. And inasmuch as the sovereignty of the river Taptie doth belong to the British Government, it is accordingly agreed and covenanted, that the Mahratta authority in Oolpar shall have no right or concern whatever in the wreck of any vessel that may be cast upon any part of the Oolpah territory, connecting with the said river Taptie, but be bound, in the event of any such wreck, to render the vessel all practicable aid, for which the parties assisting shall BENGAL. 245 shall be entitled to receive from the owners of the wreck a just and reasonable compen- A.D. 1803 sation. The pggj^a. Signed, sealed, and exchanged,, at Poona, the 16th December, Anno Domini 1803, or the lstRamzaun, Anno Higerae 1218. Ratified b} r the Governor General in Council, the 7th January, 1804. No. LXYI. Treaty with the King of Queda, 1802. In the year of the Higera of the Prophet (the peace of the most high God be upon him) 1215, the year Hun, on the twelfth day of the moon A.D.1802 Mohurrum, on the day Aaorbare (Wednesday), whereas, this day, this The King of writing shewetb, that Sir George Leith, Baronet, Lieutenant Governor Queda. of Pulo Pinang,* on the part of the English Company, has agreed on and concluded a Treaty of friendship and alliance with his Highness Yeng de Pur Tuan Rajah Mooda of Purlees and Queda, and all his officers of state and royals of the two countries, to continue on sea and land, as long as the sun and moon retain their motion and splendor, the articles of which Treaty are as follows: ARTICLE I. The English Company are to pay annually to his Highness Yeng de Pur Tuan of Purlees and Queda, ten thousand dollars, as long as the English shall continue in possession of Pulo Pinang, and the country on the opposite coast hereafter mentioned. Seal of Datto Bindahara. Seal of Che Ngan Abdoola. Seal of Yeng Re Pur Tuan Rajah Mooda. i - * Prince of Wales Island. ARTICLE 246 TREATIES, &c. A. D. 1802 ARTICLE II. The King of Queda, Yeng de Per Tuan agrees to give to the English Company, for ever, all that part of the sea coast that is between Qualla Kurrican and the river side of Qualla Mooda, and measuring in land from the sea side sixty Orlongs; the whole length above mentioned to be measured by people appointed by Yeng de Pur Tuan and the Company’s people- The English Company are to protect this coast from all enemies, robbers, and pirates, that may attack it by sea, from south to north. ARTICLE III. His Highness Yeng de Pur Tuan agrees, that all kinds of provisions wanted for Pulo Pinang, the ships of war and the Company’s ships may be bought at Purlies and Queda, without impediment or being subject to any duty r or custom; and all boats going from Pulo Pinang to Purlies and Queda, for the purpose of purchasing provisions, are to be furnished with proper passports for that purpose, to prevent impositions. ARTICLE IV. All slaves running away from Purlies and Queda to Pulo Pinang, or from Pulo Pinang to Purlies and Queda, shall be returned to their owners. ARTICLE V. All debtors running from their creditors from Purlies and Queda to Pulo Pinang, or from Pulo Pinang to Purlies and Queda, if they do not pay their debts, their persons shall be delivered up to their creditors. ARTICLE VI. Yeng de Pur Tuan shall not permit Europeans, of any other nation, to settle in any part of his dominions. ARTICLE VII. The Company are nor to receive any such people as may be proved to have com- mitted rebellion, or high treason, against Yeng de Pur Tuan. ARTICLE VIII. All persons, guilty of murder, running from Purlies and Queda to Pulo Pinang, or from Pulo Pinang to Purlies and Queda, shall be apprehended and returned in bonds. ARTICLE IX. All persons stealing Chops (forgery) to be given up likewise. ARTICLE X. All those who are or may become enemies to the Company, Yeng de Pur Tuan shall not assist with provisions. ARTICLE XI. All persons belonging to Yeng de Pur Tuan, bringing the produce of the country down the river, are not to be molested or impeded by the Company’s people. ARTICLE BENGAL. 247 ARTICLE XII. Such articles as Yeng de Pur Tuan may stand in need of from Pulo Pinang are to be procured by the Company’s agents, and the amount to be deducted out of the gratuity. ARTICLE XIII. A.D. 1802 The King of Queda. As soon as possible after the ratification of this Treaty, the arrears of gratuity now due, agreeable to the former Treaty and Agreement to his Highness Yeng de Pur Tuan of Purlies and Queda, to be paid off. ARTICLE XIV. On the ratification of this treaty, all former Treaties and agreements between the two Governments to be null and void. These fourteen articles being settled and concluded between his Highness Yeng de Pur Tuan and the English Company, the countries of Purlies and Queda, and Pulo Pi- nang, snail be as one country ; and whoever shall depart or deviate from any part of this agreement, God will punish and destroy him : he shall not prosper. This done and completed, and two Treaties, of the same tenor and date, inter- changeablv given between his Highness Yeng de Pur Tuan and the Governor of Pulo Pinang, and sealed with the seals of the state officers immediately officiating under his Highness Yeng de Pur Tuan, in order to prevent disputes hereafter. Wrote by Hakim Ebrahim Eben (son of) Si rree Rajah Mooda, by order of his Highness Yeng de Pur Tuan of exalted dignity. A true Translation, (Signed) J. Swain e, M . T. Seal of Hakim Ebrahim, Approved and confirmed by the Governor General in Council, November 1802 . 248 TREATIES, &c. No. LX VI I. Supplementary Treaty with the Rajah of Mysoor, 1803, with re- ference to the fifteenth Article of the Treaty of Mysoor , concluded in 1799.* - A.D. 1803 Supplementary Treaty for adjusting an exchange of certain Districts between the ThTS^Tof English East-India Company Behauder and his Highness Maharajah Mysoor Kistna Ra- Mysoor. jah Oodeaver Behaudsr, Rajah of Mysoor. Whereas it is provided, by the fifteeth article of the Treaty of Mysoor, that if occasion should require, certain interchange of territory should be made between the Honorable Company and his Highness, and whereas it has now become expedient, upon the principle of mutual convenience, that certain districts, belonging to the said English East-India Company Behauder, should be exchanged for other districts of equal value, belonging to the said Maharajah Mysoor Kistna Rajah Oodeaver Behauder, Rajah of Mysoor, wherefore a supplementary Treaty, for the adjustment of the interchange of the said districts, is now concluded, on the one part, by Josiah Webbe, Esq. in the name and on behalf of the Most Noble Richard Marquis, Wellesley, K. P. Governor General for all affairs, civil and military, of the British Nation in India, by virtue of full powers vested in him for this purpose by the said Richard Marquis Wellesley, Governor General, and on the other part, by Mahara- jah Mysore Kistna Rajah Oodeaver Behauder, Rajah of Mysore, in his own behalf. ARTICLE I. It is agreed and stipulated, that the following interchange of districts shall take place between the contracting parties, viz. that the districts belonging to Maharajah Mj-sore Kistna Rajah Oodeaver Behauder contained in Schedule A. hereunto annexed, shall be ceded to the English East-India Company Behauder, who, in lieu thereof, shall cede to the said Maharajah Behauder the districts contained in Schedule B. hereunto annexed. This * Vide Treaties concluded by the Government of Fort St. George. BENGAL. 249 Rajah of Mysoor. This supplementary Treaty, consisting of one article, with two Schedules annexed, A.D. 1803 having been settled and concluded on this 29th day of December, Anno Domini 1803, corresponding to the 14th day of Ruzan, Anno Higerae 1218, and to the 16th day of the month of Poorheam, of the year 1725 of the Soleraudan era, at Hurryghur, by Josiah Webbe, Esq. with the Maharajah Oodeaver Behauder, Mr. Webbe has accordingly delivered one copy of the same, in Persian and English, signed and sealed by him, to his Highness the Maharajah, who has likewise delivered to Mr. Webbe another copy, in Persian and English, bearing his Plighness’s seal, and signed by Lutcheena, widow of the late Kistna Rajah and sealed and signed by Purneah, Dewan to his Highness Maharajah Oodeaver Behauder; and Mr. Webbe has engaged to procure and deliver to the said Maharajah, without delay, a copy of the same, under the seal and signature of the Most Noble the Governor General, on the receipt of which by the said Maharajah, the present supplementary Treaty shall be deemed complete and binding on the Honorable East-India Company and on the Maharajah Mysore Kistna Rajah Oodeaver Behauder, and the copy of it now delivered to the said Maharajah shall be returned. ( Signed in the Gentoo Language.) (LS) SCHEDULE A. Districts to be ceded by his Highness the Rajah of Mysore to the Honorable Company . Woodunpatore ------- 5,840 1 4 Era Sawer Seemy ------- 1,300 0 0 Two thirds of Punganoor ----- 10,000 0 0 Wynaad - -- -- -- - 10,000 0 0 Hulhul -------- - 2,400 O 0 Port of Goodicotta ------ 4,907 12 8 C. Pagodas - 34,447 13 12 SCHEDULE B. Districts to be ceded by the Honorable Company to his Highness the Rajah of Mysore . Hoolulkura - -- -- -- - 11,425 4 8 Mycondah - -- -- -- - 12,226 9 4 Hurryghur - -- -- -- - 10,796 0 0 C. Pagodas - 34,447 13 12 *** Vide, also, the further Supplementary Articles concluded in 1807. 2 K 250 TREATIES, &c. No. LXVIII. A.D. 1803 Instrument, under the Signature of the Governor General in Council, delivered to the The^Izam Nizam (Secundar Jah) on his Accession to the Musnud, recognizing all the former Treaties and Engagements with Nizam Alii deceased. The friendship and alliance which so firmly and happily subsisted between bis late Highness the Nawaub Nizam Alii Khan, Soubahdar of the Decan, and the Honorable Company’s Government, shall be considered to subsist with equal force and sincerity, and shall continue for ever unimpaired between his late Highness’s eldest son and succes- sor, the Nawaub Secunder Jah, and the Honorable Company, and all Treaties and Engagements which subsisted between his late Highness and the Honorable Company’s Government shall be considered to be in full force, to all intents and purposes. And his Excellency, the Most Noble the Governor General in Council, hereby declares, on the part of the Honorable Company, that the British Government is effectually bound by the said Engagements and Treaties, and that the said Engagements and Treaties shall be duly observed until the end of time. Given under the seal of the Honorable Company and the signature of his Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General in Council, at Fort William, in Bengal, this 24th day of August, 1303. Extract Letter to the Resident at Hydrabad, dated 25 th November, 1803. The Soubahdar* must be required to execute an additional article of Treaty, de- claring that, in time of joint war, all the forts in his Highness’s dominions shall be open to the British troops, and that all the officers of his Government shall employ their power, and the resources at their command, in participating the operations of the British troops. This obligation will be made reciprocal. Extract * Nizam, or Soubahdar of the Decan. BENGAL. 251 Extract Letter from the Resident at Hydrabad, dated 10th January , 1804. Para. 4. Reminding his'Highness, at length, of the immediate object of my visit, and of A. D. 1803 the assurances which he gave to your Excellency in his late letter, I produced the Additional Article* of Treaty, drawn up in conformity to your Excellency’s instructions of the 25th ^ izam * of November last, and after delivering to him one instrument, duly sealed and signed by me, received one, in return, from his Highness, signed by himself, and authenticated by his great and little seal, which I have herewith the honor to enclose. No. LXIX. Treaty with the Rajah of Bhurrutpore, 1803. Treaty concluded between his Excellency General Gerard Lake, Commander in Chief of A.D. 1803 His Majesty's and the Honorable Company's Forces in the East-Indies, on the part of his Excellency the Most Noble Richard Marquis Wellesley, Knight of the Most Ulus - Bhurrutpore, trious Order of Saint Patrick, one of His Britannic Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, Captain General and Commander in Chief of all the Land Forces serving in the British Possessions in India , and Governor General in Council at Fort William, in Bengal, and Maha Rajah Bishoinder Sewaee Runjeet Sing Be'nauder. ARTICLE I. Perpetual friendship shall be maintained between Maha Rajah Bishoinder Sewaee Runjeet Sing Behauder, Behauder Jung, and the Honorable Company. ARTICLE II. The friends and enemies of either state shall be the friends and enemies of both. ARTICLE III. The British Government shall never interfere in the concerns of the Maha Rajah’s country, nor exact any tribute from him. 2 k 2 ARTICLE • Not recorded. 252 TREATIES, &c. A.D.1803 ARTICLE IV. If an enemy should invade the territories of the Honorable Company, the Maha Ra- Bhurrutpore. j a ^ hereby engages to furnish to the English the aid of his troops in the expulsion of such enemy. And, in like manner, the Honorable Company engages to assist the Maha Rajah with its forces, in defending his dominions against external attacks. The sincerity of this Engagement is attested on the Holy Bible. Dated on the 29th day of September, in the year of our Lord 1803, corresponding with the 11th day of the month of Jemmaudee-ul-Saunee, in the year 1218 Higera. No. LXX. Treaty with the Rajah of Macherry, 1803. A.D.1803 Rajah of Macherry. Treaty concluded between his Excellency General Gerard Lake, Commander in Chief of His Majesty's and the Honorable Company's Forces in the East-Indies, on the part of his Ex- cellency the Most Noble Richard Marquis Wellesley, Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of St. Patrick, one of His Britannic Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, Captain General and Commander in Chief of all the Land Forces serving in the British Possessions in India, and Governor General in Council at Fort William , in Bengal , and Maha Rao Rajah Seway Buctawur Sing Behauder. ARTICLE I. A permanent friendship is established between the Honorable English East-India Company and Maha Rao Raja Seway Buctawur Sing Behaucfer, and between their heirs and successors. ARTICLE II. The friends and enemies of the Honorable Company shall be considered the friends and enemies of Maha Rao Rajah, and the friends and enemies of Maha Rao Rajah shall be the friends and enemies of the Honorable Company. ARTICLE * t BENGAL. 253 ARTICLE' III. A. D. 1803 The Honorable Company shall not interfere with the country of Maha Rao Rajab, R^ph"of nor shall demand any tribute from him. Macherry. ARTICLE IV. In the event of any enemy evincing a disposition to attack the countries now in the possession of the Honorable Company, or of their allies in Hindostan, Maha Rao Rajah agrees to send the whole of his force to their assistance, and to exert himself to the utmost of his power to repel the enemy, and to emit no opportunity of proving his friendship and attachment.. ARTICLE V. As, from the friendship established by the second article of the present Treaty, the Honorable Company become guarantee to Maha Rao Rajah for the security of his country against external enemies, Maha Rao Rajah hereby agrees, that if any misunderstanding should, arise between him and the Sircar of any other chieftain, Maha Rao Rajah will, in the first instance, submit the cause of dispute to the Company’s Government, that the Government may endeavour to settle it amicably. If, from the obstinacy of the opposite .party, no amicable terms can be settled, then Maha Rao Rajah may demand aid from the Company’s Government. In the event above stated in this article, it will be granted; and Maha Rao Rajah agrees to take upon himself the charge of the expence of such aid, at the same rate as has been settled with the other chieftains of Hindostan. Dated on the 1 4th day of November, 1803 of the Christian sera, agreeing with the 26th of Rujeb, 121 a Higera, and the 15th of Aghun,' I860 Sumbut^ No. LXXI. Treaty with the Rajah of Jyepoor (or Jyenagur), 1803. Treaty of Amity and Alliance between the Honorable the English East-India Company A.D. 1803 and Maha Rajah Dheeraj Raj Rajinder Seway Juggut Sing Behauder, settled by his Ex- K^jah"o£ eelleyicy General Gerard Lake, Commander-in-Chicf of the British Forces in India, in virtue of Authority vested in him for that Purpose by his Excellency the Most Noble Richard J yepoor. TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1803 Richard Marquis Wellesley, Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of St. Patrick , one Rajahof °f ^ lls Britannic Majesty's most Honorable Privy Council, Governor General in Council Jyepoor, 0 j a y { j ie British Possessions, and Captain General of all the British Land Forces in the East-Indies, in Behalf of the Honorable the English East- India Company, and by Maha Rajah Dheeraj Raj Rajinder Seway Jugguc Sing Behauder, in Behalf of himself , his Heirs and Successors. ARTICLE I. A firm and permanent friendship and alliance is established between the Honorable the English Company and Maha Rajah Dheeraj Juggut Sing Behauder, and between their heirs and successors. ARTICLE II. Whereas friendship has been established between the two states, the friends and enemies of one of the parties shall be considered the friends and enemies of both, and an adherence to this condition shall be constantly observed by both states. ARTICLE III. The Honorable Company shall not interfere in the government of the country now- possessed by Maha Rajah Dheeraj, and shall not demand tribute from him. ARTICLE IY. In the event of any enemy of the Honorable Company evincing a disposition to invade the country lately taken possession of by the Honorable Company in Hindostan, Maha Rajah Dheeraj shall send the whole of his forces to the assistance of the Company’s army, and shall exert himself to the utmost of his power in repelling the enemy, and shall neglect no opportunity of proving his friendship and attachment. ARTICLE Y. Whereas, in consequence of the friendship established by the second article of the present Treaty, the Honorable Company become guarantees to the Maha Rajah Dheeraj for the security of his country against external enemies, Maha Rajah Dheeraj hereby agrees, that if any misunderstanding should arise between him and any other state, Maha Rajah Dheeraj will, in the first instance, submit the cause of dispute to the Company’s Government, that the Government may endeavour to settle it amicably. If, from the obstinacy of the opposite party, no amicable terms can be settled, then Maha Hajah Dheeraj may demand aid from the Company’s Government. In the event above stated, it will be granted ; and Maha Rajah Dheeraj agrees to take upon himself the charge of the ex pence of such aid, at the same rate as has been settled with the other chieftains of Hindostan. Article BENGAL. 255 ARTICLE VI. A.D. 1803 Maha Rajah Dheeraj hereby agrees, although he is in reality the master of his own army, to act during the time of war, or prospect of action, agreeably to the advice and jyepoor. opinion of the Commander of the English army which may be employed with his troops. ARTICLE VII. The Maha Rajah shall not entertain in his service, or in any manner give admission to, any English or French subjects, or any other person from among the inhabitants of Europe, without the consent of the Company’s Government. The above Treat}’', comprised in seven articles, has been duly concluded and con- firmed, by the seal and signature of his Excellency General Gerard Lake, at Surbindee, in the Soobah of Akburrabad, on the 12th day of December, 1803 of the Christian asra, corresponding with the 26th of Shabaan, 1218 Higera, and with the 14th of Poos, 1860 Sumbut ; and under the seal and signature of Maha Rajah Dheeraj Raj Rajinder Seway Juggut Sing Behauder, at — - ■ on the — > day of 180- of the Christian sera, cor- responding with the — of 1218 Higera, and with the — of ■ 1860 Sumbut. When a Treaty, containing the above seven articles, shall be delivered to Maha Rajah Dheeraj, under the seal and signature of his Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General in Council, the present Treaty, under the seal and signature of his Excellency General Lake, shall be returned^ No. LXXII Treaty with Rajah Umbajee Rao Englah, 1803. Treaty of Amity and Alliance between the Honorable the East-India Company and Rajah Umbajee Rao Englah, providing for the Relinquishment to the Honorable Com- pany of certain Districts , including the Forts of Gualicr, Gohud, and others, hitherto held m farm by Rajah Umbajee, and for the Guarantee, on the Part of the Honorable Company, to Rajah Umbajee of certain Portions of Country , including the Fort of Narwar and others, to be held by him in Sovereignty , concluded by his Excellency General Gerard Lake, Commander in Chief of the British Forces in India , in virtue of Authority vested in him for that Purpose by his Excellency the Most Noble Richard Marquis Wellesley, A.D. 1803 Rajah of Umbajee. 256 TREATIES, kc. A.D. 1803 Wellesley, Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick , one of his Britannick 'llaj N \hof / Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, Captain General and Commander in Chief of Urabajee. all the Land Forces serving in the British Possessions in India , and Governor General in Council at Fort William, in Bengal, on the Part of the Honorable Company, and by Rajah Umbajee Rao Englah, for himself, his Heirs , and Successors. ARTICLE I. A permanent friendship and alliance is established between the Honorable Company ' and Rajah Umbajee Rao Englah, and between their heirs and successors. In conformity to the friendship established, the friends and enemies of one party shall be the friends and enemies of both, and neither party shall swerve from this obligation. ARTICLE II. Rajah Umbajee hereby agrees to deliver over, without delay or evasion, to the Company’s Government, the fortress of Gualior with the districts undermentioned, which have been hitherto held by him in farm, with the forts situated in them, whenever the officers of the Company’s Government may be deputed for the purpose of taking posses- sion of them ; and farther agrees, that these districts and forts may be disposed of as may appear expedient to the British Government, relinquishing, on his part, all farther claims, on any account whatever, to the said districts and forts. Gualior Khas - - - - Rupees 40,000 Atree and other five Mohals : Chummerch, Bower, Salbye, and Chounara - - - 1,50,000 Allahpore - - - - - 40,000 Summoulee - - - - - 60,000 Puhorghur and others of Talook Inkurwaree - - - 1,00,000 Talook Jetawur - - - - - 25,000 Purgunna Dolpore - - - - - 1,50,000 ■ ' ' ■■ Baree - - - - - 2,00,000 . ' - Rajakera - - - - - 60,000 - • " - - 2,20,000 1 10 000 Talook Phoonp - - - „ - - - 20,000 « — — Oomree - - - - - 35,000 ■ ■ n— Balawa - - - - - 30,000 i no nnn Jagnee - - - - - 30,000 Carried forward - - 13,70,000 BENGAL. 257 Brought forward - 13,70,000 Seray Choolah - - -- -- -- - 10,000 Doondree - -- -- -- -- 40,000 Ahnoun --------- - 1,00,000 Noorabad - -- -- -- -- 25,000 Attowra --------- - 25,000 Bahadurpore ----- - - 30,000 Ballaitee --------- - 20,000 Curwas -------- - - 15,000 Hawellee Gohud -------- 50,000 Behut - - - - 50,000 Sooklharee - -- -- -- - 8,000 Talook Aman - - -- -- -- - 25,000 Inderkee ----- - 50,000 Budhaik - - - - - - 18,000 Bhandere - -- -- -- -- 2,00,000 Nhodah --------- - 30,000 Lehar and six others, forming the Zillah Kutchwakar - 2,00,000 Goojera --------- - 10,000 Kuttoullee - -- -- -- -- 2,00,000 Lawunkalan - -- -- -- -- 30,000 Pergunna Noh - -- -- -- - 50,000 — Betwa - -- -- -- - 50,000 — - Deoghur ------- - 50,000 Rupees 26,56,000 A.D.1803 Rajah of Umbajee. ARTICLE III. In consideration of the friendship and attachment to the Honorable Company mani- fested by Rajah Umbajee by the engagements entered into on his part by the present Treaty, the Honorable East-India Company do hereby guarantee to the Rajah, and to his heirs and successors, the possession in sovereignty of the fort of Nanvar, and the districts undermentioned, which are reported by the officers of the Rajah to be now in his possession, with the forts situated in them. The Honorable Company shall demand no tribute or rent whatever from Rajah Umbajee on account of these possessions. 2 L Nanvar 258 TREATIES, &c, A.D.1803 Rajah of Xjmbajee. Narwar Khas Rupees 9,000 Talook Surwareeu -------- 9,000 .. ■ - Bara Doongree 4,500 ( — ■ — * Digdoulee and Cheras ------ 8,000 — — Rajaghur - -- -- -- - 7,500 — Guneshkera ------- - 3,500 — — — Barye, &c. - -- -- -- - 1,000 Ray - -- -- -- -- 4,000 — — — Saseram - -- -- -- - 5,000 ■ Souknee 7,000 — — — Kureeawul - -- -- -- - 10,000 — Deoghur - - - 1,500 ■ ■ ■ ■■ Mooseree - -- -- -- - 5,000 — ; — — Gopaulpore - - - - - - - - 5,000 Doongerpoor and Magrounee ----- 25,000 — — Patty e kurye ------- - 6,000 — — — Beelurwas, &c. ------- 46,200 Villages of Gualior which have been attached to Narwar, viz. Rampore, Bounee, and Buseree - 5,000 Doodakhaner - -- -- -- - -- 10,000 Saer - ------- - 12,000 Suboolghur and nine others ------ 1,25,000 Beejipore and two others ------- 47,000 Pouree - 51,000 Sersye and Paren - -- -- -- - 4,000 Utulpore Beejrawan ------- - 5,000 Lawun of Pergunna Shadoura ------ 2,500 Doulaghur kursena ------- - 5,500 Talook Benouree - -- -- -- - 2,000 Budrita and Village Kera and two others - - - - 12,000 Negounee - - -- -- -- -- 1,500 Villages of Enam Chutree, Trimuckjee, &c. - - - 10,000 Pergunna Googul Chutree ------- 45,000 Talook Alumpore - -- -- -- - 25,000 — — — — Koonch - -- -- -- - 1,50,000 — Sepree -------- - 50,000 ' Carried forward - 7,19,700 BENGAL. 259 Broug ;ht forward - - - 7,19,700 Talook Kolarus - - ... t* - - - - 50,000 — Irnee - - - -> - - 20,000 . — - Kearah - , - " - - - - 70,000 — , Terait - - m - - , ‘ - - - 7,000 — Oochar Bubroalee - . . -3 - - - - 15,000 — — — Lawur, Chupar, and Badaoon - . - - 1,500 Village Kooneru Talook Alkee Beelhree ■r T - 1 - - 2,500 — — - Chergawun - - - - - - - 6,000 Ranaghur and Kergawun -S - - - - 6,000 — — — Mookuree - - - - - - - 10,000 Booshera - • - - - - 2,000 — Gurwaee - - - - - . - - 7,000 Lamrut Berutch - r- - - - - - 7,000 Village Gatta Budoura - - - - * - - 4,000 Derut - - - - - - - - 5,000 Talook Falood - * - - - - - - 10,000 Roomalee Burwa Sagur - •9 ' w - - - 10,000 ■■■ — Sesye ’ - - - - - 10,000 Talook Dooan Berye - 10,000 Bangpoor - - - - - - 4,000 Pergunna Mamohunee - - - - - - - 25,000 A.D. 1803 Rajah of Umbajee, Rupees - 9,41,700 ARTICLE IV. Rajah Umbajee shall not entertain in his service, or in any manner give admission to any English or French subjects, or any other person from among the inhabitants of Europe, without the consent of the English Government. ARTICLE V. Rajah Umbajee, during the period of this or any future war which may take place with the enemies of the British Government, in the vicinity of his possessions, shall join the Company’s army with the whole of his troops ; and in this event, although the Rajah retains the sole command of his own army, he agrees to act in the war agreeably to the advice and counsel of the Commander of the Company’s troops. 2 L 2 ARTICLE 260 TREATIES, &c. A. D. 1803 Rajah of Umbajee. ARTICLE VI. Whereas, in consequence of the third article of the present Treaty, the Honorable Company becomes guarantee to Rajah Umbajee for the security of his country against external enemies, Rajah Umbajee hereby agrees, that if any misunderstanding should arise between him and any other state, the Rajah will, in the first instance, submit the cause of dispute to the Company’s Government, that the Government may endeavour to settle it amicably. If, from the obstinacy of the opposite party, no amicable terms can be settled, then Rajah Umbajee may demand aid from the Company’s Government. In the event above stated in this article, it will be granted ; and Rajah Umbajee agrees to take upon himself the charge of the expence of such aid, at the same rate as has been settled with the other chieftains of Hindostan. ARTICLE VII. The guns, ammunition, and military stores, now in the forts to be delivered over to the Honorable Company, shall be considered the property of the Honorable Company. Rajah Umbajee is, at the same time, empowered to carry off whatever money, grain, or property of any other description than that above mentioned, which may be in the forts, and no interruption shall be given, on the part of the Company’s officers, to his so doing. ARTICLE VIII. The Honorable Company agree, that Rajah Umbajee, whenever he may make a request to that purpose, shall be allowed to reside, with his relations, and family and property, in whatever place, within the Company’s dominions, he may chuse, without any molestation on the part of the Company’s Government. ARTICLE IX. In the event of a peace being concluded between the Honorable Company and the Mahratta States, the Honorable Company shall consider Rajah Umbajee included in the Treaty as an ally of the Company. ■ ' ARTICLE X. If any enemy of both the parties should invade the country of Umbajee, and the English army act in concert with the troops of Rajah Umbajee in expelling the enemy, in this case Rajah Umbajee shall not be liable to any expence on account of the Honorable Company’s troops. The above Treaty, comprised in ten articles, has been duly concluded and confirmed, under the seal and signature of his Excellency General Gerard Lake, at Surhindee, in the Soobah of Ukburrabad, on the 16th day of December, 1803 of the Christian asra, corre- sponding with the 1st of Ramzan, 1218 Higera, and with the 2d of Poos Soodee, 1860 Sumbut, BENGAL. 261 Sumbut, and under the seal and signature of Rajah Umbajee Rao Englah, at — — — on the — day of of the Christian sera, corresponding with the — of , 1 218 Higera, and with the — of , I860 Sumbut. When a Treaty, containing the above ten articles, shall be delivered to Rajah Umbajee Rao Englah, and the seal and signa- ture of his Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General in Council, the present Treaty , under the seal and signature of his Excellency General Gerard Lake, shall be returned. No. XLIII. Treaty of Peace and Friendship with the Rajah of Berar, 1803. Treaty of Peace between the Honorable English India Company and their Al- A^D. 1803 lies , on the one Part , and Senah Saheb Soubah Ragojee Bhoonslah, on the other ; set ~ tied by Major General the Honorable Arthur Wellesley, on the Part of the Honorable Berai. Company and their Allies , and by Jeswunt Rao Ramchundar, on the Part of Senah Saheb Soubah Ragojee Bhoonslah, who have each communicated to the other their full Powers. ARTICLE I. There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between the Honorable Company and their Allies, on the one part, and Senah Saheb Soubah Ragojee Bhoonslah, on the other. ARTICLE II. Senah Saheb Soubah Ragojee Bhoonslah cedes to the Honorable Company and their Allies, in perpetual sovereignty, the province of Cuttack, including the port and district of Balasore. ARTICLE III. He likewise cedes to the Honorable Company and their Allies, in perpetual so- vereignty, all the territories, of which he has collected the revenues, in participation with the Soubah of the Deckan, and those of which he may have possession, which are to the westward of the river Wurdah. ARTICLE IV. It is agreed, that the frontier of Senah Saheb Soubah, towards the territories of his Highness the Souhah of the Deckan, shall be formed, to the west, by the river Wurdah, from its issue from the Injardy Hills to its junction with the Godavery. The hills on which A.D.1803 Rajah of Umbajee. 262 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1803 which are the forts of Nernullah and Gawilghur are to be in the possession of Senah Saheb Rajahof / Soubah, an d every thing south of those hills, and to the west of the river Wurdah, is to Berar. belong to the British Government and their Allies. ARTICLE V. Districts amounting to four lacks of Rupees per annum, contiguous to, and to the south of the forts of Nernullah and Gawilghur, are to be given over to Senah Saheb Soubah. Those districts are to be fixed upon by Major General Wellesley, and delivered over to Senah Saheb Soubah, at the same time with the forts. ARTICLE VI. Senah Saheb Soubah, for himself, his heirs, and successors, entirely renounces all claims, of every description, on the territorities of the British Government and their Allies, ceded by the second, third, and fourth articles, and on all the territories of his Highness the Soubah of the Deckan. ARTICLE VII. The Honourable Company engage, that they will mediate and arbitrate, according to the principles of justice, any disputes or differences that may now exist, or may here- after arise, between the Honorable Company’s Allies, Secunder Jah Behauder, his heirs and successors, and Rao Pundit Purdhaun, his heirs and successors respectively and Senah Saheb Soubah. ARTICLE VIII. Senah Saheb Soubah engages never to take or retain in his service any Frenchman, or the subject of any other European or American power, the Government of which may be at war with the British Government, or any British subject, whether European or Indian, without the consent of the British Government. The Honourable Company engage, on their part, that they will not give aid or countenance to any discontented relations, Rajahs, Zemindars, or other subjects of Senah Saheb Soubah, w r ho may fly from, or rebel against his authority. ARTICLE IX. In order to secure and improve the relations of amity and peace hereby established between th'* Governments, it is agreed that accredited ministers from each shall reside at the Court of the other. ARTICLE X. Certain Treaties have been made by the British Government with feudatories of Senah Saheb Soubah : these Treaties are to be confirmed. Lists of the persons with whom such treaties have been made will be given to Senah Saheb Soubah, when this Treaty will be ratified by his Excellency the Governor General in Council. ARTICLE BENGAL. 263 ARTICLE XI. Senah Saheb Soubah hereby renounces, for himself, his heirs, and successors, all adherence to the confederacy formed by him and Dowlut Rao Scindiah and other Mahratta Chiefs, to attack the Honorable Company and their Allies. He engages not to assist those chiefs, if the war with them should still continue. A.D. 1S03 Rajah of Berar. ARTICLE XII. This Treaty of Peace is to be ratified by Senah Saheb Soubah within eight days from this time, and the ratification is to be delivered to Major General Wellesley; at which time the orders for the cession of the ceded territories are to be delivered, and the troops are to withdraw. Major General Wellesley engages, that the Treaty shall be ratified by his Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General in Council, and that the ratification shall be delivered in two months from this date. ( Signed ) Arthur Wellesley, Major General.- Jeswunt Rao Ramchunber, on the part of Senah Saheb Soubah.. Done in Camp, at Deogaum, this 17th December, 1803, answering to the 2d Ramzaun, 1213 Fuzalee. A true Copy, (Signed) Arthur Wellesley, Major General. Ratified by the Governor General and Council, 9th January 1804. No. LXXIV. Treaty of Peace and Friendship with Dowlut Rao Scindiah* Treaty of Peace between the Honorable English East-India Company, and their Allies , A.D. 1803 on the one Part, and the Maha Rajah Ali Jah Dowlut Rao Scindiah, on the other ; Dowlut^Rao settled Scindiah ' 264 TREATIES, &c. settled by Major General the Honorable Arthur Wellesley, on the Part of the Honorable Company and their Allies , and by Eetul Mahadeo, Moonshee Kavel Nyn, Jeswunt Rao Goorparah Ameer-ool-Omrah, and Narroo Hurry, on the Part of the Maha Rajah Dowlut Rao Scindiah, who have each communicated to the other their full Powers. ARTICLE I. There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between the Honorable Company and their Allies, on the one part, and the Maha Rajah Ali Jah Dowlut Rao Scindiah, on the other. ARTICLE II. The Maha Rajah cedes to the Honorable Company and their Allies, in perpetual sove- reignty, all his forts, territories, and rights in the Doab, or country situated between the Jumna and Ganges, and all his forts, territories, rights, and interests, in the countries which are to the northward of those of the Rajahs of Jeypoor and Jodepoor, and of the Ranah of Gohud, of which territories, &c. a detailed list is given in the accompanying Schedule. Such countries formerly in the possession of the Maha Rajah, situated between Jeypoor and Jodepoor, and to the southward of the former, are to belong to the Maha Rajah. ARTICLE III. The Maha Rajah likewise cedes to the Honorable Company and their Allies, in perpetual sovereignty, the fort of Baroach and territory depending thereon, and the fort of Ahmednuggur and territory depending thereon ; excepting those lands which it is agreed, by the eighth article of this Treaty, that the Maha Rajah is to retain. ARTICLE IY. The Maha Rajah likewise cedes to the Honorable Company and their Allies, all the territories which belonged to him previous to the breaking out of the war, which are situated to the southward of the hills called the Adjuntee Hills, including the fort and district of Jalnapore, the town and district of Gandapore, and all other districts between that range of hills and the river Godavery. ARTICLE V. The Maha Rajah Ali Jah Dowlut Rao Scindiah, for himself, his heirs, and successors, hereby renounces all the claim to the forts, territories, rights, and interests, ceded by the second, third, and fourth articles ; and all claims, of every description, upon the British Governments and their Allies, the Soubahdar of the Deckan, the Peishwab, and Anund Rao Guikwar. ' A.D.1803 Dowlut Rao Scindiah, ARTICLE BENGAL. 265 ARTICLE YI. The fort of Asseerghur, the city of Boorhanpore, the forts of Powarighur and Dohud, and the territories in Candeish and Guzerat, depending on these forts, shall be restored to the Maha Rajah Dowlut Rao Scindiah. ARTICLE VII. Whereas the Maha Rajah Dowlut Rao Scindiah has represented that his family have long held in Enaum, as a gift from the Kings of Hindostan, the districts- of Dholpoor, Baree, and Rajah-Kerrah, which are situated to the northward of the countries of the Rajahs of Jeypoor and Jodepoor, and of the Ranah of Gohud, and that lands in Hindos- tan, ceded by the second article of this Treaty to the Honorable Company and their Allies, are held in Jaghire by persons of the family of the late Madhajee Scindiah, and others b} r principal Sirdars in his service, all of whom would suffer distress, if deprived of the advantages they enjoy in those- countries : it is agreed, that the Maha Rajah shall continue to hold and enjoy, in Enaum, the lands of Dholpoor, Baree, and Rajah Kerrab, and that Bala Baye Sahib, and Munsoor Sahib, Moonshee Kavel Nyn, Boogajee Jamdah, Amrajee Jadboo, and Wirdah Charie, shall continue to hold their lands in Jaghire, under the protection of the Honorable Company. And further, in order that no individual may incur loss or suffer distress in consequence of this arrangement, it is agreed, that the Honorable Company shall either pay pensions, or grant lands in Jaghire, according to the option of the British Government, to certain other Sirdars and others, to be named by the Maha Rajah, provided that the total amount of the sums paid, or Jaghires granted or held, does not exceed seventeen lacks of Rupees per annum, including the annual value of the lands, which it is agreed by this article that Bala Baye Sahib, Munsoor Sahib, Moonshee Kavel Nyn, Boogajee Jamdah, Amrajee Jadhoo, and Wirdah Charie, are to continue to hold ; and provided that no troops in the service of the Maha Rajah are to be introduced into Dholpoor, Baree, and Rajah Kerrah, or the other lands held in Jaghire, under the pretence of collecting the revenue, or any other pretence whatever. ARTICLE VIII. Whereas the Maha Rajah Dowlut Rao Scindiah has represented, that his family have long held in Enaum certain lands, villages, &c. in the territories of Rao Pundit Purdhaun, viz. Cbomargoondee Pergunna, Jarngaum, Ranjingaum, Half of Seo Gaum Pergwnna, Six villages in Umber Pergunna, A.D.1803 Dowlut Rao Scindiah. 2 M Five 266 TREATIES, &e. Five villages in Pytun Pergunna, Five villages in Nivvaz Pergunna, Five villages in Kurla Pergunna, Six villages in Poona Pergunna, Two villages in Wahy Pergunna, Six villages in Patutood Pergunna, Five villages in Pandipeergaum Pergunna, Five villages in Pagood Pergunna, Two villages in Parnyra Pergunna, which have lately been taken possession of by the British Government and their Allies ; it is agreed, that those lands and villages shall be restored to him, provided that no troops shall ever be introduced into those lands and villages, under pretence of collecting the revenues, or any other pretence whatever. ARTICLE IX. Certain Treaties have been made by the British Government with Rajahs and others, heretofore feudatories of the Maha Rajah Ali Jah Dowlut Rao Scindiah. These Treaties are to be confirmed ; and the Maha Rajah hereby renounces all claims upon the persons with whom such Treaties have been made, and declares them to be independant of his Government and authority, provided that none of the territories belonging to the Maha Rajah, situated to the southward of those of the Rajahs of Jeypoor and Jodepoor and the Ranah of Gohud, of which the revenues have been collected by him or his Aumildars, ©v have been applicable, as Surinjamee, to the payment of his troops, are granted away by such Treaties. Lists of the persons with whom such Treaties have been made will be given to the Maha Rajah Dowlut Rao Scindiah, when this Treaty will be ratified by his Excellency the Governor General. ARTICLE X. No person whatever is hereafter to be molested, on account of the part which he may have taken in the present war. ARTICLE XI. It is agreed, that the rights of his Highness the Peishwah to certain lands in Malwa, and elsewhere, shall be established as heretofore ; and in case any difference should arise respecting those rights, it is agreed that the Honorable Company shall mediate, arbitrate, and decide, according to the principles of justice, between his Highness and the Maha Rajah, and whatever shall be thus decided will be agreed to by both Parties, arid will be carried into execution. A.D.1803 Dowlut Rao Scindiah. ARTICLE BENGAL. 267 ARTICLE XII. The Maha Rajah Dowlut Rao Scindia hereby renounces all claims upon his Majesty Shah Aulum, and engages, on his part, to interfere no further in the affairs of his Majesty. ARTICLE XIII. A D 1803 Dowlut Rao Scindiah, The Maha Rajah Ali Jah Dowlut Rao Scindiah engages never to take or retain in his service any Frenchman, or the subject of any other European or American Power, the Government of which may be at war with the British Government ; or any British subject, whether European or native of India, without the consent of the British Government. ARTICLE XIV. In order to secure and improve the relations of amity and peace hereby established between the Governments, it is agreed, that accredited ministers from each shall reside at the court of the other. ARTICLE XV. The Honorable Company being bound by Treaties of general defensive alliance with his Highness the Soubahdar of the Deckan and his Highness Rao Pundit Purdhaun, to which the Maha Rajah Ali Jah Dowlut Rao Scindiah is desirous of acceding, he is to be admitted to the benefits thereof; and the Honorable Company, with a view to the future security of the Maha Rajah’s territories, engage, in the event of his agreeing to the Treaty above-mentioned, in two months to furnish him with a force, consisting of six battalions of infantry, w r iih their complement of ordnance and artillery, and usual equip- ments of military stores, &c., and the expense of this force is to be defrayed out of the revenues of the lands ceded by the second, third, and fourth articles. But it is agreed, that in case it should suit the interests of the Maha Rajah’s Government to decline to enter into the treaty abovementioned, such refusal shall not affect any of the other stipulations of this Treaty of Peace, which are, in every respect, to be binding on the contracting parties, their heirs and successors. ARTICLE XVI. This Treaty is to be ratified by the Maha Rajah Dowlut Rao Scindiah in eight days from this time, and the ratification is to be delivered to Major General Wellesley. Major General Wellesley engages, that it shall be ratified by his Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General in Council, and the ratification shall be delivered to the Maha Rajah in three months, or sooner if possible. The orders for the cession of the territories shall be delivered to Major General Wel- lesley at the same time with the ratification of the Treaty of Peace ; but the forts of 2 m 2r Asseerghur, 268 TREATIES, &«. A. D. 1803 Dowlut Rao Scindiah. Asseerghur, Powanghur, ami Dobud, are not to be delivered up, till accounts will have been received that the territories ceded have been evacuated by the Maha Rajah’s officers and troops. ( Signed ) Arthur Wellesley, Eetul Mahadeo, Kavel Nyn, Jeswunt Rao Goorparah, Narroo Hurry. * Done in Camp at Surje Anjengaum, this 30th of December, 1803, answering to the 15th Ramzaun, 1213 Fuzalee. Ratified by the Governor General in Council, 13th February 1804-. No. LXXV. Treaty with the Ranah of Gohud, 1804. A.D. i804 The Ranah of Gohud. Treaty of AmitI and Alliance, between the Honorable the East-India Company and Maha Rajah Seway Ranah Kerrut Sing Luckinder Behauder, providing for the Guarantee , on the part of the Honorable Company, of the Country of Gohud and others, to be held by Maha Rajah Ranah in Sovereignty , and for the Payment , on the part of the Maha Rajah Ranah, of a Subsidiary Force from the Honorable Company ; concluded by his Excellency General Gerard Lake, CommandeP-in- Chief of the British Forces in India, in virtue of Authority vested in him for that Purpose by his Excellency the Most Noble Richard Marquis Wellesley, Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick, one of his Britannic Majesty’s Most Honorable Privy Council, Captain General and Commander-in-Chief of all the Land Forces serving in the British Posses- sions in India, and Governor General in Council at Fort William in Bengal, on the part of the Honorable Company, and by Maha Rajah Seway Ranah Kerrut Sing Behauder, for himself , his Heirs, and Successors. ARTICLE BENGAL. 269 ARTICLE I. A. D. 1804 A permanent friendship and alliance is established between the Honorable Company ThTlLanah and Maha Rajah Ranah Kerrut Sing Behauder, and between their heirs and successors, of Gohud. In conformity to the friendship established, the friends and enemies of one party shall be the friends and enemies of both. ARTICLE II. The Honorable the East-India Company hereby agree to establish Maha Rajah Ranah Kerrut Sing in the sovereignty of his hereditary countries of Gohud, and the undermentioned districts to be possessed by him, his heirs, and successors, free from all deductions, under the guarantee of the Honorable Company : Gualior Khas, Antree and others, 5 Muhals, Antree, Chummuck, Powan, Salbye and Chunour, Ullahpore, Summoulee, Puharghur and others, composing Talook Sukurwaree Talook Jetwur, Purgunah Binde with its Talooks, Purgunah Phomp, Talook Oomree, — — — Ballawa, — Jugnee, Seroy Choolah, Doondree, Ahnoun, Noorabad, , Attowra, Buhadurpore, Ballaittee, Curwas, Hawellee Gohud, Behut, Talaok Sookulharee, — ■ Amaun, Inderkee 2?0 TREATIES, &c. Inderkee, Nhodah, Lehar and others, forming Zillah Katchwakar, Lahar, Rampoom, Kuksees, Kuthoonuda Baksa, Gopalpoom, Goojirra, ' Kuttoulee, Lawan Kalan, Purgunah Moh, — — Ratwa, Talook Deoghur. ARTICLE III. Three battalions of the Honorable Company’s Sepoys shall be permanently stationed with Maha Rajah Ranah for the protection of his country, the expences of which shall be regularly paid by Maha Rajah Ranah to the Honorable Company every month, at the monthly rate of twenty-five thousand Lucnow Sicca Rupees, or Rupees of the same standard value, for each battalion, amounting to the monthly sum of seventy-five thousand Rupees, or nine lacks of Rupees annually. In the event of a failure, on the part of the Maha Rajah jRanah, in the regular monthly payment of the expences of the battalions, the Honorable Company’s Government retains to itself the right of appointing a person to superintend the collection of the above amount from the country, ARTICLE IV. Maha Rajah Ranah agrees, that the possession of the fortress and city of Gu.alior shall be permanently vested in the Honorable Company’s Government, and that it shall be at the option of the Government to station the Honorable Company’s troops in which- ever of the other forts or places of strength in the Ranah’ s country, and at whatever time the Government may deem expedient, with the exception of Gohud ; and to level such forts and places of strength in the Ranah’s country, with the exception of Gohud, as to the Government may appear advisable. ARTICLE V. The Honorable Company shall not demand any tribute from the country delivered ©ver to Maha Rajah Ranah Kerrut Sing , A.D.1804 The Ranah of Gohud. ARTICLE BENGAL. 271 ARTICLE VI. In the event of an enemy of the Honorable Company evincing a disposition to attack the countries lately taken possession of by the Honorable Company in Hindostan, Maha Rajah Ranah agrees to send the whole of his forces to their assistance, and exert himself to the utmost of his power to repel the enemy, and to omit no opportunity of proving his friendship and attachment. ARTICLE VII. As by the second article of the present Treaty, the Honorable Company becomes guarantee to Maha Rajah Ranah for the security of his country against external ene- mies, Maha Rajah Ranah hereby agrees, that if any misunderstanding should arise be- tween him and the Sircar of any other chieftain, Maha Rajah Ranah will, in the first instance, submit the cause of dispute to the Company’s. Government, that the Government may endeavour to settle it amicably. If, from the obstinacy of the opposite party, no amicable terms can be settled, then Maha Rajah Ranah may employ the Honorable Com- pany’s troops, stationed for the protection of his country, against the opposite party. ARTICLE VIII. Although Maha Rajah Ranah retains the exclusive command of his own army, yet he hereby agrees to act, during the period of a war, in conformity to the advice and counsel of the Commander of the Company’s troops. ARTICLE IX. Maha Rajah Ranah shall not entertain in his service, or in any manner give ad- mission to any English or French subjects, or any other persons from amongst the inhabit- ants of Europe, without the consent of the British Government. A.D. 1804 The Ranah of Gohud. The above Treaty, comprised in nine articles, has been duly concluded and con- firmed, under the seal and signature of his Excellency General Gerard Lake, at Beanah, on the 17th day of January, 1804, of the Christian sera, corresponding with the 3dofSowall, 1218 Higera, and with the 20th of Maugh, 1816 Sumbut, and under the seal and signa- ture of Maha Raja Seway Ranah Kerrut Sing Luckindar Behauder, at Gualior, on the 29th day of January, 1804, of the Christian sera, corresponding with the 15th of Sowall, 1218 Higera, and with the 3d Phagon, 1860 Summut. When a Treaty, containing the above nine articles, shall be delivered to Maha Rajah Seway Ranah Kerrut Sing Luchinder Behauder, under the seal and signature'of his Excellency the Most Noble the Marquis Wel- lesley; Governor, General in Council, the present Treaty, under the seal and signature of his Excellency General Gerard Lake, shall be returned. 2 7 % TREATIES, &c. No. LXXYI. Treaty of Alliance with Dowlut Rao Scindiah, 1804. A.D.1804 Dowlut Rao Scindiah. Treaty of Alliance and mutual Defence between the Honorable the English East- India Company and the Maha Rajah Ali Jah Dowlut Rao Scindiah Behauder, and his Children, Heirs, and Successors, settled by Major John Malcolm, on the part of the Honorable Company, and by Bapoo Eetul Punt and Moonshee Kavel Nyn, on the part of the Maha Rajah Dowlut Rao Scindiah, after having communicated to each other V. their full Powers, the said John Malcolm being deputed to the Court of Dowlut Rao Scindiah by Major General the Honorable Arthur Wellesley, the Honorable Major General aforesaid being invested with full Powers and Authority from his Excellency the Most Noble Richard Marquis Wellesley, Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick, one of his Britannic Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, appointed by the Honorable Court of Directors of the said Company to direct and controul all their Affairs in the East-Indies. Whereas, by the blessing of God, the relations of friendship and union have been happiiy established between the Government of the Honorable Company and that of the Maha Rajah Ali Jah Dowlut Rao Scindiah Behauder by a recent Treaty of Peace, the two Governments aforesaid, adverting to the complexion of the Times, have now deter- mined, with a view to the preservation of peace and tranquillity, to enter into this Treaty of general Defensive Alliahce, for the reciprocal protection of their respective territories, together with those of their several allies and dependants, against unprovoked aggression and encroachments of all or any enemies whatever. ARTICLE I. The friendship and union established by the former Treaty between the two states shall be promoted and enereased by this Treaty, and shall be perpetual : the friends and enemies of either state shall be the friends and enemies of both, and their mutual interests .shall henceforward be inseparable. ARTICLE BENGAL. 273 ARTICLE II. If any person or state whatever shall commit any act of unprovoked hostility or aggression against either of the contracting parties, and, after due representation, shall refuse to enter into amicable explanation, or shall deny the just satisfaction or indemnity which the contracting parties shall have required, then the contracting parties will pro- ceed to concert and prosecute such further measures as the case shall appear to demand. For the more distinct explanation of the true intent and effect of this article, the Governor General in Council, in behalf of the Honorable Company, hereby declares, that the British Government will never permit any power or state whatever to commit, with impunity, any act of unprovoked hostility or aggression against the rights and territories of the Maha Rajah Dowlut Rao Scindiah, but will, at all times, in compliance with the requisition of the Maha Rajah, maintain and defend the same, -when such requisition is made, in the like manner as the rights and territories of the Honorable Company are now maintained and defended. A.D.1804 Dowlut Ra® Scindiah. ARTICLE III. With a view to fulfil this Treaty of mutual Defence, the Maha Rajah agrees to receive, and the Honorable East-India Company to furnish, a subsidiary force, of not less than six thousand regular infantry, with the usual proportion of artillery, and with the proper equipment of warlike stores and ammunition. This force is to be stationed at such place, near the frontier of Dowlut Rao Scindiah, as may hereafter be deemed most eligible by the British Government, and it will be held in readiness, at such station, to proceed, as soon as possible, for the execution of any service, on which it is liable to be employed by the condition of this Treaty. ARTICLE IV. And it is further agreed, that in conformity to the stipulations of the fifteenth article of the Treaty of Peace, concluded by Major General Wellesley, on the part of the Honorable Company, and by Bapoo Eetul, Moonshee Kavel Nyn, &c. on the part of Maha Rajah Ali Jah Dowlut Rao Scindiah, that all charges and expenses of the six battalions above-mentioned, and of their ordnance, artillery, military stores, and equip- ment, shall be defrayed by the Honorable Company, out of the produce of the revenues of the territories ceded by the Maha Rajah Ali Jah Dowlut Rao Scindiah to the said Company, by the second, third, and fourth articles of the aforementioned Treaty of Peace, which territories are specified in a statement annexed to that Treaty. ARTICLE V. Grain, and all other articles of consumption, and provisions, and all sorts of materials for wearing apparel, together with the necessary number of cattle, horses, and camels, required for the use of the subsidiary force, shall, whenever the aforesaid force is within the 2 n territories TREATIES, &c. AD. 1804 territories of the Maha Rajah, in consequence of his requisition, be entirely exempt V from duties; and whenever any further force of the Honorable Company shall, in ^ ao consequence of war with any other state, be in the dominions of the Maha Rajah, they Scindiah. 1 r ,, , • , - shall, in like manner as the subsidiary xorce, be exempt from all duties upon the afore- said articles of necessary use and consumption : and it is also agreed, that whenever any part of the army of the Maha Rajah is in the territories of the Honorable Company, for purposes connected with the fulfilment of this Treaty, that no duties on grain, camels, wearing apparel, &c., as stated above, which the party of the army of the said Maha Rajah may require, shall be collected : and it is further agreed, that the officers of the respective Governments, while they are in the fulfilment of the articles of this Treaty, either with the army or in the territories of the other, shall be treated with that respect and consideration which is due to their rank and station. ARTICLE YI. The subsidiary force will, at all times, be ready, on the requisition of the Maha Rajah, to execute services of importance, such as the care of the person of the Maha Rajah, his heirs and successors, the protection of the country from attack and invasion, the overawing and chastisement of rebels or exciters of disturbance in the Maha Rajah’s Dominions; but it is not be employed on trifling occasions. ARTICLE VII. Whereas it is agreed in the thirteenth article of the Treaty of Peace, that the Maha Rajah Ali Jah Dowlut Rao Scindiah shall never take or retain in his service any French- man, or the subject of any other European or American power, the Government of which may be at war with Great-Britain, or any British subject whatever, European or native of India, without the consent of the British Government, the Maha Rajah now further engages, that he will hereafter never employ in his service, or permit to reside in his dominions, any European or American whatever, without the consent and acquiescence of the British Government ; the said British Government, on its part, engaging, that it never will employ, or permit to reside in its dominions, any person subject of the Maha Rajah, or others, who shall hereafter be guilty of crimes or of hostility against the person or Government of the aforesaid Maha Rajah Dowlut Rao Scindiah. ARTICLE VIII. As, by the present Treaty, the union and friendship of the two states is so firmly cemented, that they may be considered as one and the same, the Maha Rajah engages neither to commence nor to pursue, in future, any negotiation with any principal states or powers, Avithout giving previous notice, and entering into mutual consultation with the Honorable East-India Company’s Government: and the Honorable Company’s Government, BENGAL. 275 Government, on their part, declare, that they will have no manner of concern with any A.D. 1804 of .the Maha Rajah’s relations, dependants, military chiefs, or servants, with respect to jjowlut - ^® whom the Maha Rajah’ is absolute : and that they will, on no occasion, ever afford Scindiah. encouragement, support, or protection, to any of the Maha Rajah’s relations, dependants, chiefs, or servants, who may eventually act in opposition to the Maha Rajah’s authority, but, on the contrary, at the requisition of the Maha Rajah, they will aid and assist to punish and reduce all such offenders to obedience: and it is further agreed, that no officer of the Honorable Company shall ever interfere in the internal affairs of the Maha Rajah’s Government. ARTICLE IX. As the chief object and design of the present defensive alliance is the security and protection of the dominions of the contracting parties, and their allies and dependants, from all attach whatsoever, the Maha Rajah DowlutRao Scindiah engages never to commit any act of hostility or aggression against any state or chief in alliance with the Honorable Company, or against any other principal state or power ; and in the event of differences arising, whatever adjustment the Company’s Government, weighing matters in the scale of truth and justice, may determine, shall meet with his full approbation and acquiescence. ARTICLE X. The contracting parties will employ all practicable means of conciliation to prevent the calamity of war, and for that purpose will, at all times, be ready to enter into ami- cable explanations with other principal states or powers, and to cultivate and improve the general relations of peace and amity with all the principal powers of India, according to the true spirit and tenor of this Treaty ; but if a war should unfortunately break out between the contracting parties and any other state or power whatever, then the Maha Rajah Ali Jah Dowlut Rao Scindiah Behauder engages, that the English force, consisting of six battalions, with their guns, 81c., joined by a detachment of his army, consisting of six thousand of the Maha Rajah’s infantry, and ten thousand of his Pagah and Sillahdar cavalry, which force the Maha Rajah engages always to keep ready, shall be immediately put in motion, for the purpose of opposing the enemy : and the Maha Rajah also engages to employ every further effort, for the purpose of bringing into the field the whole force which he may be able to supply from his dominions, with a view to the effectual prosecution and speedy termination of the said war. The Honorable Company, in .the same manner, engage, on their part (on such event occurring), to e.. ploy in active operations against the enemy, as large a force as the service may require, over and above the said subsidiary force. 2 n 2 ARTICLE 276 TREATIES, &c. A.D.1S04 Dowlut Rao Scindiah. ARTICLE XI. Whenever war shall appear probable, the Maha Rajah Ali Jah Dowlut Rao Scindiah engages to collect as many Binjaries as possible, and to store as much grain as may be practicable in the frontier garrisons. The Company’s Government also, with a view to the effectual prosecution of the war, engage to adopt similar measures in their frontier garrisons. ARTICLE XII. The contracting parties entertain no views of conquests or extension of their respective dominions, nor any intention of proceeding to hostilities against any state or principal power, unless in the case of unjust and unprovoked aggression, and after the failure of their joint endeavours to obtain reasonable satisfaction, through the channel of pacific negotiation, according to the tenor of the preceding Treaty. If, contrary to the spirit and object of this defensive Treaty, war with any state should hereafter appear unavoidable (which God avert), the contracting parties will proceed to adjust the rule of partition of all such advantages and acquisitions as may eventually result from the success of their united arms. It is declared that, in the event of war, and of a consequent parti- tion of conquests between the contracting parties, the shares of each Government shall be equal, in the division of any territory which may be acquired by the successful exertion of their united arms, provided that each of the contracting parties shall have faithfully fulfilled all the stipulations of this Treaty. ARTICLE XIII. The interests of the contracting parties being identified by this defensive alliance, it is agreed, that the Honorable Company’s Government shall be at liberty to employ the whole, or any part of the subsidiary force established by the Treaty, in the quelling of any disturbances which may arise within their territories, or in the performance of any other service which may be required by the said Honorable Company’s Government, provided such service shall not interfere with any other duties on which the said subsidiary force is liable to be employed under the conditions of this Treaty. And if disturbances shall, at any time, break out in any part of the Maha Rajah’s dominions which Jays contiguous to the frontier of the Honorable Company,, and to which it might be inconr venient to detach any proportion of the subsidiary force, the British Government, in like manner, if required by Dowlut Rao Scindiah, shall direct such of the Company’s troops, as may be most conveniently stationed for the purpose, to assist in quelling the said disturbances within the Maha Rajah’s dominions ; and if disturbances shall, at any time, break out in any part of the dominions of the British Government which lay contiguous to the frontier of the Maha Rajah, the Maha Rajah, if required by the British Government, shall BENGAL, 277 Bhall direct such of his troops as may be most conveniently stationed for the purpose, to A.D. 1804 assist in quelling the said disturbances within the dominions of the British Government. ^ ° Dowlut Rao ARTICLE XIV. Scindiah. In order to strengthen and confirm the friendship established between the two States, it is agreed, that neither of the two contracting parties shall enter into any alliance, or have any concern with the tributaries or chiefs of the other : and, in order to support the independent authority of both Governments, it is agreed and declared, that hereafter neither of the contracting parties will give protection or countenance to the rebellious tributaries and subjects of the other, but they will use their utmost endeavours for the apprehension of such rebels, in order that they may be brought to punishment. ARTICLE XV. The Honorable Company agree to exert their influence to maintain the observance of stlch usages on matters of form and ceremony, and other customs, as shall appear to have been fixed, on all points of intercourse and communication between the Peishwah and his ancestors, and the Maha Rajah Dowlut Rao Scindiah and his ancestors: and the English Government also agree to recognize the right of Dowlut Rao Scindiah to all possessions he holds, whether by written Sunnuds, or grants, or by the unwritten authority of the Peishwah, according to former usage, provided such Sunnuds do not interfere with the faithful fulfilment of the Treaty of Peace ; and provided, also, that in all cases where disputes may arise, on the subject of possessions held by unwritten authority, the Maha Rajah Dowlut Rao Scindiah agrees to refer to the sole arbitration of the said British Government, who will decide, with reference to former usage, on the principles of truth and justice. The English Government further agrees, to use its endeavour to prevent any acts which have been done by Dowlut Rao Scindiah, or his ancestors, under the authority reposed in him or them by the Peishwah or his Ancestors, from being subverted, provided their being supported is strictly consistent with the preservation of the honor and dignity of His Highness the Peishwah, and of the stipulations of the Treaty of Peace. ARTICLE XVI. This treaty, consisting of sixteen articles, being this day settled by Major Malcolm, on the part of the Honorable Company, and by Eetul Punt and Moonshee Kavel Nyn, on the part of Dowlut Rao Scindiah, Major Malcolm has delivered one copy thereof, in Persian and Mahratta and English, signed and sealed by himself, to the said Maha Rajah, who, on his part, has also delivered one copy of the same, duly executed by himself: and Major Malcolm, by virtue of a special authority given him in that behalf, by Major General the Honorable Arthur Wellesley (himself vested with full powers as before stated), hereby declares the said Treaty to be in full force from the date hereof, and engages that; 2?8 TREATIES, &c. v ‘ * that a copy of the same from the Governor General in Council, in every respect a coun- Dowlut Rao terpart of that executed by himself, shall be delivered to the Maha Rajah Ali Jah Dowlut Scindiah. R a0 g c i nc ji a h } i n the space of two months and ten days, and on the delivery of such copy, the Treaty executed by Major Malcoim shall be returned. Done at Boorhanpoor, the 27th February, Anno Do- mini 1804, or 14th Zeecada, Anno Higerae, 1218. Ratified by the Governor General in Council, 23d March 1804. No. LXXVII. Partition Treatt of Hyderabad, with his Highness the Soubahdar of the Deckan, 1804. A.D. 1804 The Nizam. Trea.t y for the Settlement of General Peace in Hindostan and the Deckan, and for the Confirmation of the Friendship subsisting between the Honorable English East-India Com- pany and its Allies , his Highness the Soubahdar of the Deckan, and his Highness Rao Pundit Purdhaun Peishwah Behauder, settled between the said Honorable Company and the said Allies by Major James Achilles Kirkpatrick, Resident at the Court o/Hydrabad, in virtue of the Powers delegated to him by his Excellency the Most Noble Richard Mar- quis Wellesley, Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick, one of his Ma- jesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, Governor General in Council of all the British Pos- sessions, and Captain General of all the British Land Forces in the East Indies. Whereas, by the terms of the Treaties of Peace concluded by Major General thh HonorableArthur Wellesley, on the part of the Honorable Company and its Allies, with the Maha Rajah Senah Saheb Soubah Rajah of Berar, at Deogaum, on the 17th of Decem- ber, 1803, and with Maha Rajah Dowlut Rao Scindiah, at Surje Anjengaum, on the 30th of that month, which Treaties have been duly ratified by the Governor General in Council and by the Allies of the British Government, certain forts and territories have been ceded by Maha Rajah Senah Sahib Soubah, and by Maha Rajah Dowlut Rao Scindiah, to the Honorable BENGAL. 279 Honorable Company and its Allies, the following articles of Agreement, for the settlement A.D. 1804 of the said forts and territories, have been concluded by the British Government, and by the said Allies. The Nizam. ARTICLE I. The province of Cuttack, including the port and district of Balasore, and all cessions, of every description, made by the second article of the Treaty of Deogaum, or by any Treaties which have been confirmed by the tenth article of the said Treaty of Deogaum, shall belong, in perpetual sovereignty, to the Honorable English East-India Company. ARTICLE II. The territories of which Maha Rajah Senah Saheb Soubah formerly collected the re- tenues, in participation with his Highness the Soubahdar of the Deckan, and those formerly possessed by Maha Rajah Senah Saheb Soubah, to the westward of the river Wurdah, ceded by the third article of the Treaty of Deogaum, and the territory situated to the Southward of the hills, on which are the forts of Nernullah and Gawilghur, and to the westward of the river Wurdah, stated by the fourth article of the Treaty of Deogaum to belong to the British Government and its Allies, shall belong, in perpetual sovereignty, to his Highness the Soubahdar of the Deckan, with the exception of the districts reserved to Senah Saheb Soubah, in the fifth article of the said Treaty of Deogaum. ARTICLE III. Ail the forts, territories, and rights of Maha Rajah Dowlut Rao Scindiah in the Doab, or country situated between the Jumna and Ganges, and all his forts, territories, rights, and interests, in the countries which are to the northward of those of the Rajahs of Jye- poor and Jodepoor, and of the Ranah of Gohud, ceded by the second article of the Treaty of Surje Anjengaum, shall belong, in perpetual sovereignty to the Honorable Company. ARTICLE IV. The fort of Baroach, and territory depending thereon, ceded by the third article of the Treaty of Surje Anjengaum, shall belong, in perpetual sovereignty, to the Honora- ble Company, ARTICLE V. The fort and city of Ahmednuggur, together with such part of the territory depend- ing thereon as is ceded by the third article of the Treaty of Surje Anjengaum to the Honorable Company and its Allies, shall belong, in perpetual sovereignty, to his Highness the Peishwah. ARTICLE VI. All the territories which belonged to Maha Rajah Dowlut Rao Scindiah, before the commencement of the late war, situated to the southward of the hills called the Adjuntee Hills, including the fort and district of Jalnapore, the town and district of Gandapore, and 280 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1804 and all other districts between that range of hills and the river Godavery, ceded by the v — fourth article of the Treaty of Surje Anjengaum to the Honorable Company and its The Nizam. s h a n belong, in perpetual sovereignty, to his Highness the Soubahdar of the Deckan. ARTICLE VII. All cessions made to the Honorable Company by any Treaties which have been con- firmed by the ninth article of the Treaty of Surje Anjengaum, shall belong, in perpetual sovereignty, to the Honorable Company. ARTICLE VIII. This treaty, consisting of eight articles, being this day, the 17th of Mohurrum, corresponding with the 28th of April, settled and concluded, at Hyderabad, by Major James Achilles Kirkpatrick, with his Highness the Nawaub Asoph Jah Meer Akber Ali Khaun Behauder, Soubahdar of the Deckan, the said Major James Achilles Kirkpatrick has delivered to his said Highness, a copy of the same, in English and Persian, under the seal and signature of the said Major James Achilles Kirkpatrick, and his Highness the Nawaub Asoph Jah Meer Akber Ali Khaun Behauder has delivered to the said Major James Achilles Kirkpatrick another copy, also in Persian and English, bearing his Highness’s seal and signature j and the aforesaid Major James Achilles Kirkpatrick has engaged to procure and deliver to his said Highness, without delay, a copy of the same, duly ratified by his Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General in Council, on the receipt of which by his said Highness, the present Treaty shall be deemed complete and binding on the Honorable the English East-India Company and on his Highness, and the copy of it now delivered to his said Highness the Nawaub Asoph Jah shall be returned. Done at Hyderabad, this 28th day of April, Anno Domini 1804, or 17th day of Mohurrum, A 0110 Higeroe 1219. No. LXXVIIL Partition Treaty of Poonah with his Highness the Pcisliwali, 1804. A.D. 1804 Treaty for the Settlement of General Peace in Hindostan and the Deckan , and for the ThePeshwa Confirmation of the Friendship subsisting between the Honorable English East-India Com- pany / 'BENGAL. 281 pany and its Allies , his Highness the Soubahdar of the Deckan, and his Highness E,ao A.D.1804 Pundit Purdhaun Peishwah Behauder, settled between the said Honourable Company and ThTpebUwl the said Allies by Lieutenant Colonel Barry Close, Resident at the Court of his Highness the Peishwah, in virtue of the Powers delegated to him by his Excellency the Most Noble Richard Marquis Wellesley, Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick , one of his Majesy's most Honourable Privy Council , Governor General in Council of all the British Possessions, and Captain General of all the British Land Forces in the East- Indies. » Whereas, by the terms of the Treaties of Peace concluded by Major General the Honorable Arthur Wellesley, on the part of the Honorable Company and its Allies, with Maha Rajah Senah Saheb Soubah Rajah of Berar, at Deogaum, on the 17th of December, 1803, and with Maha Rajah Dowlut Rao Scindah, at Surje Anjengaum, on the 30th of that month, which Treaties have been duly ratified by the Governor General in Council, and by the Allies of the British Government, certain forts and territories have been ceded by Maha Rajah Senah Saheb Soubah, and by Maha Rajah Dawlut Rao Scindiah, to the Honourable Company and its Allies, the following articles of agreement, for the settle- ment of the said" forts and territories, have been concluded by the British Government, and by the said Allies. ARTICLE I. The province of Cuttack, including the port and district of Balasore, and all cessions, of every description, made by the second article of the Treaty of Deogaum, or by any Treaties which have been confirmed by the tenth article of the said Treaty of Deogaum, shall belong, in perpetual sovereignty, to the Honourable English East-India Company. ARTICLE II. The territories of which Maha Rajah Senah Saheb Soubah formerly collected the re- venues, in participation with his Highness the Soubahdar of the Deckan, and those for- merly possessed by Maha Rajah Senah Saheb Soubah, to the westward of the river Wurdah, ceded by the third article of the Treaty of Deogaum, and the territory situated to the southward of the hills, on which are the forts of Nernullah and Gawilghur, and to the westward of the river Wurdah, stated by the fourth article of the Treaty of Deogaum to belong to the Br.tish Government and its Allies, shall belong, in perpetual sovereignty, to his Highness the Soubahdar of the Deckan, with the exception of the districts reserved to Senah Saheb Soubah in the fifth article of the said Treaty of Deogaum. 2 o ARTICLE 282 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1804 ARTICLE III. Th” the forts, territories, and rights of Maha Rajah Dowlut Rao Scindiah in the Doab» or country situated between the Jumna and Ganges, and all his forts, territories, rights, and interests, in the countries which are to the northward of those of the Rajahs of Jeypoor and Jodepoor, and of the Ranah of Gohud, ceded by the second article of the Treaty of Surje Anjengaum, shall belong, in perpetual sovereignty, to the Honorable Company. ARTICLE IV. The fort of Baroach and territory depending thereon, ceded by the third article of the Treaty of Surje Anjengaum, shall belong, in perpetual sovereignty, to the Honorable Company. ARTICLE V. The fort and city of Ahmednuggur, together with such part of the territory depend- ing thereon, as is ceded by the third article of the Treaty of Surje Anjengaum to the Honorable Company and its Allies, shall belong, in perpetual sovereignty, to his Highness the Peishwah. ARTICLE VI. All the territories which belonged to Maha Rajah Dowlut Rao Scindiah before the commencement of the late war, situated to the southward of the hills called the Adjuntee Dills, including the fort and district of Jalnapore, the town and district ofGandapore, and all other districts between that range of hills and the River Godavery, ceded by the fourth article of the Treaty of Surje Anjengaum to the Honorable Company and its Allies, shall belong, in perpetual sovereignty, to his Highness the Soubahdah of the Deckan. ARTICLE VII. All cessions made to the Honourable Company by any Treaties which have been con- firmed by the ninth article of the Treaty of Surje Anjengaum, shall belong, in perpetual sovereignty, to the Honorable Company. ARTICLE VIII. This Treaty, consisting of eight articles, being this day, the 14th of May, 1804, Anno Domini, corresponding with the 3d of Suffer, 1219 Anno Higerse, settled and con- cluded at Poonah, by Lieutenant Colonel Barry Close, Resident with his Higness the Peish- wah, Lieutenant Colonel Close has delivered to his said Highness a copy of the same, in English, Persian, and Marhatta, under the seal and signature of the said Liutenant Colonel Barry Close, and his Highness the Peishwah has delivered to the said Lieutenant Colonel Close another copy, also in Persian, Marhatta, and English, bearing his Highness’s seal, and Lieutenant Colonel Close, aforesaid, has engaged to procure and deliver to his said Highness, without delay, a copy of the same, duly ratified by his Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General in Council, on the receipt of which by his said Highness, the present BENGAL. 283 present Treaty shall be deemed complete and binding on the Honorable the English East- India Company and on his Highness, and the copy of it now delivered to his said High- ness shall be returned. A/D. 1804 ThePeishwa, No. LXXIX. Treaty with the Rajah of Travancore, 1805. Treaty of perpetual Friendship and Alliance between the Honorable English East-India Company Behauder and the Maha Rajah Ram Rajah Behauder, Rajah of Travancore. A.D. 1805 Rajah of Travancore. Whereas the Treaty concluded in the year 1795, between the Honorable Company of Merchants of England trading to the East-Indies and his late Highness the Rajah of Travancore, was intended to defend and protect the Travancore country against foreign enemies, and to strengthen and to fix the terms of the ancient friendship and alliance subsisting between the Company and the Rajah of Travancore ; and whereas it is evident, that the intentions of the contracting parties have not been duly fulfilled, and whereas the said Company and his Highness the Rajah of Travancore have judged it expedient, that additional provisions should, at this time, be made, for the purpose of supplying the defects in the said Treaty, and of establishing the connection between the said con- tracting parties on a permanent basis of security, in all times to come ; therefore, in order to carry into effect the said intentions, the present Treaty is concluded by Lieutenant Colonel Colin Macaulay, Resident at Travancore, on the part and in the name of his Excellency the Most Noble Marquis Wellesley, K.P. and K.C., Governor General in Council of all the British Possessions in the East-Indies, and by his Highness the Rajah of Travancore, for himself, agreeably to the following articles, which shall be binding on the contracting parties, as long as the sun and moon shall endure. ARTICLE I. The friends and enemies of either of the contracting parties shall be considered as the friends and enemies of both. The Honorable the East-India Company Behauder especially engaging to defend and protect the territories of the Maha Rajah Ram Rajah Behauder of Travancore against all enemies whatever. ARTICLE II. Whereas, by the seventh article of the Treaty concluded in the year 1795, between the Maha Rajah Ram Rajah Behauder and the English East-India Company jBehauder, it 2 o 2 was 284 TREATIES, kc.j A.D.1805 Rajah of Travancore. was stipulated, “ that when the Company shall require any aid of his troops to assist them “ in W ar, it shall be incumbent on the said reigning Rajah, for the time being, to furnish << such aid, to such extent, and in such numbers as may be in his power, from his regular “ infantry and cavalry, exclusive of the native Nayers of his country,” and the Company being now willing entirely to release the Rajah from the obligations incurred under the said stipulation, it is hereby concluded and agreed, that the Ram Rajah Behauder is for ever discharged from the aforesaid burthensome obligation. ARTICLE III. , In consideration of the stipulations and release contained in the first and second articles, whereby the Company become liable to heavy and constant expence, while great relief is afforded to the revenues of the Rajah, his Highness engages to pay annually to the said Company a sum equivalent to the expense of one regiment of the Honorable Company’s native infantry, in addition to the sum now payable by the said Rajah, for the force subsidised by his Highness, by the third article of the Subsidiary Treaty of 1795 , the said amount to be paid in six equal instalments, commencing from the first day of January 1805 : and his said Highness further agrees, that the disposal of the said sum, together with the arrangement and employment of the troops to be maintained by it, whether stationed within the Travancore country or within the Company’s districts, shall be left entirely to the Company. ARTICLE IV. Should it become necessary for the Company to employ a larger force, than that which is stipulated for in the preceding article, to protect the territories of the said Maha Rajah against attack or invasion, his Highness agrees to contribute, jointly with the Company, towards the discharge of the encreased expence thereb}^ occasioned, such a sum as shall appear, on an attentive consideration of the means of his said Highness, to bear a just and reasonable proportion to the actual nett revenues of his said Highness. ARTICLE V. Whereas it is indispensably necessary, that effectual and lasting security should be provided against any failure in the funds destined to defray, either the expenses of the permanent military force in time of peace, or the extraordinary expences described in the preceding article of the present Treaty, it is hereby stipulated and agreed between the contracting parties, that whenever the Governor General in Council of Fort William in Bengal shall have reason to apprehend such failure in the funds so destined, the said Governor General in Council shall be at liberty, and shall have full power and right, either to introduce such regulations and ordinances, as he shall deem expedient for the internal management and collection of the revenues, or for the better ordering of any other branch and department of the Government of Travancore, or to assume and bring under the BENGAL. 285 the direct management of the servants of the said Company Behauder such part or parts A.D. 1805 of the territorial possessions of his Highness the Maha Rajah Ram Rajah Behauder, as shall appear to him, the said Governor General in Council, necessary to render the said Travancore. funds efficient and available, either in time of peace or war. ARTICLE VI. And it is hereby further agreed, that whenever the said Governor General in Council shall signify to the said Maha fiajah Ram Behauder, that it is become necessary to carry into effect the provisoes of the fifth article, his said Highness Maha Rajah Ram Rajah Be- hauder sh 11 immediately issue orders to his Aumils, or other officers, either for carrying into effect the said regulations and ordinances, according to the tenor of the fifth article, or for placing the territories required under the exclusive authority and control of the English Company Behauder; and in case his Highness shall not issue orders, within ten days from the time when the application shall have been formally made to him, then the said Governor General in Council shall be at liberty to issue orders, by his own authority, eithe- for carrying into effect the said regulations and ordinances, or for assuming the management and collection of the revenues of the said territories, as he shall judge expe- dient, for the purpose of securing the efficiency of the said military funds, and of provid- ing for the effectual protection of the country' and welfare of the people. Provided always, that whenever, and so long as any part or parts of his said Highness’s territories 'shall be placed, and shall remain under the exclusive authority and control of the said East Ind. a Company, the Governor General in Council shall render to his Excellency a true and faithful account of the revenues and produce of the territories so assumed. Provided also, that in case whenever his Highness’s actual receipt or annual income, arising out of his territorial revenues, be less than the sum of two lacks of rupees, together with one-fifth of the nett revenues of the whole of his territories, which sum of two lacks of Rupees, together with the amount of one-fifth of the said revenues, the East«India Com- pany engages, at all times and in every possible case, to secure, and cause to be paid for his Highness’s use. ARTICLE VII. His Highness the Maba Rajah R. m Rajah Behauder engages, that he will be guided by- a sincere and cordial mtentun to the relations of peace and amity established between the English Company and their Allies, and tnat he will cart fully abstain from any inter- ference in the affairs of any state in alliance with the said English Company Behauder, or of any 7 state whatever. And for securing the object of this stipulation, it is further stipulated and agreed, that no communication or correspondence with any foreign state, whatever, shall be holdeu by 7 his said Highness, without the previous knowledge and sanction of the said English Company Behauder. ARTICLE 286 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1805 Rajah of Travancore. ARTICLE VIII. His Highness stipulates and agrees, that he will not admit any European foreigners into his service, without the concurrence of the English Company Behauder ; and that he will apprehend and deliver to the Company’s Government all Europeans, of whatever description, who shall be found within the territories of his said Highness, without regular passports from the British Government, it being his Highness’s determined resolution, not to suffer, even for a day, any European to remain within his territories, unless by consent of the said Company. - ARTICLE IX. Such parts of the Treaty (A. D. 1795) one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, between the English East-India Company and the late Rajah of Travancore, as are calcu- lated to strengthen the alliance, to cement the friendship, and to identify the interest of the contracting parties, are hereby renewed and confirmed ; and accordingly his Highness hereby promises to pay, at all times, the utmost attention to such advice as the English Government shall occasionally judge it necessary to offer him, with a view to the eco- nomy of his finances, the better collection of his revenues, the administration of justice, the extension of commerce, the encouragement of trade, agriculture, and industry, or any other objects connected with the advancement of his Highness’s interests, the happi- ness of his people, and the mutual welfare of both states. ARTICLE X. This Treaty, consisting of ten articles, being this day, the 12th day of January, 1805, settled and concluded, at the fortress of Jeeroovanamaporam, in Travancore, by Lieutenant Colonel Colin Macaulay, on behalf and in the name of his Excellency the Most Noble Marquis Wellesley, Governor General in Council, with the Maha Rajah Ram Rajah Behauder, he has delivered to the said Maha Rajah one copy of the same, in English and Persian, signed and sealed by him, and his Highness the Maha Rajah has delivered to the Lieutenant Colonel aforesaid, another copy, also in Persian and English, bearing his seal and signature, and signed and sealed by Vayloo Tomby, Dev/an to the Maha Rajah aforesaid ; and the Lieutenant Colonel aforesaid has engaged to procure and deliver to the said Maha Rajah, without delay, a copy of the same, under the seal and signature of his Excellency the Most Noble Marquis Wellesley, Governor General in Council, on the receipt of which by the said Maha Rajah the present Treaty shall be deemed complete and binding on the Honorable Company and on the Maha Rajah Ram Rajah Behauder, and the copy of it now delivered to the said Maha Rajah shall be returned. A true Copy, (Signed) C. Macaulay, Resident at Travancore . BENGAL. 28 7 No. LXXX. Treaty with the Rajah of Bhurrutpore, 1805. Treaty of Amity and Alliance between the Honorable the East-India Company and ^ ^ 180' Maha Rajah Seway Beshoinder Runjeet Singh Behauder, Behauder Jung, settled by his Excellency General Gerard Lake, Baron Delhi and Laswaree and Aston Clinton , Bhurrutporef Commander in Chief of the British Forces in India , in virtue of Authority vested in him for that Purpose by his Excellency the Most Noble the Marquis Wellesley, Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick , one of his Britannic Majesty's most Honorable Privy Council, Governor General in Council of all the British Possessions, and Captain General of all the British Land Forces in the East-Indies, in behalf of the Honorable the East-India Company, and by Maha Rajah Seway Beshoinder Runjeet Singh Behau- der, in behalf of himself, his Heirs, and Successors. ARTICLE I. A firm and permanent friendship is established between the Honorable the English East-India Company and Maha Rajah Seway Behauder Runjeet Singh Behauder, and between their heirs and successors. ARTICLE II. As friendship has been established between the two states. The friends and enemies of both, and an adherence to this condition, shall be constantly observed by that state.* ARTICLE III. Whereas circumstances have occurred, which have interrupted the friendship formerly subsisting between the Honorable Company and Maha Rajah Runjeet Singh Behauder, which friendship is now renewed, in order to prevent the recurrence of such circumstances the Maha Rajah agrees, as a security to the British Government, that one of his sons, shall constantly remain with the officer who may command the British forces in the Soubahs of Delhi or Agrah, until such time as the British Government may be per- fectly satisfied, in regard to the Maha Rajah’s fidelity ; and the Honorable Company, on the other hand, agrees, that upon satisfactory proof being afforded of the Maha Rajah’s, fidelity * Sic Grig, 288 TREATIES, &c. « A.D. 1805 fidelity and attachment to the British Government, the fort of Deeg, which is now in tht TheRajal^of P ossess ^ on °f th e officers of Government, shall be restored to Rajah Runjeet Singh. Bhurrutpore. ~ ARTICLE IV. Maha Rajah Runjeet Singh binds himself to pay to the Honorable the English East- India Company, in consideration of the peace now granted to him, the sum of twenty- lacks of Furruckabad Sicca Rupees by instalments, as hereunto subjoined ; and the Honorable Company* in consideration of the losses the Maha Rajah has suffered, and the destruction of his country, and of the representations he has made of his inability to provide means for the immediate payment of this amount, agrees to receive it by instal- ments, as undermentioned. And the Honorable Company further promises, that if, at the period when the payment of the last instalment of five lacks of Rupees shall become due, the Government shall be satisfied with the proofs of the Maha Rajah’s fidelity and attachment, the payment of this instalment shall be remitted. To be paid immediately - - - - - F. S. Rupees 3,00,000 In two months ---------- 2,00,000 ✓* 5,00,000 Instalments. At the end of the year 1862 Summuht (April 1806) - - - 3,00,000 At the end of the year 1863 Summuht (April 1807) - 3,00,000 At the end of the year 1864 Summuht (April 1808) - - - 4,00,000 At the end of the year 1865 Summuht (April 1809) - - - 5,00,000 F. S. Rupees 20,00,000 ARTICLE V. The country which was formerly in the possession of Maha Rajah Runjeet Singh, previously to the accession of the English Government, is now confirmed to him" by the Honorable Company, and the Honorable Company, in consideration of the friendship now established, will not interfere in the possession of this country, nor demand any tribute on account of it. ARTICLE VI. In the event of any enemy evincing a disposition to attack the dominions of the Honorable Company, Maha Rajah Runjeet binds himself to assist, to the utmost of his power, in expelling the enemy, and in no measure to hold any correspondence, or be in any way connected with, or assisting to the enemies of the Honorable Company. As, by the second article of the present Treaty, the Honorable Company beeomes guarantee to Maha Rajah Runjeet Singh, for the security of the country against external enemies, t BENGAL. '289 enemies, the Maha Rajah hereby agrees, that if any misunderstanding should arise from A.I>. 1 805 between him and the Sircar of any other chieftain, the Maha Rajah will, in the first ThTR^lTof instance, submit the cause of dispute to the Honorable Company’s Government, that the Bhurrutpore, Government may endeavour to settle it amicably, agreeably to justice and ancient usage. If, from the obstinacy of the opposite party, no amicable terms can be settled, then Maha Rajah Runjeet Sing may demand aid from the Company’s Government. In the event above stated in this article, it will be granted. ARTICLE VIII. The Maha Rajah shall not, in future, entertain in his service, nor give admission to any English or French subjects, or any other person from among the Inhabitants of Europe, without the sanction of the Honorable Company’s Government ; and the Honor- able Company also agrees, not to give admission to any of the Maha Rajah’s relations or servants, without his consent. The above Treaty, comprized in eight articles, has been duly concluded and confirmed by the seals and signatures of bis Excellency General Gerard Lord Lake and Maha Rajah Seway Beshoinder Runjeet Sing Behauder, at Bhurtpore, in the Soobali of Akberabad, on the 17th day of April, 1805, corresponding with the 16th of Mohurrum, 1220 Higera, and with the third day of Bysaak, 1862 Summuht. When a Treaty, containing the above eight articles, shall be delivered to Maha Rajah Seway Bcshawder Runjeet Sing Behauder, under the seal and signature of his - Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General in Council, the present Treaty, under the seal and signature of his Excellency General Gerard Lord Lake, shall be returned. A true Copy, ( Signed ) J. Adam, DeDutcj Secretary to Government. 2 ? 290 TREATIES, &c. No. LXXXI. Treaty with Dowlut Rao Scindia, with the Declaratory Article annexed, 1805. A.D .1805 Definitive Treaty of Amity and Alliance between the Honorable English East-India Company and the Maha Rajah Ali Jah Dowlut Row Scindia Behauder, and his Children , Heirs, and Successors. Whereas various doubts and misunderstandings have arisen, respecting the clear meaning and. interpretation of parts of the Treaty of Peace concluded between the British Government and Dowlut Row Scindia, at Serjee Anjengaum, on the 30th December, 1803, with a view of doing away all such doubts, and of preventing the recurrence, in future, of any misunderstanding, this Definitive Treaty of amity and alliance is concluded be- tween the two states, by Lieutenant Colonel John Malcolm, acting under the immediate direction and superintendance of the Right Honorable General Gerard Lake, Commander in Chief of His Majesty’s and the Honorable Company’s Forces, &c. &c. &c. and vested with full powers and authority from the Honorable Sir George Hilaro Barlow, Baronet, ap- pointed by the Honorable Court of Directors of the said Company to control and direct all their affairs in the East-Indies, and Moonshee Kavil Nyne, vested with full powers and au- thority on the part of the said Maha Rajah Dowlut Row Scindia. ARTICLE I. Every part of the Treaty of Peace concluded by General Sir Arthur Wellesley, K. B. at Surjee Anjengaum, except what may be altered by this engagement, is to remain binding upon the two states. ARTICLE II. The Honorable Company can never acknowledge that Dowlut Row Scindia has any claim or right, grounded on the Treaty of Surjee Anjengaum, to possess the fort of Gualior or the territories of Gohud ; but, from considerations of friendship, it agrees to cede to the Maha Rajah that fortress, and such parts of the territory of Gohud, as are described in the accompanying Schedule. Dowlut Rao Scindiah. ARTICLE BENGAL. 291 ARTICLE III. A.D. 1805 As a compensation for this cession, and to remunerate the English Government for the annual expense incurred in supporting the Ranah of Gohud, Dowlut Row Scindia agrees, Scindiab. on his own part and that of his Sirdars, to relinquish, after the 1st of January, 1806, all right and claim whatever to the pensions of fifteen lacks of Rupees granted to several of the chief officers of his state, by the seventh article of the aforesaid Treaty of Surjee An- jengaum. ARTICLE IV. The Honorable Company agree to pay to Dowlat Row Scindia the arrears due upon the pensions granted by the seventh article of the Treaty of Peace, as above mentioned, up to the 31st of December, 1805, and also the balance due upon the revenues of Dhole- poor, Rajah Kerrah, and Baree, up to the same date, making deductions on the following heads : 1st. Pensions forfeited by Bappoo Scindia and Sudashes Row, by acts of hostility towards the British Government, to be stopped from the date of their hostility. 2d. Plunder of the British Residency. 3d. Cash advanced by Mr. Jenkins to parties of the Maha Rajah’s troops. 4tb. Charges of collection, &c. for the provinces of Dholepoor, Baree, and Raja Kerrah. ARTICLE V. With a view of preventing any misunderstanding relating to their respective pos- sessions on the quarter of Hindostan, it is agreed, that the river Chumbul shall form the boundary between the two states, from the city of Cottah to the west, to the limits of the territories of Gohud to the east, and within that extent of the course of the Chumbul, Dowlut Row Scindia shall have no claim or right to any rule, tribute, revenue, or pos- sessions, on its north bank ; and the Honorable Company shall have no claim or right to any rule, tribute, revenues, or possessions on the south bank of that river. The Talooks of Bhadek and Sooseperarah, which are on the banks of the Jumna, will, however, re- main in possession of the Honorable Company. ARTICLE VI. By the fifth article of this Treaty, which makes the river Chumbul the boundary of the two states, from the city of Kottah to the west, to the limits of the territories of Gohud to the east, the Maha Raja resigns all pretensions and claims to any tribute from the Rajah of Boondee, or anj T other, on the north bank of the Chumbul, within the aforemen- tioned limits ; as also to the countries of Tank Ramporah, Bahraungaum, Zemeidah, &c. and to the districts of Dholepoor, Raja Kherrah, and Baree, all which remain in the pos- session of the Honorable Company. 2 p 2 ARTICLE TREATIES, «cc. 292 A.D.1805 Dowlut Rao . Sciadiah. ARTICLE VII. The Honorable Company, on consideration of the benefits derived from the article which makes the Chumbul the boundary between the two states, and from friendship to the Maha Rajah, agree to grant him, personally and exclusively, the annual sum of four lacks of Rupees, to be paid by quarterly instalments, through the Resident at the Durbar; and the Honorable Company also agree to assign, within their territories in Hindostun, a Jaggeer (to be holden on the same footing as that enjoyed by Ballah Bhye) amounting to a revenue of two lacks of Rupees per annum, to Bauzah Bhye, the wife of Dowlut Row Scindia, and a Jaggeer, amounting to the sum of one lack of Rupees per annum, to Chummab Bye, the daughter of that chief. ARTICLE VIII. The Honoroble Company engage to enter into no Treaty with the Rajahs of Oudee- pore and Joudpoor and Kottah, or other chiefs, tributaries of Dowlut Row Scindia, situ- ated in Malwa, Me war, or Marwar, and in no shape whatever to interfere with the settle- ment Which Scindia may make with those chiefs. ARTICLE IX. The Honorable Company are now engaged in a war with Jeswunt Row Rolkar, and using every exertion for his reduction ; but should they, hereafter, make’ a peace, or en- ter into any agreement with that chief, they engage not to restore to him, or desire to be restored to him, any of the possessions of the family of Holkar in the province of Malwa, lying between the river Tapti and Chumbul, which may have been taken by Dowlut Row Scindia, nor will the Honorable Company interfere, in any manner whatever, in the dis- posal of those provinces; and they will consider Dowlut Row Scindia at full liberty to make such arrangement as he chuses with Jeswunt Row Holkar, or with any other branch of the Holkar Familj', respecting the claims of that family to tribute from the Rajahs, or others, or to any possessions situated to the north of the river Tapti and to the south of the river Chumbul : but it is clearly to be understood, that as the Company’s Government agrees not to concern itself with the arrangements which Scindia may make with the fami- ly of Holkar, respecting their claims or hereditary possessions, situated between the Tapti and the Chumbul, that Government will not take part in any dispute or war, which may be the result or consequence of such arrangement or settlement. ARTICLE X. As Serjee Row Ghaukka has acted in a manner calculated to disturb fhe friendship between the two states, the Maha Rajah agrees never to admit that chief to share in his councils, or to hold any public employment under his Government, ARTICLE I BENGAL. 293 ARTICLE XL c This Treat}’, consisting of eleven articles, has been this day settled by Lieutenant Colonel Malcolm, acting under the directions of the Right Honorable Lord Lake, on the part of the Honorable Company, and by Moonshee Kavil Nyne, on the part of Dowlut Row Scindia. Lieutenant Colonel John Malcolm has delivered one copy thereof, in Persian and English, signed and sealed by himself, to the said Moonshee Kavil Nyne, to be for- warded to the Maha Rajah Dowlut Row Scindia, and has received from the said Moonshee Kavil Nyne a counterpart of the said Treaty, signed and sealed by the said Moonshee. Lieutenant Colonel John Malcolm engages, that a copy of the said Treaty, ratified by the Honorable the Governor General, in every respect a counterpart of the Treaty now exe- cuted by himself, shall be delivered to Moonshee Kavil Nyne, to be forwarded to the Maha Rajah, within the period of one month from this date, and on the delivery -of such copy to the Maha Rajah, the Treaty executed by Lieutenant Colonel John Malcolm, under the im- mediate direction of the Right Honorable Lord Lake, shall be returned ; and Moonshee Kavil Nyne, in like manner, engages, that another copy of the said Treaty, ratified by the Maha Rajah Ali Jah Dowlut Row Scindia, in every respect a counterpart of the Treaty bow executed by himself, shall be delivered to Lieutenant Colonel John Malcolm, to be forwarded to the Honorable the Governor General, within the period of one month fropi this date ; and on the delivery of such copy to the Honourable the Governor General, the Treaty executed by Moonshee Kavi.l Nyne, by virtue of the full powers and authority vested in him, as abovementioned, shall also be returned. A.D.1805 Dowlut Rao Scindiah. Done at Mustafapoor, this 22d day of November, Anno Domini 1805, or 29th of Shuban, in the year ' of the Higera 1220. (Signed) John Malcolm, Kavil Nyne. Declaratory Articles annexed to the Treaty concluded between the Right Honorable Lord Lake, on the Part of the Honorable Company, and Maha Rajah Dowlut Row Scindia, on the 22 d November, 1805. Whereas objections have arisen to the terms of the fifth, sixth, and seventh articles of the aforesaid Treaty, it is hereby jigreed and declared, that in lieu of those three articles, the two following shall be substituted. ARTICLE 294 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1805 Dowlut Rao Scindiah. ARTICLE L With a view to prevent any misunderstanding, relating to the respective posses- sions of the Honorable Company and Maha Rajah Dowlut Row Scindia in the quarter of Hindostan, the Maha Rajah hereby agrees to cede to the Honorable Company all the ter- ritory north of the river Chumbul, which was ceded to the Maha Rajah by the seventh article of the Treaty of Serjee Anjengaum, that is to say, the whole of the districts of Dholepore, Baree, and Rajah Kerrah, and the Honorable Company shall have no claim or right to any rule, tribute, revenues, or possessions, on the south bank of that river. The Talooks of Bhadeck and Soorseperarah, which are on the banks of the Jumna, will how- ever remain in the possession of the Honorable Company. ARTICLE II. The Honorable Company, from friendship to the Maha Rajah, agrees to grants to him, personally and exclusively, the annual sum of four lacks of Rupees, to be paid by quar- terly instalments, through the Resident at the Durbar. And the Honorable Company also agree to assign, within their territories in Hindostan, a Jaghire (to be holden on the same footing as that enjoyed by Balia Bbj^e) amounting to a revenue of two lacks of Rupees per annum, to Baezah Bhye, the wife of Dowlut Row Scindia, and a Jaghire, amounting to one lack of Rupees per annum, to Chummah Bhye, the daughter of that chief. Done at Illahabad, this 3d day of December, 1805. (Signed) G. H, Barlow. No. LXXXII. Treaty with Jeswunt Row Holkar, with the Declaratory Article annexed , 1805. A.D. 1805 Jeswunt Rao Holkar. Treaty of Peace and Amity between the British Government and Jeswunt Row Holkar. Whereas disagreement has arisen between the British Government and Jeswunt Row Holkar, and it is now the desire of both parties to restore mutual harmony and concord, the following Articles of Agreement are therefore concluded between Lieutenant Colonel John Malcolm, on the part of the Honorable Company, and Sheik Hubeeb Oolla ancl Balia Ram Seit, on the part of Jeswunt Row Holkar, the said Lieutenant Colonel Mal- colm having especial authority for that purpose from the Right Honorable Lord Lake, Commander BENGAL. 295 Commander-in-Chief, &c. &c., his Lordship aforesaid being invested with full powers and A.D. 1805 authority from the Honorable Sir George Hilaro Barlow, Governor General, &c. &c., and the said Sheik Hubeeb Oolla and Bala Ram Seit, also duly invested with full powers, Holkar. on the part of Jeswunt Row Holkar. ARTICLE I. The British Government engages to abstain from the prosecution of hostilities against Jeswunt Row Holkar, and to consider him, henceforward, as the friend of the Honorable Company, Jeswunt Row Holkar agreeing, on his part, to abstain from all measures and proceedings of an hostile nature against the British Government and its Allies, and from all measures and proceedings, in any manner directed to the injury of the British Govern- ment or its Allies. ARTICLE II. Jeswunt Row Holkar hereby renounces all right and title to the districts of Touk Rampoora, Boondie, Lakherie, Sameydee, Bhamungaum, Dase, and other places north of the Boondie Hills, and now in the occupation of the British Government. ARTICLE III, The Honorable Company hereby engages to have no concern with the ancient posses- sions of the Holkar family in Mewar Malwa and Harowtee, or with any of the Rajahs situated to the south of the Chumbul ; and the Honorable Company agrees to deliver over immediately to Jeswunt Row Holkar, such of the ancient possessions of the Holkar family- in the Deckan, now in the occupation of the Honorable Company, as are situated south of the river Taptie, with the exception of the fort and Pergunnah of Chandore, the Pergunnahs of Ambar and Sengham, and the villages and Pergunnahs situated to the southward of the river Godavery, which will remain in possession of the Honorable Com- pany. The Honorable Company, however, in consideration of the respectability of the Holkar family, further engages, that in the event of the conduct of Jeswunt Row Holkar being such as to satisfy that state of his amicable and peaceable intentions towards the British Government and its Allies, it will, at the expiration of eighteen months from the date of this Treaty, restore to the family of Holkar the fort of Chandore and its District, the Pergunnahs of Ambar and Seagham, and the districts formerly belonging to the Holkar family, situated to the south of the Godavery. ARTICLE IV. Jeswunt Row Holkar hereby renounces all claims to the district of Koonch, in the province of Bundlecund, and all claims of every description in that province ; but in the event of the conduct of Jeswunt Row Holkar being such as to satisfy the British Govern- ment 296 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1805 ment of his amicable intentions towards that state and its Allies, the Honorable Company J V ~"~ V tRa a » rees ’ at ex pi rat ^ on °f two years from the date of this Treaty, to give the district of Holkar. Koonch in Jaghire to Bheemah Bhye, the daughter of Jeswunt Row Holkar, to be holden under the Company’s Government, on the same terms as that now enjoyed by Bhalla Bhye. ARTICLE V. Jeswunt Row Holkar hereby renounces all claims, of every description, upon the British Government and its Allies. ARTICLE VI. Jeswunt Row Holkar hereby engages never to entertain in his service Europeans of any description, whether British subjects or others, without the consent of the British Government. ARTICLE VIL Jeswunt Row Holkar hereby engages not to admit into his council or service, Serjee Row Ghautka, as that individual has been proclaimed an enemy to the British Government. ARTICLE VIII. Upon the foregoing conditions, Jeswunt Row Holkar shall be permitted to return to Hindostan, without being molested by the British Government, and the British Govern'- ment will not interfere, in any manner, in the concerns of Jeswunt Row Holkar. ft is, however, stipulated, that Jeswunt Row Holkar shall, immediately upon this Treaty being signed and ratified, proceed towards Hindostan, by a route -which leaves the town of Putteala Khytull Iheend, and the countries of the Honorable Company and the Rajah of Jypoor, on the left ; and Jeswunt Row Holkar engages,, on his route, to make his troops abstain from plunder, and that they shall commit no act of hostility in any of the countries through which they may pass., ARTICLE IX. This Treaty, consisting of nine articles, being this day settled by Lieutenant Colonel John Malcolm, on the part of the Honorable Company, and by Sheik Hubeeb Oolla and Balia Ram Seit, on the part of Jeswunt Row Holkar, Lieutenant Colonel John Malcolm has delivered one copy thereof, in Persian and English, signed and sealed by himself, and confirmed by the seal and signature of the Right Honorable Lord Lake, to the said Sheik Hubeeb Oollah and Bala Ram Seit, who, on their part, have delivered to Lieutenant Colonel John Malcolm a counterpart of the same, signed and sealed by themselves, and engage to deliver another copy thereof, duly ratified by Jeswunt Row Holkar, to the Right Honorable Lord Lake, in the space of three days, the said Lieutent Colonel John Malcolm BENGAL. 297 Malcolm also engaging to deliver to them a counterpart of the same, duly ratified by the A.D. 1805 Honorable the Governor General in Council, within the space of one month from this date. Holkar. Done in Camp, at Rnipoor Ghaut, on the banks of the Beah River, this 24th day of December, Anno Domini 1805, corresponding with the 2d of Shawaul, in the year of the Higera 1220. (Signed) John Malcolm, (Signed) Shaikh Hubeeb Oolla, Bala Ram Seit. Declaratory Articles annexed to the Treaty of Peace and Amity concluded between the British Government and Maha Rajali Jeswunt Row Holkar, through the Agency of the Right Honorable Lord Lake, on the 24th Decem- ber , 1805. Whereas, by the second article of the above-mentioned Treaty, Maha Rajah Jeswunt Row Holkar renounces all right and title to the districts of Tonk, Rampoorah, Boondee, Lekherree, Sumeydee, Bhamungaun, Daree, and other places north of the Boondee Hills, and now in the occupation of the British Government, and whereas it has been understood, that the Maha Rajah attaches great value to the district of Tonk Rampoorah and other districts in that vicinity, which constituted the ancient possessions of the Holkar family, and the relations of amity and peace being now happily restored between the British Go- vernment and Maha Rajah Jeswunt Row Holkar, the British Government is desirous of gratifying the wishes of the Maha Rajah to the utmost practicable extent, consistent with considerations of equity, and of manifesting its solicitude to cultivate the friendship and good will of the Maha Rajah, therefore the British Government thereby agrees to consider the provisions of the second article of the Treaty aforesaid to be void and of no effect, and to relinquish ail claim to the districts of Tonk Rampoorah, and such other districts in their vicinity as were formerly in the possession of the Holkar family, and are now in the occupation of the British Government. Done on the River Ganges, the 2d day of Febru- ary, 1806. (Signed) G. H. Barlow. 2- Q. 298 TREATIES, &e. No. LXXXIIL Treaty with the Ranah of Goliud, 1806. A.D. 1806 Treaty between the Honorable the English East- India Company and Maha Rajah Seway ThelT^n^ f Tamah Keerut Sing Luckender Behauder, providing for the Relinquishment to the Ho- Gohud. norable Company of the Country and Fort of Gohud and others , on the part of Ranah Keerut Sing, and for the Investiture , on the Part of the Honorable Company, of Ranah Keerut Sing, in the Sovereignty of the Districts of Dholepoor, Baree, and Bajekerah, concluded by Mr. GrcEme Mercer, in virtue of Authority vested in him for that Purpose by the Honorable Sir George Hilaro Barlow, Baronet , Governor General of all the British Possessions in the Fast-Indies, on the Part of the Honorable Company, and by Maha Rajah Seway Ranah Keerut Sing Luckender Behauder, for himself, his Heirs , and Successo7's. ARTICLE I. Whereas a Treaty of Amity and Alliance was concluded on the 29th day of January, ISOi, corresponding with the 15th day of Sowal!, 1218 Higera, and with the 3d Phagon, 1860 Sumnut, between the Honorable the English East-India Company and Maha Rajah Ranah Keerut Sing, providing for mutual advantages to be de- rived by the contracting parties; and whereas, from the inability of Maha Rajah Ranah to settle the country of Gohud and others, and to fulfil the engagements therein entered into with the Honorable Company, for the payment of the subsidiary force of the Hono- rable Company’s troops, the advantages proposed for both the contracting parties have entirely failed, the Honorable the English East-India Company and Maha Rajah Ranah Keerut Sing hereby agree, that the Treaty abovementioned shall be considered as null and void. ARTICLE II. Maha Rajah Ranah hereby agrees to relinquish the possession of the country and fort of Gohud, and of the other districts guaranteed to him by the former Treaty, to the officers of the British Government, to be disposed of as may appear expedient to the Ho- norable Company. ARTICLE BENGAL. 299 ARTICLE III. The Honorable Company, from the consideration that the failure in the stipulations of the former Treaty, on the part of Maha Rajah Ranah, has arisen from inability and want of means, is inclined to grant to Maha Rajah Ranah an adequate provision, and hereby agrees that the districts of Dholepoore, Baree, and Rajekerah, agreeable to a separate Schedule, containing a detailed statement of the villages which compose these districts, shall be delivered over to Maha Rajah Ranah, in sovereignty to him, his heirs, and successors. Maha Rajah Ranah, on his part, agrees, that he will not enter into any disputes with the possessors of the neighbouring districts, respecting the antient bounda- ries of these Pergunnahs, of which the extent shall remain the same as before the Ranah took possession of them. ARTICLE IV. AJD.1806 The Ranah of Gohud. As by the third article of the present Treaty the districts of Dholepoore, Baree, and Rajekerah, have, in conformity to the request of Maha Rajah Ranah, beeh granted to him in sovereignty, and will remain exempt from all orders of the Adawlut, or other demands of the Honorable Company, Maha Rajah Ranah hereby agrees to take upon himself the responsibility of adjusting all disputes which may arise, either external or internal, and no responsibility for assistance or protection remains with the Honorable Company. The above Treaty, comprized in four articles, framed in conformity to the articles agreed upon by the contracting parties at Gwaliar, on the 19th December 1805, corres- ponding with the 28th of Ramzaun, 1220 Higera, and with the 14th of Poos, 1862 Sumnut, has been duly concluded, under the seals and signatures of Mr. Grceme Mercer and of Maha Rajah Ranah Keerut Sing, in the vicinity of Agra, on the 10th day of January, 1806, corresponding with the 19th of Sowal, 1220 Higera, and with the sixth of Maug, 1862 Sumnut, and delivered to the parties respectively. When a Treaty, containing the above four articles, shall be delivered to Maha Rajah Ranah Keerut Sing, under the seal and signature of the Honourable the Governor Ge- neral in Council, the present Treaty, under the seal and signature of Mr. Grceme Mercer, shall be returned. A true Copy, (Signed) N. B. Edmonstone, Secretary to Government. 2 a 2 300 TREATIES, &c. No. LXXXIV. Engagement with the Rajah of Berar, 1806. A.D. 1806 Translation of an Engagement for the Restitution of the Provinces of Sumbulpore and TheRajahof Patna, by the British Government, to Rajah Raggajei Bhooslah Saina Saheb Soobah Behauder, dated the 2bth August , 1806, corresponding with the 9th of Jemmadee-ul- Saunee , 1221 Higera . Adverting to the relations of harmony and friendship subsisting between the British Government and Maha Rajah Raggajee Bhooslah, the Honorable Sir George Hilaro Barlow, Baronet, Governor General, agrees to restore to Maha Rajah Raggajee Bhooslah all the territory of Sumbulpore and Patna, which was ceded by the Maha Rajah to the Honorable English Company, with the exception of the territory of Rajah Joujar Sing, according to the following Schedule,. The British Government hereby renounces all future claims, whatsoever, to the undermentioned Pergunnahs, The Maha Rajah shall possess the same degree of sove- reignty over tnem, as he possesses over the rest of his dominions. SCHEDULE. Names of the Pergunnahs of >' Sumbulpore,. Sonepoor, •' > Saurungurh, . ** Burgurh, Suktee, Serakole, Benvia, Bonee, Kautikpore. Names BENGAL. 301 Names of Pergunnahs of Patna, Khauss Patna, Nawagurh, Ghureeland, Tonageer, Borasambre. The territory of Rajah Joojar Sing shall continue to be incorporated with the British dominions. The Maha Rajah, on his part, hereby renounces all future claims to the territory of Rajah Joojar Sing ; and further engages, never to make any pecuniary demands on that territory, or to exercise any authority over it. If, at any time, Rajah Joojar Sing, with a view to excite disturbance, shall either attack the country of Maha Rajah Raggoojee Bhooslah, or enter into any collusion with the Zemindars of the Maha Rajah’s territory, for the purpose of making war upon the Maha Rajah, the Maha Rajah shall report the same to the Honorable Governor General in Council, who will duly enquire into the circumstances of the case ; and if such acts should be foqnd against Joogar Sing, his country shall be separated from the British dominions, and the Maha Rajah shall be at liberty, with the consent of the British Government, to march his troops against the said Rajah Jooja Sing. The Governor General will not, in any manner, encourage or afford him protection. On the other hand, the Maha Rajah and his Officers shall not, without the consent of the British Government, make war, in any manner, upon Rajah Joojar Sing, or offer any molestation to him. If, however, Rajah Joojar Sing shall be found guilty of any outrages, in that case Roygurh shall be separated from the Company’s dominions, and annexed to those of the Maha Rajah, in the same manner as Sumbulpore and Patna. It is hereby agreed, that a copy of this Treaty, ratified by the Governor General in Council, shall be transmitted from Fort William, in the space of two months and eleven days from this date. A.D. 1806 The Rajah of Berar. 302 TREATIES, See. No. LXXXV. Articles explanatory of the Third Article of the Treaty of Mysoor, concluded in 1799 .* A.D. 1807 Additional Articles for modifying and defining the Provisions of the Third Article of TbTltajahof ^ le Treaty °f Mysoor, settled and concluded between the English East-India Company Mysoor. Behauder and Maha Rajah Mysoor Kishen Raja Oodiavur Behauder, Rajah of Mysoor. Whereas it is stipulated, by the third article of the Treaty of Mysoor, that in the event of hostilities, or of preparations for hostilities against any state or power, Maha Rajah Mysoor Kistna Raja Oodiavur Behauder shall contribute, towards the discharge of the increased expences thereby incurred, a sum to be eventually determined by the Governor General in Council of Fort William; and whereas it has appeared expedient to the contracting parties, that the provisions of the said article should now be rendered specific, and that the said indefinite contributions in war should be commuted, for the fixed maintenance of a certain body of horse in peace and war, wherefore these additional articles, for modifying and defining the provisions of the third article of the said Treaty, are now concluded, on the one part, by Major Mark Wilks, in the name and on behalf of the Honorable Sir George Rilaro Barlow, Baronet, Governor General for all affairs civil and military of the British Nation in India, by virtue of full powers vested in him for the purpose by the said Sir George Hilaro Barlow, Baronet, Governor General, and on the other part, by Maha Rajah Mysoor Kistna Rajah Oodiavur Behauder, Rajah of Mysoor, in his own behalf. ARTICLE I. It is agreed and stipulated, that his Highness Maha Rajah Mysoor Kistna Rajah Oodiavur shall be relieved from the pecuniary contribution to which he was liable, by the provisions of the third article of the Treaty of Mysoor ; in consideration whereof, his Highness engages to maintain, at all times, fit for service and subject to muster, a body of ( 4 , 000 ) four thousand effective horse, of which number about ( 500 ) five hundred shall be Bargeez, and the rest Silladar horse. ARTICLE * Vide Treaties concluded by the Government of Fort St. George. BENGAL. 303 ARTICLE II. A.D. 1806 Such portion of the said body of (4,000) four thousand horse as, in the opinion of the British Government, shall not be necessary for the internal protection of the country of Mysoor, shall be, at all times, ready to accompany and serve with the Honorable Companj-’s army, and while employed bej'ond the territory of Mysoor, the extra expences of their maintenance, or Batta, at the rate of (4) four Star Pagodas per month for each effective man and horse, after the expiration of one month from the date of their crossing the frontier, shall be regularly paid by the Honorable Company. The extra expence of any casual service beyond the frontier, not exceeding in duration the period of one month, shall be borne by the Government of Mysoor. The Rajah of Mysoor. ARTICLE III. If it should, at any time, be found expedient to augment the cavalry of Mj’soor bev’ond the number of (4,000) four thousand, on intimation to that effect from the British Government, his Highness the Rajah shall use his utmost endeavours for that purpose ; but the whole expence of such augmentation, and of the maintenance of the additional numbers, at the rate of (8) eight Star Pagodas for each effective man and horse, while within the territory of Mysoor, and of an additional sum, or Batta, at the rate of (4) four Star Pagodas a month, after the expiration of one month from the period of their passing the frontier of Mysoor, as described in the second article, shall be defrayed by the Honorable Company. ARTICLE IV. Whereas, in conformity to the wish of the Governor General, a body of (4,000) four thousand horse and upwards has been provisionally maintained by his Highness the Rajah, from the period of the conclusion of war in the Decan until this time, it is hereby declared, that his Highness has fully and faithfully performed the obligations of the third article of the Treaty of Mj-soor until this day, and is hereby absolved from all retrospective claims on that account. These four additional articles, which, like the original Treaty of Mysoor, shall be binding on the contracting'parties as long as the sun and moon shall endure, having been settled and concluded on this 29th day of January, Anno Domini 1807, corresponding to the 19th of Zilcaad, Anno Higerss 1221, and to the 21st day of the month of Pooshe, of the year 1728 of the Shahvan sera, at Mysoor, by Major Mark Wilks with the Maha Rajah Kistna Rajah Oodiavur Behauder, Major Wilks has accordingly delivered one copy of the same, in Persian and English, signed and sealed by him, to his Highness the Maha Rajah, who has likewise delivered to Major Wilks another copy, in Persian and English, bearing his Highness’s seal and signature, and signed by Lutchmma, widow of 304 TREATIES, &c. A.D.1S06 of the late Kistna Rajah, and sealed and signed by Poomia, Dewan to his Highness’ ThTltajah^of ^ a * la ^ a j a ^ Oodiavur Bahandur ; and Major Wilks has engaged to procure and deliver Mysoor. to the said Maha Rajah, without delay, a copy of the same, under the seal and signa- ture of the Honorable the Governor General, on the receipit of which by the Maha Rajah the present additional articles shall be deemed complete and- binding on the Honorable East-India Company and on the Maha Rajah Mysoor Kistna Rajah Oodia- vur Behauder, and the copy now delivered to the said Maha Rajah shall be returned. A true Copy, ( Signed ) N. B. Edmonstone, Secretary to Government i- No. LXXXVL Translation of the Treaty with the King of Caubul, 180& A.D. I8O9 Whereas, inconsequence of the confederacy with the state of Persia projected by ' the French, for the purpose of invading the dominion of his Majesty the King of the “J Dooraunees, and ultimately those of the British Government in India, the Honorable Mountstuart Elphinstone was dispatched to the court of his Majesty, in quality of Envoy Plenipotentiary, on the part of the Right Honorable Lord Minto, Governor General, exercising the supreme authority over all affairs, civil, political, and military, in the British Possessions in the East -Indies, for the purpose of concerting with his Majesty’s ministers the means of mutual defence against the expected invasion of the French and Persians ; and whereas the said Embassador, having had the honor of being presented to his Majesty, and of explaining the friendly and beneficial object of his mission, his Majesty, sensible of the advantages of alliance and co-operation between the two states, for the purpose above described, directed his ministers to confer with the Honorable Mi Elphinstone, and consulting the welfare of both states, to conclude a friendly alliance : and certain articles of Treaty having accordingly been agreed to, between his Majesty’s Ministers and the British Ambassador, and confirmed by the royal signet, a copy of the Treaty, so framed, has been transmitted by the Ambassador for the ratification of the Governor General, who consenting to the stipulation therein contained, without variation, a copy of those articles, as hereunder written, is now returned, duly ratified by the seal and signature of the Governor General, and the signatures of the Members of the British Government BENGAL. 305 Government in India; and the obligations upon both Governments, both now and for A.D. I8O9 ever, shall be exclusively regulated and determined by the tenor of those articles, which ARTICLE I. are as follows. CaubuL As the French and Persians have entered into a confederacy against the state of Caubul, if they should wish to pass through the King’s dominions, the servants of the heavenly throne shall prevent their passage ; and exerting themselves to the extent of their power, in making war on them and repelling them, shall not permit them to cross into British India. ARTICLE II. If the French and Persians, in pursuance of their confederacy, should adrance towards the King of Caubul’s country in a hostile manner, the British State, endeavouring heartily to repel them, shall hold themselves liable to alford the expences necessary for the above mentioned service, to the extent of their ability. While the confederacy between the French and Persians continues in force, these articles shall be in force, and be acted on l by both parties. ARTICLE III. Friendship and union shall continue for ever between these two states, the veil of se- paration shall be lifted up from between them, and they shall, in no manner, interfere in each others countries, and the King of Cau'oul shall permit no individual of the French to enter his territories. The faithful servants of both states having agreed to this Treaty, the conditions of confirmation and ratification have been performed, and this document has been sealed and signed by the Right Honorable the Governor General and the Honorable the Members of the Supreme British Government in India, this 17th day of June, 1809, answering to ■ , 1224 of the Higera. No. LXXXVII. Treaty with the Rajah of Lahore, 1809. Whereas certain differences, which had arisen between the British Government and the Rajah of Lahore, have been happily and amicably adjusted, and both parties being anxious to maintain the relations of perfect amity and concord, the following articles of Treaty, which shall be binding on the heirs and successors of the two parties, have been 2 r concluded A.D.I8O9 The Rajah of Lahore. 306 TREATIES, &c. A.D. I8O9 concluded by Rajah Runjeet Sing, on his own part, and by the agency of Charles Theo- „ philus Metcalfe, Esq., on the part of the British Government. The Rajah of Lahore. ARTICLE I. - Perpetual friendship shall subsist between the British Government and the state of Lahore. The latter shall be considered, with respect to the former, to be on the footing of the most favoured powers, and the British Government will have no concern with the territories and subjects of the Rajah to the northward of the river Sutlej^. ARTICLE II. ^ The Rajah will never maintain in the territory occupied by him and his dependants, on the left bank of the river Sutley, more troops than are necessary for the internal duties of that territory, nor commit or suffer any encroachments on the possessions or rights of the chiefs in its vicinity. ARTICLE III. In the event of a violation of any of the preceding articles, or of a departure from the rules of friendship, on the part of either state, this Treaty shall be considered to be null and void. ARTICLE IV. This Treaty, consisting of four articles, having been settled and concluded at Umritsur, -on the 25th day of April, 1809, Mr. Charles Theophilus Metcalfe has delivered to the Rajah of Lahore a copy of the same, in English and Persian, under his seal and signature, and the said Rajah has delivered another copy of the same, under his seal and signature ; and Mr. Charles Theophilus Metcalfe engages to procure, within the space of two months, a copy of the same, duly ratified by the Right Honorable the Governor General in Council, on the receipt of which by the Rajah, the present Treaty shall be deemed complete and binding on both parties, and the copy of it now delivered to the Rajah shall be restored. A true Copy, / Signed ) N. B. Edmonstone, Secretary. Translation. — Copy of the Original Promissory Agreement, to the following JEffecto 1st. There shall be eternal friendship between the British Government and that of Sind, namely, Meer Gholam Alee, Meer Kureem Alee, and Meer Moorad Alee. 2d. Enmity BENGAL. 307 2d. Enmity shall never appear between the two states. A.D. 1809 3d. The mutual dispatch of the Vakeels of both Governments, namely, the British Government and Sindian Government, shall always continue. 4th. The Government of Sind will not allow the establishment of the tribe of the French in Sind. Written on the 10th of the month of Rujeeb-ool- Moorujub, in the year of the Higera 1224, corres- ponding with the 22d of August, 1809. 2R 2 308 TREATIES, &c. APPENDIX. *** The following Papers, No. 1 to 11, consist of Engagements, &c. with the Petty Rajahs and Tributary Chieftains of Hiridostan, since the conclusion of the Treaty with the Peshwa, supplementary to the Treaty of Bassein. No. 1. Treaty with Amrut Roiv , 1 4th August 1803. A.D . 1803 The Particulars of a Treaty between the Honorable Major General Wellesley «««? Sreemut Amrut Rao Behauder. ARTICLE I. It is agreed that, during the natural life of Amrut Rao Behauder, and that of his son, Yenaick Rao Bappa Sahib, he, Amrut Rao (and his son after his decease) shall be ensured the enjoyment of a revenue of seven lacks of Rupees. This shall either be granted in territory or in cash: the English Government considers itself responsible, for its payment. The revenue of all such districts as are at present in Amrut Row Behauder’s possession, must be included in the account of his annual revenue, and he shall receive the difference between their amount, and the sum fixed on for his support of seven lacks of Rupees. ARTICLE IE As a proof that Amrut Rao is sincere in his professions of friendship to the English Government, he must meet the Honorable Major General Wellesley, who means to advance to Aurungabad. ARTICLE III. Amrut Rao must, on all occasions, exert himself cordially to forward the interests of the Honorable Company and his Highness the Peshwa. ARTICLE IV. Whatever friends and adherents may attend Amrut Rao, may be satisfied of their perfect safety, and be assured they shall receive injury from no quarter whatever, as they will Engagements with Petty Rajahs, SfC. BENGAL. 309 will be under the protection of the British Government. After the meeting between the A. D. 1803 Honorable Major General Wellesley and Amrut Rao shall have taken place, some arrange- v— ment shall be made for their support.* Engagements with Petty ARTICLE Y. Rajahs, be. When Amrut Rao joins General Wellesley, the more force, both in cavalry and infantry, that accompany him, the more will be the General’s satisfaction. ARTICLE VI. When Amrut Rao proceeds to join General Wellesley’s army, he will send his wife and all his family to the Fort of Ahmednagur, or to Bombay or Saluth, or to such other place, within the territories of the Honorable Company, that he may most approve, and the English Government will adopt the necessary measures for their full protection and efficient security. ARTICLE VII. The meeting between the Honorable Major General Wellesley and Amrut Rao Behauder must take place nineteen days after this date. Ahmednagur, 14th August, 1S03. ( Signed ) A. Wellesley, Major General. No. 2. Agreement with Rajah Himmut Behauder, the Ath September, 1803. Question I. The following requests are presented, on the part of Maha Rajah. Anoop Geer Him- mut Behauder, by Mr. John Meisselback and the Nawaub Wujah-ao-Dowlah Wajah- oo-Deen Khaun Behauder, only authorized by credentials for that purpose from the Maha Rajah, with the hope that they may be replied to. Answer I. On the fourth da)r of September, 1803, of the Christian Era, corresponding with the 18th of Jemmadee-ul-Awul, 1218 Hi- gera, and the 3d of Coar, 1860 Sumnut, Mr. Graeme Mercer, nominated by his Ex- cellency the Most Noble the Governor Ge- neral Marquis Wellesley, &c. &c., on the part of the Honorable the East-India Com- pany, as a special Agent, has agreed, under his seal and signature, to these requests, comprized in eight articles, in the mode and manner undermentioned. Question * This Article alludes to Marabah Dade and other Sirdars, now with Amrut Rao, who are particularly obnoxious to the Peshwa. It is, from delicacy to his Highness the Peshwa, as well as a regard to the interests of the parties, not specified. - 310 TREATIES, &c. A.D.1S03 Engagements with Petty RajahSj 8f c. Question II. Let there be no variation in that rank and splendour which the Almighty originally bestowed upon me. Question III. Let Rajah Omraogeer, my brother, who is in confinement at Lucknow, be re- leased. Question IV. For the residence of my family in the Doab, let the Purgannahs Secundra and Bendkee be granted in Jagheer, and con- tinued to my posterity. Answer II. When you have attached yourself, with your heart and soul, to the British Govern- ment, and have exerted yourself, to the ut- most of your power, in the transfer of the whole of the province of Bundlecund to the British Government, you will be con- sidered as a particular friend to the Govern- ment, and your honor and splendour will consequently increase daily. Answer III. His Excellency the Nawaub Vizier will be requested to release your brother, Omrao- geer ; but as Omraogeer was confined on account of a conspiracy against the Govern- ment of his Excellency the Nawaub Vizier, and as the British Government is exclusively responsible for the protection of his Excel- lency’s dominions and Government, a proper security must be given, in person or pro- perty, who must be responsible to the Go- vernment, should any sinister design appear on his part after his release. Answer IV. As you will continue attached to the ser- vice of the Honorable Company, you will certainly be favored with a Jagheer, equal to your rank and station ; but as the ser-. vices, in compensation for which the Jag- heer will be granted, have not yet been performed, whenever those services shall have satisfied the British Government of your attachment, you will immediately be granted a Jagheer, equal to your rank and station. Question V. Let a Jaidad, or assignment of land, on account of my Risalet, or establishment of cavalry, be granted in Bundlecund, below the Ghauts, to the extent of twenty lacks of Rupees, with the forts situated thereon. Answer V. A Jaidad, of twenty lacks of Rupees, will be granted for the support of your Rassilah, or troops ; but it will be incum- bent on you to keep up troops, equal to the amount of the Jaidad, and to retain them in readiness to obey the orders of the British Government. Question BENGAL. 311 Answer VI. AdD. 1803 Whenever it may be necessary to desire s you to retain troops, in addition to the num- w p e tty ber which may be equal to the amount of Rajahs, be. the Jaidad, the pay for them will be pro- vided for by Government. Question VII. In prosecuting the conquest of ever)' new country, whatever engagements may be entered into with the Zemindars and Rajahs, who through me offer obedience to the Company, let such engagements be strictly adhered to. Question VIII. In the event of any Treaty of Peace being concluded between the British Government and the Peshwa, let mention of my Jaidad be made in it, and let me find uniform sup- port from the British Government. If this country should also be relinquished, let a Jaidad of twenty lacks of Rupees be granted to me by the Government in some of the neighbouring countries. We, Mr. John Meeselback and Wajah-oo-Deen Khan Behauder, authorized Agents, on the part of the Maha Rajah Himmut Behauder, do declare our assent to the terms above agreed upon, between the British Government and the Maha Rajah, in conformity to the answers given to the Wajeb-oo-Urz, or paper of request. (Signed) J. Meeselback, t. T. (Signed) Wajah-oo-Deen Khan. True Translation, (Signed) Graeme Mercer, Agent to the Governor General , Seal of Wajah-oo- Dowlah. Answer VII. As you are a servant of the State, any agreement that may be entered into, with the consent of Government, with those per- sons who may offer obedience through you, shall not be deviated from. Answer VIII. In the event of the British Government relinquishing the country, the Jaidad grant- ed by the present agreement will be pro- vided for by the terms of relinquishment. Question VI. Whenever it shall please the British Go- vernment to undertake the conquest of other countries, I shall be ready to attend. In that case, let a distinct Jaidad, or else a sufficient sum of money be granted to me, for the purpose of making new lines of cavalry and infantry, to the extent that the British Government may be pleased to direct. 312 TREATIES, &c. No. 3. Treaty with the Soubadar of Jansee, February, 1804. A.D. 1804 Whereas a firm Treaty of Friendship and Alliance subsists between the British Govern- \ j rpent and his Highness the Peishwa, and Sheve Rao Bhoo, Soubadar of Jansee, is a Engagements tributary of his Highness the Peishwa ; and whereas Sheve Rao Bhoo, understanding wiih Petty a just sense of the obligations imposed upon him by the said Treaty of Friendship and Eajaks, 8(c. Alliance between the British Government and his Highness the Peishwa, shortly after the arrival of a detachment of the British army in Bundlecund, transmitted to his Excellency General Lake, Commander in Chief, &c. &c., through Captain John Bailie, Political Agent, on the part of his Excellency, in Bundlecund, a Wajib-ool-Urz, or paper of requests, expressive of his submission and attachment to the views and interests of the British Government, and containing seven distinct articles, or requests, all which have been acceded to by his Excellency the Commander in Chief ; and whereas certain requests and engagements, on the part of Sheve Rao Bhoo, -were not included in the said Wajib- ool-Urz, and are now necessary to be added, the following articles are now agreed on, for the purpose of affording additional security and confidence to Sheve Rao Bhoo, and of consulting an additional pledge of his fidelity and attachment to the British Government. ARTICLE I. The Bhoo professing his entire submission and sincere attachment to the British Go- vernment and to his Highness the Peshwa, hereby engages to consider the friends of both Governments as his friends, and their enemies his enemies: that is to sa} 7 , he promises not to molest any chief or state, who shall be obedient to the British Government or to his Highness the Peshwa ; and considering all such as may be rebellious or disaffected to the Governments as his enemies, he engages to give no protection in his country to such persons or their families, to hold no intercourse nor correspondence of any nature with them, and to use every means in his power, to seize and deliver them over to the Go- vernment against which they may offend. ARTICLE II. If, at any time, a dispute or difference arise between the Bhoo and any neighbouring state or chieftain, professing obedience to the British Government, the Bhoo engages to communicate the grounds of such dispute or difference to the British Government, that they may have an opportunity of investigating the matter in dispute, and of adjusting it to the mutual satisfaction of the parties, or of punishing the party who shall be refractory. ARTICLE III. Whenever a detachment of the British forces shall be employed in punishing the dis- affected in the countries contiguous to the possessions of Sheve Rao Bhoo, the Bhoo en- gages, on every such occasion, to join the British force with his army, and to assist in the accomplishment of their views: and if, at any time, a detachment of the British force shall march into the Bhoo’s country, for the purpose of quelling disturbances there, the whole \ BENGAL. 313 whole expence of such detachment shall be defrayed by the Bhoo. On the other hand, if A.D. 1804 the assistance of the Bhoo’s troops be demanded, at any time, for the purpose of quelling _ , 7 disturbances in the British territories, the expences of such troops shall be borne by the Engagements British Government. with Petty ARTICLE IV. Rajahs, * c . The Bhoo is, in reality, the commander of his own troops ; but it is hereby agreed, that on every occasion, when they may be acting with the British forces, the general com- mand of the whole shall be vested in the Commanding Officer of the British troops: and in the event of peace being concluded, a due attention shall be paid to the interests of the Bhoo. ARTICLE V. Sheve Rao Bhoo engages, never to take or retain in his service any British subject or European, of any nation or description, without the consent of the British Government. ARTICLE VI. Whatever tribute has been hitherto paid to his Highness the Peshwa by the Bhoo, shall continue to be paid to his Highness. The British Government do not demand any tribute for themselves. ARTICLE VII. If Rajah Ambajee Ingla at any time molest the possessions of the Bhoo, the British Government shall interfere to prevent him. ARTICLE VIII. Accusations of disaffection or disobedience, if adduced by any person against the Bhoo, shall not be attended to by the British Government, unless the truth of them be proved. ARTICLE IX. Sheve Rao Bhoo possesses a house in the city of Benares: if any of the children, brothers, or other relations of the Bhoo, hereafter reside in that city, they shall enjoy the protection of the British Government, and shall not suffer any molestation. This Agreement, containing nine articles, signed and sealed by Captain John Baillie, Political Agent, on the part of his Excellency General Lake, Commander in Chief, and Sheve Rao Bhoo, Soobadar of Jhansee, in camp at Kotra, on the 6th day of February, 1804, answering to the 23d day of Shawal, 1218 Higera, and 10th day of Phagun Bhoodee, 1860 Sumbut, is delivered to Sheve Rao Bhoo, and another, of the same date, tenor, and contents, signed and sealed by the parties on the same day, is delivered to Captain John Baillie. Whenever the ratification of this Agreement, under the seal and signature of his Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General in Council, shall be delivered to Sheve Rao Bhoo, the Bhoo engages to return this Agreement. A true copy and translation into Persian and Hin- doo of the Agreement, signed and sealed by me and the Soobadar of Jansee, on the 6lh current. 2 s J. Baillie, A. C. C. ( Signed ) 314 TREATIES, &c. No. 4. Treaty concluded between Rao Rajah Pareecheet of Duttia and Captain Baillie, Political Agent of his Excellency General Lake, Commander-in Chief &c. &c. &c., at Koonjum Gath, the 15 th day of March , 1804. A.D .1804 Whereas a firm Treaty of Alliance and Friendship subsists between the British v — Government and his Highness the Peishwa, and by a mutual agreement between those Engagements two powers a portion of the province of Bundlecund has been ceded, in perpetual sove- with Petty reignty, to the Honorable Company, and whereas, shortly after the arrival of the British Rajahs , $c. arm y j n Bundlecund, Rao Rajah Pareecheet Behauder, the ruler of Dutteeah, repaired to the British standard, and was admitted among the number of the dependants of the British Government, therefore, and with a view to the greater security and confidence of Rao Rajah Pareecheet Behauder, a Treaty, comprizing the following articles, is now concluded between the British Government and the said Rajah Pareecheet Behauder. ARTICLE I. Rajah Pareecheet Behauder having professed his obedience and attachment to the British Government, and to that of his Highness the Peishwa, hereby engages to consider the friends of both Governments as his friends, and their enemies as his enemies : that is to say, he promises not to molest any chief or state, who shall be obedient to the British Government and to his Highness the Peishwa ; and considering all such as may be rebel- lious or disaffected to those Governments as his own enemies, he engages to give no protection in his country to such persons or their families, to hold no intercourse or correspondence of any nature with them, and to use every means in his power to seize and deliver them over to the Government against which they may offend. ARTICLE II. If, at any time, a dispute arise between Rajah Pareecheet Behauder and any neigh- bouring state or chieftain, professing obedience to the British Government, the Rajah engages to communicate the grounds of such dispute to the British Government, that they may have an opportunity of investigating the matter in dispute, and of adjusting it to the mutual satisfaction of the parties, or of punishing the party who shall be refractory. ARTICLE III. The Elaka of Bhandire, and certain other Mehals, having been lately ceded by the British Government to the Rannee of Gohud, the Rajah engages to abstain from all man- lier of interference with the said Elaka of Mehals ; and the Rajah further engages to live on terms of amity and friendship with all the neighbouring chiefs, who have professed their obedience and attachment to the British Government, and to avoid entering into quarrels with any of those, chiefs. ARTICLE BENGAL. 315 ARTICLE IV. Whenever a detachment of the British forces shall be employed in punishing the disaffected in the countries contiguous to the possessions of Rajah Pareecheet Behauder, the Rajah engages to join the British forces with his army, and to assist in the accomplish- ment of their views : and if, at any time, a detachment of the British force shall march into the Rajah’s territory, for the purpose of quelling disturbances there, the whole expences of such detachment shall be defrayed by the Rajah. On the other hand, if the assistance of the Rajah’s troops be, at any time, demanded, for the purpose of quelling disturbances in the British territory, the expense of such troops shall be borne by the British Government. A.D.1804 Engagement* wity Petty Rajahs, &c. ARTICLE V. Rajah Pareecheet Behauder is in reality the commander of his own troops ; but it is hereby agreed, that on every occasion where they may be acting with the British forces, the general command of the whole shall be vested in the Commanding Officer of the British troops: and, in the event of peace being concluded, a due attention shall be paid to the interests of the Rajah. ARTICLE VI. The Rajah engages never to entertain in his service any British subject or European, of any nation or description whatever, without the consent of the British Government. - ARTICLE VII. The ancestors of Rajah Pareecheet Behauder having uniformly been treated with respect and distinction by the powers of Hindostan and by his Highness the Peishwa, and having uniformly enjoyed the undisturbed possession of the territory now in the Rajah’s occupation, the Rajah shall, in like manner, experience every degree of consi- deration and favor under the British Government, so long as he shall continue faithful and attached to its interests. ARTICLE VIII. The territory which, from ancient times, has deccended to Rajah Pareecheet Behau- der by inheritance, is hereby confirmed to the Rajah, and to his heirs and successors, and they shall never be molested in the enjoywent of the said territory by the British Govern- ment, nor by any bf their Allies. ARTICLE IX. If Rajah Ambajee Inglia, at any time, molest the possessions Qf the Rajah, the British Government shall interfere to prevent him. ARTICLE X. Accusations of disaffection, if adduced by any person against the Rajah, shall not be attended to by the British Government, unless the truth of them be proved. This Agreement, containing ten articles, signed and sealed by Captain John Baillie and Rao Rajah Pareecheet Behauder, on the 15th of the month of March, corresponding with the 2d of the month of Dulhajee, 1218 Higerae, and the 4th Jeit Sooda, 1861 Sumbut, atKoonjun Gath, is delivered to Rao Rajah Pareecheet Behauder, and another, of the same date, tenor, and contents, signed and sealed by the parties on the same day, is 2 s 2 delivered / 316 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1804 delivered to Captain John Baillie. Whenever the ratification of this Agreement, under v ^ the sea! and signature of his Excellency General Lake, or of his Excellency the Most Engagements Noble Marquis Wellesley, Governor General, shall be delivered to Rajah Pareecheet with Petty Behauder, the Rajah engages to. return this Agreement. Rajahs, #c, A true Translation, (Signed) J. Baillie, Agent to the Governor General., A true Copy, ( Signed ) N. B. Edmonstone, Secretary to Government, Ne. 5. Agreement entered into by the Agents of Bhunga Sing, 1806. A.D.1806 We, Ramana Sing and Dheena Sing, the Plenipotentiary Agents of Sirdar Bunga Sing, being in the enjoyment of good health, both in mind and body, do hereby solemnly agree, in the presence of the Mutsuddies belonging to the Right Honorable Lord Lake, that whereas the Purgunnah of Badowlee, with the villages of Gouda, Gowsand, &c. in the Doab, and appertaining to the Zillah of Seharanpoor, were formerly held by pur Pria- cipal in Jaidad, but at this time the aforesaid Purgunnah and villages have, for certain causes, been resumed by the British Government, and other four villages, Ahseen, Kboord, Ahseen, Buzoorg, &c. have been graciously bestowed by the said Government in their stead, we do hereby agree to this arrangement with pleasure and satisfaction on the following conditions. That whereas the Sunnuds of the above written places have been made out from the beginning of the Rebbee season, 1213 Fuselee, our Principal may, notwithstanding, be permitted to retain the Pergunnah of Badowla till the end of the month of Jhete, which con- cludes the year 1213 Fusiee, and that the districts' assigned in lieu thereof shall, in like manner, remain in the hands of the Thasildars of the British Government during the same period : and we agree that, after the lapse of the aforesaid period, we will, without hesitation, deliver over the said Pergunnah of Badowla to the Collector of Saharunpoor, and that we will not, under the plea of arrears or any other pretext, molest the Ryots, Zemindars, or inhabitants of those places, in any way whatever, during that interval, at the aforesaid time, that is to say, the end of 1213 Fusiee. We will, in like manner, take possession of the districts now assigned us in exchange ; but with regard to those villages which have been graciously bestowed, to the amount of five thousand Rupees annually, and for which also a Sunnud has been issued, from the commencement of the year 1213 Fusiee, we will account BENGAL. 317 account with the Ryots thereof for whatever the British Aumils may have collected from A.D. 1806 them, on account of the revenues of the Rebbee season, and recover from them whatever balance may appear to be due. ' Engagements J with Petty In witness whereof we have written these few lines, as an agreement on our parts, to Rajahs, ^ c> have full force whenever it may be necessary. Written 11th of the month of Mohurrum, in the 4Sth year of his Majesty’s reign, corresponding with the 1st. of April 1806 of the Christian Era. v (Signed) Bhy Lal Sing, ) Witnesses and Securities Ragh Sing, J ( Signed ) Ramana Sing, Deena Sing, No. 6. Paper of Re&uests presented on the part of Kooar Soonee Sah. Answer I. Those villages which were in your pos- session at the close of the government of the late Nawab Alee Behauder, and prior to that period, shall be continued to you, and so long- as you evince obedience and submission to the British Government you shall not be molested in the possession of them. Answer fl. The villages above mentioned having been continued in your possession, under the au- thority of the British Government, it is im- possible that any chief of this country can lay claim to them. If, however, any such claim should be preferred by any one, it shall not be attended to without investiga- tion. With regard to your servants, no interference whatever shall take place. Article I. I request that a Sunnud, in perpetuity, under your seal and signature, be granted to me, for those villages which you have permitted me to retain. Article II. If any of the chiefs or Ranies of this country, from motives of enmity to me, or if any of my disaffected servants or depen- dants endeavour to prejudice you against me, let them not be attended to. Article 318 TREATIES, &c. A.D.1806 Engagements with Petty Bajahs, 8(C. Article III. If any of my troops be called upon to perform any service for the British Govern- ment, I hope that the necessary subsistence will be allowed to them. Article IV'. Kocar Purtab Singh, the representative of my house, solicits a provision and sub- sistence. Article V. Let the established forms of respect and distinction be continued to be observed towards me. Answer III. If the British Government require, at any time, the performance of extraordinary ser- vice by your troops, they will provide the means of their subsistence during the period of their employment. You must be careful, however, not to admit into the vicinity of your villages any turbulent or disaffected persons; and, on the contrary, if any such persons molest the British possessions in the neighbourhood of your villages, you must expel and punish them yourself. This con- duct will entitle you to the favor of th» British Government. Answer IV. In consideration of the proofs of submis- sion and obedience which have been offered by the personal attendance of Kooar Purtab Singh, and of the voluntary cession of the town of Chutterpore, and the undermen- tioned chokies, by you to the Honorable Company, the Malgoozary received from you, during the government of the late Nawab Alee Behauder, which is stated by the Nawaub’s ministers to have occasionally amounted to the sum of Rupees 19,000 per annum, and never to have exceeded that sum, shall be remitted, as a maintenance for Kooar Purtab Singh. It is requisite, however, that he be always diligent and active in the protection of Chutterpore. List of Chokies. The Chokie of Taree, The Chokie of Kurrie, The Chokie of Persaree, The Chokie of Khaulte. Answer V. So long as your conduct shall be regulated by the principles of good faith, and of obe- dience and submission to the British Govern- ment, those forms of respect shall be uni- formly observed by the servants of the British Government. Article BENGAL. 319 Article VI. If any one prefer a pecuniary or other claim against me, let him not be attended to. Article VII. As the Mahals continued to me by the British Government have been long in mv immediate possession, I agree to be respon- sible for the accuracy of the statement which has been made of them by my Vakeels. Article VIII. Let my possessions be exempted from the authority of the British courts of justice, in the same manner as the Elakas of this pro- vince are. Answer VI. No claims of ancient standing heard against you. Answer VII. shall be A.D.1806 Engagements with Petty Rajahs. #c, Your Vakeels have, no doubt, given an accurate statement of the villages in ques- tion. Should any inaccuracies, however, be discovered at any future period, you must consider yourself as responsible for the same. Answer VIII. The authority of the courts of justice shall prevail in your Jagheer, under similar restrictions as in the possessions of the other chiefs and Jageerdars of Bundlecund. It is requisite, however, that you preserve strict order and regularity in the villages subject to your authority, and that you do not har- bour in them any robbers or rebellious per- sons. If, at any time, any of the subjects of the British Government, accused of theft, highway robbery, or murder, should take refuge in your villages, you must seize and deliver them over to the British authority ; and if any of the inhabitants of your villages commit any of those crimes, either in the British possessions or in the villages subject to your authority, they shall, in like man- ner, be seized and delivered up to the Bri- tish Government. Written on the 24th day of Zilhij, 1220 Higera, corresponding with the I6th day of March, 1806, and the 12th day of Cheyt, 1863 Sumbut. A true Translation, (Signed) J. Wauchope, Anisfant to the /gent of the Governor General . f 320 TREATIES, &c. Engagements on the Part of Kooar Soonee Sah. % A.D. 1806 Whereas several of the districts in the province of Bundlecund have been annexed v— i to the possessions of the Honorable the East-India 'Company, and whereas I, Kooar Soonee Engagements Sab, sincerely professing obedience and submission to the Government of the Honorable with Pettij Company, have presented a paper of requests, comprehending eight articles, to Captain Rajahs , fyc. John Baillie, Political Agent on the part of the Honorable Sir George Hilaro Barlow, Baronet, Governor General, &c. &c., all which requests have been signed and complied with, according to the just and benevolent principles of the British Government, with a view to my greater security and satisfaction ; and whereas an obligation, comprehending the following articles, from which I promise never to deviate or depart in the smallest degree. , ARTICLE I. Ido hereby engage never to unite with the external or internal enemies of the Honor- able Company in Bundlecund, and uniformly to observe the most implicit submission and obedience to the British Government. ARTICLE II. If any of the subjects of the British Government abscond, and take refuge in my vil- lages, I hereby engage to seize and deliver over all such defaulters to the officers of the British Government : and in the event of persons being sent to apprehend them in the vil- lages subject to my authority, I not only engage not to oppose those persons, but do here- by promise to assist them, to the utmost of my power, in the apprehending of such de- faulters. ARTICLE III. I will never permit any thieves or robbers to reside in any of my villages; and if the property of merchants or travellers be stolen or plundered in any of the villages subject to my authority, I engage to make the Zemindars of such villages responsible for the restitu- tion of the stolen property, and for the seizure and delivery of the criminals to the officers of the British Government : and all murderers, felons, or other persons amenable to the British jurisdiction, who may take refuge in any of my villages, shall be immediately seized , and given up to the officers of the British Government. ARTICLE IV. I hereby engage to abstain from all intercourse and communication with the surround- ing chiefs in Bundlecund who refuse to submit to the British authority, and not to harbour or give protection to any of their adherents. ARTICLE V. I engage never to enter into any quarrel or dispute with any of the chiefs allied to the British Government; and if any such dispute should arise, I hereby agree to submit it to the BENGAL. 321 t the British Government, 'who, after a full investigation of the grounds of such dispute, may adjust it as they think proper. Written this 14th day of Mohurrum, 1221, corres- ponding with the 4th day of April, 1806, and the 1st day of By sake, 1863. A.D.1806 Engagements with Petty Rajahs, 6fC. A true Translate, (Signed) J. Wauchope, Assistant to the Agent of the Governor General , No. 7. Treaty with the Nana of CaJpee, 1806. Engagement concluded between Nana Govind Rao Pundit, for himself, his Heirs, and Successors, and Captain John Baillie, Political Agent to the Honorable Sir George Hilaro Barlow, Baronet, Governor General , &c. &c. &c., in behalf of the Honorable the East-India Company, at Banda, the 23d day of October, 1806. Whereas, by the Treaty of Bassein, a portion of territory in Savanour and Oolpara, formerly in the possession of his Highness the Peishwa, was ceded to the Honorable the East-India Company ; and whereas, by a subsequent agreement between the two Govern- ments, the said territory was restored to his Highness the Peishwa, and in exchange of that territory, together with certain other considerations, which are detailed in the agreement in question, a territory in the province of Bundlecund, yielding an annual revenue of thirty-six lacks and sixteen thousand Rupees, -was permanently ceded to the British Government, and annexed to their possessions in Hindoostan ; and whereas, at the period when the British troops were first employed in the occupation of the province of Bundlecund, and in the punishment of the disaffected in this province, Nana Govind Rao did, for a time, oppose the operations of the British troops in this province, by which conduct he, the said Nana Govind Rao, placed himself in the condition of an enemy to the British Government, and several districts and forts in the province of Bundlecund, which were formerly possessed by him, were conquered by the British army, and occupied by their authority ; and whereas, after the conquest of the aforesaid districts and forts, Nana Govind Rao, professing sincere obedience and submission to the Honorable Company, joined the British army with his troops, and since the period in question invariably 2 T regulated S2& TREATIES, &c. A.D.1806 Engagements with Petty. Rajahs , &;c. regulated his conduct by a rigid observance of the duties of amity and attachment to the British Government and to its interests, in consideration of which the Hakas of Oorev and Mohummudabad were restored to him during the first year, and the Pergunnahs of Nokaba in the second year after his submission ; and whereas a promise was made by the British Government, to grant to Nana Govind Rao, an equivalent for the district of Calpee at some future period, and the Honorable the Governor General in Council has lately been pleased to direct the performance of that promise, therefore, with a view to the confidence and entire satisfaction of Nana Govind Rao, regarding both his ancient possessions, and those which are now to be ceded to him, as an equivalent for the district of Calpee, as well as for the purpose of confirming the said Nana Govind Rao in the principles and duties of good faith and attachment to the British Government, the following articles have been agreed to, and shall continue in force for ever. ARTICLE I. The Nana having professed a sincere attachment to the Honorable Company, hereby engages never to molest the territory of the British Government, or of any chieftain or state in alliance with the British Government, nor to afford succour or protection to any persons hostile to the British Government. ARTICLE II. Nana Govind Rao hereby surrenders for himself, his heirs, and successors, and cedes, in perpetual sovereignty, to the Honorable East-India Company, their heirs and successors, for ever, the city, fort, and Zillah of Calpee, situated in the Soubah of Akburabad, and the several villages situated on the right bank of the Jumna, between Calpee and Raypoor, which are specified in the annexed Schedule, together with all rights and privileges which he, or his ancestors, may at any time have possessed in the Zillah and villages aforesaid. ARTICLE III. If any subject of the British Government, accused of crimes, or any defaulter, shall at any time abscond, and take refuge in the Nana’s territory, the Nana engages to seize and deliver over such person to the British Government, on application from the civil officer in the British territory. ARTICLE IV. The British Government having been pleased to grant to the Nana, as an equivalent for the district of Calpee, the several villages which are specified in the annexed Schedule, and some of the Mahals in question being situated between the British possessions eastward of the Betwa and the district of Kooch, on the north west frontier, in which the presence of the civil officers of Government must always be required, and to which the detachment of troops may often be expedient, the Nana hereby engages to afford every assistance and support in his power to the civil officers of the British Government residing in the district of Kooch, and to provide the British officers and troops, on their march through his country, with the necessary passports, guides, and supplies, so that no injury may be sustained by travellers, or inconvenience suffered by troops, in passing between the district of Kooch and any other part of the British possessions. ARTICLE BENGAL. 323 ARTICLE V. A.D.1806 The. Nana being considered as the independent and uncontrolled ruler of the territory now ceded to him, or confirmed in his possession, hereby renounces all claim to the aid of the British Government against internal or external enemies ; and the British Government renounces all claims whatever upon the Nana, with the exception of those described in this Engagement. ARTICLE VL If any of the brothers or relations of Nana Govind Rao prefer a complaint against him to the British Government, whether such complaint be founded on motives of personal enmity or otherwise ; or if any banker or merchant, being a creditor of the Nana, or of any of his servants or adherents, prefer a complaint against him ; or if any of the inhabitants of any of the villages dependant on the Nana exhibit a claim against him, of any description whatever, all such complaints and claims shall be left to the Nana’s decision. ARTICLE VII. As one third of the diamond mines of Punna have, from ancient times, been com- mitted by his Highness the Peishwa to the care of Nana Govind Rao, and continued in his charge during the establishment of the authority of the late Nawab Aili Behauder in this province, it is therefore agreed, that in case of any portion of the diamond mines of Punna coming into the possession of the Honorable Company, the Nana shall not be molested by them in possession of the said portion of the mines in question ; and the British Government hereby expressly renounces all claims against that portion of the diamond mines of Punna, which has heretofore been occupied by the Nana. Engagements with Petty Rajahs , &c. ARTICLE VIII. All houses and gardens, which belonged to the ancestors of the Nana and to those o^ his relations, and which are situated in the town of Betho, or in the Dooab, on the banks of the Ganges, or in the city of Benares or Calpee, or in Baupoor, or in any other towns or villages which are now in the possession of the British Government, shall continue, as heretofore, to be the private property of the Nana and his relations, whose rights shall not be, in any manner, molested or encroached upon by the officers of the British Govern- ment. ARTICLE IX. All territories and rights in the province of Bundlecund, including Sagur, which are now occupied or possessed by Nana Govind Rao, or ceded to him by this Treaty, in exchange for the district of Calpee, are hereby declared to be exempt from every future claim or demand on the part of the Honorable Company, their heirs, and successors, for ever ; and the British Government engage never to molest or disturb the Nana, his heirs, or successors, in the possession of the said territories and rights in Bundle, cund, including Sagur, nor in the possession of those districts which are now ceded to him as an equivalent for the district of Calpee. ARTICLE X. This Engagement,, consisting of ten articles, being this day settled and concluded at Banda, between Captain John Baillie, Agent to the Governor General, on the one part, and Bashur Rao Ana Pundit and Rao Kishun Rao,. the accredited Vakeels of Nana Govind Rao, on the other, a copy of the same, in English and Persian, under the seal and 2 T 2. signature \ 324 TREATIES, &c. A.D.1806 signature of the said Captain John Baillie, has been delivered to the said Vakeels, anil v /— J the said Vakeels have delivered to Captain John Baillie another copy, bearing the seal Engagements and signature of the said Nana Govind Rao, countersigned by his said Vakeels ; and the u,ith Petty said Captain John Baillie has engaged to procure and deliver to the Vakeels of the said Rajahsj %c. JvJ ana Govind Rao, without delay, a copy of this engagement, duly ratified by the Honorable the Governor General in Council, on the receipt of which by the said Vakeels the present Engagement shall be deemed complete and binding on the Honorable Com- pany and on the said Nana Govind Rao, and the copy of it now delivered by the said Vakeels shall be returned. Done at Banda, this 23d day of October, Anno Domini 1S06, answering to the 10th day of Shabun, 1221 Hegira, and to 11th day of Koaz Sood, 1863 Sunbut. Schedule of Muhals and Villages ceded by the British Government to Nana Govind Rao, as an Equivalent for a portion of the District of Cal pee, and certain Villages of Raypore, agreeably to a Statement under the Signature of the collector of Zillah Bundle- cund. Names of Villages, Jumma. Total Jumma. Villages in the Pergunna of Calpee which are restored to the Nana : Alta - - • 7,041 0 0 Purrah - — 1,362 12 6 Buchapon - - - 506 13 0 Purasun and Pamny Khad - - 3,501 0 0 Gourrah - - - 19 4 10 0 Gur Ganah - - - - _ 382 4 0 Beeranoo - • • 4,142 8 0 Pandypore - - - 536 0 0 Bbudraughy - - - - - 2,312 S 0 Jagarrypore - - - 563 8 0 Hyederpore - - - - 1,005 7 0 Ambrah Bangrook - - - 1,543 0 0 Danda - - - 407 12 0 Rugauly - - - 1,244 0 0 Sundy - - - 6,584 0 0 Saujahapore - - - 1,614 0 0 Syedpore - - 745 0 0 Serr Sellah - - - 1,348 0 0 Sur Sanky - J - 784 0 0 Carried forward - . 36,415 14 6 ♦ BENGAL. \ • - 325; Brought forward Sudooha - - - - Kuniren - - - - Koorma Allumgurpore - - Langoopora - - - Muhauah - - - Noorpore - - - Bunuhau - - - Nusserpore - - - Humutpore - — - Aobupore - - — Elorah Boojooroog - . — Amussa - - — Ookurrah - - - Akoary - - - - Ookussa - - - Peeprunda - • • - - Bhutpoorah - - - Bhamlooah - - - - Barrah - - - Gurba - - - Gurry Jagga - - - - Davodpore - - - Taconby- - - - Amiliah Khox'd - - - Koosmurrah - - - Barriee Kurrahpore - - - Caddupove - - - Khoohana - - - 50 Musgawah - - - Villages in the Pnrgunnah of Khurka, ceded by Treaty. Khurka Khas - Ayer ------ Tecur Boodhauty Boojrooke - Oirry ------ Ramporrah - Goodha ------ Seemriah - - Mahana ------ Mungrachoo. - Curraic Boojrooke - Curraurie Kad - Gaurah ------ Carried forward 36,415 14 6 1 ,209 12 0 4,359 12 0 5,040 0 0 292 4 0 1,188 0 0 2,726 8 0 1,405 4 0 1,114 7 0 99T 0 0 1,62S 0 0 745 4 0 655 0 0 1,572 14 0 1,303 0 0 2,011 8 0 488 6 0 537 0 0 1,413 0 0 734 4 0 567 8 0 461 13 0 46 0 0 606 8 0 1,046 12 0 1,285 0 0 1,283 0 0 434 0 0 560 0 0 1,516 8 0 73,656 6 6 2,626 0 0 856 0 0 1,750 0 0 1,966 8 0 319 0 0 429 0 0 1,051 0 0 1,388 0 0 1,431 0 0 431 0 0 998 0 0 642 0 0 463 0 0 14,350 8 0 73,656 6 6 A.D.1806 Engagements with Petty Rajahs, &C, V 326 TREATIES, &c, A.D.1806 Brought forward - 14,350 8 0 73,656 6 6 Choora Kherra - - 756 0 0 Engagements Dadry ----- 3,846 0 0 with Petty Poordur ----- 401 0 0 Rajahs, Ssc. 17 Currata ----- 428 0 0 19,781 8 0 36 Villages, Purgunnah Koha ceded by Treaty • 39,057 0 0 14 Syednagur - do. do. - 12,874 0 0 Total Rupees - 1 ,45,368 14 6 (Errors excepted.) (Signed) J. Baillie, dgent to the Governor General. Schedule of the Portions of Calpee and Raypore, which are permanently annexed to the British possessions in Bundlecund. Names of Villages. Jumma. Villages in the Purgunna Nowruttah Cal- pee with the Town and Fortress : Oossur - Ahmudpoor - Onrungah - Punian - Burroah - Burkherrah - Bhumbhoury Khoord Pundry - Puckhorkurrah Berry Bullendah Tikriah - Jullhoopore - Jyrampore - Chutehah - Jahupore- - Chaunk - Dhaunkully - Dammar and Unqunnooah Dhumnah - Rajah pore - - § Shaikpor Kouriah - Carried forward - - 2,757 0 O - - 702 7 0 • - 51 0 0 - - 8,360 0 0 - - 888 12 0 - • 562 12 0 - - 346 13 0 - 919 & a - • 30 0 0 - • 464 10 0 • - 50 0 0 - - 154 0 0 - - 201 0 0 • - 4,561 0 0 - - 114 0 0 - • 1,280 12 0 . - 1,170 0 0 • • 7,209 8 0 • - 509 4 0 mm • 392 0 0 - - 347 6 0 . - 31,091 4 0 Total Jumma. BENGAL, 327 Brought forward Sursie - - - Sursallah ------ Sup pah ------ Saisnuvrah ----- Suttanpore - Shaikpore Bellendah - Aullum, Kbalispore, and Basharutpore Kootobpore - - - - - Kurrutpore - - - Kahatoorrah - - - - - Ivusally - - - Khaushyrampore - Kotra ------ Kourah Khaus - - - . - La'nurrah and 4 villages - Lungurpore - - - - - Lohurgaon ----- Murgaon and Chukaj merry Munkaurol - - - Mcowpore and three villages Munky and Mura’hpore - - - Mopoharry and five villages Mavaw ahur - Murrah ------ Nurany ------ Mehary ------- Hurchundpore - - - - - Hurkoopore ------ Total sixty-two villages and one church Villages in the Zillah of Roypore. Roypore Khans - Mull ------ Chintah Mow - - - - - Dhakun ------ Saymurrah and Shaikpore - - - Sayrany and two villages - - - Vajupore Gondah ana Khurroyee Kurkpow ----- Kurreckah - Burhaunpore - Total fourteen villages 31,091 0 0 828 0 0 483 0 0 255 0 0 111 0 0 51 0 0 30 0 0 106 15 6 901 0 0 1,004 8 0 520 0 0 ],560 2 0 395 8 0 879 0 0 509 4 0 4,665 12 0 22 0 0 206 14 6 8,077 0 0 4,526 4 0 1,991 0 0 896 0 0 908 0 0 428 0 0 238 12 0 957 3 0 75 0 0 1,626 7 0 666 8 0 66 15 0 1,221 0 0 562 4 0 1,119 12 0 1,374 12 0 1,745 8 0 125 9 0 1,719 12 0 2,724 9 0 334 2 0 1,018 8 0 63,995 6 Q 1 2,0S2 11 0 Total Rupees - 76,078 1 0 A.D.isoS Engagements with Petty Rajahs, be. 328 TREATIES, &c. No. 8. Sunnud granted to Maha Rajah Kishore Sing. A.D.1807 Engagements with Petty Rajahs , #c. Be it known to all Chowdries, Kanoongoes, Zemindars, Malgoodars, and Talookdars, of that portion of Bundlecund above the Gauts which was formerly in the possession of Hirdee Sah, that whereas the primary objects of the British Government are the ameliora- tion of the condition of their subjects and the adjustment of the rights of all just claim- ants ; and whereas, actuated by this principle, the Honorable the East-India Company, from motives of liberality, have not thought proper to avail themselves of their title to the possession of the whole of Bundlecund, which, with an annual revenue of thirty-six lacks and sixteen thousand Rupees, was, by an agreement between the two states, ceded to the British Government by his Highness the Peshwa, but contenting themselves with that territory which is now in their actual possession, they have been pleased to apportion the remaining territory to various chieftains of this province, possessing just claims, and to certain persons who were in the possession of lands before the introduction of the British authority into this province, and who since its establishment have uniformly pro- fessed and evinced their attachment and fidelity to it ; with this view, that the whole of the inhabitants of this province, both high and low, may pass their days in security and happiness, under the benign protection of the British Government ; and whereas Maha Rajah Kishore Sing, the grandson of the late Maha Rajah Herdee Sah, possessing claims in common with the other Rajahs of this province, and sincerely professing attachment to the British Government, has become obedient and submissive to it, and has deputed his Minister, Raj Dhur Guga Sing, to solicit the favor and kindness of the Government, therefore, the Mahals, villages, and diamond mines, specified underneath, and situated above the Gauts, are hereby granted and assigned to the Maha Rajah by the British Government. It is necessary that the Maha Rajah, entertaining a due sense of this -extensive grant, do strictly perform the conditions of this engagement ; in which case he shall never be molested nor opposed by the British Government, but shall continue undisturbed in the enjoyment of his present possessions. A true Translation, (Signed) J. Wauchope, Registrar. BENGAL. 329 Mahals, Villages, Me. assigned, to Maha Rajah Kishore Sing. Purgunnah Lalha Purnoh Purgunnah Poawee Ahmeaun Gunge Purgunnah Puttur Sahanagur Mootfurrucha - Puddaruck, or Charity Pugunnah Khuttowlah Duffa - Duffa - DufFa - Puddaruck, or Charity Purgunnah Round - Purgunnah Singpore - Talookdars, 3 Purgunnahs. 124 villages A.D .1807 17 6 $ 29 Engagements 105 with Petty 36 Rajahs , #e. 136 4 14 9 13 6 25 N. B. From the portion of diamond mines of Hirdah Sah, one mine of Etawa was granted in Sunnud to Lutchmun Sing, and eight mines to Durreah Sing Chowbeh, Kaladar of Fort Kullingur. 1st February 1807, or 23d Jeecod, 1221 Higera. Obligation of Maha Rajah Kishore Sing, signed and se aled by his Minister Roy Dhur Gey Sing, at Modha, the 4th February, 180JL Whereas, by the Treaty of Bassein, the country of Dursa, Noor and Oldpah, originally in the possession of Sreement Pundit Purdhan Sewaee Bazee Rao Peishwa Behauder, was formerly ceded to the Honorable the East-India Company ; and whereas, by a subsequent agreement between the two states, this country was afterwards restored to the Peishwah, and in exchange for it, and for certain other considerations, which are contained in the agreement in question, in the province of Bundlecund, yielding a revenue of thirty-six lacks and sixteen thousand Rupees, was ceded, in perpetual sovereignty, by his Highness the Peishwah, to the Honorable the East-India Company, and annexed to their actual pos- sessions ; and whereas a British force having entered the province, for the purpose of settling the country, and punishing the refractory, all the Rajahs of this province and its vicinity, on hearing the fame of the justice, benevolence, and good faith, which have ever regulated the conduct of the British Government, placed themselves under its pro- tection, and becoming respectively the objects of its bounty and liberality, have been reinstated and confirmed in their original possessions, which they now enjoy in security and comfort ; and whereas I, Maha Rajah Kishore Sing Behauder, descended from the late 2 u Maha 330 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1807 Maha Rajah Herdee Sail, and possessed of claims in common with the other Rajahs of this 1 province, have, with sincere professions of attachment to the British Government, deputed Engagements my minister, Raj Dhur Gey Sing, to solicit the favor and kindness of the Government, with Petty and accordingly, with a view to the promotion of the welfare of the inhabitants of this Rajahs, fyc. province, a Sunnud for certain Mehals and villages above the Ghauts, which by the Treaty of Bassein are immediately dependant on the British Government, has been conferred upon me, therefore, and in order to confirm my obedience and attachment to the British Go- vernment, I have prepared and delivered this obligation, containing the following articles, under my own seal and signature, and under the seal and signature of my minister, Raj Dhur Sing ; and I hereby declare, that I never will swerve from those articles, in any instance whatever. ARTICLE I. I hereby bind myself never to aid nor abet any marauders, either in or out of the province of Bundlecund, never to harbor them in my possessions, nor permit their families to reside in the territory subject to my authority, and also to abstain from all correspond- ence and communication with them; and I further bind myself never to engage in hostility with any of the adherents or dependants of the British Government but always to be obe- dient and submissive to it. ARTICLE II. I engage to guard the passes through the Gauths, which are subject to my authority, in such a manner as to prevent all marauders and plunderers from ascending or descending the Gauths through those passes, and to secure the territory of the British Government from incursions through any of the said passes. ARTICLE III. Whenever the British troops shall have occasion to ascend the Gauths through any of the passes subject to my authority, I engage not only not to obstruct nor impede their progress, but to depute respectable and intelligent persons to conduct them by the most convenient route. ARTICLE IV. Whereas the British Government, from motives of justice and equity, have granted to me a Sunnud for a considerable portion of territory above the' Gauths, and whereas many of the villages contained in that territory were formerly made over in Malgoozaree, by my ancestors and predecessors, to certain persons who were faithful and obedient, and many of those Pergunnahs and villages have, of late years, been usurped by refractory and tur- bulent persons, who have revolted from my authority, therefore I hereby solemnly pledge myself to be responsible for any commotions or disturbances which shall be excited by those persons within the British territory. ARTICLE V. If any subject of the British Government abscond and take refuge in any of the vil- lages subject to my authority, I agree to seize such person, and to deliver him up to the officers of the British Government immediately on his being demanded. ARTICLE VI. I w 11 not permit thieves or robbers to reside in any of my villages; and if the pro- perty of merchants or travellers be stolen or robbed in any village under my authority, I agree to make the Zemindars of such villages responsible, either for the restitution of the stolen BENGAL. 331 stolen property, or for the delivery of the offender to the British Government: and if any A.D. 180 ^ felon or murderer, or any person ameanable to the British laws, for crimes committed in -v— ■*' the British territory, shall take refuge in any of my villages, I engage to deliver him over Engagements to the officers of the British Government. with Petty Rayahs , fyc, ARTICLE VIE One of my confidential servants shall always be in attendance on the principal officer of the Government in this province, for the purpose of executing his orders. I, Has Dhur GeyaSing, the minister of Maha Rajah Kishore Sing Behajider, having, as agent for the Maha Rajah, affixed my seal and signature to this obligation, and entered it among the records of the British Government, hereby promise strictly to observe the above articles, and never to evade nor neglect the performance of any of the conditions contained in them : and after repairing to the presence of the Maha Rajah, I engage to procure, and to place among the records of Government, an Ikar-nameh, comprizing the above articles, signed and sealed by the Maha Rajah and signed and sealed by myself, after which I shall recive back this obligation, O u Written the 18th Zeekad, 1221 Higera, corres- ponding with the 28th January, 1807, and the 5th of Magh Budhee, 1863 Sumbut. A true Translation, (Signed) J. Wauchope, Registrar . No. 9. Ikar-nameh, or Obligation of Allegiance on the part of Rajah Bukht Sing. Whereas, on the arrival of the British troops in Bundlecund, for the purpose of occu- pying the country. Captain John Baillie was appointed by the Governor General to super- intend and adjust the affairs of this province, and whereasl have been expelled, during the government of Allie Behauder, from my Raj and my territory, the said Captain John Baillie, from those motives of liberality and justice, which ever regulate the conduct of the officers of the British Government, reinstated me in the possession of the houses which I formerly possessed in the town of Banda, and assigned to me a monthly allowance of tnree thousand Gohur Shahee Rupees, which allowance has been regularly paid to me up to the present date ; and whereas, with a view to the conciliation and happiness of the inhabitants, and to the suppression of commotions and disturbances, several Mahals in this province were lately confirmed in the possession of their rightful owners, and I also being among the number of the chiefs possessing just claims, solicited from the said Captain Baillie a Sunnud for the Pergunnah of Kotra and other Mahals, which are 2 u 2 my 332 TREATIES, &c. my rightful property by inheritance, and are now unjustly occupied by Gopaul Sing, and my request being approved of, a Sunnud was promised to me at a future period ; and whereas Mr. John Richardson having been lately appointed to the general super- intendance of the affairs of Bundlecund, I have solicited and obtained from that gentle- man a grant for the aforesaid Mahals; therefore, and with a view to confirm my obe- dience and fidelity to the British Government, I have prepared, and hereby present this obligation of allegiance, containing the following articles, from which I promise never to depart or deviate a hair’s -bred th. ARTICLE I. I hereby engage to have no connection with any marauders or plunderers, either within or out of the province of Bundlecund, to afford them no asylum, nor permit them or their families to reside in my possessions, and to abstain from all correspon- dence whatever with them. I further engage, not to enter into any quarrels or dis- putes with any of the adherents or servants of the British Government ; and if a dis- pute should arise between me and any of the Rajahs or chiefs of this province, depen- dant on the British Government, I agree to submit such dispute for the investigation of the officers of the British Government, and scrupulously to observe and abide by their decision. J agree not to retaliate against any one for any injury offered to my- self, nor proceed to redress any grievance without the order of the British Govern- ment, to which I will ever be obedient and submissive. ARTICLE II. I engage to guard all the passes through the Ghauts under my authority, so as to prevent all marauders, plunderers, and ill-disposed persons, from ascending or de- scending the Ghauts, or from entering the British territories through any of those passes ; and if any neighbouring chief or leader should meditate an incursion into the British territory through my possessions, I engage to furnish the officers of the British Government with information of the circumstances, before his approach to the neighbour- hood of my territory, aud to exert my utmost efforts to obstruct his progress. ARTICLE III. A.D. 1 S 07 Engagements with Petty Rajahs, &c. Whenever the British troops shall have occasion to ascend the Ghauts, through any of the passes subject to my authority, I agree not o ily not to obstruct or impede their pro- gress, but to depute respectable and intelligent persons, to conduct them by the most con- venient route, and to furnish them with the necessary supplies, so long as they remain within, or in the vicinity of my possessions. ARTICLE IY. The British Government having conferred upon me the Pergunnahs of Kotrah, &c. which have been usurped, and are now unjust.y possessed by Dewan Gopaul Sing, I here- by faithfully engage to prevent the said Gopaul Sing, or any Zemindar under his influence, from entering the British territories, for the purpose of exciting disturbances in them, and to be responsible for any loss that may be sustained by any of the subjects of the British Government, in the event of such an occurrence. ARTICLE V. Whereas Rajah Ram Pindara, formerly one of my dependants, is now a professed plunderer and freebooter, and seizes every opportunity of molesting and plundering the subjects BENGAL. 333 subjects and Zemindars of the British Government, I do therefore hereby engage to reduce A.D. 1 807 the said Rajah Ram to his former state of obedience to me, and after obtaining from the v — — v — J British Government his pardon for his past offences, to cause him to deliver a written obli- Engagements gation of his obedience to the British Government, and of his forbearance from all pre- with Petty datory habits in future, and to afford him a sufficient subsistence out of the revenue of the ^ a 6fC ‘ Pergunnahs which have now been conferred upon me : but if the said Rajah Ram shall refuse to submit to the British Government, 1 hereby agree to be responsible for any loss that shall be occasioned to any of the inhabitants of the British territory, by his mesns, after I shall have been completely established in the possession of the afore-nuntioned Pergunnahs. ARTICLE VL In the event of the British Government, at any time, directing me to make over to any of the Rajahs of this province any number of villages, contained in the afore-mention- ed Pergunnahs, whose aggregate revenue shall amount to one lack of Rupees per annum, I agree to resign such villages without hesitation, and to offer no objection to such requi- sition, on the score of the villages being contained in my Sunnud, or having been in the occupation of Gopaul Sing. ARTICLE VII. I hereby agree to resign all claim to the annual allowance of thirty-six thousand Ru- pees, which I have hitherto received as a maintenance from the British Government, waenever 1 shall be established and confirmed in the possession of the aforesaid Per- gunnafu ARTICLE VIII. If any subject of the British Government abscond, and take refuge in any of mv vil- lages, I agree to deliver him up, immediately on his being required, to the officer of the British Government : and if any Ryot or Zemindar shall abscond from my territory, and take refuge in the British possessions, after submitting a detail of my complaint against such absconder, I agree to observe whatever decision may be passed regarding him, agree- ably to the established regulations of the Government, and to take no steps of my own accord for his apprehension. ARTICLE IX. I hereby engage to harbor no thieves or robbers in any of my villages; and if the property of merchants or travellers should be stolen or robbed in any of my villages, I en- gage to make the Zemindar of such village either responsible for the stolen property, or for the seizure and delivery of the thief or plunderer to the officers of the British Govern- ment: and if any criminal or murderer, or any person amenable to the law's of the British Government, for a crime committed in the British territories, shall take refuge in any of my villages, I agree to seize and deliver up such offender to the British Government, and to prevent his escape, in any direction, through my possessions. ARTICLE X. I engage that one of my brothers or confidential people shall always be in attendance, as a Vakeel, on the officer of the British Government in.this province, for the purpose of executing his orders ; and in the event of such Vakeel being, from any reason, disapproved of by the said officer, I agree immediately to appoint another in his stead. ARTICLE 334 TREATIES, &e. A.D.1807 ARTICLE XI. . If , an / my , a J ierents or executive officers shall be guilty of any improper conduct with Petty to ^ arc ^ s tfle . Bntis ^ Government, 1 agree to dismiss such person from his situation immedi- Rajahs &c. ate ^ on ^ e ‘ n g required to do so, to afford him no protection, either directly or indirectly, and to deliver him up to the British Government immediately on his being demanded. Having deposited this Ikar-nameh, comprising eleven distinct articles, under my own signature and seal, among the records of the British Government, I hereby bind myself always to fulfil the whole of the conditions contained in the said articles, and never to omit or neglect the scrupulous performance of any one of them. Given at Banda, this 8th day of June, Anno Domini 1807, equal to the 18th Jeyte, 1214 Fussellee, or 1st Rubbee-ul-sanee, 1222 Hegira, the day of the week Monday. A true Translation, ( Signed ) J. Wauchope, Assistant to the Agent of the Governor General : ( Signed , in the Hindowee language) Rajah Buktel Sing Sewage. Wajib-ool-Urz, presented hi/ Rajah Bukht Sing, who having received possession of the Elakas of Kotra and Puway, trusts that the following Articles will be confirmed by your Signature. Articles presented by Rajah Bukht Sing. Article I. The present state of the Elakas of Kotra and Puway, and the difficulties which must oppose the establishment of my authority in those Elakas, are well known to you ; I therefore hope that the support and assis- tance of the Government will always be afforded to me. Article II. I request that the allowance now fixed for my expences may be continued to me, for one year after the settlement of Kotra and Puway, &c. Answers to the Articles. Answer I. Little doubt can be entertained, that you will be able to establish your authority, and to settle the Pergunnahs, independently of the aid and support of the British Govern- ment : at the same time, every proper and necessary aid wdiich you may require, with the exception of troops, shall be furnished to you. Answer II. Agreeably to the seventh article of your Ikar-nama, your present allowance shall continue, until the establishment of your authority in the Pergunnah in question. Article BENGAL. 335 Article III. The factious and malevolent dispositions of my connection in this province are well known to you ; if, therefore, any of those, from malicious motives, accuse me falsely, let their accusation not be attended to with- out investigatioir. Article IV. If any of my brothers, companions, ser- vants, or dependants, prefer any claim against me, I request that it may not be listened to. Article V. If any of my relations, brothers, depen- dants, or companions, at any time revolt from me, and offer a false representation of my conduct,- I request that they may not be heard. Article VI. If any of the persons at present esta- blished in the Government of Kotra should complain of being injured by the introduc- tion of my authority into the Pergunnab, and repair to you, for the purpose of com- plaining against me, 1 request that no notice whatever be taken of their complaints. Answer III. A.D.1807 No accusations are ever admitted against Vy— ' any one by the officers of the British Go- ^ n S a S ernents vernment, without previous investigation ; and, in your case, an increased degree of caution shall be exercised. with Petty Rajahs, kc. Answer IV. With a view to the preservation of your dignity and consequence, the British Go- vernment will not interfere in the adjust- ment of any claim which may be preferred against you by your brothers, companions, servants, or dependants, but will consider such claim as dependant on your own deci- sion. Answer V. It is contrary to the usages of the British. Government to listen to malicious represen- tations against any person ; in your case, therefore, no representation from any quar- ter shall be admitted without proof. Answer VI. It is necessary that you pursue moderate and lenient measures in establishing your authority ; if, however, any one should excite commotions in your Pergunnahs, or endeavour to subvert your authority and government, you are to punish such person in your own country, and the British Go* vernment will afford him no assistance. Article VII. My habitation, which is situated on this side of the Nimnee Nulla, and appertaining to which are ten or twelve gardens, the ha- bitation of my people and the servants of my dependants, which have been invariably occupied by them, ever since they have been in my possession, and which since the introduction of the British Government have been exclusively subject to my autho- rity, and exempt from every kind of re- straint or violence, I therefore request that the same indulgence be continued with re- gard to them. Answer VII. They shall continue in their present situ- ation. Article 336 TREATIES, &c. A.D.1807 Engagements with Petty Rajahs , fyc. Article VIII. I request that the respect and the consi- deration due to my dignity be always ob- served by the officers of the British Go- vernment. Article IX. Regarding Raja Ram, I have already engaged in my Ikar-nama, that if he pro- fess his obedience, and repair to your pre- sence, to receive pardon of his past offen- ces, 1 will cause him to present to you a written obligation of allegiance, and if he contumaciously refuse this proposal I en- gage to punish him ; but if Rajah Ram repairs to you, for the purpose of settling the terms of his submission, separately from me, I request that he may not be heard. Answer VIII. As it is one of the principles of the British Government to respect the dignity and preserve the consequence of ancient chiefs and nobles, in regard to you, there- fore, no omission of the proper marks of respect shall occur. Answer IX. It is incumbent upon you, agreeably to the terms of your Ikar-nama, to exert every effort to induce Rajah Ram to submit to the Government, or to reduce him to such a state as to render him incapable of commit- ing further depredations. The adoption of any measure which will be the means of relieving the Government from the depreda- tions of this marauder will be approved of. Given at Banda, this 8th day of June, Anno Domini 1S07, equal to the 18th Jeyte, 1214 Fussellee, or 1st Rubbee-ui-Sanee, 1222 Higera, the day of the week Monday. A true Translation, ( Signed ) J. Wauchope, Assistant Agent to the Governor General . Sunnud granted to Rajah Bukht Sing. Beit known to the Chowdries, Kanoongoos, Zemindars, Mookuddems, and Talook- dars of the Pergunnahs of Kotra and Purvoy, in the province of Bundlecund, that whereas, after the annexation of the province of Bundlecund to the territories of the Honorable the East-India Company, when the British troops were employed in occupy- ing the country, and punishing the refractory Rajah Bukht Sing, the grandson of Maha Rajah Juggut Raee, one of the legitimate proprietors of this province, did obediently and submissively attend in person on the officer of the British Government, wherefore the British Government, actuated by those motives of liberality, and by that desire to support and preserve the dignity of illustrious families, which ever regulate its conduct, conferred upon Rajah Bukht Sing a permanent provision of thirty-six thousand Rupees per annum; and whereas a promise having been since made to the said Rajah, that, in. common with the other hereditary Rajahs of this province, he also should receive a BENGAL. 337 territorial provision, in lieu of the aforesaid pecuniary allowance, and the said Rajah A.D. 1807 lately repeatedly solicited the performance of that promise, and having presented an obligation of allegiance to the British Government, comprizing eleven distinct articles, signed and sealed by himself, therefore the Pergunnahs specified underneath, situated in the province of Bundlecund, and at present usurped by some foreigner, who possesses no title whatever to them, either by inheritance or by gift, are hereby granted to Rajah Bukht Sing, with whose right to the said Pergunnahs the British Government are fully satisfied, and so long as the said Rajah and his adherents shall continue in obedience to the British Government, and shall scrupulously adhere to the terms of the aforesaid obligation of allegiance, the said Piajab, and his heirs and successors, shall enjoy the unmolested possession of the Pergunnahs undermentioned. It is necessary that the inhabitants of the said Pergunnahs acknowledge their obedience to the said Rajah, or to whomsoever he may delegate the charge of the Pergunnahs, and that they consider all the dependencies and appurtenances of the said Pergunnahs as subject to the Rajah, and that they acknowledge no one else. It is the duty of the Rajah to render the people, Zemindars, and Talookdars, happy and grateful by his good government, to devote himself to the prosperity' of the inhabitants and to the improvement of the country; and finally to continue faithful and obedient to the British Government. Engagements with Petty Rajahs, 8fc, This Sunnud, after having obtained the approbation of the Honorable the Governor General, shall be considered valid, and shall then be exchanged for another, under the seal and signature of the Governor General. Given at Banda, this 8th 927 8 Explanation FORT ST. GEORGE. 35? Explanation of the Names made use of in the Sunnud. Deesinokees , are the people who keep the accounts of the country. A.D.176S Ali, Deespondees, are those who, in some parts of the Mogul’s dominions, act as chiefs of Mahomed countries, and in others keep the accounts as the Deesmokees. Muccuddems , are tlie chief inhabitants. Jaghiredars , are those that enjoy jaghires or lands, who, in case of necessity, are obliged to assist the prince of the country with horse, in proportion to their Jaghires. Shoterumdars, are those that enjoy lands at favorable rates only ; but all through the Sunnuds they are made the same as the Iniamdars (or those that have free gifts), the whole of the produce of the lands held by them being deducted on that account. Iniamdars, are those that enjoy lands as free gifts, without paying any thing to the Sircar. Hussoomdars , are those that have certain fees and perquisites allowed them. Polly gars, are those whose business it is to watch and preserve the towns and villages from thieves and robbers. dtozeenedars, are those who have daily allowances made them by way of charity. No. III. Grant from the Nabob of Arcot for the Company's Jagbire, dated 28 th, and received the 30 th August, 1?65. In consideration of the greatness of the friendship subsisting between the Company A.D. and me, their kind treatment of me, and the particular regard I bear to you, inclosed I v-— ' , Mahomed have Aiis 358 TREATIES, &e. A.D.1765 have sent, under my great seal, a Sunnud for the several places that form the Company's Jaghire, in which the former and the present grant are included. I have inserted the word entire or without any exception, also; though I must own, at the same time, that I see no kind of occasion for the expression, and that by making use of it has been merely out of regard to our friendship : — What can I say more ? Mahomed Ali. Be it known to the Deesmokees, Deespondees, principal inhabitants and husbandmen of the Tripasore, See. Purgunnahs, belonging to the Carnatic Payen Gaut, and dependent upon the Subah of Mahomed-poor, alias Arcot, that I have appointed and made pver to . the English East-India Company (who have taken great pains and labour in my affairs, are my true friends, and will ever remain firm and steady in alliance with, and in supporting myself and sons) the aforesaid Purgunnahs, &c. as here-under expressed, by way of Jag- hire, the revenues of which, as entered in the Mogul’s books, amount to four lacks four hundred and ninety-four Pagodas, four Annas and a quarter (4,00,494 4^) and Chucrams six thousand and thirty-three (6,033): You, the said Deesmokees, &c. must therefore take care to live in due obedience to the said Company, and to pay them the proper reve- nues, at the fixed and stated times, as according to their report, whether in your praise or dispraise, will be our favour or displeasure upon you. Look upon this as an order, and comply accordingly. Computed Revenues, as put down in the Mogul's Boohs. Madras, customs included, - St. Thome’s district, customs included, Poonamalee district, customs included, Trevendapoor, &c. - N.B. The revenues of these four within the circumflex, amounting to Pagodas 42,386 1 5i, Chucrams 26,250, are mentioned not to be included in the sum of Pagodas 4,00,494 4| and Chucrams 6,003, specified in the Sunnud, these being in a prior grant. Pagodas Annas. Chucrams. No. of districts. 1,200 0 — 1 6,346 15 — 1 34,840 Oi — 1 — 26,250 1 Computed FORT ST. GEORGE. 359 Computed Revenues, as put down in the Moguls Boohs. Tripasore entire, customs included, The villages of Cotumbauc, &c. belonging to the seven Magans, entire, - Poneer district entire, customs included, Chiccutcota district entire, customs included, Peddappollum district entire, customs included, Perrumbauc district entire, - - - - Munemungulumdistrictentire,eustomsincludec Ootremaloor district, customs included, Saliwauc district entire, customs included, - Seeva, or great Conjeveram, ditto Bishun, or little Conjeveram, ditto Cavantandelum district entire - Chingleput district entire, customs included, Siaudut Bunder, alias Covelong, district en- tire, customs included, - Carongoly ditto, all on this side the river Mercawn entire, customs included, - Chinnamanaikpollum village, belonging to the Trivedy Purgunnah, entire Nuddeput village, belonging to the Venca- tompente Purgunnah entire - Curremundel, &c. villages, belonging to the Pullicat, entire - Chittamoor, &c. villages, belonging to the Tundewullura Pui’gunnah, all that arise on that side the river Mercawn, entire - Husoor, &c. villages, belonging to thePurgunnah of the same name, all that are on this side the river Mercawn, entire, customs included, - Total amount of the present grants, and those of the 16th of October, 1763 - Ditto of the old grants, mentioned in the first part ------- Grand Total - Pagoda s Annas. crams Ann. No. of Mehurs or districts . No. of Pillages . 37,177 4 — 1 211 17,450 2 1 99 20,351 0 — 1 150 4,050 0 — 1 3 12,414 12 — 1 80 6,207 9 — 1 32 19,000 0 — 1 81 20,985 13 — 1 62 19,229 11 — 1 71 19,414 6 — 1 99 25,195 12 — 1 133 18,585 oZ — 1 74 1,00,446 10 — 1 36Sf 17,512 H - 1 54 / 62,257 n — 1 387f — 1,072 8 1 1 — 927 8 1 l 216 2 — r 4 — 744 8 1 12 — 3,288 8 1 15 4,00,494 n 6,033 0 20 1934 42,3S6 151 26,250 0 4 267 4,42, 8S1 H 32,283 0 24 2201 A.D. 1765 Mahomed A.li, Subdivision TREATIES, &c. 3&0 Subdivision thereof. A.D.1765 Mahomed Ali. By the present grants now - ~ - By those of the 16th of October, 1763 By the old grants - Pagodas Pagodai 34,430 Ann. Al Chuc. 4,033 Dit. Fill. ■ 175 - 3,66,064 0 2,000 20 1,759 - 42,386 15| .26,250 4 267 4,42,881 3f 32,283 24 2,201 Dated the 21st of the moon Rabbi-ul-Sauni, in the year of the Higera 1177, equivalent to the 29th Oc- tober, 1763. Forms on the Back of the Sunnud. The Serishtadar’s letter to the Nabob, informing him of the Sunnud’s having been made out for the English East-India Company, the 16th of October 1763, to the amount of Pagodas 3,66,064 and Chucrams 2,000. Out of the several countries from which that sum arose, there were many villages, to the value of Pagodas 34,430 4| and Chuc- rams 4,033 (as entered in the Mogul’s books) excepted ; he requests, therefore, the Nabob’s orders, whether a new Sunnud for the whole (which he particularizes in the same manner as it is in the Sunnud) should be made out or not ? To which the Nabob is said to answer, in his own hand-writing: ^ or re P a i l 'i n g the Ancutta and making new water-courses. Tanjour. V. If any Aumil, Ryot, or dependant of my Sircar, flies for protection in the Com- pany’s districts, no protection shall be given to any such persons, but they shall be given up to me. VI. People shall be sent, as usual, to draw the Rlmt, or coach of the Pagoda, at the times of procession. VII. If I should, at any time, disagree with the French, Dutch, and others, settled in my country, and prohibit any grain from being carried to their settlements, the Company shall, in like manner, prohibit any grain from being carried out of their districts to these plaees. VIII. The Sircar people collect duties in the districts bordering on Nagore : these shall continue to be paid; but no duties shall be paid by me on any articles or commodities purchased at Nagore for my own use. The Company will be pleased to observe the above-mentioned eight conditions, and enjoy without molestation the lands made over to them. Dated 17th June, 1778 of the Christian asra, or 21st Jemmadee-ul-Awul, 1179th year of Tanjour. (Signed) Sri Ram Purtaub. No. XI. Treaty of Alliance with Bazalet Jung, 1779. A.D. 1779 Heads of a Treaty of Friendship and Alliance between the Nabob Ameer-ul-Omrah Bazalet Jung. Sujah-ul-Mulk Behauder, and the Governor and Select Committee of Fort St. George, J in Behalf of the English East-India Company, 1779. ARTICLE I. The English Company agree to rent from the Nabob Sujah-ul-Mulk Behauder the Sircar of Mortezanagur, commonly called Guntoor, clear of Sibbendy, for whatever he now FORT ST. GEORGE. 391 now annually receives from it, as will appear by the accounts of collections of the Aumil A.0. 1 779 BazaletJung. ARTICLE II. now residing there. We, the English Company, shall always have at heart the good and prosperity of the Nabob Sujah-ul-Mulk. He shall dismiss from his service the French soldiers now with him. We will send him what troops he may want (the quota to be settled hereafter) who will remain with him constantly and obey his instructions. They are, however, only to be employed within the districts belonging to him, or for the defence of his country in case of an attack from a foreign enemy ; but these troops are, on no account, to be carried out of his country, or those of the Zemindars dependent upon him. If his affairs should, at any time, require his going to visit his brother, the Nabob Nizam-ud-Dowla Behauder, their troops shall attend him and be always with him. ARTICLE III. , The expences of their troops shall be regulated by the Company’s custom ; and the accounts having been signed by the Nabob, shall be paid monthly from the rent of the Guntcor Sircar. The remainder of the rent shall be regularly remitted in Soucar bills to the Nabob. In case of any improper behaviour or disrespect shewn by the commanding officer, or any other European officer of our troops, upon representation being made to us by the Nabob we shall remove such officer, and appoint another in his room. ARTICLE IV. If the Nabob Sujah-nl-Mulk’s territories be invaded by an enemy, we shall, besides the troops that are stationed with him, send such a sufficient force as we can spare to his assistance. The ordinary and extraordinary expences of such troops,- whatever they may amount to, shall be paid agreeable to the Company’s established customs by the Nabob, who will sign the accounts. If any disputes arise between our soldiers and Sepoys and the Ryots and the servants of the Nabob, punishment shall be inflicted by our officers on our men, agreeable to the English laws and customs. The English officers and their people shall not interfere with the servants and Ryots of the Nabob, and shall not protect or coun- tenance them in any shape. In case of any dispute, where the Nabob’s people appear to be in the wrong, they shall be delivered up to him for punishment. ARTICLE V. The customary allowances of the Zemindars of the Guntoor Sircar, amounting an- nually to five thousand Pagodas, shall continue as before. The fort and Jaghire villages of Condavir shall remain under the management of the servants of the Nabob ; but a garrison of English troops, as may be deemed necessary for the defence of the fort, shall be stationed with the Killadar. ARTICLE \ 392 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1779 Bazalet Jung. ARTICLE VI. If the Company shall demand a body of horse from the Nabob, he shall let them have a number according to his abilities ; and the said cavalry shall be returned to him, and their expences paid, as soon as the service for which they shall be required is finished. These articles we promise, in general, to fulfil on our part, until a more full and explicit Treaty can be drawn out, which shall be drawn out as soon as possible. Witness our hands, and the seal of the Company, in Fort St. George, the 27th day of April, 1779. Sunnud from Bazalet Jung. Ameer-ul-Omrah, Sujah-ul-Mulk Amud-ud- Dowlah, Meer Mahomed Sherif Khan Behauder Bazalet Jung, the devoted Servant of his glorious Majesty, Shaw A Hum Behauder. To all DesmooJcs , Zemindars , Despondahs, and Tenets of the Sircar of Mortezanagur, commonly called Guntoor, be it written. The aforesaid Sircar has, at this time, been given to the Glory of Merchants, the English Company, at a certain rent, commencing from the beginning of the year of Phazaley 1188. You are, therefore, to give your attendance on the Naibs of the aforesaid Company, and punctually pay to them the just revenue due to the Sircar (Government). After this, a fresh Sunnud, setting forth the rent which is fixed upon, shall be granted, and you are to act agreeable thereto. Let this be punctually observed. Dated 12th Mohrem, in the i 193d year of the Higera. FORT ST. GEORGE. 393 No. XII. Treaty of Peace with the Nabob Tippoo Sultaun Behauder, 1784. Treaty of perpetual Peace and Friendship between the Honorable the English East- A.D.1/S4 India Company and the Nabob Tippoo Sultaun Behauder, on his own Behalf , for the '"xpppoaT^ Countries of Seringapatam, Hyder Nagur, He. and all his other Possessions, settled by Sultaun. Anthony Sadlier, George Leonard Staunton, and John Hudleston, Esquires, on Behalf of the Honorable English East-India Company, for all their Possessions, and for the 1 Carnatic Payen Gaut, by Virtue of Powers delegated to the Honorable the President and Select Committee of Fort Saint George for that Purpose, by the Honorable the Governor General and Council, appointed by the King and Parliament of Great-Britain to direct and controul all political Affairs of the Honorable English East-India Company in India, and by the said Nabob, agreeable to the following Articles, which are to be strictly and invariably observed , as long as the Sun and Moon shall last, by both Parties ; that is to say, by the English Company and the three Governments of Bengal, Madras, and Bombay, and the Nabob Tippoo Sultaun Behauder. ARTICLE I. Peace and friendship shall immediately take place between the said Company and the Nabob Tippoo Sultaun Behaudei’i and their friends and allies ; particularly including therein the Rajahs of Tanjore and Travencore, who are friends and allies to the English and the Carnatic Payen Gaut, also Tippoo Sultaun’s friends and allies. The Biby of Cananore, and the Rajahs or Zemindars of the Malabar Coast, are included in this Treaty. ■ - ' 3 e The 394 TREATIES, &c. A. D. 1784 The English will not, directly or indirectly, assist the enemies of the Nabob Tippoo Sultaun Behauder, nor make war upon his friends or allies; and the Nabob Tippoo Sultaun Behauder will not, directly or indirectly, assist the enemies, nor make war upon the friends or allies of the English. ARTICLE IL Tippoo Sultaun. Immediately after signing and sealing the Treaty by the Nabob Tippoo Sultaun Behauder and the three English Commissioners, the said Nabob shall send orders for the complete evacuation of the Carnatic, and the restoration of all the forts and places in it, now possessed by his troops, the forts of Amboorgur and Satgur excepted : and such evacuation and restoration shall actually and effectually be made in the space of thirty days from the day of signing the Treaty. And the said Nabob shall also, immediately after signing the Treaty, send orders for the release of all the persons who were taken and made prisoners in the late war and now alive, whether European or Native; and for their being safely conducted to, and delivered at, such English forts or settlements as shall be nearest to the places where they now are, so that the said release and delivery of the prisoners shall actually and effectually be made in thirty days from the day of signing the Treaty. The Nabob will cause them to be supplied with provisions and conveyances for the journey, the expence of which shall be made good to him by the Company. The Commissioners will send an officer or officers to accompany the prisoners to the different places where they are to be delivered : in particular, Abdul Wahab Khan, taken at Chitoor, and his family, shall be immediately released, and if willing to return to the Carnatic, shall be allowed to do so. If any person or persons belonging to the said Nabob, and taken by the Company in the late war, be now alive, and in prison in Bencoolen or other territories of the Company, such person or persons shall be immediately released, and if willing to return shall be sent without delay to the nearest fort or settlement in the Mysore country. Boswapa, late Amuldar of Palicacherry, shall be released and at liberty to depart. ARTICLE III. Immediately after -signing and sealing the Treaty, the English Commissioners shall give written orders for the delivery of Onore, Canvar, and Sadashevagar, and forts or places adjoining thereto, and send a ship or ships to bring away the garrisons. The Na- bob Tippoo Sultaun Behauder will cause the troops in those places to be supplied with provisions, and any other necessary assistance for their voyage to Bombay, (they paying for the same). The Commissioners will likewise give, at the same time, written orders for the delivery of the forts and districts of Caroor, Auracourchy, and Daraparam ; and immediately after the release and delivery of the prisoners, as before-mentioned, the fort and district of Dindigul shall be evacuated and restored to the Nabob Tippoo Sultaun Be- hauder, FORT ST. GEORGE. 395 hauder, and none of the troops of the Company shall afterwards remain in the country of A. D. 1784 the Nabob Tippoo Sultaun Behauder. 'rippoo^ ARTICLE IV. Sultaun. As soon as all the prisoners are released and delivered, the fort and district of Catina- nore shall be evacuated and restored to Ali Rajah Biby, the queen of that country, in the presence of any one person, without troops, whom the Nabob Tippoo Sultaun Behauder may appoint for that purpose : and at the same time that the orders are given for the eva- cuation and delivery of the forts of Cannanore and Dindigul, the said Nabob shall give written orders for the evacuation and delivery of A mboorgur and Satgur to the English; and, in the mean time, none of the troops of the said Nabob shall be left in any part of the Carnatic, except in the two forts above-mentioned. ARTICLE V. After the conclusion of this Treaty, the Nabob Tippoo Sultaun Behauder will make no claim whatever, in future, on the Carnatic. ARTICLE VI. All persons whatsoever, who have been taken and carried away from the Carnatic Payen Gaut (which includes Tanjore) by the late Nabob Hyder Ali Khan Behauder, who is in heaven, or by the Nabob Tippoo Sultaun Behauder, or otherwise belonging to the Carnatic, and now in the Nabob Tippoo Sultaun Behauder’s dominions, and willing to return, shall be immediately allowed to return with their families and children, or as soon aa may be convenient to themselves; and all persons belonging to the Vencatacherry Rajah, who were taken prisoners in rerurning from the fort of Vellour, to which place they had been sent with provisions, shall also be released, and permitted immediately to return. Lists of the principal persons belonging to the Nabob Mahomed Ali Khan Behauder, and to the Rajah of Vencatacherry, shall be delivered to the Nabob Tippoo Sultaun’s minis- ters; and the Nabob will cause the contents of this article to be publicly notified through- out his country. ARTICLE VII. This being the happy period of general peace and reconciliation, the Nabob Tippoo Sultaun Behauder, as a testimony and proof of his friendship to the English, agrees, that the Rajahs or Zemindars on this coast who have favored the English in the late war, shall not be molested on that account. ARTICLE VIII. The Nabob Tippoo Sultaun Behauder hereby renews and confirms all the commercial privileges and immunities given to the English by the late Nabob H) r der Ali Khan Behau- der, who is in heaven, and particularly stipulated and specified in the Treaty between the Company and the said Nabob, concluded the 8th of August 1770. 3 E 2 ARTICLE 396 TREATIES, &c. A.D.1784 3 : ARTICLE IX. The Nabob Tippoo Sultaun Bebauder shall restore the factory and privileges pos- Suhaun sessed by the English at Callicut, until the year 1779 (or 1193 Higera), and shall restore Mount Dilly and its district, belonging to the settlement of Tellicherry, and possessed by the English, till taken by Sardar Khan, at the commencement of the late war. ARTICLE X. This Treaty shall be signed and sealed by the English Commissioners, and a copy of it shall afterwards be signed and sealed by the President and Select Committee of Fort St. George, and returned to the Nabob Tippoo Sultaun Behauder, in one month, or sooner if possible ; and the same shall be acknowledged under the hands and seals of the Go- vernor-General and Council of Bengal, and the Governor and Select Committee of Bom- bay, as binding upon all the Governments of India ; and copies of the Treaty, so ac- knowledged, shall -be sent to. the said Nabob in three months, or sooner if possible. In testimony whereof, the said contracting parties have signed, sealed, and interchangeably delivered two instruments, of the same tenor and date; to wit, the said three Commis- sioners on behalf. of the Honourable English East-India Company and the Carnatic Payen Ghaut ; and the said Nabob Tippoo Sultaun Behauder, on his own behalf, and the domi- nions of Seringapatam and Hyder.-Nagur, &c. This executed at Mangalore (otherwise called Codial Bunder) this ll.th day of March and year 1784 of the Christian sera, and 16th day of the moon Rabi-ul-sany, in the ? 4 ' Tippoo Sultaun’. (Sigmi) Signature. A true t ' . i ■ ... .. . ‘ . ‘ ’ ( Signed ) W. C. Jackson, ; r‘ ... Secretary to the -Eml assy „ fear of the Higera 1198 . Anthony Sadlier, /-v < 3 > George Leonard Staunton, (“> John Hudleston. Copy, oo FORT ST. GEORGE. 397 No. XIII. Preliminary Treaty with the Nabob Mahomed Ali, 1785. Preliminary Articles of Agreement to be entered into between his Highness the Nabob A.D. 1785 of the Carnatic and the Government of Fort St. George, previous to the Surrender of the Assignment, June, 1785. Ali, ARTICLE I. His Highness the Nabob agrees to pay his proportion of the current charges, as stipulated by the Company to be finally settled by Treaty between his Highness the Nabob and the Goternor and Council of Madras, agreeably to the late orders of the Company, dated the 9th December, 1784. Until the exact proportion can be ascertained, his Highness consents to consider it at four lacks of Pagodas per annum. ARTICLE II. His Highness the Nabob will likewise pay twelve lacks of Pagodas per annum, on account of his debts to the Company and private creditors, until those debts are dis- charged. ARTICLE III. Under the two foregoing articles, his Highness will pay sixteen lacks of Pagodas per annum to the Company, who are to be answerable to the private creditors for the propor- tion allotted to them, according to the payments that shall be made. ARTICLE IV. H is Highness agrees to give the_same security for the above twelve lacks of Pagodas per annum, as is required of him by the Company for his proportion of the current charges. ARTICLE V. In case of any failure in the payment of the Kist when it becomes due, or within twenty days afterwards, it is hereby stipulated, that the Company may possess themselves of certain districts hereafter mentioned, to double the amount, of the balance due by the Nabob at the time. When the Company find it expedient, under the conditions agreed on, to have recourse to this security, application must be made to his Highness the Nabob, who will inform the Amildar or Amildars of the amount of the Company’s claim. The Company 398 TREATIES, &c. A.D.1785 Company may exercise all necessary authority for collecting the revenues, but are not to Mahomed ^ ie Nabob's Government, by turning out the Amildars or Sheristadars. The Ali. Company’s people employed in those districts are to give regular receipts for the monies they shall receive ; and when the full amount for which such district or districts stood answerable shall have been paid to the Company, their power will, of course, imme- diately cease, and the Nabob’s authority be restored, as fully as over any other part of the Carnatic. ARTICLE VI. Should any cause of complaint arise against the Amildars of the districts so made over to the Company, it must be represented to his Highness the Nabob, who will give them satisfaction upon the subject, even to the dismissing the Amildars, and appointing others in their stead, if it should be necessary. ARTICLE VII. It has already been stated, that when a Kist, or any part of it that is due, shall remain unpaid more than twenty days, the Company may resort to the security given to them ; but as, from the nature of revenue collections, the full produce of the country to make good the last Kist cannot be received until the beginning of the following year, the Nabob requires two months for compleating what may remain due of the last Kist, to the amount of two lacks of Pagodas. Should the balance exceed that sum, two months after the Kist shall have become due, the Company may take possession of the manage- ment, as before mentioned, in the fifth article of this Agreement. ARTICLE VIII. His Highness the Nabob taking notice of the particular stress the Company lay on the security to be required for the punctual payment of his share of the current charges, and being sensible of how much importance it is that the military expences should be regularly provided for, his Highness agrees, that the amount of his shares of the current charges shall be exclusively paid with the first Kist, and as much of the second Kist as may be necessary to make up the four lacks of Pagodas. The remaining part of the second Kist, and the whole of the third Kist, amounting to twelve lacks of Pagodas, will be appropriated in discharge of his Highness’s debt to the Company and his private creditors. ARTICLE IX. The whole sum of sixteen lacks of Pagodas is to be paid in the manner following: First Kist, 30th September - Pagodas 3,00,000 Second do. 31st January ----- 6,00,000 Third do. 10th July ------ 7,00,000 It FORT ST. GEORGE. 399 It was submitted and known to his Highness the Nabob, that the renters, his subjects, were employed under the Company, and his Highness engages to continue the same renters as long as they shall conduct themselves to his satisfaction, at the same time that he cannot consent to confirm them on the conditions of the Company’s Cowle. A.D.1785 Mahomed Alt. ARTICLE X. The following districts are to be answerable to the Company, in case of failure of payment. 1 . The district of Invatoor with the villages Tummanoor. 2. The district of Eilengad, &c. consisting of twelve Maghans. 3. The district of Usspoor with the villages of Coonammead. 4. The Purgunnah of Tendawannam. 5. The Purgunnah of the Cusbah of Yeerdaoor, including nine Mahals, and Ter- wadee and Veedvor and Veeramunnee and the Talooka of Choalwatlee. 6. The Purgunnah Bealpoor, including the Purgunnahs of Terwamaloor, Terealoor, Termam Nellore, Servapallanj, and Terwum Nellore. 7. The villages of Arcot and Aralwadie. 8. The Purgunnah of Weerdachal, Gograpoor, Woolumgaul, and Senemorhtie. 9. The Purgunnah of Ealwanasoor. 10. The Purgunnah of Kulcoorshee. 11. The Jaghire of the fort of Pramedaguddah and the Talooka of Shunkropoor. 12. The Purgunnah of the Cusba of Nusreelguddah. 13. The villages of Pumatoor. T4. The Talooka of Cunnanore. 15 . The Purgunnah of the Havealu of Tumamel, including the villages of Cullespauk. 16. The villages of Advormungal. 17 . The Purgunnah Paloor, &c. 13. The Purgunnah of Chungom. 19. The Purgunnah Telgoody, &c. 20. The Purgunnah of Demarpauk. 21. The villages of Vellapauk. 22. The villages of Mundeall. 23. The Talooka of Tunmerie. 24. The villages of Chuckraugpoor. 25. The Purgunnah Chelingavaram with Tuckolum. 26. The villages of Chucknamulloor with Nautcary. 27. The Talooka Avaloor. 23. The Talooka of Mealcherry. 29. The 400 \ TREATIES, &c. A.B.lfSS Mahomed AIL 29. The Talooka of Vanlapundiel. SO. The Purgunnah of Pendie, &c.. 31. The Talooka of Weapoor. 32. The villages of Coondapoor and Canverypauk. 33. The Purgunnah of Amboor. 34. Tuileput and Agrarann 35. The Talook of Aileanoor. 36. Worriori Pollam. 37. Vallundapour, excepting the Jaghire of Runjenagudd. 7 - •? Their value is estimated at six lacks of Pagodas per annum ; and if the deficiency exceed \y r hat the above districts can make good, in the proportion mentioned in the fifth . article of this .Agreement, the Nabob is then to specify other districts in addition, and make them over to the Company accordingly, with due regard to the spirit of such obli- gation. ‘ J The security for the twelve lacks on the Arcot districts is accepted, upon a full con- viction, that Soucar security is not valid : but should the Bengal Government judge' that the Soucar security should be taken in preference to it, the Nabob agrees to cancel the security he has already given, and substitute Soucar security in its stead. ARTICLE XI. Should there be any essential failure in the crops, owing to the want of rain or other- wise, it is agreed, that a deduction be made, not from the current charges, but from, the twelve lacks stipulated to be paid to the public and private creditors, to the extent of the injury the Company may sustain, as shall be estimated and fixed on by the Governor, and Council. , - ARTICLE XII. The Company having been pleased to direct that a Treaty be formed with his High- ness the Nabob, embracing some essential points, which cannot at present be ascertained, and as it is his Highness’s wish that the Treaty, when concluded at Madras, should be ratified by the Governor General and Council of Bengal, which would take up some time, and consequently prevent the orders of the Company, regarding the assignment, being carried immediately into effect, the above Preliminary Articles of Agreement have therefore been entered into between his Highness the Nabob and the Governor and Council, which are hereby declared to have all the force of a Treaty : and as to what respects the twelve lacks of Pagodas to be paid yearly, on account of the debt due to the Company and private creditors, FORT ST. GEORGE. 401 Mahomed ALL. creditors, an instrument, separate from the Treaty, to the effect above mentioned, shall be A.D. 1785 executed, under the seal and signature of his Highness the Nabob. ARTICLE XIII. The within conditions being first duly signed and sealed by the respective parties, the Agreement of the 2d December, 1781, will be immediately returned to his Highness the Nabob, who is hereby restored to the possession of, and full exercise of sovereignty over the Carnatic. June 1785, Signed by the Nabob. (Signed) (Signed) Alex. Davidson. T. Oakes, C. Freeman J. Chamier Wi Witnesses No. XIV. Treaty with, the Nabob Mahomed Ali, 1787- ail. Treaty of perpetual Friendship, Alliance, and Security, concluded between the Honorable A.D. 1787' Major General Sir Archibald Campbell, Knight of the Bath , President and Governor of j^homed Fort St. George, and the Council thereof, on the Part of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East-Indies, and his Highness the Nabob Walajau Omdit-ul-Mulk Unmeer-ul-Hind Asoph Dowla Anewerdeen Khan Bebauder Zapher Jung Sippa Salar Saubadar of the Carnatic, on Behalf of himself, his Heirs, and Successors . o T The TREATIES, &c. m A.J}. 1787 The Court of Directors of the Honorable United East-India Company having taken -v— ' into their serious consideration the great advantages which may be attained, by improving Mahomed g] ess i n g s G f peace now happily re-established on the Coast of Coromandel and the Carnatic, and considering the present hour the best suited for settling and arranging, by a just and equitable Treaty, a plan for the future defence and protection of the Carnatic and the Northern Sircars, on a solid aod lasting foundation, have communicated these their sentiments to his Highness the Nabob of the Carnatic, who being fully impressed with the propriety and wisdom of such an arrangement, has for himself, his heirs, and successors, adjusted and concluded a solid and permanent Treaty with the President and Council of Fort St. George, upon the principles and conditions hereinafter mentioned : in consequence whereof it is stipulated and agreed, that due provision shall be made for the military peace establishment ; and also that, for discharging the expence of war, in the event of a war breaking out in the Carnatic or on the Coast of Coromandel, certain contributions or proportions of the revenues of the contracting parties shall be united into one common slock, to be applied for their mutual security and defence, And as it is necessary that the application of the said contributions, both for peace and war, shall be reposed in the United Company or their representatives, together with the direction of the war, the command of the army, magazines of stores and provisions (the granaries and present magazines of his Highness the Nabob excepted) with full power to occupy or dismantle such forts as by them shall be deemed necessary for the general security, the iaid contracting parties do hereby solemnly engage and agree, for themselves and their successors, to and with each other, in manner following, that is to say. ARTICLE I. The friends and enemies of his Highness the Nabob of the Carnatic and of the English United East-India Company shall be considered as the friends and enemies of both. ARTICLE II. His Highness the Nabob of the Carnatic will contribute towards the military peace establishment, and shall pay into the treasury of the said United Company, the annual sum of qine lacks of Pagodas, to commence in the Fuzelly 1197, corresponding to the 12th July 1787, as his fixed proportion, divided into Kists, payable at the following pe- riods, that is to say : 30th November - 3,00,000 31st March 6,00,000 Star Pagodas - 9,00,000 ARTICLE FORT ST. GEORGE. 403 ARTICLE IH. A.D. 178/ That the Honorable East-India Company will, in like manner, contribute, and with the aid of Tanjore, shall pay and make good such further sums as may be necessary to AJi. discharge the expence of the military peace establishment, beyond the said annual contri- bution of his Higness already mentioned. ARTICLE IV. That, for the satisfaction of his Highness the Nabob of the Carnatic, his heirs and successors, the President and Council of Fort St. George shall furnish his Highness, an- nually, with an accurate account, shewing the number of troops maintained, and the names and situations of the garrisons supported by the annual contributions, and particu- larly the troops and garrisons maintained by the nine lacks of Pagodas, annually contri- buted by his Highness to the general defence. ARTICLE Y. In case of failure in the punctual payment of the nine lacks of Pagodas already men- tioned, to the amount of one lack of Pagodas in any Kist, for the period of one month after the same shall become due, his Highness the Nabob agrees that certain districts, specified in the Schedule No. 1, hereunto annexed, shall be made answerable for such failure, and that the Company shall have power to appoint superintendants or receivers, to collect and receive from the Nabob’s Amuldars all the rents, revenues, duties, cus- toms, and Peshcush of the said districts; and these superintendants or receivers shall exer- cise all necessary authority for collecting such rents, revenues, &c. giving regular re- ceipts for all the monies which may be received by the said superintendants, who shall Lave full power to inspect and examine all Cutcherry receipts and accounts of the lands and districts aforesaid, as well as to ascertain the state of all other revenues which shall be collected annually from customs, or from the Zemindars or Poligars, tributaries to his Highness within the said districts; and when the full amount for which such districts stood answerable shall have been paid to the Company, the superintendant or receiver shall be immediately recalled. ARTICLE VI. At the appointment of the superintendant or receiver, the Nabob will furnish the Company with the obligations the Amuldars of each district shall have given to the Sircar, and if they do not pay the monej’ punctually to the superintendant or receiver, agreeable thereto, the Nabob, at the request of the Governor in Council, will immediately dismiss the said Amuldars, and appoint, by Sunnucis, such others in their stead, as the President in Council of Fort St. George shall recommend, after taking from them the usual obli- gations which shall be delivered to the Company by his Highness. 3 F 2 ARTICLE 404 TREATIES, kc. A.D. 1787 Mahomed Ali. ' ARTICLE VII. That the exercise of power over the said districts and farms, bv virtue of the con- ditions mentioned in the fifth and sixth articles, in case of failure in the payment of any of the said Kists, shall not extend, or be construed to extend, to deprive his Highness the Nabob of the Carnatic, or his successors, of the civil government thereof, the credit of his family, or the dignity of his illustrious house, but that the same shall be preserved to him and them inviolate, saving and excepting the powers in the foregoing articles expressed and mentioned. ARTICLE VIII. That in the event of any war breaking out in the Carnatic or on the Coast of Choro- mandel, the said United Company shall charge themselves with the direction, order, and conduct thereof, and during the continuance of such war, shall apply four-filths of their whole revenues in the Carnatic and the Northern Sircars, annually, to the military expenses of the war. To remove every doubt, on the part of his Highness, of any secretion or diversion of the said revenues from the purpose aforesaid, his Highness the Nabob of the Carnatic, in behalf of himself, his heirs, and successors, shall have full power and autho- rity, during such war, to appoint one or more inspectors or accomptants, to inspect and examine the Cutcherry receipts of all the districts of the Company in the Carnatic and the Northern Sircars, as well as the state of ail the other revenues collected from the Customs, from the Zemindars and Poligars tributary to the Company. ARTICLE IX. That, in the like event, his Highness the Nabob of the Carnatic, after deducting from the whole amount of his revenues 2,13,421 Pagodas annually, for Jaghires to the family of his Highness, and 21,366 Pagodas annually, for charities, shall and will pay into the treasury of the said United Company four-fifths of his revenue to the general expense of such war, to be applied in such manner as the said United Company, or their representatives, shall find necessary for their common safety and interests, as also for the interest of their allies in the Carnatic and on the Coast of Coromandel; and it is more- over agreed, that his Highness’s proportion of the debts of the war will henceforth be settled at twenty-five fifty-one parts. ARTICLE X. For the more effectual security of the payment of four-fifths of the revenues of his Highness, annually, to the military expenses of the war, and to remove every doubt, on the part of the Company, of any secretion or diversion of the said revenues from the purpose aforesaid, the President and Council of Fort St. George, in behalf of the Cotnpanjr, shall have full power and authority, during such war, to appoint one or more inspectors or accomptants, to inspect and examine the Cutcherry receipts of all the countries and FORT ST. GEORGE. 405 and districts of the Nabob, as well as the state of all the other revenues collected from A.D. 1787 tl^e customs, and from the Zemindars and Poligars tributaries to his Highness ; and in case the said four-fifths of the revenues, or any parts thereof, are diverted from the discharge of the current expenses of the war, or the debts or expenses incurred thereby, the said United Company shall have full power to appoint superintendants and receivers over the said countries and districts of the Nabob, in the manner specified in the fifth article of this Treaty, respecting the distriets mentioned in Schedute No. 1, with the same authority, and under the like restrictions and conditions expressed in case of failure. ARTICLE XI. That the said annual four-fifths, payable from the revenues of his Highness the Nabob of the Carnatic, shall, after the termination of the war, continue to be applied to the discharge of all debts and expenses that may be incurred or arise, during the course of the war, until his proportion of twenty-five fifty-one parts is paid off and discharged. ARTICLE XII. It is expressly understood and declared, that so soon as the expences incurred by the war are paid off and discharged, the superintendants and receivers shall be immediately recalled : and it is further expressly declared, that the eleventh article shall not have any retrospect to the expences of any war, antecedent to the date of this Treaty. ARTICLE XIII. That after the termination of such war, and during the application of the said gross revenues to the debts and expences thereof, the second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth articles of this Treaty shall be and remain dormant, and be of no effect: but shall recom- mence and regain their full force and validity, from and immediately after all the debts and expences of such war have been fully and proportionally paid off and discharged. ARTICLE XIV. In case his Highness shall, at any time, have occasion for any number of troops, for the security and collection of his revenue, the support of his authority, or the good order and government of his dominions, the said United Company shall and will furnish a sufficient number of troops for that purpose, on a public representation being made by his Highness to the President in Council of Fort St. George of the necessit} 7 of employing such a force, and the objects to be attained thereby. In case of the march of such troops, the additional Batta, and expences attending their movements, will be annually discharged by his Highness, at the end of each year. ARTICLE XV. Whenever the Company shall enter into any negotiations, wherein the interests of the Carnatic and its dependencies may be concerned, the President in Council of Fort St. George 406 TREATIES, See. Mahomed Ali. A.D. 1787 George shall communicate the proceedings to his Highness the Nabob of the Carnatic, as the firm ally of the Company : and although the direction of the combined force of the country is committed entirely to the Honorable Company or their representatives, it is nevertheless understood, that his Highness shall be informed of all measures which shall relate to the declaring of war or making peace with any of the princes and powers of Hindostan, so far as the interests of the Carnatic may be immediately concerned therein, and the name of his Highness shall be inserted in all Treaties regarding the Carnatic, and his Highness will not enter into any political negotiations or controversies with any state or power, -without the consent or approbation of the President in Council of Fort St. George ARTICLE XVI. Nothing in this Treaty contained shall be understood to injure the claim of his High- ness the Nabob to the Tanjore country. ARTICLE XVII. Should there be any essential failure in the crops in time of peace, owing to the want of rain, or any other unforeseen calamity, a deduction shall be made in the Nabob’s Kists, to the extent of the injury which the revenues may sustain, as shall be estimated and fixed on by the Governor in Council, to whom his Highness grants full power and authority to appoint one or more superintendants and accomptants to inspect and examine the Cutcherry receipts of all the countries and districts of his Highness the Nabob of the Carnatic, for the purpose of ascertaining the amount of such deduction, which is to be carried as a charge to the account current of his Highness. ARTICLE XVIII. It is hereby stipulated, that the conditions mentioned in the Articles of Agreement between the President and Council of Fort St. George and his Highness the Nabob, dated the 28th June 1785, for payment of four lacks of Pagodas annually to the Honor- able Company, shall be null and void, the same being comprehended and included in the conditions of the present Treaty. ARTICLE XIX. It is further stipulated, that the said Articles of Agreement, dated the 28th June 1785, as far as relate to the discharge of the debts of his Highness the Nabob, shall be and continue in full force and virtue. In confirmation of all the articles in the preceding Treaty, the President and Council of Fort St George, invested with full power on behalf of the India Company, have subscribed and sealed two instruments, of the same tenor and date, at Fort St. George, on the 24th day of February, in the year of the Christian era 1787 ; and his Highness the FORT ST. GEORGE. 407 the Nabob Wallaujah, for himself, his heirs, and successors., hath also subscribed and sealed the same instrument at Chepauk House, the 5th day of the moon Jemmady, in the year of the Higera 1201. ( Signed ) Archibald Campbell, Alexander Davidson, James Henry Casamajor. ( Signed ) John Macfherson, John Stables. (Signed) John Chamier, Secretary. Charles Bonny, Secretary. A . M. Campbell, Secretary to the Government. A.D. 178? Mahomed AH. A true Copy, ( Signed ) W. C. Jackson, Deputy Secretary. SCHEDULE, No. 1. In the annexed Treaty referred to. 1. The district of Trivatoor with the villages Tremmanoor. 2. The district Ellengad, &c. consisting of twelve Maghanas. 3. The district of Uspoor with the villages of Oonummead. 4. The Purgunnah of Tindavanam. 5. The Purgunnah of the Cusbah of Verdaoor, including nine Mahals, and Tervadee, and Veedaoor, and Vecramunnee, and the Talooka of Ohoahvallee. 13. The villages of Permatoor. 14. The Talooka of Cannanoor. 15. The Purgunnah of the Havialee of Ternamel including the villages of Callispauk. 16. The villages of Adoormungah. 17. The Purgunnah Paloor, &,c. 18. The Purgunnah of Chingum, 19. The Purgunnah Talgoody, &c. 20. The Purgunnah of Damarpauk. 21. The 408 TREATIES, &c. A.D.1787 Mahomed AH. 21. The villages of Villapauk. 22. The villages of Mundial. 23. The Talooka of Timmeree. 24. The villages of Chuekrauzpoor. 25. The Purgunnah Cholingavaram with Tuckolum. 26. The villages of Chuckramullor with Mauteary, 27. The Talooka Awaloor. 28. The Talooka of Mealcharry. 29. The Talooka of Vanlapundril. 30. The Purgunnah of Poonda, &c. 31. The Talooka of Weapoor. 32. The villages of Coondapoor and Cawvrypauck. 33. The Purgunnah of Amboor. 34. Tulleput and Agraham. 35. Talook Alleanore. 36. Warriorepollam. 37. Vallicundapoor excepting the Jaghire of Rajinguda. 38. The district of Sellembar, 1 Mahal. 39. The district of Cartmanaurgoody exclusive of the Jaghire, 1 Mahal. 40. The district of Bhoowangerry, 1 Mahal. 41. The district of Yerdachel, &c. 5 Mahals. 42. The district of Vanelampeat and Feartanaggery, 2 Mahals. 43. The district of Pudwear and Moolcaud, 2 Mahals. 44. The district of Noonulgud, otherwise called Gingee, 1 Mahal. 45. The district of Yeamputtoo and Pullygoondaput, 1 Mahal. The provinces of Trichinopoly, Madura, Ongle, and Palnaud* It is stipulated and agreed, at the time of executing this Treaty, that the countries and districts in the above Schedule mentioned shall be answerable for any failure in the payment of the nine lacks of Pagodas mentioned in the said Treaty : and in case they should not be adequate to the discharge of any failure when such may happen, it is stipulated, that his Highness the Nabob shall name other districts to iqake good the deficiency ; FORT ST*. GEORGE. 409 deficiency; but if they exceedi the amount of such- failure, that his 11-ighness. shall keep A.IX 1*87 back districts to the amount of the same. v — ' Mahomed 1 (Signed) Archibald Campbell, _ Alexander Davidson, James Henry Casamajor. No. XY. Treaty with the Rajah of Tanjore, 1 78/. Treaty and Agreement concluded between the Honorable Major General Sir Archibald A.D. 1?8? Campbell, Knight of the Bath, President and Governor of Fort St. George , on Behalf Thellajahof of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East-Indies, and his Tanjore. Excellency Amer Sing,. Rajah of. Tanjore. The Court of Directors of the East-India Company having taken into their serious consideration the great advantages which may be attained by improving the blessings of peace, now happily re-established on the Coast of Coromandel, in the Carnatic, and the country of Tanjore, and considering the present hour- best suited for settling and arrang- ing, by a just and equitable Treaty, a plan for the future defence and protection of the Carnatic, the Tanjore country, and the Northern Sircars, on a solid and lasting foundation,, have communicated these their sentiments to his Excellency the Rajah of Tanjore, who being fully impressed with the propriety and wisdom of such an arrangement, has, for himself, his heirs, and successors, adjusted and concluded a, solid and permanent Treaty with the- Honorable East-India Company, upon the principles and conditions herein after mentioned: in consequence whereof it is stipulated and agreed, that due provision shall 3 G be 410 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1787 be made for the military peace establishment ; and also that, for discharging the expence TheRajahof war > * n event war breaking out in the Tanjore country or in the Carnatic, or any Tanjore, part of the Coast of Coromandel, certain contributions or proportions of the revenues of the contracting parties shall be united into one common stock, to be applied for their mutual security and defence. And as it is necessary that the application of the said con- tributions, both for peace and war, should be reposed in the United Company or their representatives, together with the direction of the war, the command of the army, magazines of stores and provisions, with full power to occupy or dismantle such forts, as by them shall be deemed necessary for the general security, the said contracting parties do hereby solemnly engage and agree, for themselves and their successors, to and with each other, in manner following, that is to say : ARTICLE I. The friends and enemies of his Excellency the Rajah of Tanjore and of the English United East-India Company shall be considered as the friends and enemies of both. ARTICLE II. His Excellency the Rajah of Tanjore will contribute towards the military peace establishment, and shall pay into the treasury of the said United Company the annual sum of four lacks of Scar Pagodas, to commence on the 12th July, in the year of Christ 1787, corresponding to the 30th Aunee of the Malabar month of Palavunga Year, and to the Phusly 1197, divided into Kists, payable at the following periods : November December January February March - April - 20,000 - 50,000 50,000 - - - - - 90,000 90,000 - - - 1 , 00,000 Star Pagodas - - 4,00,000 ARTICLE III. The annual contribution of four lacks of Pagodas, to be paid by his Excellency the Rajah of Tanjore, towards the army peace establishment, is proportioned to the gross revenues of his country, estimated at ten lacks of Pagodas ; and it is hereby stipulated and agreed, that whenever the annual gross revenues of the country shall rise above ten lacks of Pagodas, the annual contribution of his Excellency, in time of peace, shall like- wise. be encreased according to the same scale or standard. ARTICLE FORT ST. GEORGE. 4L1 ARTICLE IV. In case of failure in the punctual payment of the four lacks of Pagodas already mentioned, to the extent of fifty thousand Pagodas, for the period of one month after the same shall become due, his Excellency the Rajah agrees, that the Company shall have power to enter upon any of the districts in the Tanjore country, that shall appear to them necessary to discharge the amount of the sum in arrear, and that the Company shall have power to appoint superintendants or receivers, to collect and receive from the Rajah’s renters, managers, and Amildars, all the rents, revenues, duties, and customs of the said districts ; and these superintendants or receivers shall exercise all necessary authority for collecting such rents, revenues, duties, and customs of the said districts, giving regular receipts for all the monies which may be received by the said superintendants, who shall have full power to inspect and examine all Cutcherry receipts and accounts of the lands and districts aforesaid, as well as to ascertain the state of all other revenues, which shall be collected annually within the said districts, and when the full amount of the arrears due shall have been paid to the Company, the superintendant or receiver shall be immediately recalled. A.D. 1787 The Rajah of Tanjore. ARTICLE V. At the appointment of the superintendant or receiver, his Excellency the Rajah will furnish the Company with the obligations of the Amildars, renters, or farmers of each district ; and if they do not pay the money punctually to the superintendants or receivers, agreeable thereto, his Excellency the Rajah, at the request of the Governor in Council of Fort St. George, shall and will immediately dismiss the said Amildars, renters, or farmers, and appoint such others in their stead, as the President in Council of Fort St. George shall recommend, after taking from them the usual obligations, which shall be delivered to the Company by his Excellency. ARTICLE VI. That the exercise of power over the said districts and farms, by virtue of the conditions mentioned in the fourth and fifth articles, in case of failure in the payment of any of the Kists, shall not extend, or be construed to extend, to deprive his Excellency the Rajah of Tanjore, or his successors, of the civil government thereof, or the honour and dignity of his family, but the same shall be preserved to him and them inviolate, saving and excepting the powers in the Articles IV. and V. expressed and mentioned. ARTICLE VII. That in the event of any war breaking out in the Carnatic, in Tanjore, or on the Coast of Coromandel, the said United Company shall charge themselves with the direction, order, and conduct thereof, and during the continuance of such war, shall apply' four- 3 g 2 fifths 412 TREATIES, &c. A.D.1787 fifths of their whole- revenues in the Carnatic and the Northern Sircars, annually, to the TheRajah of military expenees of the war. Tan J ore - ARTICLE VITI. That, in the like event, his Excellency the Rajah of Tanjore shall pay into the Treasury of the said United Company four-fifths of his revenues to the general expenses of such war, to be applied in such manner as the said United Company, or their represen- tatives, shall find necessary for their common safety and interests, and also for the interest of their allies in the Carnatic and on the Coast of Coromandel : and it is moreover agreed, that his Excellency’s proportion of the debt and expenees incurred by war, shall hence- forth be settled at one-fifth part of the whole amount thereof. ARTICLE IX. For the more effectual security ol the payment of four-fifths of the revenues of his Excellency, annually, to the military expenees of the war, and to remove every doubt, on the part of the Company, of any secretion or diversion of the said revenues from the purpose aforesaid, the President in Council of Fort St. George, in behalf of the Company, shall have full power and authority, during such war, to appoint one or more inspectors or accomptants, to inspect and examine all country and Cutcherry accounts and receipts, of all the countries and districts of his Excellency, as well as all other revenues, duties, or customs, collected by or for the use of his Excellency. And in case the said four-fifths of the revenues, or any part thereof, are diverted from the discharge of the current expenees of the war, or the debts and expenees incurred thereby, the said United Com- pany shall have full power to appoint superintendants and receivers over the said countries and districts of the Rajah, in the manner specified in the fourth article of this Treaty, with the same authority, and under the like restrictions and conditions therein expressed, in case of failure. ARTICEE X. That the said annual four-fifths, payable from the revenues of his Excellency the Rajah of Tanjore, shall, after the termination of the war, continue to be applied to the discharge of all debts and expenees that may be incurred or arise, during the course of the war, until his proportion of one-fifth part of the whole ex pence is paid off and discharged. ARTICLE XI. It is expressly understood and declared, that so soon as the expenees incurred by the war are paid off and discharged, the superintendants and receivers shall be immediately recalled. ARTICLE FORT ST. GEORGE. 413 ARTICLE XII. 'That during the -application of the said proportion of four-fifths of the said .gross revenues, to the discharge of the debts and expenoes ineurred in time of war, the second, third, fourth, and fifth articles of this Treaty shall be and remain dormant, and be of no ‘effect; butxhall recommence and regain their full force ami validity, -from and imme- diately after all the debts and ex pences of s-uch war have been fully and proportionally paid off and discharged. ARTICLE XIII. A.D.1787 The Rajah of Taiyore, In case his Excellency shall, at any time, have occasion for any number of troops, for the security and collection of his revenues, the support of his authority, or the good order and government of his country, the said United Company shall and will furnish a sufficient number of troops for that purpose, on a public representation being made by his Excellency to the President in Council of Fort St. George of the necessity of employing such force, and the objects to be obtained thereby. In case of tire march of such troop's, the additional Batta and expences attending their movements shall be annually discharged by his Excellency, at the end of each year. ARTICLE XIV. The late Rajah of Tanjore having been, at the time of his death, indebted to his Highness the Nabob of the Carnatic for arrears of Peishcash, since the year 1776, which at the commencement of the Phusly 1197, or 12th July 1787, will amount to the sum of twelve lacks fifty-seven thousand one hundred and forty-two Pagodas, and having also been indebted to British subjects, whose names are set forth in a Schedule hereunto annexed, for various sums of money lent by them, to and for the use of the Rajah, which with interest are computed to amount to about the sum of four lacks of Pagodas, it is hereby stipulated and agreed,, that for the liquidation of the said arrears of Peishcash his Excellency shall appropriate annually the sum of Pagodas 1,05,775- To bis annual Peishcash to the Nabob the sum of 1,14,225 And to his Excellency’s private creditors the annual sum of - - _ 80,000 In all three lacks, Pagodas 3,00,000 Payable in Kists, as follows : In November 10,000 December - - 10,000 January - 10,000 February ] 0,000 Carried forward - 40,000 414 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1787 The Rajah of Tanjore. Brought forward - March ---------- May - -- -- -- -- - June - -- -- -- -- -- July August ---------- September ---------- 40.000 10.000 60,000 60,000 50.000 40.000 40,000 Star Pagodas 3,00,000 ARTICLE XV. The private debts of his Excellency not being as yet accurately ascertained, it is hereby agreed, that the debts due to the British subjects shall be forthwith examined, adjusted, and settled ; for which purpose the creditors shall be called upon to deliver their demands to the President in Council of Madras, stated with simple interest, at the rate of twelve per cent, per annum, to the 12th day of July, 1787, which accounts will be examined by agents to be appointed on the part of the Rajah, and by the Governor in Council on behalf of the creditors, after which they will be laid before his Excellency, and on receiving his final approbation they shall be classed amongst the list of his private creditors, and become entitled to a share, or rateable proportion of the said sum of eighty thousand Pagodas, agreeable to such equitable arrangement as may be formed by the Governor in Council, for the benefit of the Rajah and the creditors. And it is agreed, that so soon as the debts and interest due from the Rajah to British subjects are paid off and discharged, the annual payment of eighty thousand Pagodas, agreed to be made by the Rajah for the benefit of the creditors, shall from thenceforth cease and determine. ARTICLE XVI. And whereas his Highness the Nabob of the Carnatic has, by a solemn deed, assigned over to the United East-India Company the arrears of Peishcash already due, and the annual Peishcash which shall henceforth become due to his Highness, in pait payment of his debt to the Companj', his Excellency the Rajah of Tanjore, willing to manifest his regard to the Company, and upright intention towards the Nabob of the Carnatic, does hereby chearfully agree to pay into the hands of the India Company, for the account of the Nabob of the Carnatic, the whole annual appropriations to his Highness, specified in the fourteenth article, upon the President and Council of Fort St. George indemnifying his Excellency for the amount of all such monies as they shall receive on that account. In like FORT ST. GEORGE. 415 like manner, the Company shall be accountable to his Excellency, on account of the mo- ney received on behalf of the creditors. In confirmation of all the articles in the preceding Treaty, Sir Archibald Campbell, Governor of Fort St. George, invested with full powers on behalf of the India Company, has subscribed and sealed two instruments, of the same tenor and date, at Tanjore, on the 10th day of April, in the year of Christ 1787 : and his Excellency, Maha Rajah Ameer Sing, for himself, his heirs, and successors, has also subscribed and sealed the same instruments, at Tanjore, the 20th of the month Jamadu-ul-Auker, and in the year of the Higera 1201. A.D.1787 The Rajah of Tanjore. (Signed) Archibald Campbell. Signed and sealed by the Honorable Sir Archibald Campbell, Governor, &c. and by his Excellency the Rajah of Tanjore, in the presence of (Signed) Alexander Macleod, Resident, J. Stuart, Colonel Commanding, By order of the Honorable the Governor, (Signed) A. Montgomery Campbell, Secretary. Schedule 416 TREATIES, &o. A.D .1787 The Rajali of Tanjore. Schedule of Private Debts, referred to in the fourteenth Article. Mr. Alexander Brody Mr. Duncan Baine - Sir George Ramsay - Colonel Made! lan Major (or Captain) Burrows Mr. Whyte - - - Received • - Principal. - Star Pagodas 99,254 30,090' -v 20,000 70,000 - - - 26,100 5,706 1,000 Mr. Swartz, for money subscribed by gentlemen for the benefit of orphans - 4,70%. l,000i Star Pagodas 2,53,060 The above debts bear interest at the rate qf twelve- per. cenjt. per. annum, andi there is now between four and five years interest due upon, them. ( Signed ) Arch. Campbell. No. XVI. Agreement with the Rajali of Travancore /b?? iteoJBattalions to be stationed within his Dominions, 1788. A. I). I 787 From the Rajah of Travancore to the Go- Extract Letter from the Governor to the Ra- TheR^jahof vernor, dated 12 th Ram gun, 19 tli June jah of Travancore, dated Fort St. George, Travancore. 1788. dated 12th August, 1788. The territory of Calicut and Pulicatcher- I have very fully considered of your re- ry lay quite contiguous to the wall of my quest to be supplied with English officers to fort, command FORT ST. GEORGE. fort, and Tippoo Sultaun, particularly at this time, is moving frequently through these districts. In consequence of the orders you were pleased to give to me, and trusting to the peaceable state of affairs between you and Tippoo, I do nothing more than keep a watchful eye over my district, for which purpose I have appointed six battalions and other troops to guard the places of strength belonging to me ; but it is necessary to have officers and serjeants to discipline those bat- talions. I have, therefore, to request you will, out of your favor and friendship to me, order four officers and twelve serjeants, who are well acquainted with the exercise and discipline of troops, that I may employ them for that purpose in my service. I hope your Excellency will grant me this favor. Major Bannerman, whom I have earnestly spoke to on this subject, has written to your Excellenc}*, and I beg leave to refer you to what he says. What shall I say more ? 417 command your battalions of Sepoys. My A. D. 17®7 desire to shew you kindness and protection q'^Rajah^of is so manifest, that it is not necessary to Txavancore. repeat to you how great my satisfaction is, when I have an opportunit}' to add to your happiness. On the present occasion, how- ever, a compliance with your request might be attended with greater inconvenience than you are aware of. The Honorable Compa- ny’s officers are brave and good men, and will always discharge their duty with zeal and ability ; but it is contrary to the systems now laid down for the management of the English Company’s affairs, to lend their of- ficers to command any troops, except such as are actually in their own pay and under their own authority. Great inconvenience has been found to arise from pursuing a dif- ferent line of conduct, which I hope you will reconcile to your mind my declining to comply with the proposal. If you can suggest any plan, by which one, two, or even three battalions of the Honorable Company’s troops can be employ- ed to advantage in securing your country against any sudden attack from Tippoo, I shall very readily take the same into con- sideration., and if practicable, form an ar- rangement that will afford safety to your possessions, without deviating from the rules of our service. 3 H Extract 41$ TREATIES, &c, A.D. 1787 Extract Letter from the Rajah of Travan* TheRajahof core io ^ ie Governor , dated 25 th Zecayed , Travancore. Qr 2g ^ Jagust, 1788. Letter from the Governor to the Rajah of Travancore , dated Fort St. George t the 7th Octobei 1788. You are pleased to say it is contrary to the system now laid down, to lend the Company’s officers to command any troops, except such as are actually in their pay and under their own authority ; but if I can suggest any plan, by which one, two, or three battalions of the Company’s troops can be employed in securing my country against any sudden attack from Tippoo, you will readily take the same into consi- deration, and form an arrangement for the safety of my country, without deviating from the rules of your service. The above letter has given me the greatest satisfaction, and accomplished my wishes. The friendship and attachment I bear to the English Company are known to the whole world, and my late intercourse with Tippoo Sultaun has also been carried on through their assistance and favor. I call the Almighty to witness, that I rest my whole dependence on them for support, and therefore most willingly acquiesce to the proposal in your Excellency’s letter, of having some battalions of the Company’s troops with me. Your Excellency will be pleased I have received your letter, dated the 28th August, and you may rest assured that the confidence you repose in the friendship of the English Company is not ill placed. They regard you as their faith* ful ally, and consider your interests the* same as their own. Your having acquiesced in the proposition I made of having some battalions of the Company’s troops stationed on the frontier of Travancore, is a wise and judicious measure : it will ensure the safety of your country against the ambitious views of any persons who may be ill-disposed towards you, and cannot fail to convince them of the danger they would be exposed to, in attacking a prince supported and protected, as you are, by the English, whose arms, by the blessing of God, are too powerful for them to combat with. At the same time that I am anxious to see your country in a complete state of secu- rity, I am not less so in effecting it in such a manner, as will render your expences easy : for this purpose, I would recommend that, in time of peace, two battalions of the Company’s native infantry should be stationed on your frontiers, at your ex- pence, FORT ST. GEORGE. 419 pleased to shew me your favor, in any pence, and that the amount may be either A.D, 17®7 manner that can tend to the security and paid by you to the Company, in cash or protection of my country, and to inform pepper, as may best suit your convenience. Travancore. me of the expence that will attend a batta- That if an additional force of Europeans lion of Sepoys. I refer you to Major Ban- and natives are required, to strengthen your nerman’s letters for an answer to the other frontier against the designs of an enemy, matters he has communicated to me from these shall be maintained at the Company’s your Excellency. expence entirely ; with this proviso, that you will order them to be supplied with provisions, and the necessary articles for erecting buildings to lodge them in, on their paying for the same, at the usual rates of your country. That you may know the expence of a Company’s battalion in peace and war, I have enclosed an esti- mate of the same for your information. I shall always have a great pleasure in forwarding your wishes, and hope to hear often of your health and prosperity. What can I say more ? ( Signed ) Archibald Campbell. Letter from the Bajah of Travancore to the Governor, dated 6th Suffer , or 5th November, 1788. I have been honored with the receipt of your Excellency’s gracious letter, in which you recommend “ that two battalions of the Company’s Sepoys should be stationed on “ the frontiers of my country in time of peace, the amount of their pay to be provided “ for by me, in cash or pepper, as may suit my convenience. That whenever an addi- t( tional force is required by me, as a defence against the designs of an enemy, you will “ send a body of Europeans and Sepoys, which will be maintained at the Company’s ex- u pense ; and that I am to supply them with provisions and the necessary articles for erect- 44 ing buildings, on their paying for the same, at the usual rates of my country.” You 3 H 2 moreover 420 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 17^7 moreover say, “ that the confidence I repose in the friendship of the Company will not 1 “ be lost, and that they regard me as their faithful ally, and consider my interest the same “ as their own.” You have also transmitted to me an estimate account of the monthly expence of a Company’s battalion of Sepoys, in time of peace and war, for my informa- tion : all which I understand. The Rajah of Trarancore. The measure which has occurred to your Excellency’s enlightened mind, for station- ing two battalions of Sepoys for the defence of my country, is highly proper, and I con- sider my government and territories perfectly safe and secured against the machinations of my enemies. The Almighty God knows the sincerity of my long friendship with the English, whose power I consider as the means of my preservation; may he, of his infinite goodness, grant the continuance of their prosperity and success. Your Excellency will be pleased, in consequence of what you have written, to send me two battalions of Sepoys for the defence of my country, for which favor I shall be highly grateful to your Excellency. The account sent me states, as the monthly expence of one battalion of Sepoys, the sum of one thousand seven hundred and fifty-five Star Pagodas forty fanams and forty Cash, and the additional charge to be twenty-six Pagodas seven fanams; I therefore in- form you, that I shall pay, in ready money, into the hands of whatever person you are pleased to order, the annual amount of two battalions of Sepoys, agreeable to the above- mentioned statement ; and in the event of a war,, I shall pay the Batta to. them, agreeably to what is stated in the said account, being for one battalion nine hundred and ninety- eight Star Pagodas six fanams and twelve Cash. From the long and sincere friendship I have entertained with the Company, it has al- ways been my hope, that the English would give me their assistance, when necessary, by sending me a body of Europeans and Sepoys, and now, since your Excellency has been pleased to mention it yourself, my mind is set fully at ease in that point. Whenever I shall require an additional number of troops for the defence of my country, viz. Euro- peans and Sepoys, I shall supply them with provisions, and the necessary articles they may want. May it please your Excellency, some battalions of Sepoys, belonging to me, have, for a length of time, been employed in the Tinnevelly country ; I therefore request your Excellency will send positive injunctions to the officer in that district to send me the above battalions, that I may employ them with the two battalions you are to send me, in the de- fence FORT ST. GEORGE. 421 fence of my country, which will remove all my anxieties regarding the designs of such who intend giving me trouble. Be pleased to consider me r at all times, your devoted well-wisher, and honor me fre- quently with your commands. —What shall I say more ? A.D. 1787 The Rajah of Travancore, No. XVII. Treaty with the Rajah of Cochin, 1791. Parampadappoo Yalea Ramavarmah, Rajah of Cochin, having solicited an alliance A.D. 1/91 with the Honorable United English East-India Company, which the Honorable the Go- - v — — * x j j The qv vernor in Council of Madras has accepted of, on condition that the said Rajah shall throw c 0C hi D off ail allegiance to Tippoo Sultan, and become tributary to the said Honorable Company, Mr. George Powney, on behalf of the Honorable the Governor in Council of Madras,. has settled with the above said Rajah this Treaty, consisting of nine articles. ARTICLE I! It is agreed that Rajah Ramavarmah of Cochin shall not swerve from the condition of this Treaty, and shall faithfully adhere to them, without diminution or reserve. ARTICLE II. That the Honorable Company’s forces shall assist Ramavarmah Rajah to recover the possessions wrested from him by Tippoo Sultan, and shall render him independent of him. ARTICLE III. That upon the said possessions or districts,, which are under written, being recovered, Ramavarmah Rajah shall be put in full possession of them. Names of the Districts wrested from the Rajah. In the district of Nandwalam the folloAving dependencies: Mookanapooram and Irjanacoodel, Kodashary, Maperanum, Pooducadoo, In 422 TREATIES, &c. A.D.1791 The Rajah of Cochin. In the district of Paravauttancy the following dependencies : Irehour, Paravauttany, Oaragom and Parumanum, Yanamakel, Chittalipillee. The district of Tallapillee, The district of Paratoo Vedu, The district of Moollurkorah, The village of Tekkamangalum, The district of Kawaolapar, In the district of Palyghatchery : T wo hills called Jemtnalapooram, Vadamalapooram. Between these districts : Kodagara Naudoo, Nalidesem. la the district of Chitwau and Manaporam : Padanettawhem, Kau rah, Jereparate, The village of Cranganore, Irevange Kalum Church, Yada Turtle. ARTICLE IY. That upon Ramavarmah Rajah being in possession of the above mentioned districts, he shall become tributary to the Honorable United English East-India Company, and shall pay to the representative or delegate of the Honorable Governor in Council of Madras, as yearly tribute, in the following manner, for the first year he possesses the aforementioned districts, seventy thousand Rupees, the second year eighty thousand Rupees, the third year ninety thousand Rupees, and the fourth year one hundred thousand Rupees, and ever after the last mentioned sum (Rupees 1,00,000) shall be annually paid by him. The yearly tribute shall be made in equal quarterly payments. ARTICLE V. That in the event of any claim being preferred by any Rajah to the places and dis- tricts above mentioned, within five years after the date of this Treaty, it shall be entitled to a fair and impartial discussion, and be subject to the final decision of the Honorable English East-India Company’s Government. ARTICLE FORT ST. GEORGE. 423 ARTICLE VI. That in consideration of a Treaty which subsists between the Honorable Dutch East- India Company and the Rajah Ramavarmah of Cochin, the Honorable Governor in Council of Madras, not wishing to enter into any condition which may not be compatible with the spirit of the Treaty subsisting between the abovementioned parties, it is agreed, that Rajah Ramavarmah shall become tributary to the Honorable English East-India Company only for those districts and places before recited, which were in the possession of Tippoo Sultan, and for which the said Rajah paid him tribute, and with which the Honorable Dutch Company have no concern. A.D. 173 1 The Raj ah of Cochin. ARTICLE VII. That the Rajah Ramavarmah shall exercise a complete and uncontrouled authority over the aforementioned possessions, under the acknowledged sovereignty of the Honorable English Company. ARTICLE VIII. The Honorable English East-India Company, relying on the constancy and firmness of Rajah Ramavarmah’s alliance and vassalage ? and his continuing faithful to these engage- ments, it is agreed, that no further demands shall be made upon him, and he shall receive that protection which the Honorable English East-India Company always give to their faithful tributaries and allies. ARTICLE IX. It is agreed, that this Treaty shall be considered to have effect from the time (the 25th September, 1790) Rajah Ramavarmah regained possession, by power of the Honorable Company’s arms, of the districts and places wrested from him by Tippoo Sultan, and that, from that period, the said Rajah shall commence to pay the tribute mentioned in the fourth article of this Treaty. Cochin, 6th January, 1791. ( Signed by the Rajah Ramavarmah.) Seal of the Rajah. We, the President and Council of Fort St. George, by virtue of authority vested in us by the Governor General in Council of Fort William in Bengal, do acknowledge the ■within copy of the Treaty between the Honorable English East-India Company and the Rajah 424 • TREATIES, &c: A.D.1791 The Rajah of Cochin. Rajah of Cochin, and declare it binding upon all the said Company's Settlements in India* and have signed and sealed the same in Fort St. George, the 2d February 1791 of the Christian era* ( Signed ) W. Meadows, Charles Oakeley, John Hudleson. (Signed) W. C. Jackson, Secretary. No. XVIII. Treaty with the Nabob Mahomed Ali, dated in 1792. A.D. 1792 Treaty between the Honorable East India Company and the Nabob of Arcot, July 1792. Mahomed Whereas a certain engagement, entered into between the Honorable English East- India Company and bis Highness the Nawaub of the Carnatic, bearing date the 24th February 1787, for the purpose of cementing an everlasting friendship with each other, and of contributing mutually towards the defence of the Carnatic and countries dependant thereon, wherebj 7 it was stipulated, that the said Company should maintain a military force, and that the said Nawaub should pay annually a certain sum of money arising from the revenues of the Carnatic, and should furnish sufficient and satisfactory security, under certain conditions expressed in the said engagement, for the regular payment of the sum stipulated to the said Company : and whereas it appears by the representations of the said Nawaub, contained in a certain letter addressed by him to the Governor General, &c. &c. dated the 18th of the month Shawal, 1206 Higera (corresponding with the 9th June, 1792) that the resources of the Carnatic are not competent to enable him to perform the stipulations in the said engagement ; and whereas it further appears, that the security which the said Nawaub agreed in the above-mentioned engagement to furnish, for the due payment of the stipulated sum to the said Company, is in its nature inadequate to the end intended ; and whereas certain agreements have also been entered into between the said Company and the said Nawaub, for the discharge of certain debts due by the said V FORT ST. GEORGE. 425 Mahoiticd Ali. Said Nawaub to private persons, it has been mutually agreed, in consequence of the A.D. 1/92 above-written circumstances, that the engagement aforesaid shall henceforth be considered by the contracting parties as annulled, and no longer of effect or in force, and, in lieu thereof, the right Honorable Charles Earl Cornwallis, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Governor General, &c. &c. &c. invested with full powers, on the part of the said Honorable English East-India Company, to direct and controul the affairs of the said Company in the East-Indies, in the name of and for the said Company, their heirs and successors, on one part, and theNawaub Wallah Jah Ameer-ul-Hind Omdut-ul-Moulk Asoph-ul-Dowlah Unevah-ul-Deen Khan Behauder Zuffer Jung Sepah Salar Nabob of the Carnatic, in his own name, and for himself and his successor, his eldest son Nabob Omdut-ul-Omrah Najun-ul-Moulk Assud-ul-Dowlah Hassein Ally Khan Behauder Zool Sircar Zung, and his heirs and successors, on the other part, agree to the following articles, which shall be binding on the respective contracting parties for the purposes contained therein, notwithstanding all or any of the conditions stipulated in the engage- ment dated the 24th February 1787 to the contrary. ARTICLE I. The friends and enemies of either of the contracting parties shall be considered the friends and enemies of both. ARTICLE II. In order to execute the foregoing article in its full extent, the Honorable English East-India Company agree to maintain a military force, and the Nawaub Wallah Jah Behauder agrees to contribute annually a certain sum of money, hereinafter-mentioned, as his share of the expense of the said military force ; the said Nawaub further agreeing, that the disposal of the said sum, together with the arrangement and employment of the troops supported by it, shall be left entirely to the said Company. ARTICLE III. It is hereby also agreed, that for the further security and defence of the countries belonging and subject to the contracting parties in the Carnatic, &c., that all forts shall be garrisoned by the troops of the said Company : and in the event of war breaking out in the Carnatic and countries appertaining to either party, and dependant on the Carnatic or contiguous thereto, it is agreed, for the better prosecution of it, that as long as it should last, the said Company shall possess full authority over the Carnatic, (except the Jaghires belonging to the family of the said Nawaub, amounting to Star Pagodas 2,13,911, which, on condition of the good behaviour of the Jaghiredars of the said Jaghires, and of their fidelity to the said Nawaub and to the said Company, shall be continued to them, subject to the pleasure of the said Nawaub only, and except also certain charities, amounting to Star Pagodas 21,366, subject to the same conditions as are mentioned with respect to the 3 i Jaghires) 426 TREATIES, Ac. A.D.1792 Jaghires) and shall collect the revenues thereof, the said Company hereby engaging that, J during such war, they will pay to the said Nawaub one-fifth share of the net revenue Ali arising therefrom, and that, at the conclusion of the war, the Carnatic shall be restored to the said Nawaub, except in certain cases, which are hereinafter mentioned. ARTICLE IV. The Nawaub Wallah Jah agrees to pay to the said Company, for the purpose of mu- tual defence, the sum of nine lacks of Star Pagodas annually, as his share of the expense for the military force ; and also in consequence of certain agreements entered into by him with the said Company, and guaranteed by the Parliament of Great Britain, for the purpose of liquidating certain debts due by the said Nawaub, a further sum of 6 , 21,105 Star Pagodas annually, which further sum of 6 , 21,105 Star Pagodas shall cease on the full liquidation of the debts above mentioned, and the sum of 9 , 00,000 of Star Pagodas only shall continue to be paid by the said Nawaub to the Company. ARTICLE V. The said Nawaub having agreed to pay the aggregate sum of 15 , 21,105 Star Pagodas, as mentioned in the fourth article, determines that the tributes or Peschush, payable by the Poligars, as more particularly mentioned in the Schedule No. 1, hereunto annexed, shall be collected by the said Company, who agree to make the collection thereof at their own expense and risk, and that they will not encrease the demand on the said Poligars beyond the sum mentioned in the said Schedule, except in the case hereinafter mentioned, nor charge to the said Nawaub, either the expense attending the collection, or any defi- ciencies that may arise thereon, but will give credit to the said Nawaub annually for the aforesaid tributes or Peschush, in part payment of the sum of nine lacks of Star Pagodas above-mentioned, without any deduction whatever. Although the contracting parties have, in the present instrument, agreed that the sum of 2 , 64,704 Star Pagodas 20 Fanams 26 Cash be deducted from the sum of nine lacks of Pagodas, as the amount of the tributes or Peschush from the Poligars ; yet should it, on future enquiry, appear that the said Poligars ought, by virtue of any existing and lawful engagements, to pay a larger sum, it shall be demanded of them ; and any addition that shall thus be made to the sums mentioned in the said Schedule, shall be deducted from the sum of nine lacks, in like manner with the sum of 2 , 64,704 Star Pagodas 20 Fanams 26 Cash, and a similar deduction shall, in conse- quence, be made in the Kistbundy hereinafter mentioned. It is however mutually agreed, that the diminution of this aggregate sum, which shall take place on the full liquidation of the debts, as specified in the fourth article, shall make no change in this article, which shall, notwithstanding such diminution, remain in full force. ARTICLE FORT ST. GEORGE. 427 ARTICLE VI. The said Company, desirous of preserving the rights of sovereignty over the said Poligars to the said Nawaub, engage to the utmost of their power, and consistent with the realization of the tributes or Peschush from them, to enforce the allegiance and sub- mission of the said Poligars to the said Nawaub, in customary ceremonies, and in furnish- ing the Poligar Peons, according to established custom, for the collection of the revenues, the support of Government, and for the protection of the property of the inhabitants of the said Nawaub’s country, promising that all acts of authority shall be exercised, and all ac- counts of revenue (of which accounts the said Nawaub, if he so wishes, shall be annually furnished with copies) shall bear his, the said Nawaub’s, name. For the better execution of this and the fifth article, the said Nawaub promises to furnish to the said Company, that is to say to their representatives, the President and Council of Fort St. George, the necessary orders, under his seal and signature, addressed to each Poligar, and to the purport hereof, without delay. A.D. 1792 Mahomed Ali, ARTICLE VII. After deducting from the above-mentioned sum of nine lacks of Star Pagodas, which forms a part of the aggregate sum of 15,21,105 Star Pagodas, mentioned in the fifth article, the amount of the tributes or Peschush from the Poligars, as specified in the Schedule No. 1, the said Nawaub agrees to pay annually the remaining sum, being 6,35,295 Star Pagodas 15 Fanams 54 Cash, together with the further sum of 6,21,105 Star Pagodas, for the purpose mentioned in the fourth article, making the sum of 12,56,400 Star Pagodas 15 Fanams 54 Cash, at the following periods : Star Pagodas F. c. On the 1st September - - - - 1,00,000 0 0 1st October - - - - 1,00,000 0 0 1st November - - - - 1 ,00,000 0 0 1 st December - ... - 1,00,000 0 0 1st January - - - - 1,00,000 0 0 1st February - - - - 1,00,000 0 0 1st March - - - - .. 1,50,000 0 0 1st April - - - - 1,50,000 0 0 1st May - - - 2,00,000 0 0 1st June - - - 1,56,400 15 54 Star Pag odas - - 12,56,400 15 54 3 1 2 And 428 TREATIES, &c. A.D.1792 Mahomed Ali. And it is mutually agreed, that on the full liquidation of the debts before-mentioned, when the payment of the sum of Star Pagodas 6,21,105 shall cease, by virtue of the fourth article, a reduction, in equal proportion, shall take place in the above instalments. ARTICLE VIII. The said Nawaub engages to make good to the said Company the payments of the sums, according to the instalments of Kistbundy contained in the seventh article ; and if, contrary to his sincere intentions and exertions, any of the said sums shall not be fully paid, at the expiration of fifteen days from the time limited, in that case the said Nawaub agrees, that the said Company shall assume the management of, and make the collection of the revenues, from the districts mentioned in the Schedule No. 2, hereunto annexed, according to the following conditions : and for this the present engagement shall be considered sufficient authority, the said Company, through their President and Council at Fort St. George, giving immediate and explicit information, according to the tenor thereof, to the said Nawaub, who shall, on the arrival of the Company’s officers in the said district, recall all his officers, except one in each district, which officer shall remain at the Sudder Cut'eherry, and shall be furnished annually, by the officer of the said Com- pany with copies of the Sudder Cutcherry accounts, of the gross collections, and of the net receipts, under the attestation of the officer of the said Company, and of the Sudder Omlah of the district. First. The said Company shall assume the management of such district or districts, the revenues of which, after deducting the charges of collections, shall equal the amount of the Kist which shall have fallen in arrear. Second. The said Company agree, that a deduction shall take place propor- tionably from the amount of each of the ten Kists above-mentioned, equal to the amount of the net revenue of the district or districts which shall have been assumed as above, such deduction commencing from the day that the assumption shall take place. It is also mutually agreed, that an account, called “ Balance account ,” shall be immediately opened, for this and other purposes hereinafter mentioned, bearing an interest of eight per cent, per annum, between the said Nawaub and the said Company, in which the said Nawaub shall be debited for the balance accrued in his above stipulated payments, and also for the amount deducted, as above, from the ten Kists, and shall be credited for the net revenue collected from the said district or districts, the said Company continuing to exercise authority in, and to make the collections from the same, until, in consequence of the full liquidation of the debts and diminution of the annual sum, to be for that purpose paid by the Nabob to the said Company, according to the fourth article, the said balance account shall be equal on FORT ST. GEORGE. 429 on the debit and credit side, and nothing shall remain due to the said Company, then A.D. 1 792 Mahomed the said district or districts shall revert to the management of the said Nawaub Third. Whenever the said district or districts, thus assumed, shall be restored, Ali. according to the above condition, it is agreed, that in case of any of the Kists for the sum remaining (after the deduction of the sum of 6,35,21,105 Star Pagodas, that is to say, for the sum of 6,35,295 Star Pagodas 15 Fanams, 54 Cash, be not paid fifteen days after the expiration of the time limited, the said Company shall possess equal power to assume the districts mentioned in the said Schedule, No. 2., as in the first instance, and shall accordingly assume such district or districts, the revenues of which, after deducting the charges of collection, shall equal the amount of the Kist which shall have fallen in arrear, from which they shall realize the balance that shall have arisen in the payment of the Kists, and shall give credit to the said Nawaub for the surplus and subsequent net revenues, in part payment of the sum of 6,35,295 Star Pagodas 15 Fanams 54 Cash ; and, in this case, the management of the district or districts thus assumed, shall for ever continue in the possession of the said Company, any thing contained in the third article of the present engagement to the contrary notwithstanding, and the said Company agree to give the Nawaub credit for the revenue arising therefrom. Fourth. In order to prevent any loss arising to either party from this measure, it is mutually agreed, that the district or districts which shall thus be assumed by the said Company, shall be entire, as mentioned in the said Schedule, and not parts of districts. Fifth. In consequence of this measure, whereby the districts mentioned in the Schedule, No. 2., become responsible for any arrears that may accrue in the pay- ment of the above stipulated Kists, the said Nawaub agrees, that he will not grant Tunkaws, or assignments, on any account, on the revenues thereof; and if, con- trary to this condition, any Tunkaws, or assignments, should exist, where the said districts or any of them shall be assumed by the said Company, such Tunkaws, or assignments, shall be declared by the said Company and the said Nawaub to be of no value, nor shall they remain in effect. Sixth. It is agreed between the contracting parties, that the above described balance account shall be annually adjusted, and a committee, consisting of four respectable and capable persons, of which two shall be nominated by the said Com- pany and two by the said Nawaub, shall assemble, on the 1st day of August of every year, commencing with 1793, for the purpose of adjusting and drawing out a fair and equitable statement thereof. ARTICLE 430 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1792 Mahomed Ali. ARTICLE IX. In case the said Nawaub shall, at any time, have occasion for any number of troops for the collection of his revenues, the support of bis authority, or the good order and government of his country, the said Company agree to furnish a sufficient number of troops for that purpose, on public representation being made by the said Nawaub to the President and Council of Fort St. George, of the necessity of employing such troops, and of the objects to be obtained thereby ; and the said Nawaub agrees to defray the addi- tional expense of such troops, so long as they may be employed at his request, this addi- tional expence being the sum over and above the expence of such troops, while in garri- son or at fixed quarters: and it shall be at the option of the said Nawaub to reimburse the said surplus expence, either on the conclusion of the service on which such troops may have been employed, in money, or to add it to the debit side of the account called ba- lance account, as more particularly explained in the second condition of the eighth article. ARTICLE X. The said Nawaub shall receive regular information of any negotiation which shall relate to declaring war or making peace, wherein the said Company may engage, and the interests of the Carnatic and its dependencies may be concerned ; and the said Natvaub shall be considered as an ally of the said Company, in all Treaties which shall, in any respect, affect the Carnatic and countries depending thereon, or belonging to either of the contracting parties contiguous thereto : and the said Nawaub agrees, that he will not enter into any negotiation or political correspondence with any European or Native Power, without the consent of the said Company. This Treaty, consisting of ten articles, and having two Schedules annexed thereto, marked No. 1. and No. 2., shall be in force and have effect, from 12th day of July, 1792 (corresponding with the 22d day of the month Zekaida, 1206 Higera) ; and the contracting parties having affixed their respective seals and signatures to two counterparts, on the dates undermentioned, that is to say, the Right Honorable Charles Earl Cornwallis, K. G., Governor General, &c. &c. &c. shall affix his seal and signature to one counterpart, on the part of the Honorable English East-India Company, and the Nawaub Walla Jah Behauder, Nawaub of the Carnatic, shall affix his seal and signature to another counterpart, shall be exchanged. Signed and sealed atChepauk House, this 22d day of Zekaida, 1206, and 12th day of July, 1792. A true Copy. ( Signed ) G. F. Cherry, Persian Translator to the Governor General. FORT ST. GEORGE. 431 SCHEDULE, No. I. List of Poligars, with the Amount of their respective Tributes or Peshcush, as mentioned A.D. 1 792 and referred to in the fifth Article of the accompanying Treaty , in force from the \ 2th day ^lahomed of July, 1792, corresponding with the 22 d day of Zekaida, 1206 Higera. Ali. ' ** Star Pagodas F. C. Camar Yackum Naigh - Vencategherry - - - 21,673 10 64 Vencataput Naigh Caleshe - - - 10,775 0 0 Juppaty Rammanaud - Sydapoor - Madras Pagodas 6,000 0 6,600 0 0 Bonnawse - - - - - 32,586 9 0 Princewass Row - Arnee - Rupees 10,000 0 2,857 5 11 Butchey Naigh Marangapoory - - 12,093 12 I.ingama Naigh - Nalium - - 8,598 12 Zongama Naigh - Comavandy - - - 10,483 12 Saumy Naigh Ramgunny - - - 11,731 4 Mootea Naigh Petta Molingy - 9,556 4 Combia Naigh - - Venamatapotam - 6,400 0 Bosamopa Naigh - Youmula - 642 2 ■ Rupees 60,505 14 16,154 26 20 Maduram Sing Pettaput- ty Ramnautporam - - ■ » Oi - 62,857 5 11 Warriar Tarver, Mapil- ]a, in the room of the Ranee and infant hei- ress of Sbevegungo - - - 50,000 0 0 Polygars of the District Madura - - - 3,751 0 0 Varayoo Narama Yun- nyam - Shevigeruy - - - 11,176 0 Yesrapa Naik Ellaporam - - 11,176 0 Madurapah Taven Wootamaly - 8,128 0 Coolaba Taven Nadoorvarcoocky - 1,574 8 Indera Talwen Tahvencotta - 609 6 2,07,254 20 26 Carried forward 432 TREATIES, &c. A.D.1792 Mahomed Ail. Brought forward Saule Talewen - Soumden - - - 508 0 Tady Talewen - Candombar - - - - 1,016 0 Nulla Cooty - Lingumputty - - 314 0 Chaturoyen - - Woorcad > - - 304 8 Choca Tulevan - Maucuhy - - - - 1,016 0 Cataboon Naigh - - Pandlem Courchy - - 11,176 0 Androoconda Vunnyan - Edyarumpuny - - - 6,096 0 Numja Naigh - Malemondy - - - - 1,016 0 Erapa Naigh - Negataporam - - - 6,604 0 Sevemaul Naigh - - Caudelloody - - - 1,320 8 Pedenna Naigh - - Attenghery - - - - 1,727 2 Chinnum Naigh - - Munnarcotta - - - 2,540 0 Avalapa Naigh - Pawaly - - - 1,168 4 Reddy Cody Vunnyan - Aligoopoory - - 108 7 Geokillapa Naigh - - Gettaputty - - - - 1,168 5 Colingada Gundon - Callarputty - - - - 6,604 0 Chinnamunga Tavers - Chocumputta - - - 6,604 0 Comur Naigh - Saupetoor - - - - 5,791 2 Golapa Naigh - Laudioor - - 1,930 4 Ena Chinnama Naigh - Zelmuny - - - 1,016 0 Tottapo Naigh - Chinnulgoody - - - 1,696 5 Annechy Naigh - - Colatoor - - - 1,016 0 Tomichy Naigh - - Par v or - - 3,332 5 Tripennada Tawen - Shatoor - - - 5,080 0 Paule Taleran - Ovideahporam - - 1,224 3 Vanda Tawen ' Gollingundon Chuckrums 1 365 ,03,409 8 5 Total, Star Pagodas Signed and sealed at Chepauk House, this — A true Copy, ( Signed ) G. F. Cherry, Star Pagodas F, C. 2,07,254 20 26 57,450 0 0 2,64,704 20 26 Persian Translator to the Governor General. Signed and sealed at Fort William in Bengal, this FORT ST. G E O R GE. 433 SCHEDULE, No. 2. List of the Districts ’with the Amount of the Net Revenues from each, at which they shall A.D. 1792 be estimated and assumed , according to the eighth Article of the accompanying Treaty , in ^horned force from the \2th July , 1792 (corresponding with the 22d Zekaida, 1206 Higera.) Tinnevelly ------ Net Revenue 4,06,508 Madura - - - - - v- - - - 64,945 Trichi nopoly including Warriore, Pollom, and Arrialore - 2,51,139 Nellore 3,31,783 Ongole --------- - 93,334 Pulnaud -------- - . 24,657 Northern Division of the Arcot Province - 1,69,404 Star Pagodas - 13,41,770 By the first condition of the eighth article of the said Treaty it is agreed, that the said Company shall assume the management of such district or districts, the revenue of •which, after deducting the charges of collection, shall equal the amount of the Kist which shall have fallen in arrear ; the said Company, therefore, by virtue of this condition, shall assume a district or districts from among the abovenamed, the net revenue of which shall be, as near as possible, equal to the amount of the Kist which shall have fallen i» arrears. Signed and sealed at Chepauk House, this A true Copy, ( Signed ) G. F. Cherry, Persian Translator to Governor General, Signed and sealed at Fort William in Bengal, this - ■ ■ ■ 3 K 434 TREATIES, &c. No. XIX. Treaty with the Rajah of Tanjore, 1792. A.D.i 792 The Rajah of Tanjore. , Whereas a certain engagement was entered into between the Honorable English East- India Company and his Excellency Ameer Sing, Rajah of Tanjore, bearing date the 10th day of April 1787, for the purpose of cementing an everlasting friendship with each other, and of contributing mutually towards the defence of the Carnatic and countries dependent thereon, whereby it was stipulated, that the said Company should maintain a military force, and that the "said Rajah of Tanjore should pay annually “a certain sum of money arising from the revenues of his country, and should furnish sufficient and satisfactory security, under certain conditions expressed in the said engagement, for the regular pay- ment of the sum stipulated to the said Company; and whereas it appears that the resources of the said country of Tanjore are not competent to enable the said Rajah to perform the stipulations in the said engagements; ana whereas it further appears, that the security which the said Rajah of Tanjore agreed in the above-mentioned engagement to furnish, for the due payment of the stipulated sum to the said Company, is, in its nature, in- adequate to the end intended ; and whereas certain agreements have also been entered into between the said Company and the said Rajah, for the discharge of certain debts due by the said Rajah to private persons, it has been mutually agreed, in consequence of the above written circumstances, that the engagement aforesaid shall henceforth be considered by the contracting parties as annulled, and no longer of effect or in force ; and in lieu thereof the Honorable Sir Charles Oakely, Baronet, President and Governor in Council of Fort St. George, on behalf of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East-Indies, their heirs and successors, -on the one part, and his Excellency Ameer Sing, Rajah of Tanjore, in his own name, and for himself, his heirs, and succes- sors, on the other part, agree to the following articles, which shall be binding on the respective parties for the purposes contained therein, notwithstanding all or any of the conditions stipulated in the engagement, dated 10th April, 17S7, to the contrary. ARTICLE I. The friends and enemies of either of the contracting parties shall be considered the friends and enemies of both. ARTICLE FORT ST. GEORGE. 435 ARTICLE II. In order to execute the foregoing article in its full extent, the Honorable English East-India Company agree to maintain a military force, and the Rajah of Tanjore agrees to contribute annually a certain sum of money, hereinafter-mentioned, as his share of the expence of the said military force ; the said Rajah further agreeing, that the disposal of the said sum, together with the arrangement and employments of the troops supported by it, shall be left entirety to the said Company. A. D. 1792 The Rajah of Tanjore. ARTICLE III. It is hereby also agreed, for the further security and defence of the countries belonging and subject to the contracting parties in the Carnatic, &c., that all forts shall be garrisoned by the troops of the said Company : and in the event of war breaking out in the Carnatic and countries appertaining to either party, and dependent on the Carnatic or contiguous thereto, it is agreed, for the better prosecution of it, that so long as it shall last, the said Company shall possess full authority over the Tanjore country, and shall collect the revenues thereof, the said Company hereby engaging that, during such war, they will pay to the said Rajah one lack of Pagodas (1,00,000) per annum, and one-fifth share of the nett revenue arising therefrom, and that, at the conclusion of the war, the Tanjore Country shall be restored to the Rajab, except in certain cases, which are hereinafter mentioned. ARTICLE IY. The Rajah of Tanjore agrees to pay to the said Company, for the purpose of mutual defence, the sum of three lacks and fifty thousand (3,50,000) Star Pagodas annually, as his share of the expenee for the military force ; and also, in consequence of an agreement between the said Company and the Nabob of the Carnatic, a further sum of one lack four- teen thousand two hundred and eighty-five (1,14,285) Star Pagodas annually, on account of the Peishcush payable from Tanjore to the said Nabob, and by him transferred, in absolute right, to the said Company : and the said Rajah further engages to pay the sum of sixty thousand (60,000) Star Pagodas per annum, towards the discharge of certain debts, sanctioned by the said Company and specified in the Schedule hereunto annexed, No. 2, which further sum of sixty thousand (60,000) Star Pagodas shall cease on the full liquida- tion of the said debts. ARTICLE Y. Although the sums above-mentioned constitute the regular stated payments for which the Rajah of Tanjore is to be accountable, under the heads of subsidy, Peishcush, and private debts, yet the said Company, considering the actual state of the Tanjore country, 3 k 2 which 436 TREATIES, &c. The Rajah of Tanjore. A.D. 1792 which has for many t'ears been declining in its revenue, and desirous of affording the said Rajah as much present relief as may be consistent with the absolute necessities of their own Government, in the confidence that he will turn it to the improvement of his country and the comfort of his people, agree that a temporary suspension shall take place, with respect to a part of the annual payment stated in the foregoing article ; that is to say, for three years, commencing with the present Fusly, or 12th July last, they consent the annual demand of one lack fourteen thousand two hundred and eight- five (1,1 4,285) Star Pagodas, on account of Peishcush, shall be postponed, and that the amount which, at the expiration of that period, will become due, being three lacks forty-two thousand eight hundred and fifty-five (3,42,S55) Star Pagodas, shall be added to the arrears owing by the said Rajah on his former engagements : and the said Rajah agrees, towards the liquidation of this aggregate balance, to pay fifty thousand (50,000) Star Pagodas per annum, commencing from the 12th July last, and to be continued till the whole shall be discharged ; and after the expiration of three years, to pay his annual Peishcush of one lack fourteen thousand two hundred and eighty-five (1,14,285) Star Pagodas, regularly, as it becomes due. Thus the whole sum to be paid, after the expiration of three years, will be five lacks fourteen thousand two hundred and eighty-five (5, 14,285) Star Pagodas for account of the said Company, and sixty thousand (60,000) Star Pagodas per annum for account of the private creditors. ARTICLE VI. In order to make good the sum stipulated to be paid annually for three years, namely three lacks and fifty thousand (3,50,000) Star Pagodas, on account of the Rajah’s share of the military expence, fifty thousand (50,000) Star Pagodas, on account of arrears, and sixty thousand (60,000) Star Pagodas, on account of private debts, the said Rajah agrees to pay the amount of the said three sums, being four lacks sixty thousand (4,60,000) Star Pagodas, into the Company’s treasury at Madras, at the following periods : 1st November - - 30,000 1st December - - 40,000 1st January - - 40,000 1st February - - 50,000 1 st March - - - 50,000 1st April - - 50,000 1st May - - 50,000 1st June - - 50,000 1st July Star Pagodas 1,00,000 4,60,000 And FORT ST. GEORGE. 437 And it is mutually agreed, that at the end of three years, when the additional payment of one lack fourteen thousand two hundred and eighty-five (1,14,235) Star Pagodas per annum is to commence, a proportionable encrease shall take place in each of the above instalments ; and that, on the liquidation of the private debts before mentioned, a propor- tionable deduction shall be made on that account. A . D. 1/92 The Rajah of Tanjorc. ARTICLE VII. If, contrary to the intentions of the said Rajah, any part of the sums mentioned in the instalment, or Kistbundy, fixed by the foregoing article, shall not be fully paid, at the expiration of fifteen days from the time limited, in that case the said Company shall assume the management of, and make the collection of the revenues, from the districts mentioned in the Schedule, No. 1, hereunto annexed, according to the following conditions ; and for this the present engagement shall be considered sufficient authority, the said Company, through their President in Council at Fort St. George, giving immediate and explicit information, according to the tenor thereof, to the said Rajah, who shall, on the arrival of the Company’s officers in the said districts, recall all his officers, except one in each district, which officer shall remain at the Sudder Cntcherry, and shall be furnished, annually, by the officer of the said Company, with the copies of the Sudder Cutcherry accounts of the gross collections, and of the net receipts, under the attestation of the officer of the said Company and of the Sudder Omlah of the district. First. The said Company shall assume the management of such district or dis- tricts, the revenue of which, after deducting the charges collection, shall have fallen in arrear. Second. The said Company agree, that a deduction shall take place, proportion- ably, from the amount of the nine Kists above mentioned, equal to the amount of the net revenue of the district or districts which shall have been assumed as above, such deduction commencing from the day that the assumption shall take place. It is hereby also mutually agreed, that an account, called “ balance account,” shall be imme- diately opened, for this and other purposes hereinafter mentioned, bearing an interest of eight per cent, per annum, between the said Rajah and the said Company, in which the said Rajah shall be debited for the balance accrued in his above stipulated pay- ments, and also for the amount deducted, as above, from the nine Kists, and shall be credited for the net revenues collected from the said district or districts, the said Company continuing to exercise authority in, and to make the collections from the same, until, in consequence of the full liquidation of the private debts, and diminu- tion of the annual sum to be for that purpose paid by the said Rajah to the said Com- pany, according to the fourth article, the said balance account shall be equal on the debit 438 TREATIES, &e. A.D. 1792 The Rajah of Tanjore, debit and credit side, and nothing shall remain due to the said Company, then the said district or districts shall revert to the management of the said Rajah. Third. Whenever the said district or districts, thus assumed, shall be restored, according to the above condition, it is agreed that, in case any of the Kists for the sum remaining due, after the deduction of the sum of sixty thousand (60,000) Star Pagodas, that is to say, for the sum of five lacks fourteen thousand two hundred and eighty-five (5,14,285) Star Pagodas, be not paid fifteen days after the expiration of the time limited, the said Company shall possess equal power to assume the districts mentioned in the said Schedule, No. 1, as in the first instance, and shall accordingly assume such district or districts, the revenue of which, after deducting the chargesof collection, shall equal the amount of the Kist Which shall have fallen in arrear, from which they shall realize the balance that shall have arisen in the payment of the Kists, and shall give credit to the said Rajah for the surplus and subsequent net revenues, in the part pay- ment of the sum of five lacks fourteen thousand two hundred and eighty-five (5,14,285) Star Pagodas; and, in this case, the management of the district or districts, thus assumed, shall for ever continue in the possession of the said Company, any thing contained in the third article of the present engagement to the contrary notwith- standing ; and the said Company agree to give the said Rajah credit for the net revenue arising therefrom. Fourth. In order to prevent any loss arising to either party from this measure, it is mutually agreed, that the district or districts, which shall thus be assumed by the said Company, shall be entire, as mentioned in the said Schedule, and not parts of districts. , Fifth. In consequence of this measure, whereby the districts mentioned in the Schedule, No. 1, become responsible for any arrears that may accrue in the payment of the above stipulated Kists, the said Rajah agrees, that he will not grant Tunkaws, or assignments, on any account, on the revenues thereof ; and if, contrary to this condition, any Tunkaws, or assignments, should exist, when the said districts, or any of them, shall be assumed by the said Company, such Tunkaws, or assignments, shall be declared by the said Company and the said Rajah to be of no value, nor shall they remain in effect. Sixth. It is agreed between the contracting parties, that the above described balance account shall be annually adjusted ; and a committee, consisting of four respectable and capable persons, of which two shall be nominated by the said Company and two by the said Rajah, shall assemble, on the 1st day of August of every year, commencing with 1793, for the purpose of adjusting and of drawing out a fair and equitable statement thereof. ARTICLE FORT ST. GEORGE.. 439 ' ARTICLE VIII. A.D.1792 In case the said Rajah shall, at any time, have occasion for any number of troops, for XheRajah of the collection of his revenues, the support of his authority, or the good order and govern- Tanjore. i ment of his country, the said Company agree to furnish a sufficient number of troops for that purpose, on public representation being made by the said Rajah, to the President in Council of Fort St. George, of the necessity for employing such troops, and of the ob- jects to be attained thereby : and the said Rajah agrees to defray the additional expence of such troops, so long as they may be employed at his request, this additional expence be- ing the sum over and above the expence of such troops while in garrison, or at fixed quarters; and it shall beat the option of the said Rajah to reimburse the said surplus expence, either on the conclusion of the srrvice on which such troops may have been employed, in money, or to add it to the debit side of the account, called “ balance account,” as more particularly explained in the second condition of the seventh ar- ticle. ARTICLE IX. The said Rajah shall receive regular information of all negociations which shall relate to declaring war or making peace, wherein the said Company may engage, and the interest of the Carnatic and its dependencies may be concerned : and the said Rajah shall be considered as an ally of the said Company, in all Treaties which shall, in any respect, affect the Carnatic and countries depending thereon, or belonging to either of the con- tracting parties, contiguous thereto; and the said Rajah agrees that he will not enter into any negociations or political correspondence with any European or Native Power, without the consent of the said Company. ARTICLE X. The said Rajah agrees to allow for the support of Serfogee r the adopted son of the late Rajah Tulagee, deceased, the sum of eleven thousand (11,000) Star Pagodas per annum, and for the maintenance of the widows of the said Tulagee, the further sum of three thousand (3,000) Star Pagodas each per annum ; which payments shall be made, by equal monthly instalments, into the hands of the Company, or whomsoever they may appoint to receive them, and applied to the above purposes, according to their discretion.. rns / ' ' *’ , r *• ‘ > ;> This Treaty, consisting of ten artieles, and having two Schedules annexed thereto^ marked No. 1 and 2, shall be in force and shall have effect, from the 12th day of July, 1792, corresponding with the 22d day of the month Zekaida, 1206 Higera; and the contracting parties having affixed their respective seals and signatures to two counterparts, on the dates undermentioned, that is to say, the Honorable Sir Charles Oakely, Baronet,. President and Governor in Council of Fort St. George, shall affix his seal and signature to* one- 440 TREATIES, &c. A. D. 1792 one counterpart, on the part of the Honorable English East-India Company, and his Th^RajalTof Excellency Ameer Sing, Rajah of Tanjore, shall affix his seal and signature to another Tanjore. counterpart, shall be exchanged. i Signed and delivered at ■■ » — — — 0 x SCHEDULE, No. 1. List of Districts, with the amount of the Net Revenues from each, at which they shall be estimated and assumed, according to the seventh article of the accompanying Treaty , in Force from the 1 2th July, corresponding with the 22 d Zekaida, 1206 Higera. Marinargoody - - » Net Revenue 2,45,198 Tuvady - ------ 1,49,609 Mayaveram - - - - - 1,64,668 Putticotah ------- - 27,638 Star Pagodas - - 5,87,113 By the first condition of the seventh article of the said Treaty it is agreed, that the said Company shall assume the management of such district or districts, the revenue of which, after deducting the charges of collection, shall equal the amount of the Kist which shall have fallen in arrear. The said Company, therefore, by virtue of this condition, shall assume a district or districts from among the above named, the net revenue of which shall be, as near as possible, equal to the amount of the Kist which shall have fallen in arrear* Signed and sealed at — — SCHEDULE, No. 2* Schedule of Private Debts, referred to in the fourth article. . Mr. Alexander Brodie - Star Pagodas 99,254 Mr. Duncan Baine - 30,000 ■Sir George Ramsay ----- 20,000 Carried forward - - 1,49,254 / 441 FORT ST. GEORGE. Brought forward * Star Pagodas 1,49,254 Collon Maclekan ------ 72,000 * Major (or Captain) Burrows - 26,100 Mr. Whyte 5,706 Received - - 1,000 4,706 , Mr. Swartz, for money subscribed by gentlemen for the benefit of orphans - 1,000 Star Pagodas - - 2,53,060 A.D.1792 The Rajah o£ Tanjore. The above debts bear interest, at the rate of twelve per cent, per annum. No. XX. Partition Treaty of Mysore, 1799 Treaty for strengthening the Alliance and Friendship subsisting between the English East- A.D. 1799 India Company Behauder, his Highness the Nabob Nizam-ul-Dowlah Asoph Jah Behauder, and the Paishwah, Row Pundit Purdhaun Behauder, and for effecting a Settlement of the Dominions of the late Tippoo Sultaun.* Whereas the deceased Tippoo Sultaun, unprovoked by any act of aggression on the part of the allies, entered into an offensive and defensive alliance with the French, and admitted a French force into his arm}', for the purpose of commencing war against the Honorable English Company Behauder, and its Allies, Nizam-ul-Dowlah Asoph Jah Behauder, and the Paishwah Row Pundit Purdhaun Behauder ; and the said Tippoo Sultaun having attempted to evade the just demands of satisfaction and security made by the Honorable English Company and its Allies, for their defence and protection against the joint designs of the said Sultaun and of the French, the allied armies of the Honorable English Company Behauder and of his Highness Nizam-ul-Dowlah Asoph Jah Behauder 3 l proceeded * The Paishwah refused to accede to this Treaty. 442 TREATIES, &c. A.D.I799 proceeded to hostilities, in vindication of their rights, and for the preservation of their ThT^Nizam res P ective dominions from the perils of foreign invasion, and from the ravages of a cruel and relentless enemy. And whereas it has pleased Almighty God to prosper the just cause of the said Allies, the Honorable English Company Behauder and his Highness Nizam-ul-Dowlah Asoph Jah Behauder, with a continual course of victory and success, and finally to crown their arms by the reduction of the capital of Mysore, the fall of Tippoo Sultaun, the utter extinction of his power, and the unconditional submission of his people ; and whereas the said Allies, being disposed to exercise the rights of conquest with the same moderation and forbearance which they have observed from the commencement to the conclusion of the late successful war, have resolved to use the power which it has pleased Almighty God to place in their hands, for the purpose of obtaining reasonable compensation for the expences of the Avar, and of establishing permanent security and genuine tranquillity for themselves and their subjects, as well as for all the powers contiguous to their respective dominions ; Avherefore a Treaty, for the adjustment of the territories of the late Tippoo Sultaun between the English East-India Company Behauder and his Highness the Nabob Nizam-ul-Dowlah Asoph Jah Behauder, is now concluded by Lieutenant General George Harris, Commander in Chief of the Forces of his Britannic Majesty and of the English East-India Company Behauder in the Carnatic and on the Coast of Malabar, the Honor- able Colonel Arthur Wellesley, the Honorable Henry Wellesley, Lieutenant Colonel William Kirkpatrick, and Lieutenant Colonel Barry Close, on the part and in the name of the Right Honorable Richard Earl of Mornington, K. P., Governor General for all Affairs, civil and military, of the British Nation in India ; and by the Nabob Meer Allum Behauder, on the part and in the name of his Highness the Nabob Nizam-ul-Dowlah Asoph Jah Behauder, according to the under-mentioned articles, which, by the blessing of God, shall be binding upon the heirs and successors of the contracting parties, as long as the sun and moon shall endure, and of which the conditions shall be reciprocally observed by the said contracting parties. ARTICLE I. It being reasonable and just, that the Allies by this Treaty should accomplish the original objects of the war [viz. a due indemnification for the expenses incurred in their own defence, and effectual security for their respective possessions against the future designs of their enemies), it is stipulated and agreed, that the districts specified in the Schedule A., hereunto annexed, together with the heads of all the passes leading from the territory of the late Tippoo Sultaun to any part of the possessions of the English East-India Company Behauder, of its Allies or tributaries, situated between the Ghauts on either coast, and all forts situated near to and commanding the said passes, shall be subjected to the authority, and FORT ST. GEORGE. 443 and be for ever incorporated with the dominions of the English East-India Company A.D. 1/0° Behauder, the said Company Behauder engaging to provide effectually, out of the revenues -v— of the said districts, for the suitable maintenance of the whole of the families of the late ^ ie ~ * z?,Tl Hvder Ali Khan and of the late Tippoo Sultaun, and to apply to this purpose, with the reservation herein after stated, an annual sum of not less than two lacks of Star Pagodas, making the Company’s share as follows : Estimated value of districts enumerated in the Schedule A., according to the statement of Tippoo Sultaun in 1792, - Canterai Pagodas 7,77,170 Deduct, Provision for the families of Hyder Alii Khan and of Tippoo Sultaun, two lacks of Star Pagodas, in Canterai Pagodas ------ 2.40,000 Remains to the East-India Company - 5,37,170 ARTICLE II. For the same reason stated in the preceding articles, the district specified in the Sche- dule B, annexed hereunto, shall be subjected to the authority, and for ever united to the dominions of the Nabob Nizam*ul-DowIah Asoph Jah Behauder, the" said Nabob having engaged to provide liberally, from the revenues of the said districts, for the support of Meer Kummer-ud-Dien Khan Behauder, and of his family and relations, and to grant him, for this purpose, a personal Jaghire in the districts of Gurrumcondah equal to the annual sum of 2,10,000 Rupees, or of 70,000 Canterai Pagodas, over and above and exclusive of a Jaghire, which the said Nabob has also agreed to assign to the said Meer Kummer-ud- Dien Khan, for the pay and maintenance of a proportionate number of troops to be employed in the service of his said Highness, making the share of his Highness as follows : Estimated value of the territory specified in Schedule B, according to the statement of Tippoo Sultaun in 1792, - Canterai Pagodas 6,07,332 Deduct, personal Jaghire to Meer Kummer-ud-Dien Khan, 2,10,000 Rupees, or, - - -- -- -- -- -- - 70,000 Remains to the Nabob Nizam-ud-Dowlah Asoph Jah Behauder - - - 5,37,332 ARTICLE III. v* It being farther expedient, for the preservation of peace and tranquillity, and for the general security, on the foundations now established by the contracting parties, that the fortress of Seringapatam should be subjected to the said Company Behauder, it is stipulated and agreed, that the said fortress, and the island on which it is situated (including the tmall tract of land, or island, lying to the westward of the main island, and bounded on 3 L 2 the 444 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1799 the west by a Nullah, called the Mysore Nullah, which falls into the Cauvery near Chenagal The""~Niruu Ghaut) shall become part of the dominions of the said Company, in full right and sovereignty, for ever. ARTICLE IV. A separate Government shall be established in Mysore ; and, for this purpose, it is stipulated and agreed, that the Maha Rajah Mysore Kishna Rajah Oodiaver Behauder, a descendant of the antient Rajahs of Mysore, shall possess the territory hereinafter described, upon the conditions hereinafter mentioned. ARTICLE V. The contracting powers mutually and severally agree, that the districts specified in Schedule C, hereunto annexed, shall be ceded to the said Maha Rajah Mysore Kishna Rajah, and shall form the separate Government of Mysore, upon the conditions herein- after mentioned. ARTICLE VI. The English East-India Company Behauder shall be at liberty to make such deductions, from me to time, from the sums allotted by the first article of the present Treaty, for the maintenance of the families of Hyder Ali Khan and Tippoo Sultaun, as may be proper, in consequence of the decease of any member of the said families ; and in the event of any hostile attempt, on the part of the said family or of any member of it, against the authority of the contracting parties, or against the peace of their respective dominions, or the territories of the Rajah of Mysore, then the said English East-India Company Behauder shall be at liberty to limit or suspend entirely the payment of the whole, or any part of the stipend, herein before stipulated to be applied to the maintenance and support of the said families. ARTICLE VII. His Highness the Paishwah Row Pundit Purdhaun Behauder shall be invited to accede to the present Treaty ; and although the said Paishwah Row Pundit Purdhaun Behauder has neither participated in the expense or danger of the late war, and. therefore js mot entitled to share any part of the acquisitions made by the contracting parties (namely, the English East-India Company Behauder and his Highness the Nabob Nizam-ud-Dowlah Asoph Jah Behauder), yet, for the maintenance of the relations of friendship and alliance between the said Paishwah Row Pundit Purdhaun Behauder, the English East-India Company Behauder, his Highness the Nabob Nizam-ud-Dowlah Asoph Jah Behauder, and Maha Rajah Mysore Kishna Rajah Behauder, it is stipulated and agreed, that certain districts, specified in Schedule D, hereunto annexed, shall be reserved, for the purpose of being eventually ceded to the said Paishwah Row Pundit Purdhaun Behauder, in full right and sovereignty, in the same manner as if he had been a contracting party to this Treaty ; FORT ST*. GEORGE. 445 Treaty ; provided, however, that the said Paishwah Row Pundit Purdhaum Behauder shall accede to the present Treaty, in its full extent, within one month from the day on which it shall be formally communicated to him by the contracting parties, and provided also, that he shall give satisfaction to the English East-India Company Behauder, and to his Highness Nizam-ud-Dowlah Asoph Jah Behauder, with regard to certain points now depending between him, the said Paishwah Row Pundit Purdhaun Behauder, and the said Nabob Nizam-ud-Dowlah Asoph Jah Behauder, and also with regard to such points as shall be represented to the said Paishwah, on the part of the English East-India Company Behauder, by the Governor General or the British Resident at the Court of Poonah. ARTICLE VIII. If, contrary to the amicable expectation of the contracting parties, the said Paishwah Row Pundit Purdhaun Behauder shall refuse to accede to this Treaty, or to give satis- faction upon the points to which the seventh article refers, then the right to, and sove- reignty of, the several districts herein before reserved for eventual cession to the Paishwah Row Pundit Purdhaun Behauder, shall rest jointly in the said English East-India Com- pany Behauder and the said Nabob Nizam-ud-Dowlah Asoph Jah IJehauder, who will either exchange them with the Rajah of Mysore for other districts of equal value, more contiguous to their respective territories, or otherwise arrange and settle respecting them, as they shall judge proper. ARTICLE IX. It being expedient, for the effectual establishment of Maha Rajah Mysoor Kishha Rajah in the Government of Mysore, that his Highness should be assisted with a suitable subsidiary force, it is stipulated and agreed, that the whole of the said force shall be fur- nished by the English East-India Company Behauder, according to the terms of a sepa- rate Treaty, to be immediately concluded between the said English East-India Company Behauder and his Highness the Maha Rajah Mysoor Kishna Rajah Oodiaver Behauder. ARTICLE X. This Treaty, consisting of ten articles, being settled and concluded this day, the 22d of June, 1799 (corresponding to the 17th of Mohurrum, 1214 Anno Higerae) by Lieutenant General George Harris, the Honorable Colonel Arthur Wellesley, the Honorable Henry Wellesley, Lieutenant Colonel William Kirkpatrick, and Lieutenant Colonel Barry Close, on the part and in the name of the Right Honorable Richard Earl of Mornington, Governor General aforesaid; and by Meer Allum Behauder, on the part and in the name of his Highness the Nabob Nizam-ud-Dowlah Asoph Jah Behauder ; the said Lieutenant General Harris, the Honorable Colonel Arthur Wellesley, the Honorable Henry A.D.i/99 The Nizam. 446 TREATIES, See. A. D. 1/99 Henry Wellesley, Lieutenant Colonel William Kirkpatrick, and Lieutenant Colonel Iholfa m Barry Close, have delivered to Meer Allum Beliauder one copy of the same, signed and sealed by themselves; and Meer Allum Beliauder has delivered to Lieutenant General George Harris, the Honorable Colonel Arthur Wellesley, the Honorable Henry Wellesley, Lieutenant Colonel William Kirkpatrick, and Lieutenant Colonel Barry Close, another copy of the same, sealed by himself; and Lieutenant General George Harris, the Honor- able Colonel Arthur Wellesley, the Honorable Henry Wellesley, Lieutenant Colonel William Kirkpatrick, and Lieutenant Colonel Barry Close, and Meer Allum Behauder, severally and mutually engage, that the said Treaty shall be respectively ratified by the Right Honorable the Governor General, under his seal and signature, within eight days from the date hereof, and by his Highness the Nabob Nizam-ud-Dowlah Asoph Jah Behauder, within twenty-five days from the date hereof. The Nizam’s Seal. Ratified at Hyderabad, by His Highness the Nizam, on the 13th day of July, Anno Domini 1799. ( Signed ) J. A. Kirkpatrick, Resident . SCHEDULE A. The Company's Share. The following districts from Nuggur or Bidnore : Korial (Mangalore) Bckul and Neliseram Karkul ------ Barkoo - - - - Khooshaulpoor - - Bulkul ------ C. Pagodas. Fanams. G. Pagodas. Fanams. 1,33,662 7* 11,393 2| 48,389 8!- 26,361 9,177 0 } FORT ST. GEORGE. 44 ? C. Pagedas. F. C. Pagodas, F. Gairsopah ------ 9,192 0± Hunavur (Onore) - -- - - 17,482 H Mirjaun ------ - ' 8,953 n Anoolah, Punchmahl, and Shedasooghur (or Soonda Payen Gaut) - - 28,332 0 — — 2,92,945 Ol 2 Bilghuy ------ 18,929 H Coimbatoor, Coimbatoor ------ - _ 80,000 0 Danaigincotah - 35,000 0 Cheoor ------- - 27,000 0 Chinjeny ------ 27,000 0 Darapoor, Chuckergherry - - 64,000 0 Settimuns:alum ----- - 30,000 0 Undoor ------ - 8,000 0 Perondoora ------ - 14,000 0 Vizimungal (Aravarcourchy) - - - ' 20,000 0 Errode ------- - 20,000 0 Coroor ------- 41,000 0 Coodgully - - 15,000 0 Caveryporam ----- - 4,000 0 — 3,85,000 0 Wynaad (from Amudnugur Cbickloor) from Talooks belonging to Seringapatam Panganoor ------ 15,000 0 Suttikal Alambady and Kodahully - - 15,200 0 Oussore ------ - 18,096 0 Decanicotah and Ruttungeery « - 14,000 0 Yencatigyracotah ----- - 6,000 0 Ankusgusgeery and Solageery m 4,000 0 Bangloor ------ - 3,000 0 Talmulla and Talwoddy (2 Talooks of Hurdun- bully) ------ - 5,000 0 — 80,296 0 7,77,170 6| Deduct, Provision for the maintenance of the families of Hyder Ali Khan and of Tippoo Sultaun, Star Pagodas 2,00,000 - - m •» 2,40,000 0 Remains to the Company, ... Canterai Pagodas 5,37,170 6f A.D.1799 The Nizam. 448 TREATIES, &c. SCHEDULE B. 2. The Nil ■.arris Share. Gooty : f • C. Pagodas. F. C. Pagodas. F. A.D. 1799 Fyze Hussur Kubal - 1 5,56S 0 The Nizam, Kona Koomlah - 7,500 0 Pamri - - _ _ _ . 1 1 ,000 0 Wurjur Kurroor - 8,998 1 Yursutty Murajcherroo 5,902 0 Bheim Rapah - 4,800 0 Muttoor - 2,700 0 Pravalli Munnimong . 9,426 3 Chunumpilly - - 8,951 8 IVlulkaira Kooboo - 22,251 00 *|W 4 Koortunni - 8,800 0 - Yarky - 22,673 1 1,28,571 H Pennacoondah - - 60,000 0 Murrugseera - - 8,000 0 Hundytenantpoor - ■= — — 16,000 0 Kongoor (remainder of) ... 11,629 0 Kunchungoondy (remainder of) - - 10,000 0 Of Gurrumconda, all the districts not ceded in 1792 1,85,810 0 Puttungheery (from Seringapatam) - 10,000 0 Rydroog (6 Talooks) _ 1,02,856 0 Kurnool Paishcush - - 66,666 0 From Chitteldroog — Jerrymulla (1 Talook) - 7,800 0 6,07,332 H Deduct, Personsal Jaghire to Kummer-ud-Dien Khan and relations - 70,000 0 Remains to the Nizam, Canterai Pagodas 5,37,332 If SCHEPULE FORT ST. GEORGE. 44 9 SCHEDULE C. Districts ceded to Maha Rajah Mysoor Kishna Rajah Oodiaver Behauder. A.D. 1799 Talooks belonging to Seringapatam : The Nizan*. C. Pagodas. F. C. Pagodas. F. Puttun Attorkrnn - - - - 1 1 ,000 0 Mysore Attorkrun or Rehmut Nazeer - 11,500 0 Nuzzer Bar - - - - 14,000 0 Hurdunhully - - - - 15,000 0 Periapatam - - - - 6,200 0 Muddoor - - - - - 13,200 0 Hetghur Dewancotah - - - 8,000 0 Betudapoor * - - - 7,000 0 Tyoor - - - - 8,000 0 Yelandoor - - - - - 10,000 0 Malwelly (Yulinahabad) - - - 9,000 0 Tulkar Sosilah - - - - 8,100 0 Nursipoor - - - - - 10,200 0 Yertoorali - - - - - 7,200 0 Bailoor - - - - 15,700 0 Arkulgoor - - - - - 4,300 0 Chinipatam - - - - 12,100 0 Bullum (Mungirabad) - - 10,000 0 Hussen - - - - 7,900 0 1 Honawully - - - - 9,400 0 Nagmungul - - - - 4,700 0 Belloor - - - - 3,100 0 Maha rage Droog - - - - 10,000 0 ✓ Gram - - - - 3,500 0 Ramgheery - - - ; - 7,400 0 Turkaramb - - - - 7,400 0 Ahmudnugger Chickloor - - - 10,000 0 Kurp - - - - 12,000 0 Carried over - 2,55,900 0 3 M 450 TREATIES, &c. A. D. 1799 The Nizam. Tornoy Khaira - C. Pagodas. 9,000 F. 0 Coon} r dghul - - 5,008 9 Hoolioordroog - - - ~ 4,000 0 Kirkairy - - - - 4,065 0 Cherniy puttan - - - 9,138 0 Nooggairly - - - 3,000 0 Mairlatesh and Kishmagepoor -- - 6,100 0 Sucknyputtan d - - 6,200 0 Banorawar, Guradungilly and Hanenhelly 10,000 0 Boodihall - - - - 7,000 0 Nidghul - - m - 6,000 0 Pasghur - - - - 10,000 0 Hagulwary - - - 12,000 0 Goomnaipollum - - - - 10,000 0 Bangalore - - - - 55,000 0 Magry - - - 8,400 0 Mudgeny - - - - - - 36,000 0 Coorjgherry - - - 4,000 0 Cankanhelly - - - S,900 0 Nulwung and Doorbillah - - - 16,000 0 Anicul - - - 10,300 0 Byroodroog - - - 4,000 0 Hyboor - - - 7,000 0 Dewanhelly - • - - 20,045 0 Ootradroog - -- - - - 5,000 0 Chinroydroog - - - 8,000 0 Toomkoor and Deoroy - - - 18,000 0 Nidgegul and Macklydroog - - - 16,000 0 Kundykeera and Chnllnaighelly - - _ 16,000 0 Chota Balapoor - - - - 80,000 0 Colar - - - - 80,000 0 Jungumcotah - . - - 13,000 0 Chuckmoogalum - - - 8,134 4 Kudoor - - - - 7,129 nl < 4 . C. Pagodas. F. 4,60,811 9 0 3, 17, £09 1| 0 Carried forward - 7,78,321 4 0 FORT ST. GEORGE. 451 C. Pagodas. F. C. Pagodas. F. Brought forward - - 7,78,321 0 Serra (remainder of) : Serra and Amrapoor - - • - 55,000 0 lloosuttah - - - - 50,754 0 Burra Balapoor - - - - 44,000 0 1,49,754 Nuggur above Ghaut : OO Kusbah - - ■ - 29,145 4| 2 Coolydroog - - - 28,818 of 2 Koompsee - - - - 8,094 2§ 0 Kope - - - 22,864 H 2 Wasthara - - - - 6,818 9 0 Eckairy and Sagur - - - 39,411 0* 2 Ghooty (Hoably) - - - 11,006 8f 0 Surbtowanundy - - - - 10,458 Of 2 Terryan witty - - - 17,424 0 0 Shikarpoor - - - 1 1 ,774 Of 0 Annuntapoor - - - 10,191 H 0 Lakouly-danwass . - - - 11,629 H 1 Oodgunny - - - 13,614 1 - 1 4 0 Iimoga - - - 16,883 5 0 Hoolighonore - - - 6,583 5S. 1 Biddery -- - - 10,835 5 2 Chingeeiy Beswapatam - ' - - 22,091 If 3 Turrykeerah - - - 14,076 H 2 Azimpor - - - - 10,696 2f 3 - 3,02,417 Chittled roog (remainder of) 12 Talooks : Kusbah - - - 20,874 7f i Beem-sumendar - - - 12,148 4 2 Dodiary - - - - 12,984 H a Husdroog - - - - 11,936 93 ~4 3 Muttoor - - - 10,352 3f 2 Murkal Murroo - - - - 12,662. n 3 Tullick - - - - 11,854 of 0 Burin Sagur - - - 10,163 6f 0 Kunkopah - - - - 12,542 of 2 J, 15,559 4f 13 3 M 2 A.D.1799 The Nizam. Carried forward 13,46,053 1 7 452 TREATIES, &c. A.D.1799 The Nizam, C. Pagodas. F. C. Pagodas. F. Brought forward - - 13,46,053 1 7 Bilchoor - - - - - 10,683 Hinoor -- - 10,010 0 Goodycotah - - ' •- - - 11,330 H 33,023 6 10 13,79,076 8 1 Deduct, two P-ergunnahs of Hurdunhilly, viz. Talma! and Talwaddy, included in the Company’s share - - 5,000 0 0 Canterai Pagodas 13,74,076 8 1 SCHEDULE D. The Paishwah's Share. Harponelly (6 Talooks) Soonda (above the Ghauts) - Annagoondy - - - - From Chittledroog two Talooks, viz. Holubkaira - Mycoonda - From Bidnore one Talook, viz. Hurryhur - - - - -- 1,10,030 8| 0 - 59,377 0 0 60,101 0 0 - 11,425 4f - 12,226 9j 23,652 3 0 10,796 0 0 Canterai Pagodas 2,63,957 3f- 0 Ratified at Hyderabad by his Highness the Nizam, on the 13th day of July, Anno Domini 1799. ( Signed ) J. A. Kirkpatrick, Resident. Separate FORT ST. GEORGE. 453 Separate Articles of the Treaty with the Nizam. Separate Articles appertaining to the Treaty of My sore , concluded on the 22d of June A.D. 1799 1799 ( corresponding to the 17 th of Mohurrum Anno Higera 1214) between the Honorable English East-India Company Behauder, and the Nabob Nizam-ud-Dowlah Asoph Jah Behauder. ARTICLE I. With a view to the prevention of future altercations, it is agreed between his High- ness the Nabob Nizam-ud-Dowlah Asoph Jah Behauder and the Honorable English East- India Company Behauder, that to whatever amount the stipends appropriated to the maintenance of the sons, relations, and dependants of the late Hyder Ali Khan and Tippoo Sultaun, or the personal Jaghire of Meer Kummer-ud-Dien Khan, shall hereafter be diminished, in consequence of any one of the stipulations of the Treaty of Mysore, the contracting parties shall not be accountable to each other on this head. ARTICLE II. And it is further agreed between the contracting parties, that in the event provided for by the eighth article of the Treaty of Mysore, two-thirds of the share reserved for Row Pundit Purdhaun Behauder shall fall to his Highness the Nabob Nizam-ud-Dowlah Asoph Jah Behauder, and the remaining third to the Honorable English East-India Com- pany Behauder. The Nizam’s Seal. Ratified at Hyderabad, by his Highness the Nizam, on the 13th day of July, Anno Domini 1799. ( Signed ) A true Copy, (Signed) J. A. Kirkpatrick, Resident. G. Buchan, Sub-Secretary / 454 TREATIES, &c. No. XXI. Subsidiary Treaty with the Rajah of Mysore, ] ?99. A.D. 1799 A Treaty of perpetual Friendship and Alliance, concluded on the one Part by his Excel- lency Lieutenant General George Harris, Commander in Chief of the Forces of his Bri- tannic Majesty and of the English East-India Company Behauder in the Carnatic and on the Coast of Malabar , the Honorable Colonel Arthur Wellesley, the Honorable Henry Wellesley, Lieutenant Colonel William Kirkpatrick, and Lieutenant Colonel Barry Close, on Behalf and in the Name of the Bight Honorable Richard Earl of Mor- nington, K. P. Governor General for all Affairs , civil and military , of the British Na- tion in India , by virtue of full Powers vested in them for this Purpose by the said Richard Earl of Mornington, Governor General’, and on the other Part by Maha Rajah Mysoor Kistna Rajah Oodiaver Behauder, Rajah of Mysoor. Whereas it is stipulated, in the Treaty concluded on the 22d of June, 1799, between the Honorable English East-India Company Behauder, and the Nabob Nizam-ud-Dowlah Asopb Jah Behauder, for strengthening the alliance and friendship subsisting between the said English East-India Company Behauder, his Highness Nizam-ud-Dowlah Asoph Jah Behauder, and the Peshwa, Row Pundit Purdham Behauder, and for effecting a settle- ment of the territories of the late Tippoo Sultaun, that a separate Government shall be established in Mysoor, and that his Highness Maha Rajah Mysoor Kistna Rajah Oodiaver Behauder shall possess certain territories, specified in Schedule C. annexed to the said Treaty, and that, for the effectual establishment of the Government of Mysore, his Highness shall be assisted with a suitable subsidiary force, to be furnished by the English East-India Company Behauder; wherefore, in order to carry the said stipulations into effect, and to encrease and strengthen the friendship subsisting between the said English East India Company and the said Maha Rajah Mysoor Kistna Rajah Oodiaver Behauder, this Treaty is concluded by Lieutenant Genera] George Harris, Commander in Chief of the Forces of his Britannic Majesty and of the said English East-India Company Behauder in the Carnatic and on the Coast of Malabar, the Honorable Colonel Arthur Wellesley, the The Rajah of Mysore. FORT ST. GEORGE. 455 the Honorable Henry Wellesley, Lieutenant Colonel William Kirkpatrick, and Lieute- nant Colonel Barry Close, on the part and in the name of the Right Honorable Richard Earl of Mornington, Governor General aforesaid, and by his Highness Maha Rajah My- soor Kistna Rajah Oodiaver Behauder, which shall be binding upon the contracting par- ties as long as the sun and moon shall endure. A.D.1799 The Rajah of Mysore. ARTICLE I. The friends and enemies of either of the contracting parties shall be considered as the friends and enemies of both. ARTICLE II. The Honorable East-India Company Behauder agrees to maintain, and his Highness Maha Rajah Mysoor Kistna Rajah Oodiaver Behauder agrees to receive, a military force, for the defence and security of his Highness’s dominions ; in consideration of which pro- tection, his Highness engages to pay the annual sum of seven lacks of Star Pagodas to the said East-India Company, the said sum to be paid in twelve equal monthly instalments, commencing from the 1st of July, Anno Domini 1799. And his Highness further agrees, that the disposal of the said sum, together with the arrangement and employment of the troops to be maintained by it, shall be entirely left to the Company. ARTICLE III. If it shall be necessary for the protection aud defence of the territories of the contract- ing parties, or of either of them, that hostilities shall be undertaken, or preparations made for commencing hostilities against any state or power, his said Highness Maha Rajah Mysore Kistna Rajah Oodiaver Behauder, agrees to contribute towards the discharge of the increased expence incurred by the augmentation of the military force, and the unavoid- able charges of war, such a sum as shall appear to the Governor General in Council of Fort William, on an attentive consideration of the means of his said Highness, to bear a just and reasonable proportion to the actual net revenues of his said Highness. ARTICLE IV. And whereas it is indispensably necessary, that effectual and lasting security bould be provided against any failure in the funds destined to defray either the expences of the permanent military force in time of peace, or the extraordinary expences described in the third article of the present Treaty, it is hereby stipulated and agreed between the contract- ing parties, that whenever the Governor General in Council of Fort William in Bengal shall have reason to apprehend such failure in the funds so destined, the said Governor General in Council shall be at liberty, and shall have full power and right, either to introduce such regulations and ordinances as he shall deem expedient for the internal ma- nagement and collection of the revenues, or for the better ordering of any other branch and 456 TREATIES, &e. i\. D. 1799 and department of the Government of Mysore, or to assume and bring under the direct f management of the servants of the said Company Behauder such part or parts of the terri- Mysoie. torial possessions of his Highness Muha Rajah Mysore Kistna Rajah Oodiaver Behauder, as shall appear to him, the said Governor General in Council, necessary to render the said funds efficient and available, either in time of peace or war. ARTICLE V. And it is hereby further agreed, that whenever the said Governor General in Council shall signify to the said Maha Rajah Mysore Kishna Rajah Oodiaver Behauder, that it is become necessary to carry into effect the provisions of the fourth article, his said Highness Maha Rajah Mysore Kishna Rajah Oodiaver Behauder shall immediately issue orders to his Aumils, or other officers, either for carrying into effect the said regulations and ordinances, according to the tenor of the fourth article, or for placing the territories required under the exclusive authority and controul of the English Company Behauder. And in case his Highness shall not issue such orders within ten days from the time when the application shall have been formally made to him, then the said Governor General in Council shall be at liberty to issue orders, by his own authority, either for carrying into effect the said regulations and ordinances, or for assuming the management and collection of the revenues of the said territories, as he shall judge most expedient for the purpose of securing the efficiency of the said military funds, and of providing for the effectual protection of the country and the welfare of the people. Provided always, that whenever, and so long as any part or parts of his said Highness’s territories shall be placed, and shall remain under the exclusive authority and controul of the said East-India Company, the Governor General in Council shall render to his Highness a true and faithful account of the revenues and produce of the territories so assumed ; provided also, that in no case whatever, shall his Highness’s actual receipt, or annual income, arising out of his terri- torial revenue, be less than the sum of one lack of Star Pagodas, together with one- fifth of the net revenues of the whole of the territories ceded to him by the fifth article of the Treaty of Mysore : which sum of one lack of Star Pagodas, together with the amount of one-fifth of the said net revenues, the East-India Company engages, at all times and in every possible case, to secure and cause to be paid for his Highness’s use. ARTICLE VI. H is Highness Maha Rajah Mysoor Kistna Rajah Oodiaver Behauder engages, that he will be guided by a sincere and cordial attention to the relations of peace and amity, now established between the English Company Behauder and their allies, and that he will carefully abstain from any interference in the affairs of any state in alliance with the said English Company Behauder, or of any state whatever. And for securing the object of this stipulation, it is further stipulated and agreed, that no communication or correspondence, with FORT ST. GEORGE. 45 ? with any foreign state whatever, shall be holdenby his said Highness, knowledge and sanction of the said English Company Behauder. ARTICLE VII. without the previous A. D. 1799 The Rajah of Mysore. His Highness stipulates and agrees, that he will not admit any European foreigners into his service, without the concurrence of the English Company Behauder ; and that he will apprehend and deliver up to the Company’s Government all Europeans, of whatever description, who shall be found within the territories of his said Highness, with- out regular passports from the Company’s Government, it being his Highness’s determined resolution not to suffer, even for a day, any European foreigners to remain within the territories now subjected to his authority, unless by consent of the said Company. ARTICLE VIII. Whereas the complete protection of his Highness’s said territories requires that various fortresses and strong places, situated within the territories of his Highness, should "be garrisoned and commanded, as well in time of peace as of war, by British troops and officers, his Highness Maha Rajah My soor Kistna Rajah Oodiaver Behauder engages, that the said English Company Behauder shall at all times be at liberty to garrison, in whatever manner they may judge proper, all such fortresses and strong places, within his said Highness ? s territories, as it shall appear to them adviseabie to take charge of. ARTICLE IX. And whereas, in consequence of the system of defence which it may be expedient to adopt, for the security of the territorial possessions of his Highness Maha Rajah Mysoor Kistna Rajah Oodiaver Behauder, it may be necessary that certain forts and strong places, within his Highness’s territories, should be dismantled or destroyed, and that other forts and- strong places should be strengthened and repaired, it is stipulated and agreed, that the English East-India Company Behauder shall be the sole judges of the necessity of any such alterations in the said fortresses : and it is further agreed, that such expences as may be incurred on this account, shall be borne and defrayed, in equal proportions, by the contracting parties. «. ARTICLE X. In case it shall become necessary, for enforcing and maintaining the authority and government of his Highness in the territories now subjected to his power, that the regular troops of the English East-India Company Behauder should be employed, it is stipulated and agreed, that upon formal application being made for the service of the said troops, they shall be employed in such manner as to the said Company shall seem fit; but it is expressly understood by the contracting parties, that this stipulation shall not subject the troops of the English East-India Company Behauder to be employed in the ordinary transactions of revenue. 3 N ARTICLE 458 TREATIES, kc. A.D.I799 The Rajah of Mysore. ARTICLE XI. It being expedient for the restoration and permanent establishment of tranquillity in the territories now subjected to the authority of his Highness Maha Rajah Mysoor Kistua Rajah Oodiaver Behauder, that suitable provision should be made for certain officers of rank in the service of the late Tippoo Sultaun, his said Highness agrees to enter into the immediate discussion of this point, and to fix the amount of the funds (as soon as the necessary information can be obtained) to be granted for this purpose, in a separate article, to be hereafter added to this Treaty. ARTICLE XII. Lest the garrison of Seringapatam should, at any time, be subject to inconvenience, from the high price of provisions and other necessaries, his Highness Maha Rajah Mysoor Kistna Rajah Oodiaver Behauder agrees, that such quantities of provisions, and other necessaries, as may be required for the use and consumption of the troops composing the said garrison, shall be allowed to enter the place, from all and every part of his domi- nions, free of any duty, tax, or impediment whatever. ARTICLE XIII. The contracting parties hereby agree to take into their early consideration the best means of establishing such a commercial intercourse between their respective dominions, as shall be mutually beneficial to the subjects of both governments, and to conclude a Commercial Treaty for this purpose, with as little delay as possible. ARTICLE XIV. His Highness Maha Rajah Mysoor Kistna Rajah Oodiaver Behauder hereby promises to pay at all times, the utmost attention to such advice as the Company’s Government shall occasionally judge it necessary to offer to him, with a view to the economy of his finances, the better collection of his revenues, the administration of justice, the extension of commerce, the encouragement of trade, agriculture, and industry, or any other ob- jects connected with the advancement of his Highness’s interests, the happiness of his people, and the mutual welfare of both states. ARTICLE XV. Whereas it may hereafter appear, that some of the districts declared by the Treaty of Mysore to belong respectively to the English Company Behauder and to his Highness are inconveniently situated, with a view to the proper connection of their respective lines of frontier, it is hereby stipulated between the contracting parties, that in all such cases they will proceed to such an adjustment, by means of exchanges or otherwise, as shall be best suited to the occasion. ARTICLE FORT ST. GEORGE. 459 ARTICLE XVI. A.D.1799 This Treaty, consisting of sixteen articles, being this clay, the 8th of July, Anno xheRajah of Domini 1799 (corresponding to the 3d of Suffur, Anno Higerse 1214, and to the 7th of the Mysore., month Assar, of the 1721st year of the Saliwund asra) settled and concluded at the fort of Nazzerbah, near Seringapatam, by his Excellency, Lieutenant General George Harris, Commander in Chief of the Forces of his Britannic Majesty, and of the Honorable English East-India Company Behauder, in the Carnatic and on the Coast of Malabar, the Honorable Colonel Arthur Wellesley, the Honorable Llenry Wellesley, Lieutenant Co- lonel William Kirkpatrick, and Lieutenant Colonel Barry Close, with the Maha Rajah Mysoor Kistna Rajah Oodiaver Behauder; the aforesaid gentlemen have delivered to the said Maha Rajah one copy of the same, in English and Persian, sealed and signed by them, and his Highness Maha Rajah has delivered to the gentlemen aforesaid another copy, also in Persian and English, bearing his seal, and signed by Luchuma, widow of the late Kistna Rajah, and sealed and signed by Purnia, Dewan to the Maha Rajah Kistna Rajah Oodiaver. And the aforesaid gentlemen have engaged to procure and to deliver to the said Maha Rajah, without delay, a copy of the same, under the seal and signature of the Right Honorable the Governor General, on the receipt of which [by the said Maha Rajah the present Treaty shall be deemed complete and binding on the Honorable the English East-India Company and on the Maha Rajah Mysoor Kistna Rajah Oodiaver Be- hauder, and the copy of it now delivered to the said Maha Rajah shall be returned. 0 Witnessed, (Signed) Edward Golding, ^ Assistant Secretary. ( ) ( Seal of the Maha Rajah ) and the ( Ranits Signature) O (Seal and Signature of Pur 71 e ah.) A true Copy, ( Signed ) G. Buchan, Sitl-Seci'etary . 3 N 2 # * DU TREATIES, &c. f ' / , r I * • , * • ’ *— ♦ < V ■ T No. XXI I. Treaty with the Rajali of Tanjore, 1^99. A. D. 1799 Treaty./o/’ cementing the Friendship and Alliance between the Honorable Company and The Rajah of - ^is Excellency the Rajah of Tanjore, and for establishing the Government of Tanjore on ianjoie. (l p ermauen ( Foundation. Whereas the stipulations and conditions of the Treaty of 1792, concluded between the Honorable Sir Charles Oakeley, Baronet, Governor in Council of Fort St. George, and his Excellency Ameer Sing, late Rajah of Tanjore, have been found inadequate to the intentions of the contracting parties ; and whereas his Excellency Maha Rajah Serfogee, Rajah of Tanjore, has, by a certain instrument under his signature, previous to his ele- vation to the Musnud of his ancestors, engaged to consent to such arrangements as may be deemed expedient for the better management of the country of Tanjore, particularly for the due administration of justice, and also for securing to the Honorable English East- India Company a regular discharge of their existing and future demands on Tanjore ; wherefore the present Treaty is concluded, between his Excellency Serfogee, Rajah of Tanjore, on his own part, and Benjamin Torin, Esq, Resident at Tanjore, on behalf of the Company, being invested with full powers by the Right Honorable the Earl of Mor- nington Behauder, Governor General of Bengal, according to the' following articles. ARTICLE I. Such parts of all former Treaties with the former Rajah of Tanjore, as are intended to establish the Friendship and Alliance between the Honorable Company and his Excel- lency the Rajah of Tanjore, are hereby strengthened and confirmed, and the contracting parties mutually agree that the friends and enemies of either shall be considered to be the friends and enemies of both. ARTICLE IL The several provisions heretofore established, for enabling the contracting parties to carry the spirit and intention of the preceding article into execution, having proved defective, and the result of an enquiry, instituted by the authority of the Right Honorable the » FORT ST. GEORGE. 461 The Rajah of Tanjore. the Governor General in Council, with the previous written consent of his Excellency A. D. 1759 Maha Rajah Serfogee, for the purpose of ascertaining the actual state and condition of the country of Tanjore, having proved that it is become indispensably necessary to esta- blish a regular and permanent system for the better administration of the revenues of the said country, it is stipulated and agreed, that all former provisions for securing a partial or temporary interference, on the part of the Honorable Company in the government or in the administration of the revenues of the country of Tanjore, shall be entirely annulled, and that, in lieu thereof, a permanent system for the collection of the revenue, and for the administration of justice, shall be established, in the manner hereafter described. ARTICLE IIL The Honorable Company shall he at liberty, as soon as possible, to ascertain, deter- mine, and establish rights of property, and to fix a reasonable assessment upon the several Soubabs, Pergunnahs, and villages of the country of Tanjore, and to secure a fixed and permanent revenue ; and the said assessment, so ascertained and fixed, shall not be liable to change, but shall be collected according to fixed rent rolls, by suefi officers as shall be appointed for that purpose. ARTICLE IV. A court, or courts, shall be established, for the due administration of civil and criminal justice, under the sole authority of the English East-India Company. The said courts shall be composed of officers to be appointed by the Governor in Council of Fort St. George for the time being, and shall, in no instance whatever, be subject to the controui, authority, or interference of the said Rajah, but shall be conducted according to such ordinances and regulations (framed with due regard to the existing laws and usages of the country) as shall, from time to time., be enacted and published by the said Governor in Council. ARTICLE V. The revenues shall be collected according- to the rates of assessment to be established by the third article by the said Governor in Council for that purpose, and the said Rajah shall exercise no controui whatever, nor in any manner interfere in the administration of the .said revenues. ARTICLE VI. Whereas it is stipulated and agreed, by the fifth article of the Treaty of 1792, that the payment to be made to the Honorable Compan}', by his Excellency the Rajdb, shall amount to five lacks sevent 3 T -four thousand two hundred and eighty-five Pagodas per annum, under the different denominations of subsidy, Peishcush, public and private debts, 3t is now stipulated and agreed, that these distinctions shall for ever cease, and that the w-hole revenue shall be collected and accounted for by the said Company, in the manner hereafter 462 TREATIES, &c. A. D. 1799 The Rajah of Tanjore. hereafter provided ; the paid Company charging themselves with the payment of that part of the registered private debt, which has not already been transferred to their account. ARTICLE VII. In lieu of the said stipulations in the fifth article of the Treaty of 1792 , it is hereby stipulated and agreed, that his Excellency the Rajah shall, in all cases, receive annually one lack of Star Pagodas, which shall be considered to be the first charge payable from the net revenues of Tanjore. In addition to the said sum of one lack of Star Pagodas, his Excellency shall receive a proportion of one-fifth, to be calculated on the remainder of the net revenue, after deducting all charges of collection, of whatever description, the charge specified in the following article. ARTICLE VIII. It is stipulated and agreed, that the sum of twenty-five thousand Star Pagodas shall, in all cases, be appropriated to the support of the late Rajah Ameer Sing, and shall be considered as a charge on the revenue to be deducted, previous to the calculation of the proportion of one-fifth above-mentioned. The residue of the revenues, after the foregoing deduction, shall be at the disposal of the said Company, ARTICLE IX. It is stipulated and agreed, that the Rajah shall be treated, on all occasions, in his own territories as well as in those of the Company, with ail the attention, respect, and honor, which is due to a friend and ally of the British Nation. ARTICLE X. Whereas his Excellency the Rajah has had occasion to complain of inconvenience to his Excellency and his servant, from the present mode of garrisoning his Excellency’s hereditary fort of Tanjore by a part of the Honorable Company’s troops, it is stipulated and agreed, w'ith a view to the accommodation and satisfaction of his Excellency, that the said fort of Tanjore shall be evacuated by the Company’s troops entirely, and that his Excellency shall be at full liberty to garrison the said fort, in such manner as to him shall seem fit. Provided always, that in the event of an invasion of the territories of the Com- pany or of their Allies, or in the event of any failure in the due performance of the engagement contracted by his Excellency the Rajah, the said Company shall again have power to occupy the said fort, as a military post, for the protection and mutual interests of the contracting parties ; the said Company binding themselves to evacuate the said fort, as soon as the reasons for not re-occupying it shall no longer exist. ARTICLE XI. His Excellency the Rajah stipulates and agrees, that the said fort shall, in no case whatever, become an asylum for public offenders,, or for persons desirous of escaping from the FORT ST. GEORGE. 463 the jurisdiction of the courts of civil and criminal justice, or from the authority of the revenue officers, or of any other branch of the authority of the Honorable Company ; and his Excellency the Rajah further agrees to deliver up all such persons, without delay, on application from such officer or officers as the Governor in Council of Fort St. George shall appoint for the purpose. A.D. 1799 The Rajah or Tanjore. ARTICLE XII. In complaints brought before any of the courts of justice, in which it shall appear, either by the application of the Rajah or the representation of the defendants, at or before the time of giving in his or her answer, or by the petition of the complainant, that both parties are relations, or servants, or dependants of his Excellency, or inhabitants usually resident within the fort of Tanjore, it is stipulated and agreed, that such parties shall, in the first instance, be referred for justice to the Rajah, or to any person he may appoint to dispense it. Any complaint against the Rajah’s relations, immediate servants, or others, residing in the fort of Tanjore, by persons of a different description, shall, in the first instance, be made to the Company’s representative at Tanjore, who shall refer it to'his Excellency. The Rajah hereby engages to order an immediate investigation to be made in his court of the justice, or in case the parties should desire it, to order the dispute to be referred to a proper arbitration, his Excellency engaging to bring it to a direct issue, and to carry the sentence or award, if unfavorable to his relation or servant, into immediate execution. ARTICLE XIII. In order that his Excellency the Rajah may have full satisfaction, in respect to the revenues of the territory hereby subjected to the management of the Company, his Excellency shall be at liberty to inspect the accounts of the head Cuteherry or collector’s treasury, from time to time, or to station a Vakeel, or accountant, at his own expense, for the purpose of taking and transmitting to his Excellency copies of any or of all the accounts which shall be recorded in the head Cuteherry, or treasury of the collector. ARTICLE XIV. Whereas a certain annual Peishcush, amounting to two thousand Cbuckrums, is payable by the Danish Government of Tranquebar, for lands held of the Rajahs of Tanjore in the vicinity of that place, it is stipulated and agreed, that the said Peishcush shall continue to be received by his Excellency the Rajah, without any deduction from his Excellency’s proportion of the revenue, as hereinbefore stipulated. ARTICLE XV. And whereas it is necessary to the convenience and comfort of his Excellency the Rajah, that certain supplies of. rice, gram, and other grain, should be supplied for the use of his Excellency, the Company bind themselves to furnish the said supplies, as often SLi 464 TREATIES, &c. A. D. 1799 as the Rajah shall find it necessary to apply for this purpose, his Excellency binding Thellajahof ^' mse ^ t0 P a y for the said grain, with the charges of transportation, at the rate of the Tanjore. current prices for the time being. This Treaty, consisting of fifteen articles, being settled this day, the 25th October 1799, corresponding to the 12th of Alpeshy, in the year Sedhartey, by Benjamin Torin, Esq. on the part of and in the Name of the Right Honorable Richard Earl of Mornington, Governor General aforesaid, and by his Excellency Maha Rajah Serfogee Rajah, on hrs own part, the sard Benjamin Torin, Esq. has delivered to his Excellency Maha Rajah Serfogee Rajah one copy of the same, signed and sealed by himself, and his Excellency Maha Rajah Serfogee has delivered to Benjamin Torin, Esq. another copy of the same, sealed and signed by himself ; and Benjamin Torin, Esq. engages, that the said Treaty shall be ratified by the Right Honorable the Governor General, under his seal and signa- ture, within forty-five days from the date hereof. (Signed) Sri Rampretaup, A true Copy, (Signed) Benjamin Torin, Resident at Tanjore „ t No. XXIII. A.D. 1800 Articles of Agreement for the Adjustment of the Desh Cavelly and Talem Cavelly of the Province of Tinnevelly, 1800. Omrah. Whereas the Polygars and Cavilcarrahs of the province of Tinnevelly have been subjected to the exclusive authority of the Honorable Company ; and whereas the per- formance of the duties, and the collection of the fees attached to the offices of Desh Cavelly and Talem Cavelly, within the districts still subject to the authority of his Highness the Nabob of the Carnatic, in the said province of Tinnevelly, have been attended with inconvenience to the executive Government of his said Highness in the said province ; and whereas it is the earnest desire of the Right Honorable Edward Lord Clive, Governor of Fort St. George, &c. to comply with the wishes of his said Highness, for promoting the welfare FORT ST. GEORGE. 465 welfare and tranquillity of his possessions in the province off Tinnevelly ; it is mutually A.D.1800 agreed, between his said Highness the Nabob of the Carnatic, &c, and the said Right / O ^ * i ^ O ifj pi* Honorable Edward Lord Clive, &c. that the right of collecting Desh Cavelly and Talem Omrah. Cavelly, in villages now subject to the Government of his said Highness, shall be entirely relinquished by the Cavelcarrahs now subject to the authority of the Company, the said Lord Clive taking on himself to make compensation to the said Cavelcarrahs, for the losses which they will in consequence sustain. In consideration whereof, the Nabob of the Carnatic, &c. agrees to relinquish all claims to the performance of the watching duties, and to compensation for theft or losses in the villages situated as abovementioned ; and his said Highness farther agrees to make full compensation, to be regularly paid in ready money, at the Company’s treasury, for the amount of the actual loss sustained by the Company, by relinquishing the Cavelly fees. It is farther mutually agreed, that the accounts of the Cavelly fees shall, with all convenient expedition, be investigated, to the end that, after deducting the amount of the charges of collecting the said fees, as well as of the losses incidental to the performance of the watching duties, within the villages subject to his Highness the Nabob, the residue may be paid by his Highness to the Company, being the acknowledged and ancient right of the Polygars and Cavelcarrahs, transferred by the Treaty of 1792 to the authority of the Company. But whereas this investigation will be attended with delay and injury to the said Nabob of the Carnatic, it is agreed, that immediate orders shall be sent by the said Edward Lord Clive to the Company’s collector of Polygar Peishcush, for discontinuing the collection of Cavelly fees in the villages above described, to be under the authority of his said Highness, his said Highness binding himself, in consequence, to pay the amount, which the said Lord Clive, on a just consideration of the Company’s revenue accounts, shaH determine to be a just compensation for relinquishing the Cavelly fees. Done in Fort St. George, this 26th day of August, 1800, by order of the Right Honorable the Governor in Council. (Signed) 3 o J. Webbe, Chief Secretary to Government. 466 TREATIES, Icc. No. XXIV. Treaty with Azeem-ul-Dowlah, 1801. A.D.1801 Azeem-ul- Dowlah. Treaty for settling the Succession to the Soubahdarry of the Territories of Arcot, and for vesting the Administration of the Civil and Military Government of the Carnatic Payen Ghaut in the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East-Indies. Whereas the several Treaties which have been concluded between the United Com- pany of Merchants of England trading to the East-Indies, and their Highnesses heretofore Nabobs of the Carnatic, have been intended to cement and identify the interests of the contracting parties ; and whereas, in conformity to the spirit of the alliance, the said . Company did, by the Treaty concluded on the 12th July, 1792, with the late Nabob Walajah, relinquish extensive pecuniary advantages, acquired d)y the previous Treaty of 1787, with the view, and on the consideration of establishing a more adequate security for the interests of the British Government in the Carnatic ; and whereas subsequent experience has proved, that the intention of the contracting parties has not been fulfilled, by the provisions of any of the Treaties heretofore concluded between them ; and whereas the Musnud of the Soubahdarry of Arcot having become vacant, the Prince Azeem-ul- Dowlah Behauder has been established by the English East-India Company in the rank, property, and possessions of his ancestors, heretofore Nabobs of the Carnatic ; and whereas the said Company and his Highness the said Prince Azeem-ul-Dowlah Behauder I have judged it expedient, that additional provisions should, at this time, be made, for the purpose of supplying the defects of all former engagements, and of establishing the connection between the said contracting parties on a permanent basis of security, in all times to come ; wherefore the following Treaty is now established and concluded, by the Right Honourable Edward Lord Clive, Governor in Council of Fort St. George, by and with the sanction and authority of his Excellency the Most Noble the Marquis Wellesley, K. P., Governor General in Council of all the British Possessions in the East-Indies, on behalf of the said United Company, on the one part, and by his Highness the Nabob Walajah Ameer-ul-Dowlah Madar-ul-Mulk Ameer-ul-Hind Azeem-ul-Dowlah Behauder Shawkut FORT ST. GEORGE. 467 Shawkut Jung Sepah Salar Nabob Soubahdar of the Carnatic, on his own behalf, on the other part, for settling the succession to the Soubahdarry of the territories of Arcot, and for vesting the administration of the civil and military government of the Carnatic in the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East-Indies. A.D. 180 I Azeem-ul- Dowlah, ARTICLE I. The Nabob Azeem-ul-Dowlah Behauder is hereby formally established in the state and rank, with the dignities dependant thereon, of his ancestors, heretofore Nabobs of the Carnatic, and the possession thereof is hereby guaranteed by the Honorable East-India Company to his said Highness Azeem-ul-Dowlah Behauder, who has accordingly suc- ceeded to the Soubahdarry of the territories of Arcot. ARTICLE II. Such parts of the Treaties heretofore concluded between the said East-India Com- pany and their Highnesses, heretofore Nabobs of the Carnatic, as are calculated to strengthen the alliance, to cement the friendship, and to identify the interests of the contracting parties, are hereby renewed and confirmed, and accordingly the friends or enemies of either are the friends and enemies of both parties. ARTICLE III. The Honorable Company hereby charges itself with the maintenance and support of the military force necessary for the defence of the Carnatic, and for the protection of the rights, person, and property of the said Nabob Azeem-ul-Dowlah Behauder ; and with the view of reviving the fundamental principles of the alliance between his ancestors and the English Nation, the said Nabob Azeem-ul-Dowlah stipulates and agrees, that he will not enter upon any negociation or correspondence with any European or Native Power, without the knowledge and consent of the said English Company. ARTICLE IV. It is hereby stipulated and agreed, that the sole and exclusive administration of the civil and military governments of all the territories and dependencies of the Carnatic Payen Ghaut, together with the full and exclusive right to the revenues thereof (with the exception of such portion of the said revenues as shall be appropriated for the maintenance of the said Nabob and for the support of his dignity) shall be for ever vested in the said English Company ; and the said Company shall accordingly possess the sole power and authority of constituting and appointing, without any interference on the part of the said Nabob, all officers for the collection of the revenues, and of establishing courts for the administration of civil and criminal judicature. ARTICLE V. It is hereby stipulated and agreed, that one-fifth part of the net revenues of the Carnatic shall be annually allotted for the maintenance and support of the said Nabob and 3 o 2 of , 468 TREATIES, &c. A.D. isoi Azeem-ul- Dowlah. of liis own immediate family, including the Mahal of his late Highness the Ameer-ul- Omrah. The said fifth part shall be paid by the Company, in monthly instalments of twelve thousand Star Pagodas ; and whatever circumstance may occur, affecting the net revenues of the Carnatic, the said instalments shall not be less than twelve thousand Star Pagodas. Whatever balance of the- said fifth part may remain due at the expiration of each year, shall be liquidated upon the settlement of the accounts, and the said fifth part shall be at the free disposal of the said Nabob, consistently with the principles of the said alliance. ARTICLE VI. The fifth part of the revenues, . as stated in the preceding article, shall be calculated and determined in the following manner, viz. all charges, of every description, incurred in the collection of the revenues, the amount of the Jaghire lands, stated in the ninth article in the Treaty of 1737 at Star Pagodas 2,13,421, and the sum of Pagodas 6,2I,105> appropriable to the liquidation of the debts of the late Mahommed Ally, shall, in the first instance, be deducted from the revenues of the Carnatic ; and after the deduction of those three items shall have been made, one-fifth part of the remaining net revenue (including the Polygar Peshcush, which shall always be calculated at the sum of 2,64,704 Star Pagodas 20 Fanams 26 Cash, according to the Treaty of 1792) shall be allotted for the maintenance of the said Nabob, and for the support of his Highness’s dignity. ARTICLE VII. Whereas it was stipulated by the. fourth article of the Treaty of 1792, that the sum of six lacks twenty-one thousand one hundred and five Star Pagodas should annually be applied to the discharge of certain registered debts, due by the late Nabob Mahomed Ally to his private creditors, under agreements concluded between his Highness and the Honorable Company, and guaranteed by the Parliament of Great-Britain, until the said registered debt should be liquidated, the Honorable English Company, accordingly, hereby, charges itself with the annual payment of 6,21,105 Pagodas from the revenues of the Carnatic, until the remainder of the said registered debt shall be liquidated. ARTICLE VIII. Whereas certain debts are due to the said Company by the ancestors of the said Nabob, and whereas it is expedient, in order that the present Treaty may include a complete arrangement of all affairs depending between the said Company and the said Nabob, that an adjustment should be made of the afore-mentioned debts, wherefore the said Nabob formally and explicitly acknowledges the debt, commonly called the Cavalry Loan, amounting, with its interest, to 13,24,342 Star Pagodas 6 Fanams 47 Cash, and also the portion of the registered debt heretofore paid by the said Company to the creditors of the late Nabob Walajah (according to the annexed Schedule) to be just dehts ; FORT ST. GEORGE. 469 Azeem-ul- Dowla’n. debts; and whereas, exclusively of the above-mentioned debts, other unadjusted debts A. D. 1801 also remain, which were referred to the adjustment and decision of the Governor General in Council of Bengal ; and whereas the said uuadjusted debts have not been determined according to that intention, the said Nabob hereby engages, that whenever the said determination shall be made, his Highness will acknowledge to be a just debt the amount of the" balance which shall be so declared to be due to the said Company. It is not, however, the intention of this article, to cause any diminution from the fifth part payable to the said Nabob, but, on the contrary, it is specified, that no deduction shall be made from the revenue, on any account whatever, excepting the three items stated in the sixth article, previously to the determination of his Highness’s proportion. ARTICLE IX. The English Company' engages to take into consideration the actual situation of the families of their Highnesses the late Nabobs Walajah and Gmdut-ul-Omrah Behauder, as well as the situation of the principal officers of his late Highness’s Government ; and the British Government shall charge itself with the expense (chargeable on the revenues of the Carnatic) of a suitable provision for their respective maintenance. The amount of the above-mentioned expenses, to be defrayed by the Company, shall be distributed, with the knowledge of the said Nabob, in such manner as shall be judged proper. ARTICLE X. The said Nabob Azeem-ul-Dowlah Behauder shall, in all places, on all occasions, and at all times, be treated with the respect and attention due to his Highness’s rank and situation, as an ally of the British Government, and a suitable guard shall be appointed from the Company’s troops for the protection of his said Highness’s person and palace. ARTICLE XT. The entire defence of the Carnatic against foreign enemies, and the maintenance of the internal tranquillity and police of the country, having been hereby transferred to the British Government, his said Highness engages not to entertain or employ in his service any armed men, without the consent of the British Government, who will fix, in concert with his Highness, the number of armed men necessary to be retained for purposes of state. Such armed men as his Highness may, in consequence of this article, engage in his service, shall be paid at the exclusive cost and charge of the said Nabob. ARTICLE XII. The Honorable East-India Company shall, in conformity to the stipulations of this Treaty, enter upon the exclusive administration of the civil and military government of the Carnatic, on the 31st day of July, 1801 ; and his said Highness the -'Nabob shall issue orders to all his civil and military officers, to transfer the district or districts, under their respective charge, to such persons as shall be appointed by the said Company to manage the said districts, and also to deliver to the persons appointed all records, accounts, and official papers, belonging to their respective Cutcherries or offices. This 4 70 TREATIES, &c. A.D.1801 Azeem-ul- Dowlah. This Treaty, bearing date the 31st day of July, Anno Domini 1801, and consisting of twelve articles, having been executed by Edward Lord Clive, Governor in Council aforesaid, on the one part, and his Highness Azeem-ul-Dowlah Behauder on the other part, is hereby mutually interchanged, the said Edward Lord Clive engaging that a copy of the said Treaty shall be transmitted to Fort William, for the purpose of being ratified by his Excellency the most Noble the Marquis Wellesley, K. P., Governor General in Council, and that, as soon as the ratified Treaty shall be received from Bengal, it shall be delivered to his said Highness, who will then return to his Lordship the copy which he now receives, ( Signed ) Clive, J. Stuart, Wm. Petrie, E. W. Fallofield. By the Right Honorable the Governor in Council. ( Signed ) J. Webbe, Chief Secretary to Government. SCHEDULE Of the Account referred to in the eighth Article of this Treaty . Amount paid by the Company to his Highness the Nabob’s Creditors, on account of his consolidated debt of 1777 - Star Pagodas 26,47,381 Deduct : Receipts of revenue from the Carnatic surplus to the fixed military sub- sidy, in the Fusly years 1200 and 1201 - 8,29,481 Interest at six per cent, for four years and a half - - 2,23,960 — 10,53,441 Balance due by the Nabob - 15,93,940 Add: Interest for four years and eleven months, at six per cent. ... 4,70,21 1 Actual Balance - Star Pagodas 20,64,151 (Signed) Clive, J. Stuart, Wm. Petrie, E. W. Fallofield. By the Right Honorable the Governor in Council, ( Signed ) J. Webbe, Chief Secretary to Government. A true Copy, ( Signed ) J. Webbe, Chief Secretary to Government. FORT ST. GEORGE. 471 Separate Explanatory Articles. Separate Explanatory Articles annexed to the Treaty for settling the Succession A.D. 180i to the Soubahdarry of the Territories of Arcot, and for vesting the Administration cf the AZ6CQ1-Ul- Civil and Military Government of the Carnatic Payenghaut in the United Company of Dowlah Merchants of England trading to the East-Indies. ARTICLE I. Whereas it is stipulated by the fifth article of the Treaty, that the sum to be appro- priated to the support of the dignity of his Highness the Nabob Azeem-ul-Dowlah Behau- der shall be calculated at one-fifth part of the net revenues of the Carnatic, and whereas the improvement of the said revenues, which, under Providence, may be expected to arise from the effects of the present arrangement, may render the said fifth part greater than will be necessary to the purposes intended by the contracting parties, it is hereby explained, for the better understanding of the fifth article of the Treaty, that whenever the whole net revenue of the Carnatic, including the sums to be deducted, according to the sixth article of the Treaty, shall exceed the sum of twenty-five lacks of Star Pagodas, then and in that case the fifth part of such surplus shall be applied to the repair of fortifi- cations, to the establishment of a separate fund for the eventual exigencies of war, or to the military defence of the Carnatic, in such manner as may be determined by the Governor in Council of Fort St. George, after the previous communication to his Highnes 8 the Nabob Azeem-ul-Dowlah. ARTICLE II. Whereas it is stipulated in the sixth article of the Treaty, that the sum of 2,13,421 Pagodas on account of Jagheer, and the sum of 6,21,105 Pagodas on account of the private debts of the Nabob Mahomed Ally, shall be deducted from the amount of the net revenue, previously to the determination of the proportion to be paid to his Highness the Nabob, it is nevertheless hereby explained, that it shall not be incumbent on the Honorable Company to appropriate lands yielding a revenue to the said amount of 2,13,421 Pagodas, but that the said Company shall be at liberty to exercise its discretion in the mode and on the extent of the provision to be made, according to the ninth article of the Treaty, for the support of the family and principal officers of the Nabob Mahomed Ally, and of the Nabob Omdut-ul-Onirah. And it is farther explained, that notwith- standing the liquidation of the private debt of the Nabob Mahomed Ally, or of the debt due \ 472 TREATIES, &ci Azeem-ul- Dowlah, A. D. 1801 due to the Honorable Company, the said sum of 6 , 21,105 Pagodas, shall always be deducted from the net revenue, and shall, in no case, be included in the net revenue, previously to the determination of the share to be allotted to his Highness the Nabob Azeem-ul-Dowlah Behauder, it being the intention of the contracting parties, that the said sum of 2 , 13,421 Pagodas, and the said sum of 6 , 21,105 Pagodas, shall be considered to be permanent deductions,, in all times to come, from the revenue of the Carnatic. {Signed) Clive, J. Stuart, W. Petrie, E. W. Fallofield. By the Right Honorable the Governor General in Council". ( Signed ) J. Webbe, Chief Secretary to Government . A true Copy, ( Signed ) J. Webbe, Chief Secretary to Government. No. XXV. Treaty with the Rajah of Cochin, 1809. A.D .1809 The Rajah of Cochin. Treaty of perpetual Friendship and Subsidy between the Honorable the English East- India Company Behauder and the Rajah of Cochin. Whereas an agreement was concluded, in the year 1790 , between the Honorable East- India Company Behauder, and the late Rajah of Cochin, by which that Rajah was to be put in possession of, and to hold on specific conditions, as a tributary of the Honorable Company, certain districts therein enumerated ; and whereas the stipulations of that Treaty having been found insufficient, and the late occurrences in the Cochin territory having rendered it expedient that new engagements should be concluded, which shall be calculated to prevent the authority and resources of the Cochin country from being em- ployed in designs hostile to the British interests, and which shall be conducive to the ad- vancement of the prosperity and welfare of both the states; wherefore the following arti- cles of a new Treaty between the Honorable Company and the Rajah of Cochin have been agreed O FORT ST. GEORGE. 473 agreed upon and settled by the Resident at Travancore, Lieutenant Colonel Colin Ma- A.D.I8O9 caula}', being duly vested with authority thereto by the Honorable Sir George Hilaro Barlow, Baronet, Knight of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor in Council Cochin, of Fort St. George, on the part of the Honorable East-Inaia Company, and by the Rajah of Cochin, for himself and successors, to he binding upon the contracting parties as long as the sun and the moon shall endure. ARTICLE I. The friends and enemies of either of the contracting parties shall be considered as the friends and enemies of both, the Honorable the East-India Company Behauder engaging to defend and protect the territories of the Rajah of Cochin against all enemies whomsoever. ARTICLE II. In consideration of the stipulations in the preceding article, the Rajah of Cochin agrees to pay annually to the said Honorable Company, in addition to the usual subsidy of one lack (1,00,000) of Rupees, a sum equal to the expence of One battalion of native infantry, or Arcot Rupees 1,76,037, making an aggregate annual payment of Rupees 2,76,037 ; the amount to be payable in six equal Kists, and the payment to commence from the 1st of May 1809. And it is agreed, that the disposal of the said amount, with the distribution of the force to be maintained by it, whether stationed within the territories of the Rajah of Cochin or of the Honorable Company, shall be left entirely to the Company. ARTICLE III. Should it become necessary to employ a larger force for the defence and protection of the Cochin territories against foreign invasion, than is stipulated for by the preceding article, the Rajah of Cochin agrees to contribute, towards the discharge of the increased expence thereby incurred, such a sum as shall appear to the Governor in Council of Fort St. George, on an attentive consideration of the means of the said Rajah, to bear a just and reasonable proportion to the actual net revenues of the said Rajah. ARTICLE IV. And whereas it is indispensably necessary, that effectual and lasting security should be provided against any failure in the funds destined to defray, either the expcnces of the permanent military force in time of peace, or the extraordinary expences described in the third article of the present Treaty, it is hereby stipulated and agreed between the contracting parties, that whenever the Governor in Council of Fort St. George shall have reason to apprehend such failure in the funds so destined, the said Governor in Council shall be at liberty, and shall have full power and right, either to introduce such regulations and ordinances as he shall deem expedient for the internal management and collection of the revenues, or for the better ordering of any other branch or department of the Rajah of 3 p Cochin, TREATIES, &c. 474 A.D. I809 The Rajah of Cochin, Cochin, or to assume and bring under the direct management of the servants of the said Company Bebauder, such part or parts of the territorial possessions of the Rajah of Cochin, as shall appear to him, the said Governor in Council, necessary to render the funds efficient and available, either in time of peace or war. ARTICLE V. And it is hereby further agreed, that whenever the said Governor in Council shall signify to the said Rajah of Cochin, that it is become necessary to carry into effect the provisions of the fourth article, the said Rajah shall immediately issue orders to his Karia- cars, or other officers, either for carrying into effect the said regulations and ordinances, according to the tenor of the fourth article, or for placing the territories required under the exclusive authority and control of the English Company Behauder ; and in case the said Rajah shall not issue such orders, within ten days from the time when the application shall have been formally made to him, then the said Governor in Council thall be at liberty to issue orders, by his own authority, either for carrying into effect the said regulations and ordinances, or for assuming the management and collection of the revenues of the said territories, as he shall judge most expedient for the purpose of securing the efficiency of the said military funds, and of providing for the effectual protection of the country and the welfare of the people. Provided always, that whenever and so long as any part, or parts, of the said Rajah’s territories shall be placed, and shall remain under the exclusive authority and control of the said East India Company, the Governor in Council shall render to the Rajah a true and faithful account of the revenues and produce of the territories so assumed. Provided also, that in no case whatever shall the said Rajah’s actual receipt of annual income, arising out of his territorial revenue, be less than the sum of thirty-five thou- sand Rupees, together with one-fifth part of the nett revenues of the whole of his territories ; which sum of thirty-five thousand Rupees, together with the amount of one-fifth of the said net revenues, the East-India Company engages, at all times and in every possible case, to secure and cause to be paid for the use of the said Rajah. ARTICLE YI. The Rajah of Cochin engages, that he will be guided by a sincere and cordial attention to the relations of peace and amity established between the English Company Behauder and their allies, and that he will carefully abstain from any interference in the affairs of any state in alliance with the said English Company Behauder, or of any state whatever: and for securing the object of this stipulation it is further stipulated and agreed, that no communication or correspondence, with any foreign state whatever, shall be holden by the said Rajah, without the previous knowledge and sanction of the said English Company Behauder. ARTICLE FORT ST. GEORGE. 475 ARTICLE VII. A.D.1809 The Rajah of Cochin stipulates and agrees, that he will not admit any European v «— ' foreigners into his service, without the concurrence of the English Company Bebauder, ^Coc^in and that he will apprehend and deliver to the Company’s Government all Europeans, of whatever description, Avho shall be found within the territories of the said Rajah, without regular passports from the English Government, it being the said Rajah’s determined resolution, not to suffer, even for a day, any European foreigners to remain within the territories now subjected to his authority, unless by consent of the said Company. ARTICLE VIIL Whereas the complete protection of the said Rajah’s territories may require, that such fortresses as are situated within the said territories should be dismantled or garrisoned, as well in time of peace as of war, by British troops and officers, the said Rajah hereby engages, that the said English Company Behauder shall, at all times, be at liberty to dismantle or garrison, in whatever manner they may judge proper, such fortresses and strong places, within the territories of the said Rajah, as it shall appear to them advisable to take charge of. ARTICLE IX. The Rajah of Cochin hereby promises to pay, at all times, the utmost attention to such advice as the English Company shall occasionally judge it necessary to offer to him, with a view to the economy of his finances, the better collection of his revenues, the admi- nistration of justice, the extension of commerce, the encouragement of trade, agriculture, and industry, or any other objects connected with the advancement of the interests of the said Rajah, the happiness of his people, and mutual welfare of both states. ARTICLE X. This Treaty, consisting of ten articles, being this day, the 6th day of May 1809, settled and concluded, at the palace of Anjekanall, near Cochin, by Lieutenant Colonel Colin Macaulay, Resident at Travancore, on the one part, on behalf and in the name of the Honorable Sir George Hilaro Barlow, Baronet and Knight of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor in Council of Fort St. George, on the part of the Honorable English East-India Company, and on the other part by the Rajah of Cochin, for himself and successors. The Lieutenant Colonel aforesaid has delivered to the said Rajah one copy of the same, in English and Tamul, signed and sealed by him, and the said Rajah has delivered to the Lieutenant Colonel aforesaid another copy, also in Tamul and English, bearing his seal and signature ; and the aforesaid Lieutenant Colonel has engaged to procure and deliver to the said Rajah, without delay, a copy of the same, under the seal and signature of the Honorable the Governor in Council, on the receipt of 3 p 2 which \ 476 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1809 which by the said Rajah the present Treaty shall be deemed complete and binding on the v — Honorable the English East-India Company and on the Rajah of Cochin, and the copy of ^Cocjiin it now delivered to the said Rajah shall be returned. (Signed) G. H. Barlow, W. Petrie, T. Oakes, J. H. Casamaijor. By the Honorable the Governor in Council : (Signed) A. Falconar, Chief Secretary to Government* TREATIES, Sfc, WITH THE COUNTRY POWERS OF INDIA, CONCLUDED ON BEHALF OF THE EviST-IJVBIvl C QMPiAJVY BY THE GOVERNMENT OF BOMBAY. No. I. Treaty with the Marattas, in 1735. Articles of Agreement between Stephen Law, Governor of Bombay, Kc. on the Part of the Honorable English East-India Company, and Bajeerow Pundit Purdan, or First Minister of the Most Serene Sou Rajah, July, 1739, or 1140 Gentoo Stile, Stipulations between the Government of A.D. 1739 Bajeerow Pundit Purdan, in the Year v — ^ 1 140 of the Gentoo Stile, (Anno Domini TbeMarattas 1739), and the Honorable Stephen Law, General of the Port of Bombay , delivered to Captain Inchbird, his Deputy, in Bassein. ARTICLE I. The English shall only issue passes to the Company’s vessels, the merchants or ser- vants dependents, belonging to the island of Bombay, or other places where the Eng- lish have settlement ; and the English shall not interfere with Bajeerow’s fleet, nor give convoy to foreign vessels : save that, if two er three vessels should accidentally fall into company The English shall give their pass and co- lours to the vessels belonging to the port of Bombay, to the Company, or other mer- chants, as customary, but not to vessels belonging to those of foreign ports, who taking pass from our Goverment, may navigate and carry on their trade freely. Those who shall not take our pass shall be chastised 478 TREATIES, &c. A.D.1739 company with the English, in such case, chastised by us, and the English shall not TheMarattas ® a j eerow ’ s ^ eet not molest them. oppose the execution. The English Go- vernment shall not, as aforesaid, give their pass or colours to foreign merchants, or convoy vessels belonging to foreign ports not having passes from this state. Our fleet will not harm two or three vessels belong- ing to foreign ports, if by chance they come under convoy of the English fleet, whilst they continue under that convoy. ARTICLE II. The English, nor their subjects or depen- dants, shall not freight or put their effects on board any vessels not provided with passes from Bajeerow ; but if any unavoid- able necessity obliges them to the contrary of this, in case of such effects being seized by Bajeerow’s fleet, they shall be restored to the owners, they proving their property therein. The English shall not frieght their effects, or those of their jurisdiction, on vessels not having passes from this state ; and shall only freight those that have our pass : but in case of such a frieght, through pure necessity, and the effects should be seized by our fleets, on proof being made that they be- long to the English or their merchants, they shall be restored and delivered up. ARTICLE III. The English will not lay any restraint on the inhabitants of other countries, that have taken refuge in Bombay, in the war time, let them be Cooleys, carpenters, or other cast whatever, from returning to their abodes, with their effects and Gallivats. The English shall lay no restraint on the inhabitants, Cooleys, carpenters, and all casts of people belonging to the jurisdiction of Bassein, up toDemaun, and other places whatever, that retired to Bombay, but shall let them come away with their effects and Gallivats. ARTICLE IV. The English wall furnish two fighting Gal- livats, if required, to give convoy to the fishing Gallivats of Bajeerow, carrying goods or provisions, in their passage to and from Mahim and Yersova. The fishing Gallivats, that carry provi- sions or goods to and from Versova, shall be convoyed in their passage coming and go- ing, between Versova and Mahim, by the English. ARTICLE BOMBAY. 479 ARTICLE V. The English will grant free license for the export of all goods and commodities whatever, for the service of Bajeerow, and a free trade to the merchants of his country, in all sorts they may want, as iron, lead, brimstone, saltpetre, dammar, tar, sail-cloth, coir, and others (excepting artillery, balls, powder, and shot) they paying the custom- ary duties. Such things as have not before been used to pay export duty, shall conti- nue free of any, as, before. In like manner, Bajeerow shall permit the English and their merchants the free trade of his country and liberty of export of goods and provisions, paying the customs. All sorts of merchandize, or goods (ex- cept artillery, powder, balls, and shells) that the state may want, such as iron, lead, brimstone, saltpetre, dammar, coir, cloth for sails, and other sorts, shall be freely supplied us : and there shall be, in no wise, any impediment given to the merchants of this jurisdiction in their procuring the above sorts, or Der walls from the merchants, or the Company ; and when exported, they shall only pay the customary duties that such goods have been commonly rated at, and they shall pay no customs on those that were not before liable to any. In the same manner, there shall be no impediment given the English, the Company, or their mer- chants, in their buying any goods or provi- sions from this jurisdiction, or exporting the same, paying the customs. A.D. 1739 TheMarattas ARTICLE VI. The English will preserve their dominion of the river of Mahim, as it was granted them by the Portugueze. All the merchants’ vessels and fishing Gallivats, belonging to Bajeerow’s government, shall have free passage through the said river, and five or ten Seapoys, with their arms, shall be allow- ed to pass, being on board merchant vessels, on any services, or employed to bring intelli- gence. All the command and dominion which the Government of Bombay has in the river, from Mahim to Bombay, since the time it was delivered to them by the Portugueze, shall be preserved, in the same manner as has been practised from the beginning. All other commands or dominions they may have increased since, by means of their power, shall not be allowed. They shall grant free passage through the said river to all mer- chant vessels and fishing Gallivats that carry goods to and fro, (except those belonging to our fleet). They shall suffer five or ten Seapoys to pass with their arms, that may be in the said vessels, on any service, or sent to bring intelligence. ARTICLE 480 TREATIES, &c.‘ A.D. 1739 TheMai'attas ARTICLE VII. The English will not assist any of Bajee- row’s enemies, though in friendship with them, with any other, or more of the sorts, than what they engage to supply Bajeerow’s state with ; and Bajcerow shall observe the like agreement with the English. The English shall not give assistance of any sort to the enemies of this state, though they may be their friends. In like manner, we will not assist the enemies to the English. All the sorts they supply this state with, they may furnish others, as they please ; excepting munitions of war. ARTICLE VIII. Any person belonging to the English or Bajeerow’s jurisdiction, that shall go over to either Government, such Government shall oblige him to make satisfaction to his creditors. If a slave, he shall be delivered up by compulsion. Any person, of either side, taking refuge under either Government, let him be Mer- chant or in pay, and owing or carrying money away with him, the creditor of such person shall go where he is, and proving the debt by the arbitration of five persons, the money shall be delivered to the owner, and the person sued shall have liberty to go freely -where he pleases ; but if a slave, he shall be delivered up by force. ARTICLE IX. Any vessel belonging to the English or Bajeerow, that shall be driven by stress of weather, or other accidents, for shelter, on the coast of either jurisdiction, all possible assistance shall be given for the refittal ; but if stranded or wrecked on either shore, half of the cargo and vessels shall belong to the Government, and the other half be reserved to the owner. Any vessel, great or small, belonging to either Government, that by stress of wea- ther shall be driven for shelter to the coast under either jurisdiction, shall receive all possible assistance, and the masts, yards, and apparel, that may have suffered, be refitted, and proceed freely on her voyage. But in case the Company’s or their mer- chants’ effects shall be shipwrecked on any place of our jurisdiction, one half shall be restored to the owners, and one half shall remain to the state. In like manner, the effects on board any vessels of our jurisdic- tion, that may be lost at Bombay, shall be divided, half to the Company and half to the owners. ARTICLE BOMBAY. 481 ARTICLE X. The fleet of Bajeerow shall not attempt any vessel, though not provided with his pass, within the limits of the stakes at Ma- him, in a direct line to the mouth of the harbour, within the distance of a Corse, or a Corse and a half, from Underee on this side. Our fleet will not harm any vessel, navi- gating without a pass from this state, from the stakes at Mahim, in a direct line to the bar at the mouth of the harbour, within the distance of one Corse, or one Corse and an half, from Underee this way. A.D. 1739 The Marattas ARTICLE XI. Bajeerow’s fleet shall, by no means, hurt or molest the fishing Gallivats, or other vessels belonging to the English or their subjects, in their navigation of these seas. In like manner, Bajeerow’s fishing Gallivats, and other vessels belonging to him or sub- jects of his state, shall not be hurt or mo- lested by the English fleet. Our fleet will, by no means, molest any of the fishing Gallivats, or other vessels, be- longing to Bombay, navigating these seas. In like manner, our fishing Gallivats, and other vessels of our jurisdiction, shall not be molested by the English fleet. ARTICLE XII. Bajeerow’s fleet shall pass and repass freely by the bar, or in the river, at the mouth of the harbour; and in case of touching at Bombay for watering, they shall have friend- ly treatment. In like manner, the English fleet shall have reception and assistance in the ports of Bajeerow’s jurisdiction. The fleet of this state shall go in and out of port freely ; and if, at any time, it should repair to Bombay for watering, and stay some time there, it shall meet with assis- tance there. In like manner, we will assist and supply the English fleet arriving at any of our ports. ARTICLE XIII. The English will give no let or molesta- tion to the merchant vessels laden with goods of the merchants under Bajeerow’s juris- diction, passing to and from the rivers Negotan, Penn, and other ports: but in case of any of the said vessels importing at Bombay, and landing their effects, they shall pay the port duties. There shall be no impediment, on the part of the English, to our own merchant vessels laden with goods belonging to the merchants of our jurisdiction, and that go or come from sea into the rivers Negotan, Penn, and other ports: but if any such vessel go into Bombay, and unload their goods, they shall pay the customs. How- ever, in the river, there shall no harm what- ever be suffered to be done such merchant vessels by any power whatever. 3 Q ARTICLE 482 TREATIES* &c. A.D .1739 The Marattas ARTICLE XIV. The merchant vessels ^belonging to the English and their subjects, shall have free leave to purchase in the rivers Negotan, Penn, and other places, provisions and all sorts of merchandize, and export the same, paying the customs; and, on the part of Bajeerow, there shall be no impediment. The merchant vessels of Bombay may, in the rivers of Penn, Negotan, or other whatever, purchase freely provisions, or other sorts of goods, and export them, pay- ing the customary duties ; and, on the part of this state, no impediment shall be given them. These fourteen articles shall be observed, without failure. These fourteen articles, I (Chimnajee) have consented to, and they shall be ob- served without failure. Let this be made manifest. The 16th of Rabillicar (or 12th July). £ No. II. Treaty with the Marattas, dated the 12 th of October, 1 ?56. A.U .1756 The Marattas ARTICLE I. That the Maratta Government will never permit the Dutch to settle, or come into their dominions, but, on the contrary, issue express orders to prevent their carrying on any irade therein. ARTICLE II. As an article regarding Mahim river was included in the Treaty, made in the time pf the deceased Badjerow, and it having been represented, that the Bundorah Coolies have of late begun to set up new fishing stakes, which they ought not to have done in that river, the Maratta Government do hereby oblige themselves not to permit thereof in future. ARTICLE III. As Bancote and Hematgur have been delivered to the Honorable Company, the Marattas do, by these presents, give them the following villages, towards defraying the expences thereof, and which are to remain the said Honorable Company’s property for ever, and of which they are to be put in possession, without further delay, viz. Velass Bag, Manly, Veswee, Chepolee, Coodook, Ptmdarree, Panam, Dasgom, and Comela. ARTICLE BOMBAY. 483 ARTICLE IV. It having been a custom, during the Governments or Angria and the Marattas at Bancote, that the Sciddees received a Chotic, or quarter part of the customs, the Marattas engage to satisfy the Sciddee in this particular, and that the Honorable Company do not meet with any embarrasment concerning it, nor concerning the royalty of, this river, which is hereby given and made over to them for ever. In case the Sciddee should dispute complying with the foregoing, the English declare it should not retard the compliance with what may be mentioned in these articles, concerning the delivery of Ghereah. ARTICLE V. Customs are to be levied by the Marattas, on goods which pass up the river of Bancote, only at Gorgom and Marr, and not any let or impediment in any of the inter- vening places in the said river of Bancote. ARTICLE VI. As Dasgom is a pass for the Verjarrahs, or country merchants, the Marattas engage, that such goods as are carried that way to Marr, either by the river or by land, shall not pay any duties there, but only the usual Nickolla. ARTICLE VII. A.D.1756 TheMarattas All such subjects and inhabitants of Bancote, Hematgur, and its dependencies, as, on account of the dispute with Angria, retired to the Maratta territories, shall, if they are content so to do, be allowed to return to the English, without any impediment from the Maratta Government ; and others that, in future, may leave the English, are to be permitted to return again, if agreeable to them, in the manner above-mentioned : and such subjects as shall leave the Maratta Government, and retire to Bancote, shall have liberty to return to the Marattas again, on their agreeing with them, and in such case the English will not impede them. ARTICLE VIII. The Marattas may export from the river of Bancote, annually, for the use of their southern forts, &c. grain of all kinds, to the value of forty thousand (40,000) Rupees, and it shall be free from customs at Bancote. They shall also have liberty to export, custom free, such salt, rafters, small timbers, &c. as they may want for the use of their Sircar or Government : and in consideration thereof, the Honorable Company’s goods, to the amount of one hundred and fifty thousand (150,0Q0) Rupees, shall annually, in like manner, be free from all customs, as far as Poonah, upon Dalcaas, or certificates, being produced on both sides. 3 « 2 *' ARTICLE 484 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1756 ARTICLE IX. TbeMarattas ac ^itional i n l an d duties whatever to he levied on the English goods by the Maratta Government, but only the Rhaderage customs. ARTICLE X. Junardow Buttol Phudness Mahazom, with Ballajee Badjerow Pundit Purdan, has a patrimony, in \ r elass, of one garden and fifteen Begas of Batty ground, which is to remain with him ; in lieu, or in consideration of which, Nandgoa Compra is granted to the Honorable Company. ARTICLE XI. The Dutch goods will not be permitted to be landed at Rajahpore, nor their trade suffered to be carried on there, concerning which the Marattas will give proper orders : and the people under the Maratta Government are not to trade at Rajahpore ; but if disputes arise with the Sciddee, this is to be no obstacle to the delivery of Ghereah, as will be mentioned in a subsequent article. ARTICLE XII. The Bramins, inhabitants at Hurry Hurrasecar, and others, that will pass to and from thence on pilgrimage, are to be free from paying customs, in regard to the neces- saries that they may have for their own use, or to perform their ceremonies; but this does not extend to merchandize. ARTICLE XIII. The Mahar Government to carry grain of all kinds, timber, wood, &c. according to the custom formerly observed ; but as to the power of the river, it is to be carried on agreeable to the articles of this Treaty. ARTICLE XIV. The fort of Eswant Gur is to be entirely demolished ; and the English, on their parts, are not to make any forts or fortifications, within the nine villages nor by the river. In like manner, the Maratta Government are not to make any by the river of Bancote, or in the villages belonging to them. This article, however, is not to exempt the English from building such houses and warehouses as they think proper, in the villages belonging to them. ARTICLE XV. As all the royalty of Bancote and Hematgur is with the English, they are to take care, as much as in their power lies, to prevent the enemy prejudicing the Marattas through that river. ARTICLE BOMBAY. 485 ARTICLE XVI. A.D.1756 Ghereah Fort to be delivered within twenty -four days after the departure of the ^heMarattas English gentlemen from Poonah, together with such guns, balls, stores, &c. either of the fort or fleet, that the captors left for the service of the garrison or otherwise, or did not themselves sell ; but the stores, ammunition, &c. that properly belong to the Honorable Company, they are to carry away with them. The officers of Toolajee are to go where they please ; and if his family (wife and children) should be desirous of returning to him, the English will not impede it, but grant them free liberty so to do : and the Maratta Government engages, that Toolajee Angria shall have no place given him, nor any power below the Gaut. Ballajee Badjerow Pundit Purdan is to send an officer of credit with the English gentleman, who is to proceed with one of the Council from Bombay to Ghereah, which person, belonging to the Maratta Government, is to have in his possession the proper Sunnuds and orders, regarding the delivery of Bancote and its villages ; and when the Maratta people and colours are got into Ghereah, and the English ready to go out, he is to deliver directly the said Sunnuds and orders, for Fort Victoria (or Bancote) and its several villages, to the English Counsellor, and then return with that gentleman to Bancote directly, to see Nannah’s orders are effectually executed, in regard to the villages. ARTICLE XVII. These articles being concluded and agreed upon by both parties, they are to act conformable thereto ; in consequence of which all disputes are to subside, and no claims are to be made by the Maratta Government on the Honorable Company, to the date of these presents. ARTICLE XVIII. All Treaties hitherto made between the Maratta Government and English, are to be observed and maintained inviolable by both parties, agreeable to the tenour of them. The foregoing articles being agreed to by us, and accepted of by us, we do, in confir- mation thereof, affix to these presents the seal of the Honorable United English East-India Company, and do attest the same with our own proper names, in Poonah, the day and year above written, {Signed) Thomas Byfeld, John Spencer, 486 TREATIES, &c. NO. III. Treaty with the Prince of Cherrika, in 1756. ARTICLE I. A.D. 1756 If the French, or any other power, should come against the English Company, in any part of the dominions of the King of Colastria, which extends from Canharottu ^ Chenika n0lt ^ fco ^ le r ‘ ver °f Cotta south, the Prince of Cherrika promises to assist them with all his people and arms, and to use his influence to get succours likewise from the other powers. ARTICLE II. Immediately on a French fleet of ships appearing off or on, the Chief of Tellicherry advising of their being seen, the Prince of Cherrika promises to send fifteen hundred musqueteers to the assistance of the English Company, with such others after them as he can procure, as is stipulated in the above article: and further, in case a large English force comes to Tellicherry, and the Chief of Tellicherry requests the Prince of Cherrika to afford his assistance to expel the French from the country, he promises readily to give it to the best of his ability, on its being previously settled what part of the gain he (the Prince) is to have, the English proving successful. ARTICLE III. If the French, or any other power, comes against the Prince of Cherrika, the Eng- lish Company promise to assist him with armed people, balls, powder, and loans of money. ARTICLE IV. Whenever the forces of the English Company act in conjunction with those of the Prince’s, tire heads of these last are to be under the directions of the officer who may be appointed, from time to time, by the Chief of Tellicherry, to command the English forces. ARTICLE V. All forces sent by the Prince of Cherrika to the assistance of the English Company, are to be paid by them, in the manner of their own Nairs ; as, on the contrary, the forces sent by the English Company to the assistance of his Highness, with the balls, powder, &c. are to be at his charge and expence. ARTICLE r BOMBAY; W ARTICLE VL A.D. 1706 The trade and commerce of the English Company, in the dominions of Colastria, ThePrince Q f are to remain on the same footing as formerly ; and the Prince of Cherrika accordingly. Cherrika. promises to put no impediments in the way of it, but to use his influence to enlarge it 7 as, on the other hand, the English Company promise to favour the Prince in the interest and affairs of his country, according to his necessities, as in times past. No. IV. Articles of the Firmaund granted hy the Bringali Rajah, in 1758. ARTICLE I. Whatever pepper or beetlenut you purchase in my dominions, the country of Bringab, you shall pay for my duties, customs, and perquisites, and those of my ministers, in all two Pagodas twelve Fanams on every Hir of beetlenut, and in like manner, on every Hir of pepper two Pagodas fifteen and an half Fanams, and I allow and give up to you two and an half Fanams on every Pagoda ; and in case the merchants shall all agree to make any allowances to my custom-master, you shall pay your proportion only. / A.D. 175s Bringab Pcajah. ARTICLE II. Whatever pepper belongs to me, or is produced in my dominions, as Rajah of Bringah, I secure unto you, and will not sell it to any one else, but you shall buy it at the general price settled with the other merchants, between the months of November and March ; but in case you do not buy it between those months, you shall not hinder or object to our selling it to any one else. And in case any disputes shall arise between you and the merchants of my country, I, the Rajah, will oblige them to deliver their pepper at the price you have settled with them ; but in the recovery of your private debts I have nothing to do. ARTICLE III. If you choose to advance any money to the merchants, and will do it in the presence of my Parpadar and secretary, I will then make all such advances secure to you. ARTICLE IV. Whatever ground you want -to buil d a Banksall on, and for your servants, Seapoys, &c. I give te you, without any ground-rent or fees; and to mount-six small guns on it, to secuie the Honorable Company s treasure and goods, and that a good understanding' and strict friendship be carried on between us. ARTICLE 488 TREATIES, &c. A.D.1758 Bringah Rajah. ARTICLE V; In case any dispute happens between your people and mine, you are to apply to me for justice, which I will give to you immediately ; and, in like manner, if any of my people are injured by yours, I will apply to you, and you shall do justice : and if any of my people choose to take your service, you shall not employ them without my leave ; nor will I employ yours, but with your consent obtained in the same manner. ARTICLE VI. If any of my merchants owe you any money, you have full power to recover it, and I will not interfere ; but if you cannot recover it yourself, I will assist you and settle the dispute. ARTICLE VII. All goods you bring into my country shall pay only two per cent, customs ; and if you do not sell the goods, you may export them again without any customs. N.B. An Hir is equal to an Onore Candy, or very few pounds less. And the customs which all merchants pay on pepper amount to upwards of four Pagodas per Cand}% so that deducting the one Pagoda and an half Fanam, and also the two and an half Fanams allowed on each Pagoda, the abatement in his duties will exceed six Rupees per Candy. The allowance mentioned in the first article to be made to the Rajah’s custom-master, means a trifling annual present given to him by all the merchants at Bringah. No. V. Perwannahs, fyc.from the Prince of Scindy, in 1758, No. 1 . — Copy ( attested by Cojee Mahomed Yaya) of the Perwannah, from Golam Shah Abassie, dated the 2 2d September, 1758. A.D. 1758 Be it known to all commanders, officers, Faquirs, farmers, and inhabitants of Durat ^ Laree-bunder, Aurunga-bunder, Garranchere Darajah Chadra Massootie, Nakass, Bar- Scindy 1 bundle, Galabajur, Agur, Goozar Rajah Gunl, Johibar, Sarkar, Chachagom, Char- carhallow, Nassepore, Holcandy, Sarkar Sooiston, Coodabage, Sarkar Nohorey Abey, &c. BOMBA Y. 489 &c. places ..belonging to Sarkur, that Mr. Sumption, Gomastah, belonging to the A.D. 1758 Honorable English Company, informed me here, that on all the goods he purchases and Tlie p r j nceo f sends for the Honorable Company to Bomba}', he pays no more than one and an half per Scindy. cent, customs, on the market price, which 1 hereby confirm, and order that no more than that custom may be received of him, as usual ; but on all Europe goods which shall be sent from Bombay for Coodabage, Laree, Multon, &c. half of what customs, &c. charges (such as passports, convoy, lodging, Duan Towff, Canah, &c.) the Multon merchants pay : and should there be such goods as the Multuny never carry, and be it possible to know the customs and charges on them, they (the English) are to pay half of what any of the considerable merchants used to pay on the same ; but nobody is to demand any thing more. And the same customs, &c. as are above-mentioned, they are to pay on the Hina-, indigo, &c. goods which they never bought before ; and they are also to pay one and an half per cent, customs on the saltpetre, be it bought by themselves or by any body for them in the Sircar’s place, or any where else ; but no officers, farmers, &c. are to demand any thing more from them, but let them carry on their trade unmolested. And I further order that should their goods not be disposed of, and they want to carry them back, no customs shall be demanded thereon, nor on any provisions which Mr. Sumption shall send from any place on board their ships for their maintenance. They are also not to demand any thing for their gardens, nor in any shape molest their gardeners, boats, vessels, &c. or send them on any Sircar’s business ; and it is also ordered, that their chests of linen may not be opened, or the least hindrance shewn them in passing and repassing, it being contrary to our rules ; and in short, no one shall presume to make any new customs to their prejudice, or in any shape put any affront on them or their people. They have also free liberty to provide any sort of grain, and sell the same, and any European goods, at any rate they please. The customs on the Duppers of Ghee, oil, &c. as also on the chests and pots of goods, are to be charged conformable to the weight they put on each Dupper, chest, or pot, without weighing them again ; and the customs on the elephant’s teeth are to be received on the amount of sale, when they are sold. And should Mr. Sumption either buy or build a house or warehouse, at Aurunger-bunder or at Tattah, my said people are to give him all the assistance they can, that it may cost him only a reasonable price, and he is to have all the encouragement for carrying on his trade, as it will be an advantage to the Government ; but no other Englishman shall have a house or any encouragement. And as it is very necessary that I should encourage and please the English, I hereby order that an entire compliance may be shewn to this, without demanding any new order every year. 3 r No. 2. 490 TREATIES, kc. No. 2. — Translation of Golam Shah, Prince of Scindy’a Perwannah, for the Honorable Company’s Customs, Privileges, 8$c. at Scindy, dated 22d Sep- tember, 1758. A.D.1758 To all Faquirs (a term for the Scroys, or people of the Prince’s cast, inhabitants of v — -v “— J the upper part of the country), Diredars, Muttaseddees, that are at present, or shall in ^Scindy 60 ^ f uture come into offices of the customs, whether under the sovereign power, or farmed out at the Dirt (or Taltah custom-house), Laree-bunder, Aurunga-bunder, Cranchy Dora- jee, Choubetra Mausoolee Nackose, Barbundie Gullah, Bazar (or grain custom-house), Oagur Guzar Rajah Gott, Chuabar, Sircar Cachlon Choker-holla (names of countries). Sircar Nassepore, Holla-Candy, Sircar Sevastan, Coodabad Ruree, and all other places within my dominions: Know ye (or observe), that the wealthy, true, faithful, and friendly Mr. Sumption, English agent here, has made application, or requested, that the honourable, great, noble, and highly esteemed English Company, of India and Bombay, may, on whatever trade or merchandize they transact goods, import or export, buy or sell, pay only one and an half per cent, customs on the valuation of the real price of the place, which I have condescended to, and hereby grant : furthermore, tha,t the Gomastah (or agent) for the said Honorable Company of India n^ay have the privilege, on whatever goods he imports from abroad, and chooses to export up the country to Coodabad Ruree, Multon, &c. to receive a Putta (or permit), and whatever goods he may purchase there or above, to pay only the above-mentioned customs ; and of the Lauvasma (or customary charges) on the Putta goods, such as Rawdarree, Deradarre, Munket, Nut, Furhutt, Nungana, Dusturehoy Duana, Moota, at Coodabad, Circarwarry, Donnee, and other Nosem Kalsay Duanna Pescharry, Joab Khanna, &c. the half only of what paid by the Company of Multon merchants, which is required to be duly observed, and at any place, or wherever there be not a settled custom on the Multon merchants, the half only of what is paid by others, the greatest or principal merchants, and at your peril not to ask, demand, or receive more ; and if the aforesaid agent should purchase, bring down, and export out of the country, from Tattah, Hing, indigo, or any other goods, which he may not formerly have dealt in, or hath a settled custom for, to receive only the above* mentioned customs and rates, by the custom-master, Duanna, &c. as aforesaid, and more (on no terms) to ask or demand. And furthermore, if the abovesaid Gomastah, or agent, should, in any part within the extent of my dominions, of himself, extract or purchase from others saltpetre, the customs on the true valuation, at the price of the place, with all customary BOMBAY. 491 The Prince of Scindy. customary charges included, I have settled and affixed thereon, viz. in whatever place, A.D. 1758 within my government or dominions, that he may extract or purchase, to receive on it, in that place only, the abovesaid custom of one and an half per cent. ; and that my Muttaseddees, custom-masters, Diredars, Radawrs, Guzzervans, do not, on any pretence of customs or customary rights, customs on boats, Moressor or Misseree on ditto boats, Chitts, or other usual customs, in no place within my territories, give any impediment to them ; but the abovesaid Gomastah may, without trouble and in a satisfactory manner ^ carry on and transact his business, without molestation ; and that no other person may be permitted to export the aforesaid commodity, and that whatever goods he may import here, and not meet a sale for, if he, sooner or later, first or last export them again, by no means to demand any customs, charges, &c. or give any impediment to their expor- tation. And at the time of their ships arrival at any of my Bunders (or ports), if they should purchase provisions for the English and Lascars of their ships, such as bullocks, cows, goats, sheep, or other necessaries, at Tattah, or from out of the country, and export in ships, on no terms to ask, demand, receive, or give the least trouble concerning customs thereon. Furthermore, for customs or other customary dues on the English garden, which they may keep for their pleasure, to give no trouble, or make any demands thereon, nor let their gardener be subject to be pressed or molested on any occasion, as you are to observe I hereby exempt them therefrom : and the chests of wearing cloaths of the English, and other necessaries they may bring or carry with them, you are on no terms to give them trouble about opening, or demand the sight of, on any pretence whatever. And for customs of Moree, Misseree, &c. on their boat they may hire or keep to go to and fro in, not to ask or make any demand on ; and on their servants, and those under their protection, by no means to receive or give them any trouble, on account of head- money, or other dues of any kind, received from my subjects, or for any other new customs or demands that may arise or be collected in my country. And for any Nirkana (customs oh rice) or leave of carrying to their house of grain sold in Tattah or Nungana, on cotton imported from abroad, to make no demand or give any trouble thereon: and for Nungana on Ghee and oil, agreeable to the custom of Maund, for a Dubber, to make account as usual and receive the customary dues ; and whether it is put in small Buttaroes or larger Jocks, or in other vessels (larger or smaller) to make account on the customs of Maunds, eight Maunds per Dubber ; and on the 3 R 2 Lauvasma, 492 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1758 Lauvasma, or customs on the sale of elephants’ teeth, to receive, when sold, the usual ThePrinceof custom of nine P er cent P aid b y tbe buyer, and no more. Scindy. And if the aforesaid Gomastah (or agent) should, at Tattah or Aurunga-bunder, choose to buy or build a house for a factory, do you give him all the assistance, to the utmost of your power, to assist and forward him therein, and at the least expence, that they may settle in my country, in a strong secure factory, to their satisfaction, so as to trade with spirit and without apprehension, to the increase of revenues and advantage of my country ; and that no other Englishmen be permitted those favours ; and that they may at pleasure, and without control, receive the customary dues and privileges of their factories. As the bestowing favours and continuing friendship with the English is desirable in my presence, therefore insist that due regard (in every respect) be paid to the .above Sunnud, and no demand made for new ones. Dated at Ahmedabad, in Scindy, 18th Maharin, 1172 of the Higera, or September 22, 1758. No. 3. — Letter from Golam Shah, Prince of Scindy, to Mr. Robert Sumption, dated llth December, 1758. ' T . 3 ' I now inform you, that I am arrived with all my forces in the fort of Shahbunder, and have determined to collect no customs (not even a single pice) on the goods that any King*s merchants may bring to Shahbunder, but on all exported from hence they are to pay the usual customs. You may be sure of this my determination, and import goods from any parts to trade here. I hope you will soon send your man here, to choose a place for building a house or factory. No. 4. — Order from Golam Shah, Prince of Scindy, to his Metah Coostamdas, dated 18 th December , 1758, and attested under the Codjee’s Seal. . You are hereby ordered not to demand any customs on the goods which Mr. Sumption may import, and likewise to let him have any place which he may choose for building a factory on. Give him all the assistance in your power and be a friend to him, that he may think himself at liberty in carrying on -his trade for the good of the port. No. 5. BOMBAY. 493 No. 5.— Copy (attested under Codjee Mahomed Yaha\s Seal) of the Perwannah from Golam Shah Abassie, dated \8th Maharin, or 22 d September, 1758. Be it known to all commanders, officers, farmers, and inhabitants of Durat Laree- bunder, Aurunga-bunder, Carranchere Darajah Chavatra Massootie, Nakass, Barbundie, Gool Abajur Goozar Rajah Gunt Johibar, Sarkar Chachagom, Charcarhalan, Sarkar Nassepore, Halacandy, Sarkar Suistam, Coodabage, Sarkar Lorah, &c. places belonging to Sarkar, that Mr. Sumption, Gomastah, or agent, did, for and in behalf of the Governor belonging to the English Company of India and Bombay, inform here, that on all the goods he purchases and sells for the Honorable Company he pays no more than one and a half percent, customs on the market price, which I hereby confirm, and order that no more than that custom may be received of him as usual ; but on all Europe goods which may be sent from Bombay here, and hence to Coodabage, Laree, Multon, &c. or any brought from thence, they are to pay on the same half of what customs and charges (such as pass- ports, convoy, lodging, Duan Towff, Canab, Choukey, &c.)the Multon merchants pay j and should there be such goods as the Multuny never carry, and it be impossible to know the customs and charges on them, they (the English) are to pay half of what any of the considerable merchants pay on the same, but nobody is to demand any thing more; and the same customs, &c. as are' above-mentioned, they are to pay on the' Hing, -indigo, See. goods which they never bought before ; and they are also to pay one and a half per cent, customs on the saltpetre, be it bought by themselves or by any body for them, in Sircar’s place or any where else ; but no officers, farmers, &c. are to demand any thing more from them, but let them carry on their trade unmolested ; and the above-mentioned goods nobody else shall have liberty to buy. And I further order, that should their goods not be disposed of and they want to carry them back, no custom shall be demanded on them, nor on any provisions which they may provide at Tattah, &c. places, to send on board their ships for their maintenance. They are also not to demand any thing for their gardens, nor in any shape molest their gardeners’ boats, vessels, &e. conveyances, or send them on any Sircar’s business ; and it is also ordered, that their chests of linen ma} 1, not be opened; or the least hindrance shewn them in passing and repassing, it being contrary to our rules ; and in short, no one must presume to make any new customs to their prejudice, by any former rules or rates, or in any shape put any affront on them and their people. They have also free liberty to provide any sort of grain and sell the same, and any Europe woods, at any rate they please. The customs on the Duppers of Ghee, oil, &c. as also on the chests and pots of goods, are to be charged conformable to the weight they put on each Dupper, A.D.1758 The Prince of Scindy. TREATIES, &c. 494 A.D.1758 ThePrince of •Scindy. Dapper, chest, or pot, without weighing them again ; the customs on elephants’ teeth are to be received on the amount of sale, when sold, at the same rate as was usual in the time of the Prince Mahmud Moorod : and should the Governor either buy or build a house for a factory, at Aurunga-Bnnder or at Tattah, my said people are to give him all the assis- tance, that it may cost him a reasonable price ; and he is to have all encouragement for carrying on his trade, as it will be an advantage to the Government; but no other nation that wear hats shall have permission for it: and as it is very necessary that I should en- courage and please the English, I hereby order, that an entire compliance may be shewn to this, without demanding any new order every year. No. VI. Atchund’s Seal. Articles of Agreement made with Meah Atchund, at Surat, m 1759. A.D .1759 Meah Atchund. Agreeable to your desire I sent a person to you, by whom you advised me verbally of your demands ; and with sincerity of heart I now write the particulars I can agree to, which are as follows : ARTICLES. Wrote by the Nabob over each Article. Article I. The Faris Khan shall be appointed to the office of Naib, in its greatest extent, as in the time of Sufdir Khan, and nobody but himself shall interfere in the said post. Article IT. That whatever articles Faris Khan has given in writing, or promised to the Honor- able Company, the particulars of which can- npfc Article I. Agreeable to this article, I fully consent to Faris Khan’s appointment. Article II. Whatever Faris Khan has wrote, or pro- mised to do for the Honorable Company, I will stand to, without the least alteration. Article BOMBAY, 495 rtot be drawn out at present, and must be deferred till we can meet, shall be fully com- plied with, without the least diminution. Article III. That tfie Mecha gate shall be opened, our troops admitted, and we shall join our forces to drive our enemies out of the town. Article IV". The above articles a person in your behalf demanded, all which I agree to and will comply with ; and the Government shall be continued to me in full authority : and to the above I have put my own seal, and Meer Cootbodeen will sign and seal the same, after which you must send a counterpart of this writing, with the Honorable Company’s seal affixed. A.D.1759 Meah Atchund. Article III. The Mecha gate shall be opened, your troops admitted, and joined by mine, to drive out the enemy. Article IV. Agreed to, and that we shall act jointly in turning our enemies out of the town. Wrote by Cootbodeen. Whatever the Honorable Company have demanded, I agree to. Cootbodeen’s Seal. A counterpart of the aboi-e articles were sealed with the Honorable Company’s seal, and sent to Atchund, the 4th of March, 1759. No. VII. Ferwannahs, Sfc. granted in 1 7 59, relating to the Castle and Tanka, at Surat. Be peace and happiness with the renowned Mr. John Spencer, Captain of the factory A.D. 1759 in the city of Surat. By the hands of your Vackeel, your present and Arzee (or request) have been received, and the purport and particular thereof are understood, and your Ar- &c. relating to Surat. 496 TREATIES, &c. A.D.1759 Perwannahs, &c. relating to Surat, zee (or request) to his Majesty has been delivered. The pains you have taken, and the success you have met with, in keeping open the door of Mecba, and delivering our sub- jects from oppression, we are pleased and satisfied with. As to the Firmaund for the go- vernment of the castle, and Sunnud for the fleet, which are requested in the name of the English Company, I have given your Yackeel an answer, who will particularly advise you thereof. Let the Pishcasb, on this account, be quickly remitted, that it may be presented to his Majesty, and your request thereby granted. In the mean time it behoves you to carry on affairs with alacrity, and be assured that herein nothing on my part shall be wanting to countenance you. A Representation wade to the Mogul, by Mr. John Spencer, in behalf of the Honourable English East-India Company. That by virtue of royal Firmaunds of your Majesty’s predecessors, the English hitherto enjoyed favour at Surat, and carried on their business in a reputable manner, till in these days that the Sciddee, usurping an undue authority in the town, used it to the ruin of the city in general, the lives and properties of your Majesty’s subjects being made light of by them, and they even proceeded so far as to take away the lives of our people, in direct breach of your Majesty’s Firmaund ; and, in short, instead of being the protectors of the place, became the oppressors of it, to such a degree, that the just orders of your Majesty were no ways regarded in this city, by their means ; and things wese come to this pass, that though, in consideration of the Tanka, the Sciddee was to protect the bar, yet so far tvas he from doing that, that for man)' months past a large fleet of Sancrajee Punt’s Balla- jee Row’s Naib, entirely shut up the bar, as did a large land force by land, to the infinite detriment of the place and inhabitants in general, without the Sciddee’s interfering there- in ; and there was the greatest reason ;to believe, that unless some speedy and vigorous measures had soon been pursued, your Majesty’s famous city of Surat, the only port of good Mussulmen to the tomb of your Prophet, would have been brought to shame. In such circumstances, the eyes of the whole town were cast on us, as the only persons of force sufficient to save the city from the calamities that it then felt, and was still further «/"»■ * .... — threatened with ; and in consequence of their solicitations to me, though our business in those parts of the world is only trade and merchandize, and we are not desirous of taking or governing cities or countries, yet as all the inhabitants of this place, great and small, were earnestly desirous of it, and I saw it was for the good of the place, I wrote to the General of Bombay on the subject, in such manner, that at an immense expence he sent hither, on our King’s ships, a great force of good and experienced men, with a large quantity % BOMBAY. 497 quantity of artillery, and other warlike stores of all sorts, with which I have had the hap- A.D. 1^59 piness to procure safety to the city and ease to the inhabitants, and have procured an en- tire currency to your Majesty’s orders in the place; and your Majesty’s authority, by all & c . relating ways in our power, will be preserved in the place as it used to be, and you w iii consider to Surat, the English as desirous of receiving your orders, such being the intention of the Governor of Bombay and myself, whose whole power will be used to maintain the castle that we have possessed ourselves of for your Majesty, and to preserve the bar and sea open against all opposers, on your behalf; for we shall not apply the Tanka you have granted for this purpose to others, as has hitherto been the case : and since our having done this, the enemies that surrounded the place, both by sea and land, to its great prejudice, have been removed. We are always ready for the safety of the castle and the city, with its inhabi- tants, and therefore hope for your Majesty’s favour in behalf of the Honorable English Company 7 , for whose good services, on this occasion, I must refer your Majesty to the re- presentation of the inhabitants of the place. N. B. There accompanied this a letter to the Vizier, much to the same purpose, re- questing his countenance. Letters went also in the name of the Governor of Bombay on this occasion, to the King and Vizier, referring in general to the above ; and the whole was attended with a representation of the town in general on our behalf, under the seals of the Nabob Naib Codjee, the head Sciads and officers, and the heads of the merchants in general. Perwannah under the Viziers Seal, for Sciad Moynadeen Khan to act as Governor of Surat. By the advices received here from Surat it has been made known to his Majesty, that 3’ou, with the consent, and at the desire of the inhabitants, are arrived there, and that after- wards the Honorable Mr. Spencer, Captain of the Factory at Surat, with the renowned Faris Khan, came and turned out Sciddee Ahmed, who had possessed himself of his Ma- jesty’s castle, and greatly oppressed our subjects; and that thereby the city is now at ease and the inhabitants satisfied: therefore it behoves you to act as may be most conducive to the good of the city and his Majesty’s affairs, that every body may follow their calling without fear, and the city flourish. Let this be implicitly obeyed. On the 2d of Shabaun. and the sixth year of the reign of his present Majesty. 3 s Hookum, 498 TREATIES, &c. Hookum (or Order), under the Viziers Seal, to Mr. Spencer, to assist and advise with Sciad Moynadeen Khan in the Government of Surat. A.D. 1759 Perwannahs, &c. relating to Surat, Be it known unto the Honorable Mr. Spencer, Captain of the Factory in Surat, that in these days advice has been received, that with the consent, and at the desire of the in- habitants of the Bunder of Surat, the renowned and brave Sciad Moynadeen Khan Behau- der came into the place, and that afterwards you, with the renowned Faris Khan, came and turning out Sciddee Ahmed from the King’s castle, which he had possessed himself of, and given much trouble to the subjects by oppression and otherwise, gave ease and satisfac- tion to the inhabitants of the place, with which we are well satisfied ; audit now behoves you to advise with, and, in conjunction with the above renowned, so to carry on matters, as may be most conducive to the good of the place and the honour of his Majesty, by as- sisting one another. Let this be done. On the 2d of Shabaun, in the sixth year of the reign of his present Majesty. Hookum, under the Vizier’s Seal, to the Subjects and Inhabitants of Surat, to acknowledge and assist Sciad Moynadeen Khan as Governor of Surat. Be it known unto all the principal Sciads, Shaiks, and otherwise and old men of un- derstanding, as also to all the merchants and others, our subjects, inhabitants of Surat, that his Majesty is made acquainted, by advices from thence, that by your consent, and at your desire, the brave and renowned Sciad Moynadeen Khan is come there, and after him Mr. Spencer, Captain of the Factory at Surat, with the renowned Faris Khan, came and turned out Sciddee Ahmed, who possessed himself of his Majesty’s castle, and greatly oppressed our subjects, and that thereby the city is now at ease and the inhabitants satisfied : there- fore it behoves you, in all respects, to assist and advise the said Moynadeen Khan, and with one accord to concur in every thing for the good of the place, which I would have im- plicitly obeyed. On the 2d of Shabaun, and the sixth year of the reign of his present Majesty. Husbulhookum, BOMBAY. 49 $ Perwannahs, &c. relating- to Surat. Husbulhookum, under ike Great Seal of the Nabob Vizier Ulma Mulck Nizam-ul-Mulck Behauder. Be peace unto the high and renowned Mr. John Spencer. The courage and conduct A.D. 175J) you have shewn in his Majesty’s service, for the good of our subjects, the inhabitants of Surat, are made known to his Majesty, and their letter, expressing their satisfaction therewith, has also been shewn, with which his Majesty is well satisfied and praises you : therefore, upon this account he has been pleased to order this Husbulhookum to be sent you, that you may take care of his Majesty’s castle, and take the preservation of the trade of these seas particularly upon you, so that the inhabitants of Surat may carry on their business and live in ease and quiet, and the ships and vessels going to and coining from the most remarkable ports, as well as others, be in no fear from rovers and pirates. The Firmaund for the government of the castle, and Pervvannah for the fleet being given, in charge to the English Company, shall be sent you from court. On the 1st of the month of Zickat, and the sixth year of the reign of his present Majesty .; the 24th of June, 1759. N. B. The Husbulhookum to the Governor is in the same words as the above, only' that to the epithets, u high and renowned,” are added ** brave and courageous.” Perwannah, under the Cooehuck (or small Seal) of the Nabob Vizier Ulma Mulck Nizam-ul-Mulck Behauder, to Mr. John Spencer. The Arzee of the high and renowned, with the present, and letter expressing the merchants satisfaction, have been received by the hands of Hadee Khan. The conduct and courage you have shewn for the good of the inhabitants of Surat and his Majesty’s service, have been in a particular manner made known to him, with which he is well pleased and praises you for. It now behoves you, with a satisfied mind, particularly to look to the peace of the inhabitants and the preservation of his Majesty’s castle, and to take care that the trade of the seas is kept open and safe ; that the Hadjces, or pilgrims, and met chants, meet with no trouble and impediment, and that the ships, to and from the 3 s 2 renowned 500 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1759 renowned and other ports, may be safe from any fear of violation from rovers and pirates. Perwannahs ^ ie f° r t ® ie government, and Perwannah for the fleets being- given in charge to &c. relating* tb e English Company, shall be sent you from court. toSurat - —No date. ” • w Perwannah, under the Coochuck (or small Seal) of the Nabob Vizier Ulma Mulck Nizam-ul-Mulck Behauder, to Mr. John Spencer. High and renowned, the Tobod, or sums usually remitted from Surat, are now much wanted at court, and his Majesty is pressing for them. As yet what money the renowned Moynadeen Khan may have sent is not received, therefore Perwannahs have been wrote to hasten him in that respect ; but it likewise behoves you to press him on this head, and procure the remittance of the Tohod by bills, as soon as possible. Look upon this as absolutely necessary. Firmaund under the Great Mogul’s Seal, and under-sealed by the Vizier, for the Honorable Company’s holding the Government of the Castle of Surat. Torah, or Verses, from The Great Seal of the King’s the Khoran, in Arabic. Names in Persia. Let the renowned among the people, the English Company, hope for his Majesty’s favour ; and be it known unto them, that in these happy and victorious times, his Majesty has been pleased, out of his great grace and favour, to grant unto them the Killedaree, or government, of the castle of Surat, on its being taken from Mauphez Ahmed Khan : it therefore is "requisite, that they should be very grateful for this his Majesty’s favour, and look particularly to the welfare of the castle, keeping proper order and discipline among I BOMBAY. 501 among the troops, and having provisions, stores, and ammunition always in readiness, as A.D. 1"59 has been usual, which is strictly and especially required of them by his Majesty. ^ ^ ^ &c. relating Given on the 11th day of Maharin, and in the to Surat, sixth year of his Majesty’s reign, or 4th of September, 1759.' At the back of the Firmaund is the Grand Vizier’s seal, and all his titles wrote at length. Dustuck (or Order) under the Khan Sumaun or Steward's Seal , for the Honorable Company’s holding the King's Fleet. The Dustuck, in the name of the noble and renowned English Company, is as follows : By his Majesty’s Husbulhookum, the office of Deroga of the great fleet, belong- ing to the Bunder of Surat, vacant by the dismission of Sciddee Yacood Khan, is now delivered into your charge : therefore it behoves you to execute the said office with great care and circumspection, and carry on the business of it justly and with moderation. Look on this as absolutely required of you. Dated the 2d day of Maharin, in the sixth year of his Majesty’s reign ; the 26th of August, 1759. At the back of this is the seal of Zechal Doulat Fidaudin Khan Behauder, who is Khan Sumaun, or Steward to his Majesty, whose prerogative it is to grant this order. An Order, under the Vizier’,? Seal, to Sciad Moynadeen Khan, Governor of Surat, regarding the Payment of the Tanka, on Account of the Fleet, to the Honorable Company, fyc. To the brave, noble, renowned, and careful Sciad Moynadeen Khan Behauder, on whom is his Majesty s favour: The Vackeel of the English Company having represented, that as tne Deroga, or post of the great fleet, belonging to the Bunder of Surat, under the Soubah of Amedabad, on the dismission of Sciddee Yacood Khan, Killedar of Dunde Rajahpore, 502 TREATIES, fee. A.D. 1759 Rajahpore, from the said post, had been granted his constituents, he hoped that a Pervva-n- Perwannahs tia ^’ 01 0l '^ er ^ or tlie Tanka, account the troops of the fleet, as has been usual since the Ac. relating time of him who is now in Heaven (meaning Aurungzebe), among the other charges of to Surat Surat, exclusive of what is sent to court, might be given him in your name. From the archives of the kingdom it appears that this office was in the hands of Sciddee Yacood Khan, and that in the twenty-third year of the reign of Mahmud Shah he procured an order on TegbegKhan, then Governor, for the annual payment of two lacks, according to custom, besides what was sent to court. Now in these days, the office of Deroga of this fleet, on the dismission of Sciddee Yacood Khan, has been granted to the said Company, as has been usual under the Dustuck, or order of the Khan Sumaun (or steward), and dated the 2d of Maharin, and sixth year of the present reign; therefore I now write you, that vou may pay unto them, account charges for the forces of the fleet, the usual Tanka of two lacks every year, agreeable to the hereafter order, among the other charges, exclusive of what is sent to court ; and let the accounts and papers relative thereto be transmitted hither. Dated the 25th of Maharin, and sixth year of the reign of his present Majesty, or 18th of September, 1759. On the back of this Perwannah is the Vizier’s seal, and the Zimra, or certificate, from the several officers and registers at Court, setting forth as is above related in the Perwannah, and that the Vizier had given orders for registering the Arzees and orders given thereon. An Husbulhookum, under the Seal of the Nabob Vizier Ulma Mulck Bella u- der, to the English Company, accompanying the Firmaund. May his Majesu’s favour ever remain upon the brave and noble English Company. It has pleased his Majesty to grant unto you the office of Killedar (Castle Governor) of the Bunder of Surat, vacant by his dismission of Mauphez Ahmed Khan, as also the office of Deroga of the great fleet of the said Bunder, vacant by the dismission of Sciddee Yacood Khan ; therefore, agreeable to his order, you are now directed to take particular care of the proper execution of the above offices, by looking well to the welfare of the castle and preservation of the merchants, fee. on the high seas, keeping them clear of pirates and rovers who may infest them. This is positively required of you. An BOMBAY. 503 An HusBULHOOKUMyrom the Vizer to Mr. Richard Bourchier. It has pleased his Majesty to grant unto the brave and noble English Company the A.I). office of Killedar of the Bunder of Surat, vacant by the dismission of Mauphez Ahmed Khan, as also the office of Deroga of the great fleet of the said Bunder, vacant by the dismission of Sciddee Yacood Khan ; therefore, agreeable to his order, this is wrote you, to direct that, according to the directions and advice of the said Company, you take all the care in your power for the proper execution of the said offices, by looking well to the welfare of the Castle, and preservation of the trade and merchants on the high seas from pirates and other rovers. Of this you are required to be very careful. Pervvannahs, &c. relating to Surat. The Husbufftookum to Mr. Spencer the same as the above, except two or three words, which are almost synonymous. To Atchund, the same, and directing him to; give the Company all the assistance he can in the execution of these offices. No. YIIL Articles of Agreement with the King of Cotiote, dated the 23 d of August, 1759. ARTICLE I. If at any time the French, or other power, shall attempt to annoy any part of the A.D. If 59 Honorable Company’s districts, or the chief for the time being shall have notice of such v — an intention, and for the defence thereof applies to the King Regent for his assistance, he ^Cotiote promises immediately to furnish any number of his Nairs, or musqueteers, that may be desired, not exceeding six thousand ; and those who come are to be paid by the Com- pany, during their stay in their service, as follows, viz. Three measures of rice, Com- p*iny’s measure, and four Bejas per day, to every common Nair ; and four measures of rice, same measure, and eight Bejas, to every Moopa, ARTICLE 504 TREATIES, &c. A.D.1759 The King of Cotiote. ARTICLE II. The Nail's which the King may send to the Company’s assistance, are to be under command of such of their (the Company’s) officers as may, from time to time, be appointed by the Chief ; and as the King’s levying his troops is attended with an extra- ordinary charge, it is agreed, in consideration thereof, on his beginning so to do, that the Company allow him the sum of two thousand Rupees ; but if it should happen that hostilities cease before proclamation of peace, or a war begun, and on that account the King’s troops are l'eturned, and yet again be required, before the expiration of twelve months from their first coming, they are to be remanded, without any fresh allowance being made the King ; though in case they should not be required till the commencement of another twelve months from the time above-mentioned, another allowance of two thousand Rupees is to be made the King, as his then levying them will be attended with the like extraordinary expence as before. And to the families of those who may die fighting in the Company’s cause they agree to give them as follows, viz. To those of the officers, from 340 Fanams to 750 Fanams each, according to their respective ranks ; and to those of the common Nairs, from 120 to 240 each, according to theirs, in like manner as the King would do, which he is to declare by Ola : and those who shall be wounded., the Company will either cause to be cured by their or a Malabar doctor, at their expence, or if they rather choose to obtain their own cure, 300 Fanams are to be given to each officer, and 150 to every common Nair, for that purpose. ARTICLE III. Should the Company, at any time or times, require a number of the King’s Nairs to their assistance, not exceeding five hundred, they are not to make him any levying allow- ance on such account, but only for what may be wanted from that number to six thousand ; 'and provided that, during the stay of a supply from five hundred upwards, the King resides at or on this side of Cotiote, the Company are to allow him two hundred Fanams per day for his expences, exclusive of the two thousand Rupees (as per Article II.) to be given him on his beginning to levy his troops. ARTICLE IV. For the better preservation of the friendship subsisting between the Company and the King, and for the freedom of their commerce in his dominions, the King promises not to suffer any European nation but them to purchase pepper, cardemoms, or sandal-wood therein ; and the Company are annually to present him, at the feast of Onah, with the sum of twelve hundred Fanams, on receiving an Ola from him requesting it. ARTICLE V. On any enemy’s invading the King’s territories, the Company agree to supply him with powder, ball, flints, and other warlike stores, at the prices under-mentioned, together BOMBAY. 505 The King of Coticte. together with the money and rice, to the amount of 1,50,000 Fanams, including the A.D. 17^9 amount he may at such time be indebted ; all which, if the King repays within twelve months, no interest is to be charged ; but if not, to run at ten per cent, per annum. The Company shall, however, first endeavour to accommodate matters amicably; but if the enemy will not attend to such propositions as may be judged reasonable, the Company will then assist the King, in order to subject the said enemy, with men properly equipped, with mortars, cannon, &c. he defraying the expence, giving the same pay to their Nairs and Calliquilones as above agreed by them to give his Nairs, and to the military in like manner as the Company’ when they employ them on such occasions ; and to the killed and wounded, the same as the Company are to give those belonging to him. ARTICLE VI. If the King should wage war against any enemy (except the Prince of Cberrika) the Company agree to assist him with powder, shot, &c. at the prices below, together with money to the amount of 75,000 Fanams, including likewise what may at such time be indebted. ARTICLE VII. On the Company’s taking arms offensively’ against any power whatever (except the French), the King promises to afford them the assistance stipulated in the first article of this agreement, and on the same terms; and should the Company^ proceed against anv of the fortifications belonging even to the French, the King engages not to assist them (the French) in any shape, but contrariwise, to man the Company’s forts with his troops, if required, during the absence of their own forces on such expedition : but if the French henceforward grant the King’s enemies succours of any kind whatever against him, he obliges himself to act in conjunction with the Company offensively against them, whenever they may think proper. Prices of the warlike stores to be supplied the King, viz. Gunpowder - - - - - at 46 Rupees per barrel. - Lead - - - 60 ditto per candy. Ditto balls - - _ 66 ditto ditto. Iron - 75 ditto ditto. Flints - - - 2 ditto per hundred. ' Goa paper 7 EXPLANATION. ditto per ream. The reason of this being consented to, was, on being convinced that his expences are greater, when he resides at any of those palaces, than at others, on account of the number of people who resort daily to him, and to whom be is by custom obliged to give provisions. 3 x 506 V TREATIES, &c. No. IX. v ^ ) Firmaund from the Rajah of Soundah, in 1760. Wckrurn Servecher , Margeser Buboots Disrncy, or about the 24/A of December , 1760. Sereipnan Nao Maha (Mibhoo of Soundah). Sevajee Mudoo Sudasaw Rayenderoo. This Firmaund is granted unto Robert Gambier, belonging to the Honorable English East-India Company, at Onore, according to the application made to us by Luximycant, who has desired to enter into an engagment with us, about the pepper produced in our dominions : we, therefore, have granted you this writing, whereby we allow you full liberty to purchase all the pepper produced in our country, of the Zuzendars or Prezaguls, except what is due unto us for our customs, Habadoy, and all other fees included, eleven Chanouree Pagodas per each Neese ; and this liberty we grant you for the full space of one year, and have accordingly issued the necessary orders to our custom-masters and officers. Rajah of Soundah. N.B. A Chanouree Pagoda is about three Rupees and two quarters j and a Neese about twenty Maunds and three quarters of Onore weight. A.D.1760 The Rajah of Soundah. No. X. The Royal Grant of King Baddacalamcur, Regent of Colastria, dated the 9 th September , 1 760. ARTICLE I. A.D.1760 The King of Colastria. Of our free and good will, we confirm to the English Company all their grants and privileges in our Kingdom, given them by our ancestors ; also the Agreement entered into with our younger brother, to be and remain unalterable for ever. ARTICLE BOMBAY. 50 7 ARTICLE II. A.D.1760 Whereas all the pepper produced in our country is permitted by these grants to be * bought by the Company, without any impediment, also for them to impede any one Cohstrfa^ transporting thereof ; we now, in order the more firmly to establish this privilege unto them, and especially to prevent the Dutch, or any one else, purchasing the pepper of Rhandoterrah, further consent to the Company’s placing their people, both by land and sea, in any part they may judge proper to frustrate it ; and if, for this purpose, the Chief of Tellicherry shall request our assistance, we hereby promise to afford it in like manner as he may desire it. ARTICLE III. All vessels, of what kind soever, drove on shore by stress of weather, or other acci- dents, in the dominions of Colastria, are, by the laws thereof, the sovereign’s property ; but should any one belonging to the English Company, or having their sealed pass, happen to run ashore in any part of our dominions, we promise not to seize thereon, but rather to ■ be aiding, so as to prevent, as much as possible, any damage or loss accruing to the said vessel or her cargo, and to restore her to the Company for account of the lawful owners. ARTICLE IV. Having frequently experienced maleficent and disobedient behaviour in our heir, Unnamen Tamban, we are determined to reject him, and take such other as, on consulting with the Chief of Tellicherry, he may approve ; though in case Unnamen Tamban returns to his obedience, with the Chief’s consent, we will retake him for our heir: and should any of our successors happen to be brotherless or nephewless, and be necessitated to constitute some other Prince, more distantly allied, their heir, we agree, that he shall first advise with the Chief, for the time being, of Tellicherry, and not appoint him but with his approbation. ARTICLE V. At the expiration of forty days we will come again to Tellicherry, and cause a calcu- late to be made of the amount customs we receive from the Companjq and those trading under their protection in our dominions, agreeable to which we will agree to accept of a certain stipend to be paid us annually, in lieu thereof. An Obligation given by the King Regent of Colastria, the Qth of Septem- ber, 1760 . ARTICLE I. Whatever balances may be due to the Honorable Company from the Princes of the palace of Palliquiiote, on the adjustment of that account with my ministers, together with 3 T 2 that TREATIES, &c. SOS A.D. 17O0 that owing- by the four chiefs of Payenalt (who are the Achamars of Rhandoterrah) on , ' Rhandoterrah, with the interest thereon, agreeable to their obligation, also the amount of Colastna. what t lie King may be supplied with in his present exigencjq his Majesty obliges himself to discharge, out of the annual rents of Rhandoterrah Poddateddattu Naudu, situated to the southward of Nelleaseroon, and Cunhangalattu, to the southward of said Poddated- dattu Naudu, until the whole is paid off ; and to that effect, his Majesty hereby mortgages to the Company the revenues of those places. ARTICLE II. The district of Rhandoterrah having, for these eight or nine years past, been greatly oppressed with heavy rents and fines, to its great detriment, and which, if continued, will end in the total ruin thereof, particularly the pepper plantations there, whereby the Com* pany will receive great prejudice, the King promises to alleviate the rents of the said place, also to moderate the fines, by not letting them together exceed twenty-five per cent. ARTICLE III. When the Company are paid the debts above-mentioned, with the interest that shall arise thereon, this obligation is to be null and void. ARTICLE IV. At the expiration of forty days, when the King comes hither, and settles the annual allowance to be paid him in lieu of the customs of Tellicherry, &c. then also will be taken into consideration, what part of the interest on the Achamar’s debt can be remitted him. A Privilege granted by the King Baddacalamcur, Regent of the Kingdom of Colastria, on the 22 d of November, 1760, E. S. Qth of November 93 6, M. S. Be it known to all, that I, the King Baddacalamcur, Regent of the Kingdom of Colastria, taking into consideration the many services, favours, and assistances received by our Palace of Pally, from the Honorable English Company, as well in the time of our ancestors as in our own, especially in the difference which was of late between us and our nephew, Prince Unnamen, wherein we experienced a firm and faithful friendship from the Company ; in consequence whereof, by this our royal writing, over and above all former privileges, we give and grant to the said English Company, our whole right of collecting customs, in all and every place under their protection, throughout our dominions, from this day forward for ever ; in lieu of w-hich, the Company shall be obliged annually to pay us the sum of twenty-one thousand ( 21 , 000 ; silver Fanams, wherewith we are satisfied, and against which our heirs and successors have nothing to object, nor shall at any time > it being done of gur own free and good will, and passed with our sign royal. BOMB A Y. 509 No, XI. Articles of Agreement Sciddee Hillol, on the Part of himself and the Inhabitants of Jaffrabad, dated the 3d January, 1761. Sciddee Hillol professes himself a servant of Sciddee Yacood Khan, of Gingerah, A..D. and faithfully promises obedience to all lawful orders of the said Yacood Khan and his J Sciddee of successors ' Gingerah. Sciddee Hillol having received many favours from the Honorable English Company, and being promoted to the Fouzdarry of Jaffrabad by their interest and intercession, with his master, Sciddee Yacood Khan, to testify his gratitude to them, and to promote the welfare of the inhabitants of Jaffrabad, has entered into the following articles, as the foundation of a firm and lasting peace, viz. ARTICLE I. That a strict friendship is now entered into between the English, in all parts of India, and the inhabitants of Jaffrabad, alias Musafarahad. ARTICLE IT. That no boats or vessels, with English passes and colours, shall be molested on the high seas, or elsewhere, by those of Jaffrabad ; and all Jaffrabad trading boats, with Sciddee Hillol’s pass and colours, be treated as friends by the English, ARTICLE III. All boats and vessels of both parties, being in distress, and going into the ports of one another, shall have all possible assistance afforded them, and liberty given to go away when they please, as is customary between friends. ARTICLE IV. That the merchants of Bombay and Jaffrabad have free liberty of trade to those and all other parts under their respective jurisdictions, on paying such duties as are established now, or may hereafter be settled. ARTICLE V. That the Honorable Company’s cruisers shall not be subject to anchorage, or any other feea of that nature, paid by merchants’ boats. ARTICLE 510 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1761 Sciddee of Gingerah, ARTICLE VI. The inhabitants of the adjoining countiy of Jaffrabad often making use of the name of Jaffrabad merchants, to get the Honorable Company’s pass, and afterwards employ their boats in pirating, it is agreed, that Sciddee Hillol shall give letters to merchants only, and those such as he is well assured are fit to be trusted ; and that none but such as produce his letters shall have the Honorable Company’s pass granted them. ARTICLE VII. Sciddee Hillol promises not to give his pass to arry of the Jaffrabad cruising boats, nor to those of Sultanpore, or any pirates whatever. ARTICLE VIII. In case any Jaffrabad boats are taken or detected in molesting, seizing, or plundering any vessel, with English pass and colours, the Honorable Company may treat such boats and their crews in what manner they please. ARTICLE IX. That Sciddee Hillol will use his best endeavours to supply Bombay with live cattle, whenever occasion may require, they being paid for on delivery. ARTICLE X. As Sciddee Hillol is desirous of encreasing the trade of Jaffrabad, he has requested that the merchants of that place, who shall procure his pass, may be permitted to trade to Surat with freedom, and enjoy the privileges granted them many years since : it is agreed, that the Honorable the President and Council shall recommend to the Chief any factors at Surat, to procure from the Government a full and free permission for their trading thither, and enjoying all their ancient privileges, taking care that they meet with no oppressions whatever. ARTICLE XL Sciddee Hillol faithfully promises to use his endeavours to bring the Sultanpore Coolies to articles of Agreement, not to molest the ports of Broach, Jamboseer, Cambay, Gogo, &c. ; and in case the Coolies will not be prevailed upon in this point, Sciddee Hillol engages to join with us in an expedition against them ; he with his land forces, and we with our fleet. ARTICLE XII. The city of Surat and the town of Bownagur being under the protection of Surat Castle, now in possession of the Honorable Company, by virtue of the King’s royal Firmaund, the merchants and inhabitants of both places are comprehended in this Treaty ; therefore, should they be treated with violence in their trade or persons, by the Jaffrabad boats or forces, the Honorable Company will resent it. ARTICLE BOMBAY. 511 ARTICLE XIII. In case any vessels or boats shall be wrecked on the coast of Jaffrabad, or any where within its jurisdiction, belonging to the English, Sciddee Hillol faithfully promises, that all assistance shall be given, suitable to the occasion ; and should their vessels, their cargoes, sails, stores, &c. afterwards be saved, every article shall be restored to the owners, without his detaining or keeping the least part thereof, under any pretence •whatever ; and the Honorable Company engage to do the same by any trading vessels or boats belonging to Jaffrabad, which may have Sciddee Hillol’s pass and coloui’s, and meet with the like misfortune, in any port or place of their jurisdiction. A.D.I76I Sciddee of Gingerah. In confirmation of the foregoing articles, the seals of the Honorable Company and Sciddee Hillol are affixed to two papers, of the same tenour and date, one to remain with the Honorable the President and Council of Bombay, and the other with Sciddee Hillol. Bombay, the 3d January, 1761, or the 25th of Jamudilavoe, 1174. No. XIX. Articles of Agreement made with Seuram Punt Tatiah, in Behalf of Madarao Balajee, Son of Balajee Badjeerow, Pundit Punt Purdan, dated the 14 th of September, 1761. ARTICLE I. A.D.1761 That such of the Maratta officers who have presumed to stop any Pattamars, and obstructed the business of the English, by any impediments whatever, shall be severely TheMarattas punished for such their offences ; and to prevent the like happening again in future, strict orders shall be issued immediately for that purpose, which, if not found sufficient to answer that end, the English are to acquaint Madarao thereof ; and if redress is not obtained in reasonable time, if the English then take satisfaction of such offenders, in whatever manner may by them be thought proper, it is not to be deemed a breach of friendship between the two Governments. ARTICLE II. That ample satisfaction shall be made, within two months from the date hereof, to all merchants trading under the Honorable Company’s protection, who havt; suffered in their TREATIES, &c. 512 A.D.1761 The Mara this their property, by any unjust or ill-egai actions of the Maratta officers or subjects, in any place, shape, or manner whatever ; and rigid orders issued, that all assistance be afforded, in future, to any vessel or vessels in distress, having English colours or passes, without subjecting the owners or proprietors thereof to any impediments, under the pretence of their being wrecks, from the splitting of a sail, the breaking of their masts or yards, and such trifling misfortunes ; whereas no vessels are to be deemed wrecks, but such as are drove ashore, and there break to pieces by stress of weather ; when the Maratta officer and the people of the vessels are to join in saving all that is possible, which must be lodged in secure warehouses, and then one half of what is so saved shall belong to Madarao, and the other half to the owners. ARTICLE III. That all Europeans and natives, either soldiers, seamen, or others, in his Britannic Majesty’s or the Honorable Company’s pay, who may hereafter desert from Bombay, shall be immediately secured, and returned to the nearest English settlement to such place where they may be apprehended upon landing in any part of the Maratta country ; the Governor having promised all such a free pardon, and to pay any reasonable charges that may be incurred on the occasion. In like manner shall be delivered up all deserters, in the English pay, from Surat, on their being known, or immediately on receiving notice of them, within the Maratta limits, it not being in their power to speak more positively with respect to those of Surat, as the country thereabouts is open, and numbers go through it without being known. It is also agreed, that whatever people, Europeans of all nations excepted, who are in the service of Madarao, and may desert therefrom to the English', shall be delivered up on the same terms and conditions. ARTICLE IV. That proper people shall be forthwith dispatched, for restoring the whole jurisdiction and territories of Rajahpore to the Sciddees of Gingerah, in the same condition and manner as they remained before invaded and attacked by Ramajee Punt, which country is not to be molested in future by any of the Maratta officers or subjects. ARTICLE V. That all prisoners taken by the Marattas or Sciddees, subjects of either Government, and now in their possession, shall be sent to Bombay, within one month from the signing of these articles, and mutually restored by the Governor to their freedom; and all hostili- ties between the Marattas and Sciddees shall cease from this time. Lastly, That proper orders shall be instantly dispatched to all the Maratta officers, requiring them to shew a due obedience to these articles, which are to be confirmed under Madarao’ s seal, and transmitted to Bombay with all possible expedition, after the signing and BOMBAY. 513 and sealing thereof; when a counterpart- of the same is to be executed by the Governor, A.D. 1761 and transmitted to Poonah In confirmation of all which, I, Govind Seuram Punt Tatiah, have to this instrument interchangeably set my hand and seal (in behalf of Madarao Balajee Pundit aforesaid) at Bombay, the 14th of September, 1761. AN ADDITIONAL ARTICLE. As to what relates to the restoration of Undery Fort, and the country appertaining thereto, is submitted to Madarao’s generosity, in full expectation that he will deliver them likewise, or assign over, in lieu thereof, $uch lands belonging to him as will prove an equivalent thereto. The same day and year above written. The Marattas No. XIII. Three Perwannahs from the Prince of Scindy, 1/^61. A Perwannah granted by Golam Shah, Prince of Scindy, on the 22 d April, 1761. Be it known to all Faquirs,* Governors, or other officers, who now are or hereafter may be in authority, in the department of customs or farms at Tattah, Shah-bunder, Aurunga-bunder, Carrachu or Darajab, the customs on cattle, &c. called Nukash, package, grain, Buzar customs on leather, and the Gott Chuabar, the Sircar of Chachlon and Choker-holla, the Sircar of Narsipore, &c. Hallacundu, the Sircar of Sevestan, Coodabad Ruree, and all other places within our dominions, that the Noble Mr. Erskine, an Englishman, and resident for affairs of the potent, magnificent, and Honorable English Company, in Scindy, being come to our court, for the more firmly establishing the factory of his superiors, has requested, and we have, on account of the strict friendship subsisting between us and the said Honorable Company, granted, and do hereby particularly order, that besides the English, no other Europeans shall either import or export goods or merchandize, or come and go upon that account within the dominions of Scindy, or the Soubah of Tattah and Buchor, or any other of the Bunders under our authority. A.D.I76I ThePrince of Scindy. 3 u * Faquirs is a title given to all Scroys, or those of the Prince’s tribe. Whatever 514 TREATIES, &c. A.D.J76r The Prince of Scindy. Whatever goods or merchandize, belonging to the said factory or its dependents, shall be imported at any of the Bunders, are to be exempted from paying any import customs, agreeable to our former grants, and therefore none are to be demanded. If they carry goods either from the Bunders to Tattah, up country, on paying the customs they did formerly, certificates must be given them, and nothing further is to be demanded, on any account, that they may carry on their trade with ease and satisfaction. Whatever goods they may export from any of the Bunders are to pay one and an half per cent, agreeable to our former Perwannah ; or if goods are purchased by them, and exported from Tattah, they are to pay such customs as were before usual, and nothing further is to be demanded. No other merchant but the aforesaid Resident is to purchase for expor- tation any of the saltpetre that may be produced in Scindy, or within our dominions ; or if they purchase and export this article, they shall be punished, in such a manner as shall deter them for ever again interfering in that trade. Whatever saltpetre the aforesaid Company’s Resident shall either extract in any part of our dominions, or purchase of other merchants, and refine, the custom farmers, at such places, shall receive the customs thereon, as formerly, that the said Company’s dependents may carry on this trade to their satisfaction. If they dispatch their own Dingeys, Gallivats, or other vessels to the Bar, after proper precautions, permissions shall be granted, and they meet with no impediment, which is to be strictly observed ; or if their said vessels are sent up and down the river on their factory business, and passing under Shah Gurr, or by T the guard-vessels, &c. on permission granted, they are not to be stopped, that they may come and go without trouble. Should it happen, which God forbid, that any of their ships, Gallivats, boats, &c. should run ashore, or be wrecked, either on our bars, coasts, or without our rivers, our officers in such places are to assist them ; and whatever effects may be saved, belong- ing to such vessels, whether rigging, necessaries belonging to the crew, or other goods, are to be delivered, to the smallest item, to the Resident aforesaid, he paying reasonably for the labour and pains of those who ma} r assist in saving them. Should the aforesaid Resident choose to build a brick house at Shah-Bunder, or make a garden for his recreation, on any spot of ground he may like, he is to receive all the assistance possible for doing it quickly ; and whatever former Sunnuds they have received are to remain in full force, and not to be objected to or disputed, on any account. It being our pleasure to satisfy the said Honorable English Company, therefore the above must be strictly observed, and no new Perwannahs demanded. Dated the 16th of Ramazan, 1174, or 22d of April, 1761. A Perwannah BOMBAY. 515 A Perwannah granted by Golam Shah, Prince of Scindy, on the 23 d April, 1761. Be it known to the officers of the customs, or farmers of the revenues, appertaining A.D.i7fii to the Jummeedaree of Shah-bunder and Cachrawly, that at this time Mr. Erskine v '— ■'v*—- / ” . . ' ^ 'X'tiQ Prince of* Resident for the Honorable English Company in Scindy, has requested that all their vessels might be exempted from paying the Moree of twenty-five Rupees on each vessel, formerly paid the Imaun ; and we, being willing to grant his request, do therefore exempt all their vessels from paying the said Moree of twenty-five Rupees on each vessel, and now order you not to demand the same ; but if more than the sum of twenty-five Rupees was formerly paid for each vessel, the overplus is to be recovered. Scindy. Let this be strictly observed. Dated the 17th of Ramazan, 1174, or 23d of April, 1761. A Perwannah granted by Golam Shah, Prince of Scindy, on the 2-2 d April, 1761. Be it known to all Faquirs, governors, and other officers, who now are, or hereafter may be employed or concerned, either in the collection or farming the customs, from the sea to Raree, and all other places within our dominions, that Mr. Erskine, Resident of the Honorable English Company’s factory in Scindy, and their other servants and depen- dents, send boats and camels up and down in our dominions, with trade and merchandize: you are, therefore, on seeing this Perwannah, not to demand the usual charges of Moree, Misree, or Goozurbance or Sooze, and employ them on our business, on any pretence whatever ; nor is any person belonging to us, on any of the above accounts, to impede, or otherwise stop or hinder boats or camels belonging to them, that they may earry on their business without difficulty, and make the customs encrease. Let this be most punctually observed, and no person offer to dispute it. Dated the 16th of Ramazan, 1174, or 22d of April, 1761. 3 u 2 516 TREATIES, &c. No. XIV. Articles of Agreement made with the King of Cartenaddu, on the 30th December, 1763 . ARTICLE I. A.D.1761 The pepper, sandal-wood, and cardemoms, produced in the kingdom of Cartenaddu, 1 hTlCng^ f contracte d for by the English Company, without any impediment, they advancing Cartenaddu. for and buying them at the current prices, and paying the King eleven Fanams and a quarter as duties, on each Candy of pepper, and on all the articles agreeable to the custom of the country. ARTICLE II. If at any time it should happen, that any vessel, whether large or small, with the Honorable Company’s sealed passport and English colours, be drove ashore in the king- dom of Cartenaddu, on the chief, for the time being, writing to the King, he promises to deliver up the said vessel and her cargo, the Company defraying any expence the King may be at, in placing guards for the better safet} r thereof. ARTICLE III. Any person or persons who may desert the Honorable Company’s service, whether with arms or without, if found in the kingdom of Cartenaddu, the King obliges himself to seize and send back, provided that on his application for pardon it is granted. ARTICLE IV. Whoever of the King’s subjects may, in future, become the English Company’s contractors, as long as they shall continue punctual to their engagements the King promises to protect and countenance them ; but those who do not, on a representation being made to the King, he obliges himself to compel them, or their heirs, to satisfy what they may be indebted to the Company. ARTICLE V. On any enemies commencing hostilities against the English Company, if they have occasion for the King’s assistance, he engages to supply them with five thousand musque- teers, till such occasion may subside, the Company paying them in like manner as the King shall advise himself does; and contrariwise, when an enemy shall commence hosti- lities against the King, or if it should happen that any of his subjects should rise in rebellion i BOMBA Y. 517 rebellion against him, the Honorable Company promise to assist him with their troops, A.I>. 1761 ball, powder, and arms, as far as they are able, the stores' at the same prices their friends f have them at ; and the King obliges himself to pay for them immediately on their being Cartenaddu. received. No. XV. Articles of Agreement made ivith Shaik Sadoon, of Bushire, the 12 th April, 1763 . ARTICLE I. No customs or duties to be collected on goods imported or exported by the English ; and, in like manner, only three per cent, to be taken from the merchants who buy or sell to the English. ARTICLE II. A.D.1763 Shaik of Bushire. The importation and sale of woollen goods to be solely in the bands of the English ; and if any person whatever attempts to bring woollen goods clandestinely, it shall be lawful for the English to seize them. This article to take place in four months from the date hereof. ARTICLE III. No European nation whatever is to be permitted to settle at Bushire, so long as the English continue a factory here. ARTICLE IV. The brokers, linguists, servants, and others of the English, are to be entirely under the protection and government of the English ; nor is the Shaik, or his people, in any shape to molest them, or interfere in their affairs. ARTICLE V. In case any of the inhabitants become truly indebted to the English, and refuse pay- ment, the Shaik shall oblige them to give the English satisfaction. ARTICLE VI. The English to have such a spot of ground as they may pitch upon for erecting a factory, and proper conveniences for carrying on their commerce, to be built at the Shaik’ s expence. They are to hoist their colours upon it, and have twenty-one guns for saluting. ARTICLE VII. A proper spot of ground to be allotted the English for a garden, and another for a burying ground. ' " ' ARTICLE ✓ 518 TREATIES, &c. A. D. 1763 Shaik of Bushire. ARTICLE VIII. The English, and those under their protection, not to be impeded in their religion. ARTICLE IX. Soldiers, sailors, servants, slaves, and others belonging to the English, who may desert, are not to be protected or entertained b}' the Shaik or his people, but, bond fde, secured and returned. ARTICLE X. In case any English ships sell to or buy from the country merchants apart from the factory, a due account thereof is to be rendered to the English chief for the time being ; for which purpose one of his people is to attend at the weight and delivery of all goods so sold, which is to be done at the public custom-house. ARTICLE XI. If through any accident an English vessel should be drove on shore in the country belonging to the Shaik, they shall not, in any respect, be plundered ; but, on the contrarv, the Shaik shall afford the English all the assistance in his power, for saving them and their effects, the English paying them for their trouble. ARTICLE XII. The Shaik shall not permit his subjects to purchase any goods from English vessels in the road, but only on shore. The Seal of Shaik Sadoon. No. XVI. A.D. 1763 Hyder Ali. Articles of a Firmaund granted by the Nabob Hyder Ally Khan Behauder, 1763. * ' The Nabob Hyder Ally Khan’s Seal. ARTICLE I. The Honorable English Company have free liberty to build a commodious factory and warehouses at Onore, by the water side, or any place they may pitch upon ; and they may BOMBA Y. 519 may enclose their compound with a wall of stone anti mud, without any guns. The A.D. 1763 ground allotted them shall be rent-free. Whilst the English have a factory at Onore, no other European nation shall have leave to settle there. Hyder Ali. ARTICLE II. The English have the sole liberty granted them of purchasing all the pepper produced between Mirjee and Batcole, both these places included ; nor shall any European, or other nation besides them, have leave to purchase pepper within these districts. The price shall be adjusted every year, between the Resident and four principal merchants of Onore. ARTICLE III. The Honorable English Company have free liberty to export annually, from Manga- lore, three hundred Gorge of rice, for the service of Tellieherry, exempt from the duty called Adlamy ; or if they choose to carry this rice to Bombay, it is exempt from the same duty. Any private English merchants who purchase rice, must be liable to the same customs as other merchants. ARTICLE IV. Whereas several Onore merchants are largely indebted to the Honorable Company, the Killedar, &c. officers must assist the English in recovering their just demands : And provided any merchants, in future, should be indebted to the English, and make any disputes about paying, they have free liberty to confine such merchants in their factory* till they clear their debts. ARTICLE V. All goods that the English import, either at Onore or Mirjee, shall pay one and an half per cent, customs on the sales ; except horses, wet and dry dates, sugar, Kishmisses, cocoa-nuts, Copra, tobacco, Munchustry, opium, cotton, salt, brimstone, and camphire * : these fourteen articles are to pay the same customs as other merchants pay. Any goods they cannot sell they have leave to re-export, without paying any customs on them, on shewing them to the custom-master. Gold and silver are to pay no customs, nor any necessaries that the English may import for their own use. ARTICLE VI. If any ships or vessels, belonging to the English, should be cast away upon any part of the coast in the Bednure dominions, the Nabob’s Killedars, &c. officers and people, shall assist in saving the goods, stores, &c. which shall be all returned to the English. ARTICLE * How these fourteen articles came particularly to be excepted against, I know not; but objections having been always made to them, whenever applications have been formerly made for a Firmaund, which was urged strongly as a plea for their excepting them now, I thought the including them not worth insisting on, as the disadvantage to the Honorable Company will be none at all, and to private traders too trifling to be thought of any consequence. 520 T R E A T I E S, &c. A.D.1763 Hyder A li. ARTICLE VII. The English have free liberty to cut timber, stones, haj T , and wood, for to build their factory : but if they want masts for their vessels, they must apply for leave to cut them. ARTICLE VIII. No grabs, Gallivats, or armed boats, belonging to the English, shall pay anchorage, but have free liberty to go and come. ARTICLE IX. The English will not assist the enemies of the Nabob; nor, on the other hand, shall the Nabob afford any assistance to the enemies of the English. ARTICLE X. The Killedars and officers of the Nabob shall always shew the English and their servants a due respect every where, and at all times be ready to assist them. Signed by the Nabob. Bednure, the 10th of Mojee, 1176, or the 27th of May, Anno Domini, 1763. No. XVII. Royal Grant from Carem Khan, 1763. A.D. 1763 The Great God having, of his infinite mercy, given victory unto Carem Khan, and ' made him Chief Governor of all the kingdoms of Persia, and established under him the ^ Persia^ peace and tranquillity of the said kingdoms, by means of his victorious sword, he is de- sirous that the said kingdoms should flourish, and re-obtain their ancient grandeur, by the encrease of trade and commerce, as well as by a due execution of justice. Having been informed, that the Right Worshipful William Andrew Price, Esq. Go- vernor-General for the English nation in the Gulph of Persia, is arrived with power to settle a factory at Bushire, and has left Mr. Benjamin Jervis Resident, who, by directions from the said Governor-General, has sent unto me Mr. Thomas Durnford, and Stephen Hermit, linguist, to obtain a grant of their ancient privileges in these kingdoms, I do of my free-will and great friendship for the English nation, grant unto the said Governor- General, in behalf of his King and Company, the following privileges, which shall be in- violably observed and held sacred in good faith. That BOMBAY. 521 That the English Company may have as much ground, and in any part of Bush ire, A.D. 1 J6& they choose to build a factory'- on, or at any other port in the Gulph. They may have as many cannon mounted on it as they choose, but not to be larger than six pounds bore,' ° and they may build factory houses in any part of the kingdom they choose. No customs shall be charged the English on any goods imported or exported by thaai at Bushire, or any other port in the Gulph of Persia, on condition that, at no time, they import or export other persons’ goods in their names. They may also send their goods, customs free, all over the kingdom of Persia; and on what goods they sell at Bushire, or elsewhere, the Shaik, or Governor, shall only charge the merchants an export duty of three per cent. No other European nation, or other persons, shall import any woollen goods to any port on the Persian shore, in the Gulph, but the English Company only ; and should any one attempt to do it clandestinely, their goods shall be -seized and confiscated. Should any of the Persian merchants, or others, become truly' indebted to the English, the Shaik, or Governor of the place, shall oblige them to pay it; but should he fail in his duty herein, the English Chief may do his own justice, and act as he pleases with the debtors, to recover what owed him or them. In all the kingdom of Persia, the English may sell their goods to, and buy from, whomever they judge proper ; nor shall the Governor, or Shaik, of any ports or places, prevent their importing or exporting any goods whatever. When any English ship or ships arrive at any ports in the Gulph of Persia, no mer- chants shall purchase from them clandestinely', but with the consent and knowledge of the English Chief there resident. Should any English ship or vessel be drove on shore, unfortunately wrecked, or other- wise lost in any part of the Gulph of Persia, the Shaiks, or Governor of the adjacent places, shall not claim any share of the said wrecks, but shall assist the English, all in their power, in saving the whole, or any part of the vessel or cargo. The English, and all those under their protection, in any part of the Kingdom o L Persia, shall ltave the free exercise of their religion, without molestation from any one. 3 x * Should "TREATIES, &c. A.D.1763 The King of Persia. - Should soldiers, sailors, or slaves, desert from the English, in any part of Persia, they shall- not be protected or encouraged, but, bond fide, delivered up, but not be punished for the first or second offence. Wherever the English may have a factory in Persia, their linguist, brokers, and all other their servants, shall be exempt from all taxes and impositions whatever, and under their own command and justice, without any one interesting therein. Wherever the English are, they shall have a spot of grouud allotted them for aburying ground : and if they want a spot for a garden, if the King’s property, it shall be given them gratis i if belonging to any private person, they must pay a reasonable price for it. The house that formerly belonged to the English Company, at Schyrash, I now redeliver to them, with the garden and water thereto belonging. Articles desired by the Khan. . i That the English, according to what was formerly customary, shall purchase from the Persia merchants such goods as will answer for sending to England or India, provided they and the Persians shall agree on reasonable prices for the same, and not export from Persia the whole amount of their sales in ready money, as this will impoverish the kingdom, and in the end prejudice trade in general. That the English, wherever they are settled, shall not maltreat the Mussulmen. What goods are imported by the English into Persia, they shall give the preference in sale of them to the principal merchants and men of credit. ' ' .-7 The English shall not give protection to any of the King’s rebellious subjects, nor carry them out of the Kingdom, but deliver any up that may desert to them, who shall not be punished for the first or second offence. The English shall, at no time, either directly or indirectly, assist the King’s enemies. All B O'M B A Y. '523 All our Governors of -provinces, sea-ports, and other towns, are ordered to pay a A.D. 1763 strict obedience to these our orders, on pain of incurring our displeasure, and oh being punished for their disobedience or neglect. Persia^ Dated in Scbyrash, the 23d of Seerhoja, 1176, or the 2d of July, 1763. The Bouncello. No. XVIII. Articles of Agreement with the Bouncello, concluded at the Fort at Raree, the *jth April, 1765. ARTICLE I. There shall be perpetual peace and friendship re-established between the Honorable A.D. 1 760 Company and Kemsavant, the Bouncello, their successors and heirs ; and for the stricter observance of the following Treaty of Peace, Kemsavant, the Bouncello, agrees to send two hostages of note, with their families, to reside at Bombay, and to be maintained at his charge. ARTICLE II. The Bouncello renounces all pretensions which he has heretofore formed, or might form, to the lands and tenements situated between the rivers of Curlee and Salsee, from the sea shore up to the foot of the Gauts, which he cedes and guarantees to the Honorable Company, in full right, and will put them in possession of the same ; as likewise the sovereignty of the said river and the islands therein : but the Bouncello requests and hopes, the Honorable Company will cause the amount of one-third of the annual revenues of the said lands and tenements to be paid him, either in money or Europe staples, or in grain. In consideration of his agreeing to and fulfilling the tenth article, the Honorable Compan}', on their part, renounce all pretensions to the lands, rents, revenues, and tributes, which now, or heretofore, did pay obedience, rents, or tributes, to the Mal- wans, in any part of this country to the south of the river Curlee, and cedes and guarantees the same, in full right, to the Bouncello. ARTICLE III. The Bouncello agrees to pay to the Honorable Company one lack cf Rupees, as the restitution for the expences they have been at during the troubles subsisting between the contracting parties ; half to be paid in eight days from the time in which this Treaty is concluded, 25,000 Rupees within twelve months of this date, and the remainder 25,000 Rupees within three years from the date hereof. 3x2 ARTICLE 524 TREATIES, &.c. The Bouncello. A.D.1765 , ARTICLE IV. The Bouncello will not, by any menaces or otherwise, directly or indirectly, deter the inhabitants of the different districts or villages ceded to the Honorable Company from living in them peaceably ; and furthermore, will oblige all the inhabitants, with their, families, who belonged to, or lived in the aforesaid districts, who have quitted them, or may hereafter leave them, to return to their habitations. ARTICLE V. The English subjects, and the subjects of the Bouncello, shall have free liberty of trade and commerce with each other, without any hindrance or molestation. ARTICLE VI The Bouncello will permit the Honorable Company to build a factory or factories on any part of his^erritories, adjacent to the sea shore, for vending their commodities, and to keep there such servants and people as they shall think necessary for conducting the same ; and should any of the merchants or others, his subjects, become debtors to the English, they shall have liberty to imprison their persons, or seize their effects, and vend them, till satisfaction is obtained. ARTICLE VII. The Bouncello grants to the Honorable Company an exclusive right (except to the Portuguese nation) of importing and vending all Europe qloths, lead, iron, steel, copper, and Europe commodities, in his territories, and to pass the same through his country. ARTICLE VIII. The Bouncello will allow r all merchants, or Vanjarrahs, free liberty to pass and repass his territories, to and from Fort Augustus, with their effects, merchandize, carriages, and beasts of burden, they paying the accustomed duties, and no more, on any pretence whatever. ARTICLE IX. The Bouncello agrees to deliver up all the effects which have been carried away from Fort Sundero in the Malwan gallivats, with guns, and all kinds of stores belonging to them, if any such can be proved to be in his possession now, or at any other time. ARTICLE X. If Jcejaboy Maharajh, the Rannie, shall offer to invade the territories of either of the contracting powers, or that she hinders the merchants, or Vanjarrahs, from passing the Gauts, and the Honorable Company should find it necessary to attack her, in such case, the Bouncello agrees to assist and aid the Honorable Company with his whole force, and furnish a sufficient number of draught and pack oxen, to carry ammunition, provision, and stores. # ARTICLE XI. The Bouncello shall not keep any fleet, or ffave any vessels or gallivats equipped for war. ARTICLE BOMBA Y. ' 525 ARTICLE XII. A.D. 1 7$ 5 If ever the Honorable Company should think proper to demand of the Marattas the lands in the districts of Salsee, which formerly belonged to the Mai wans, that, in such Bc‘~r'“ r ?o. case, they will likewise demand for and in behalf of the Bouneello, the lands in the said districts formerly belonging to him. The Bouneello to pay an adequate share of the expences that may accrue to the Honorable Company in making these demands. ARTICLE XIII. The fort of Mussoora, with all the guns, shot, carriages, and stores therein, shall be delivered up to the Honorable Company, in its present situation, within eight days from this date ; in lieu whereof the Honorable Company shall, at the same time, deliver up to the Bouneello the fort of Raree, with all the guns and carriages found on the walls, wbeu conquered by the English. ARTICLE XIV. The Bouneello will not entertain in his service any people belonging to the English., whether Europeans or others, nor suffer any European deserters to pass through his districts, but, on the contrary, give strict orders to all his officers to seize such as may bo seen in his dominions, and return them to the Chief of Fort Augustus, on promise off pardon, whether they are applied for or not. The English will observe the same in respect to the subjects of the Bouneello ; and slaves to be returned on both sides. ARTICLE XV. If any vessels or boats belonging to the English, their subjects or dependents, shall at any time be drove ashore, or wrecked, in any part of the Bouncello’s dominions, he agrees to afford all suitable assistance for the preservation of such vessels and their cargoes and whatever part thereof may be saved, to be delivered up to the right owner, without any salvage whatever, except the labourers’ hire. The English, on their parts, to observe the same, in respect to the vessels belonging to the Bouneello. ARTICLE XVI. If at any time the Bouneello should have occasion for powder and ball, and military stores, the Honorable Company will supply him with what they can spare, at the usual rates. ARTICLE XVII. The Honorable Company agree, if convenient to them, to furnish the Bouneello with troops to go against his and their enemies. ARTICLE XVIII. The Bouneello agrees to fulfil the first, second, third, and thirteenth articles, within eight days from the signature of this Treaty; in default of which he agrees to pay all the charges of maintaining the garrison of the fort of Raree till they are fulfilled ; at which time the Honorable Company will deliver up the fort of Raree. ARTICLE 526 TREATIES, &c. A.D.1765 ARTICLE XiX. In witness of these Articles of Agreement bet\veen the contracting parties, we, the -Bouncello underwritten agents, and ministers plenipotentiary, have signed with our hands, and in their name, and in virtue of our full powers, the present Definitive Treaty ; and have caused the seals of the Honorable Company and the Bouncello to be put thereto. Done at the Fort of Raree, the 7th day of April, 1765. No. XIX. Agreement with the Prince of Cherrika, 1765. A.D .1765 An Agreement made with the actual Prince ThePrinceof Regent of Cherrika, on the 23 d of March, Cherrika. 1765> In the year 940 (March the 13th) Mala- bar stile, I, the Regent Prince, Revy Varma, certify by this Agreement, that I have consented the province of Randoterrah shall be under the Honorable United Eng- lish East-India Company’s protection, and for them to collect the rents and revenues thereof, towards paying their demands due by the Achamars, in the same manner as was done, practised, and agreed upon for- merly, between my uncles, the Princes of Cherrika, and said Honorable Company: in reliance of which being punctually at- tended to by them, I have this day con- sented and given the same to them, upon a promise made me, on the part of the said Company, by their Chief, Thomas Ryfeld, Esq. that all necessary assistance for the good of my palace shall be afforded, when required, agreeable to what has been ob- served in times past. The Chief of TellicherryT Declara- tion to the Prince Regent of Cherrika, on his Assignment of Randoterrah. 1765, March 23, E. S. In the year 940, ditto 13, M. S., I, Thomas Byfeld, Esq. Chief of Tellicherry, do, by these presents, declare, in behalf of the Honorable United English East-India Company, that the present Prince Regent, Revy Varma, having put the province of Randoterrah under their protection, and has ceded the revenues thereof to be recovered by them, towards discharging the amount of their demands on the Achamars of the said province, confirming in full force his uncles’ grants of the same, by a written instrument executed by him this day : These are to certify, all separate rents and immunities whatever, belonging to his palace therein, shall be preserved, and is hereby confirmed thereto, on the part of the Honorable Company, in the same man- ner as was formerly observed and allowed of. (Signed) Thomas Byfele, BOMBA Y. *27 - No. XX. Articles of Agreement made with the Rannie, at Forfc Augustus, the \2th January , lf66. ARTICLE I. A.D 1 766 There shall be a perpetual peace and firm friendship re-established between the v— — ' Honorable Company and Maha Rajah Jeejaboy, the Rannie, their successors and heirs ; The ^ ann ’ e “ and For the stricter observance of the following Treaty of Peace, ’Maha Rajah jeejaboy, the Rannie, agrees to send one hostage of note, with his family, to reside at Bombay, and to be maintained at her charge. ARTICLE II. Maha Rajah Jeejaboy, the Rannie, agrees to pay the Honorable Company seven lacks fifty thousand (7,50,000) Rupees, as restitution for the expences they have been at, during the troubles subsisting between the respective parties, and maintaining the different garrisons at Fort Augustus, and its dependencies : three lacks sixty thousand to be paid within two months from the 1 2th of January, 1766 ; the remaining three lacks ninety thousand (3,90,000) to be paid within four years from the date hereof; that is, one lack (1,00,000) for the three first years, and ninety thousand (90,000) the last year : for the performance of which Maha Rajah Jeejaboy, the Rannie, agrees to give two substantial securities, such as may be approved of by the Honorable the President and Council of Bombay ; and she also agrees to allow six (6) per cent, exchange on the three lacks sixty thousand (3,60,000) that is to be paid before the delivery of the fort, which is to be in the following sort of Rupees, Hookary, Peerchaney, Arcoty, Hazancy, and Ourang Shah ; and the remainder to be made good equal to Bombay Rupees. ARTICLE III. The Honorable Company, in consideration of Maha Rajah Jeejaboy, the Rannie, fulfilling the foregoing article, do agree, on the payment of the first sum, that is, three lacks sixty thousand (3,60,000) to deliver up to her, Maha Rajah Jeejaboy, the Rannie, the fort of Augustus, formerly called Sundudroog, with the forts of Rajhcoat, Serjacoat, and Pudrumdroog, and do further renounce all claim or pretensions to the lands and tenements belonging thereto. ARTICLE 528 TREATIES, fce. A.D.1766 The Ranriie: ARTICLE IV. The Honorable Company will carry away .all guns, carriages, mortars, shot, shells, powder, stores, &c. of what kind soever, that they may have brought here ; and they do give up to Mali a Rajah Jeejabo}', the Rannie, such guns and carriages as are here, that were belonging to Fort Augustus ; also those at Rajhcoat, Serjacoat, and Pudruindroog. ARTICLE V. Maha Rajah Jeejaboy, the Rannie, will permit the Honorable Company to build a factory, with warehouses, at -Rajhcoat, or at such place as may be most convenient for them (at which place they will hoist their flag) or any part of her territories, adjacent to the sea shore, for vending their commodities, and to keep there such servants and people, as also vessels or boats, as the}' shall think necessary for conducting the same ; and should any of the merchants, or others, her subjects, become ‘debtors to the English, they shall have free liberty to imprison their persons, and seize their effects, and vend them, till satisfaction is made and obtained. ARTICLE VI. The English subjects, and the subjects of the Rannie, shall have free liberty to trade and commerce with each other, without any hindrance or molestation whatever. ARTICLE VII. Maha Rajah Jeejaboy, the Rannie, will not, directly or indirectly, give any hin- drance or molestation to any vessels or boats with English colours and passes, or any ves- sels and boats going under English colours ; in like manner, the English will not molest any vessels or boats belonging to Maha Rajah Jeejaboy, the Rannie, or her subjects. ARTICLE VIII. Maha Rajah Jeejaboy, the Rannie, grants to the Honorable English Company an exclusive right of importing and vending all Europe cloths, lead, iron, steel, copper, and Europe commodities, and to pass the same through her country. ARTICLE IX. Maha Rajah. Jeejaboy, the Rannie, will allow' all merchants, or Vanjarrahs, free li- berty to pass and repass her territories, to and from tire English factory, at Malwan, near Rajhcoat, or any place where they build one, with their effects, merchandize, packages, carriages, and beasts of burden, they paying the duties, agreeable to the custom prac- tised at Ghereah, Rajahpore, and no more, on. any pretence whatever ; and whatever goods are landed at tlie English factories, no customs whatever are to be levied. When they are carried out by the merchants, then they are to pay the duties, agreeable to the custom before-mentioned. - ARTICLE BOMBAY. 529 ARTICLE X. Maha Rajah Jeejaboy, the Rannie, will not entertain in her service an)' people be- longing to the English, whether Europeans or others, but on the contrary, give strict orders to her officers to seize such as may be seen in her dominions ; nor suffer any Eu- ropean deserters to pass through her country, but return them to the Resident of the English factory, on promise of pardon, whether they are applied for or not. The English will observe the same in respect to the subjects of the Rannie ; and slaves to be returned on both sides. ARTICLE XI. A.D.I766 The Rannie. If any vessels or boats belonging to the English, their subjects or allies, at any time be drove ashore, or wrecked, in any part of the Rannie’s dominions, she agrees to afford all suitable assistance, for the preservation of such vessels and their cargoes ; and whatever part thereof may be saved, to be delivered to the lawful owners, without any salvage whatever, except the labourers’ hire. The English, on their parts, to observe the same iu respect to the subjects of the Rannie, their vessels or boats. ARTICLE XII. Maha Rajah Jeejaboy, the Rannie, will not, by menaces or otherwise, directly or indirectly, plunder, or in any shape molest the inhabitants, or others, that may have served or lived under the protection of the English, during the time they had possession of Fort Augustus and dependencies, but permit them to enjoy peaceably their houses, lands, and tenements, in the same free and ample manner as when the Malvvau Govern- ment subsisted, before the English took this place. ARTICLE XIII. The Honorable Company will, at the same time that Fort Augustus is delivered up to Maha Rajah Jeejaboy, the Rannie, deliver to her the prisoners taken in Sundudroog Fort when they conquered it, and are now at Bombay. ARTICLE XIY. Maha Rajah Jeejaboy, the Rannie, agrees, should the Honorable Company be at- tacked, and they should require her assistance, to provide them with what troops they may want, they supplying them with provisions only. The Honorable Company, in like manner, agrees to assist the Rannie, should it be convenient for them. 3 y .“>30 TREATIES, Kc. No. XXL Grant from Hyder Ally Khan Behauder, dated the 23 d February, 1 / 66 . A. D. 1766 h Hyder Ally Khan Behauder, in consideration of the friendship subsisting between ^ me and the Honorable United English East-India Company, do hereby confirm and ratify, Hyder Ali. a p t j le severa j grants and privileges made over to them by the several Malabar powers, for the sole purchasing and exporting the produce of these countries, particularly pepper, sandal-wood, and cardemoms, from the Malabar frontier to the northward to the Samo- rines dominions, including them; and further, I do promise to grant and confirm the same, whithersoever my arms may prove victorious. Given under my hand, in Mudday, the day and year above written. No. XXII. Treaty with Hyder Ally, 1770. A B. 1770 Articles for a Treaty of Peace and firm Friendship , between the Honorable Thomas ei odges, Esq. JP resident and Goaei noi , and tne Council cf Bombay , in P ehalf cf the Hyder Ali. ° 1 Honorable United English East-India Company, on the one Part, and the Nabob Hyder Ally Khan Behauder, Kc. Titles , for the Countries of Mysore, Hyder Nagur, and Soondah, on the other Part. ARTICLE I. That agreeable to the third article of the Treaty of Peace, concluded between the o * Honorable the President and Council of Madras and the Nabob Hyder Aliy Khan Behauder, there be, from this day, a firm peace and friendship between the Honorable English East-India Company and the said Nabob, and their successors, to continue for ever. ARTICLE B O M B A Y. 531 ARTICLE IL That the Honorable Company may have free liberty to build a commodious factory and warehouses at Onore, by the water side, or any place they may pitch upon, and that they may enclose the compound with a suitable wall; and the ground allotted them shall be rent-free. They shall also have permission to cut timber, bring stones, hay, and wood, for their use. In like manner, they shall have a factory at Canvar ; and the Nabob promises to oblige the Rajah of Bilguey to give all the pepper produced in his country to the Honorable Company, at the same price as they may purchase this article at Onore. A.D. 1770 Hyder Alir ARTICLE III. That the Honorable Company shall likewise have the sole and exclusive right of purchasing all the pepper and sandal-wood produced in the Nabob’s dominions, the prices of which must be settled agreeable to former custom. The amount, or as much of it as the Honorable Company choose, to be made good in guns, musquets, salt, saltpetre, lead, and gunpowder, and the balance made good in ready money. ARTICLE IV. That the Honorable Company shall have free liberty to export from Mangalore, or other ports of the Nabob’s dominions, whatever rice they may want for Tellicherry or Bombay; three hundred Corges of which is, as usual, to be free of the duty called Adlamy. ARTICLE V. That the English shall have free liberty of trading in the several ports of the Nabob’s dominions on the Malabar Coast, paying customs at the rate of one and a half per cent, on the sale of all goods ; and to have permission to re-export any goods which will not sell free of custom, on signifying the same to the custom-master. No customs to be charged on gold and silver, nor on any articles for the immediate use and consumption of the English, their servants and dependents. ARTICLE VI. The Nabob obliges himself to assist the English in recovering their just debts from his subjects, by compelling them to make good the same, on the debts being fully proved to his satisfaction. ARTICLE VII. That the Honorable Company, and the English in general, shall have free liberty to cut and purchase masts, timber, and plank, at Onore, Mangalore, or any other ports of the Nabob’s country, teak excepted. Q v 9 O 1 Jmt ARTICLE 532 T R E A T I E S, &e. A.D.1770 ARTICLE VIIL Th a t no vessels, of what kind or denomination soever, belonging to the English, shall pay anchorage in any of the Nabob’s ports, but have free liberty to go out and come in, without hindrance or molestation. ARTICLE IX. Whatever vessels belonging to the English may be drove on shore, on any part of the Nabob’s dominions, whether by stress of weather or otherwise, his Killedars, officers, and subjects, are to assist them, that their goods may be saved and delivered to the proprietors. ARTICLE X. That the said Nabob shall not assist the enemies of the English, nor, on the other hand, shall the English assist the enemies of the Nabob ; but should assistance be afforded on either part hereafter, the officers and men who may be sent to them are to be paid at the following rates, by the parties to whom they maj? be sent, viz. The commission officers to be paid at the discretion of the party assisted, but with the concurrence and approbation of the party who assists. Each European soldier - - - - 15 Rupees per month. Each Seapoy ------ 7§ Rupees per month. ARTICLE XI. Should, at any time, disputes arise between the servants of the English factories and the Nabob’s subjects, servants, or dependents, and the former be found culpable, they shall be sent to the English Resident to be punished, as shall the Nabob’s people to his Killedars, Hummuldars, &c. if they are found to be in fault. The servants of the English factory, as well as their families, shall be entirely under the Honorable Company’s pro- tection. ARTICLE XII. That the said Nabob shall not grant any new Firmaund or privileges to any European nation whatever, or suffer any of them to establish any new settlements in any part of his dominions. In all matters of trade or business the English to have the preference; and in matters of ceremony or state, they are to take rank of all other European nations, as well as the Country Powers. ARTICLE XIII. The said Nabob hereby ratifies and confirms the grant which he executed in February, 1766, and delivered to Messrs. Sparks and Townsend, relative to the privileges and im- munities the Honorable Company possessed in the several countries he conquered upon this coast, before he took possession thereof ; and hereby binds and obliges himself to compel whoever may be in possession of those countries, to grant to the Honorable Com- pany the produce thereof, as well as the full enjoyment of all their rights and privileges therein, in their utmost extent. In BOMBAY. 533 In witness of ail which, the said contracting parties have interchangeably signed and sealed two instruments, of the same tenour and date, viz. The said President and Coun- cil, on behalf of the English East-India Company, in Bombay Castle, this 8 th day of August, in the year of the Christian aera, 1770, and the said Nabob Hyder Ally Khan Behauder. A.D.1770 Hyder Ali. No. XXIII. Treaty with the Nabob of Cambay, 1771* Translate of the Treaty entered into with Nabob Momun Khan, Governor of /\.D. 1771 Cambay, for the Sale of th* Fort of Tarrajab, with its Ammunition and Dependencies , 1771. Cambay. First. That in consideration of the Honorable Company selling and making over to him and his heirs the fort of Tarrajah, its dependencies and ammunition, the same as when taken from the Coolies, he, the Nabob, agrees to pay them (the Honorable Com- pany) the sum of seventy-five thousand (75,000) Rupees in the term of five years, at five yearly equal payments of fifteen thousand (15,000) Rupees each ; the first payment of fifteen thousand (15,000) Rupees to be made twenty days after the Nabob’s forces have got possession of Tarrajah fort, and the remainder to be paid punctually by the Nabob, on the very same day of every year after as the first payment was made, until the whole sum of seventy-five thousand (75,000) Rupees is received. Secondly. As the Honorable Company have been pleased to shew their great regard and favor to him, the Nabob, in giving him the fort of Tarrajab, he most solemnly declares he will, on no account, enter into any terms of friendship with the Coolies, or assist them by either sea or land, or suffer their boats to enter any territories belonging to him, or he himself fit or equip any piratical boats, and look upon any enemies of the Honorable Company as his enemy also, but will distress such as much as possible: neither will he, on any account whatsoever, deliver the fort of Tarrajah, or any part of the country, to either the Coolies or any other country power whatsoever, without the consent of the Honorable Company first had and obtained. Thirdly 534 TREATIES, See. A.D. 1771 Nabob of Cambay. / Thirdly. That should the Honorable- Company at any time hereafter have occasion to act against the Coolies of the other districts, the Nabob very willingly agrees to let the Honorable Company have the use of the fort of Tarrajah and its dependencies, for the use of their troops whilst they may be there* and order his people to assist them with whatever they may want ; provided they do no damage to the fort or its Purgunnah, which in such case is to be made good by the Honorable Company. Fourthly. Should any power whatsoever attack or disturb him (the Nabob) in his fort of Tarrajah and its dependencies, he requests the assistance of the Honorable Company to keep him in possession, as he must now look upon himself as one of their servants ; and any charges sustained by the Honorable Company by such their assistance, he, the Nabob, most readily agrees to defray, as soon as he conveniently can : and should the Honorable Company have occasion for his troops, he, the Nabob, is very ready to follow their orders, with such a number of forces as they may require : and the Honorable Company is to pay such expence as may be incurred on that account as soon as may be convenient to them. Fifthly. He requests the Honorable Company will send him a proper convoy for conveying his troops to the Coply coast, and that a sufficient force may meet them on the shore, to escort them to and deliver them the fort of Tarrajah ; and he requests the Honorable Company will supply him with thirty (30) barrels of gunpowder, and fifty (50) Maunds of lead, for the use of Tarrajah Fort, which he, the Nabob, agrees to pay for. Lastly. He promises and agrees to make the first payment, by the time above- mentioned, unto Mr. John Torlesse, by transfer upon the Shroffs ; and for the remainder four payments he makes over the revenue of the Mocawt and Cosbaw : and should it please God to distress the said revenue by want of rain, enemies, or the like, he (the Nabob) then agrees and promises to make the same good himself. A true Copy of the Translate, (Signed) Frederick Dorrien, Secretary. A true Copy of the Copy, ( Signed ) George Skipp, Secretary* \ \ BOMBAY. 535 No. XXIV. Translate of a Writing from the Nabob of Cambay, 1771* (S) The Paper of Agreement between the Honorable English East-India Company and A.D. 1/7 1 Moniun Khan, Nabob of Cambay. Nabob"of Cambay. Agreeable to what I have been requested by Mr. John Torlesse, Resident at Cambay, I now do promise, that should Gogo at any time again fall into my hands, and the Honorable English Company be desirous of having a factory there, I will grant it to them, and on no account whatsoever suffer any other European nation to settle there ; also from the long friendship subsisting between the Honorable English Company and me, I have hearkened to the recommendation they have been pleased to give to Eckarajee and Gopaljee Servia. I will, on no pretence whatever, meddle with or trouble the ancient possessions of Eckarajee, the son of the late Bowsung, nor the town or fort of Bownagur, and take no more than what has always been usual for the possessor 'of the Bunder of Gogo to take, and what I took when I was in possession thereof, and no more will I demand. And with respect to Gopaljee Servia, I will give neither molestation ; but I do request, that after this agreement, the Honorable Company will not recommend any more persons of that country to me. And by the help of God, I and my heirs will stand to all agreements hitherto entered into between us. Written with my own hand, this 12th day of the moon Raijub, year 11S5, or 22d October, 1771. A true Translation, ( Signed ) John Torlesse. A true Copy, (Signed) Daniel Draper. 536 TREATIES, &e. \ No. XXV. Treaty with the Nabob of Baroacli, 177 1* A.D. 1771 Nabob of Baroach. Articles for a Treaty of Peace and firm Friendship between the Honorable William Hornby, Esq. President and Governor, tKc. Council of Bombay, in Behalf of the Hono- rable United English East-India Companj', and the Nabob Imtj^azood Dowlah Haazud Khan Behauder Diilerjung of Baroach, <5fc. ARTICLE I. Peace and friendship to subsist uninterrupted, in future, between the Honorable Com- pany and the Nabob of Baroach, his heirs and successors. ARTICLE II. All British subjects, or persons trading under the protection of the Honorable Com- pany’s sealed passes and colours, shall pay no customs at Baroach, &e. places in the Nabob’s country ; except such as the Honorable the President and Council shall impose, which shall be levied by such persons as they shall appoint on account of the Honorable Company : and the Nabob engages, for himself and successors, that no fees, duties, cr exactions, of any sort, shall be levied on the said trade, by himself or them, on any pretence whatever. ARTICLE III. The Honorable the President and Council shall have free liberty to settle a factory wherever they think proper ; and a suitable portion of ground for building the said factory on, or a convenient house, shall be allotted for that purpose. ARTICLE IV. The Dutch have already a factory at Baroach ; but, in future, no other European nation shall be permitted to settle a factory at Baroach, without the consent of the Hono- rable the President and Council. ARTICLE V. The Nabob engages never to assist the enemies of the English Nation, but obliges himself to assist the Honorable Company, in any wars they may be engaged in, with one thousand private Seapoys and three hundred cavalry, with their officers, or such larger number as they may want and he can spare, at the following rates, viz. Each horseman - - - - - -15 Rupees per month, Each Seapoy - - - - - - 7f ditto, or at such rates as it shall appear they stand him in. ARTICLE m O M B A V, ARTICLE VL A. D. 1771 The "Nabob will not engage in any -war with .any • of his neighbours without the consent ^ . — - of the President and Council ; but in all wars which he shall engage in with their consent, broach or if he shall be suddenly attacked in his territories, they shall give him effectual support and assistance, he.cpqying the troops on the following '■terms : To each European ------ To each Seapoy ------- 15 Rupees .per month, If ditto. N. B. The commissioned officers of the Company, and the superior officers of the. Nabob, to be paid at the discretion of the party assisted, but with the concurrence and approbation of the party assisting. ARTICLE VII. The Nabob agreesto pay unto the Honorable Company, ‘in consideration and acquittal of all demands to this day, the sum of four lacks of Rupees, which the Honorable the President and Council agree to accept, in full for their claim on him for the Phoorza, a nit exactions of customs on British Merchants, on condition he shall inviolably adhere to the terms herein contained ; and on failure hereof, it i-s hereby declared that the above sum oc four lacks shall be deemed and taken to be for repaying the expence incurred by the expe- dition only : and the Honorable the President and Council, in such case, hereby declare themselves at free liberty to pursue the most effectual means for the recovery of any demands which they or their allies have or may hereafter have upon him. The said four lacks of Rupees ave to be .paid within two years and a half from the date hereof, at the following stated periods, viz. Two lacks within six months from the date hereof, One lack more within twelve months from the first payment ; and the One lack remaining in the following year ; for which he will enter into a bond, bind- ing himself and his heirs^ and mortgaging his whole territories. ARTICLE VUE In case any expedition shall be hereafter undertaken, and success attend it, the Honorable the President and Council will take care that the Nabob of Baroach shall have a recompence adequate to the assistance he may afford. ART-ICTE IX. In consideration of the friendship established between the Honorable Company and the Nabob, he shall have firm friendship with all their friends and allies ; particularly the Nabobs of Surat and Cambay, with whom he shall enter into a Treaty, and shall consider all their enemies as his, and they shall consider all his enemies as theirs. For the duo performance of this article, we on the parts of the Nabobs of Surat and Cambay become security. Bombay Castle, 30th November, S z Sepap.atf 538 TREATIES, &e. Separate Article entered into with the Nabob of Baroach. A.D.1771 Nabob of Baroach. You, the Nabob Sahib Imtyazood Dowlah Maazucl Khan Behauder Dillerjung, may live at the port of Baroach, freely believing us your friends for ever. We have given up the demands of Phoorza, its produce for forty years, overcharge in the customs on goods belonging to the merchants under the Honorable Company, and charge of the expedition sent against you. Our hearts are quite cleared, and we have made a friendship agreeable to your wishes. No demands nor answer now remain to make with you. We have given you this acquittance, in full for all demands, as above-mentioned. We shall get paid yours and your subjects’ just debts, from any persons or place under your Government, on being proved. We shall admit no information against you ; we look upon Baroach as ours and Bombay as yours. This protection paper is granted you from the part of the Honorable Company, with their word as well as our word and honor, that we shall not fail in our friendship and assistance of force and ammunition upon occasion, for which purpose this everlasting protection paper is given you. All the counsellors are bound that no difference will be either with you or your children, and the friendship shall be daily encreased more and more. You may, if you choose, come to Bombay with your family. For your coming and going, as well as for the performance of all the conditions herein above-mentioned, this agreement will serve you as a voucher, which we agree to perform with the Honorable Company’s word and honor. Should any merchants of Baroach, or fhe persons under your protection, chuse to trade for Bombay, we agree to their doing it freely, and paying the usual customs of this place, without hindrance on the part of the Honorable Company. Translation of the Nabob’s Bond to the Honorable Company. Know all men, that I, Imtyazood Dowlah Maazud Khan Behauder Dillerjung, Nabob of Baroach, have this day agreed and acknowledged myself indebted unto the Honorable United English East-India Company the sum of four lacks of Rupees, current money of Bombay ; for the payment of which to be well and truly made unto the Honorable William Hornby, Esq. President and Governor, &c. Council of Bombay, at the BOMBAY. 539 the following stated periods, I hereby bind myself, my heirs, and successors, and mort- A.D. 177* gage my whole territories, to be at the disposal of the said Company, in case of failure. Two lacks within six months from the date hereof ; Baroacb. One ditto more within eighteen months from the date hereof ; One ditto more within two years and six months from the date hereof. In witness whereof, &c. &c. in presence of my brother, my uncle, my Codjee, my Moonshee, my Vackeel, who have also signed to this bond, as wit- nesses of its being my act and deed. No. XXVI. Treaty with Futty Sing, 1 773* Agreement between William Andrew Price, Esq. Chief for Affairs of the British Nation, ^ 1773 in Behalf of the Honorable United East-India Company, on the one Part , and Futty V J Futty Sing, Sing Guickwar on the other Part. The town of Baroach, lately belonging to Mahazuz Khan, Nabob, having been conquered by the victorious arms of the Honorable Company, it is stipulated and agreed, that every thing shall remain on the footing it was at the time of the said conquest ; the English and Futty Sing each receiving their share of the revenues, in the proportions they then stood, both within the town and territory annexed thereto. In this there is not to be any difference. Agreeable to the above every thing is to continue. This is the agreement sealed by both parties, the 12th day of January, 1773, or the 18th of Shew- wel, in the 1186th . year of the Higera. 3 z 2 ma TREATIES, &c. No, XXVII, Treaty with Ragobah, 177&* A.D.1775 Articles o/ - Agreement and Treaty between the Honorable William Hornby, Esq.* Ragobah. President and Governor, Kc. Council of Bombay, and of all its Dependencies , on the Part and Behalf of the Honorable United English East-India Company, on the one Part , and Ragonath Row Bellajee, Peshvva, on the other Part. Dated the 6th day of March - , in the year of our Lord , 177 5 , or the third day of the month Mohurram and year 1189 (Higera) Mahometan Style, or the day of the month — and year 1 179, Gentoo Style. ARTICLE I. The Treaty concluded between the Government of Bombay and Badjerow Pundit Purdan, or first Minister of his Serene Highness the Sou Rajah, dated July, 1739, or 1140 of the Gentoo Style; and that concluded on the part of this Government with Ballajee Bajerow Purdan, dated 12th October, 1756, or of the Mahometan Style, 17th of Mohuram, 1170, are hereby ratified and confirmed, in their fullest extent, according to the full and true intent and meaning of them, in the same full and ample manner, and in the same light, in which they have hitherto been ever understoood, ARTICLE II. All other agreements subsisting between this Government of Bombay and that of the Mahrattas are hereby ratified and confirmed ; and after the re-establishment of Ragobah in the Government of the Mahratta dominions, peace and tranquillity shall subsist between this Government, in behalf of the Honorable Company, and the Mahratta Government. ARTICLE III. Ragobah, on his part, and on the part of the Mahratta Government, engages from his day forward never, on any pretence or in any manner, to assist the enemies of the Honorable Company, in any part whatever of their dominions in India ; and the Honorable the BOMBAY. 541 tlie Governor and Council of Bombay do, in the like manner, -engage never to assist the A.D.l/yS enemies of Ragobah. ARTICLE -IV. Kago'aah. The Honorable the President and Council of Bombay, in behalf of the Honorable Company, and in consideration of the undermentioned grants and cessions made by Ragobah to the Company, do hereby engage and agree, so soon as possible after these Articles of Agreement and Treaty are fully ratified, executed, and confirmed, on the part of Ragobah, to assist him with a strong body of forces, with proper guns and warlike stores, as a field train of artillery, which are to join his army, and act in conjunction -with his forces, against his enemies the ministerial party. In the said body of forces no less than seven hundred (700) Europeans ; and the whole shall not be less in number than two thousand five hundred men : but, at present, only five hundred (500) Europeans, and one thousand (1000) Sepoys and Lascars, with a proper and effectual number of guns, will be sent, and the rest, if wanted, afterwards. ARTICLE Y. In consideration of such effectual assistance on the part of the Honorable Company, Ragobah, as Peshwa, and as Supreme Governor in the whole Mahratta empire, doth hereby engage, on his part, to cede and make over to the Honorable Company, for ever, the undermentioned places and territories ; and he doth accordingly, by these presents, make over the same to them, in the most full, ample, and effectual manner : and he doth, with these presents, del ver the necessary Sunnuds, granting, in the fullest manner, a!! the present and future full right and title of the Mahratta Government to them ; and in case of the loss, at any time, of the Sunnuds now delivered, these presents are, at ail times, to be considered as such, and of full equal validity with any Sunnud whatever. Bassein, and the vnole of its dependencies, in its fullest exent, and all rents and revenues thereunto belonging, together with the fort or forts, and every thing belonging to the Poonah Government, in them. Salsette, the whole and entire island, with all the revenues of the different places annexed to it, as collected by Anun’t Row and Ramajee Punt. Jambooseer and Orpad, with the whole of their dependencies, in their full extent, together with every thing belonging to the Poonah Government in those Purgunnahs. The four following islands adjacent to Bombay, with every thing belonging to the Poonah Government therein, viz. Caranja, Canary, Elephanta, and Hog Island. ARTICLE VI. Ragobah also engages immediately to procure from the Guieawars a grant to the Company for ever, with all the necessary Sunnuds, of their share in the revenues collected by the Guieawars in the town and Purgunahs of Broach, ARTICLE 542 - TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1775 ARTICLE VII. The Honorable Compan}’’ are to be considered as the sole lords and proprietors, ‘ 3 ’ from the day of the signing of this Treaty, of all and every of the places ceded by the two last articles, in the like manner as the Poonah Government, or the Guicawar Government, were before considered ; and are, accordingly, from this day forward, to exercise every right and authority in those places, and to receive every revenue which the Poonah Government, or the Guicawar Government, before exercised or received. ARTICLE VIIL Ragobah also engages faithfully to make good to the Company, for ever, the sum of seventy-five thousand (75.000) Rupees annually from his share of the revenues of Oclaseer, which sum is to be paid by his Pundit, in two different payments, at stated periods. ARTICLE IX. Ragobah engages to pay, in full for the charges and expences of the body of forces with which he is to be assisted, consisting of 2,500 men, the sum of one hundred anu fifty thousand Rupees ( 150 , 000 ) monthly and every month, which the Honorable the Governor and Council agree to accept without further account, and is to commence the day the forces leave Bombay ; but as the whole number of forces will not at first proceed, he is only to pay a proportionable monthly sum, till the whole force, if necessary, may be sent to join him, He engages to pay this stipend monthly; and as security for the same, till his affairs will enable him to furnish money, which he promises to do as soon as possible, he assigns by these presents the revenues of the following places, viz. Occlaseer, his remaining share, after deducting what is before, by these presents, ceded to the Honorable Company. Ahmood, and all its districts. Hansoot, and all its districts. Versaul, and all its districts. But it is hereby declared, that the revenues of these places belong to the Honorable Company no longer than til! the amount of the monthly stipend, that may be due for the expences of the Company’s forces, is fully discharged, when all further demands on these four places are to be relinquished ; and in this light the Honorable the Governor and Council declare they accept those four Purgunahs. ARTICLE X. As it has been mutually agreed, during the course of this negociation, that the sum of six lacks of Rupees should be deposited by Ragobah with the agents of the Honorable Company, to be accounted for at the expiration of the service intended to be performed against his enemies, the ministerial party, and Ragobah, finding it at this time totally impossible BOMBAY, 543 impossible for him to raise the sum to be deposited, though still equally willing to do it, A.D. 17/5 was it in his power, the contracting parties have mutually agreed to settle this point as ~v— follows: That Ragobah shall immediately deposit with the Company’s agents at Surat to h a £°b a li- the full value of six lacks of Rupees, in jewels, to remain in the Honorable Company’s possession till redeemed, which must be done as soon as Ragobah’s affairs will possibly admit. All this Ragobah faithfully afid firmly engages to perform, and the Honorable Company to accept. ARTICLE XI. In case of opposition from any person or persons whatever, to the Company’s taking possession of all or any of the places hereby firmly and effectually ceded to them, Ragobah doth engage to pay the expence that will be incurred by their gaining posses- sion ; to use effectual means to put them in possession ; as well as to secure them, for ever, in the quiet possession of all the revenues and places now ceded to the Honorable Company. ARTICLE XII. Should Ragobah make peace with his enemies, the ministers, he firmly and faithfully engages, that the English East-India Company shall be included in it to their satisfaction. ARTICLE XIII, Ragobah doth also engage never to molest the dominions of the Honorable Company in Bengal. He further engages not to make war or commit any depredations in the Car- natic, so long as the last Treaty subsisting between the two Governments is adhered to by the Nabob. ARTICLE XIV. In case it should happen (which God forbid) that any of the Company’s ships or vessels, or the ships, vessels, or boats of any persons trading under their protection, should be shipwrecked on any part of the Maratta Coast, every assistance shall be given by the Government and inhabitants, to save as much as possible ; and the whole that may be saved shall be returned, all reasonable expences being paid by the owners. ARTICLE XV. All the places ceded for ever to the Company by this Treaty are to be considered as their sole right and property, from the day this Treaty is signed ; and this Treaty, from that day, is to be considered in full force, just as if the expected services were fully ac- complished, whether Ragobah shall make peace with his enemies or not. ARTICLE XVI. Immediately after the ratification of the aforegoing articles, and after the jewels, to the full amount of six lacks of Rupees, are deposited, and the security above-mentioned given for the payment of the monthly expences of the forces, so long as they continue with Ragobah, and till they return, all in the manner above-mentioned ; the Governor and TR'EATIES, &c. 5U A.B .1775 Bagobab. ' and Couucil engage that -the Company’s forces, agreeable to what is mentioned in the 'body oi this Treaty, shall proceed from Bombay to join the army of Ragobah ; and they trust, by the blessing of the Almighty, that they will quickly overcome h:s enemies, the minis- terial party, and establish him at Poonah, in the government of the Maratta Empire. The foregoing articles having been agreed to by* the Honorable the President and Council of Bombay, who have empowered me to accept the Same in their behalf, I do, in confirmation thereof, affix the seal of the said Honorable Company’, and sign ray own pro- per name thereto, in Surat, the day and year above written ; and I do engage to procure a ratification of this Treaty, under the seal of the Honorable Company, and under the hands and seals of the Honorable the President and Council of Bombay, within thirty days after this date. (Signed'.) Robert Gambier. We, the President and Council of Bombay aforesaid, having empowered Mr. Robert Gambier to execute a Treaty with Ragonath Row Ballajee, Peshwa, in our behalf, on ac- count of the Honorable Company, of the foregoing tenor, which he has accordingly done? of the date above-mentioned, and the same having been signed to, ratified, and confirmed by Ragonath Row Ballajee, Peshwa ; and whereas, by the last article, it is covenanted and agreed, that a ratification of the said Treaty shall be transmitted by us, under the seal of the Honorable Company, and under our proper hands and seals, within one month from the above date.; these therefore are to certify, that we hereby ratify -and confirm thefore- going Treaty., in all and every part. In testimony whereof, we have caused the seal of the aforesaid Honorable Company to be hereunto affixed, and do now sign the same with our hands, and affix our proper seals thereto, this 16th day of March, in the year of our Lord, 1775. ( Signed ) William Hornby, OO Daniel Draper, («) Thomas Mostyn, <8> Bbjce Fletcher, (.{£) William Tayler. By BOMBAY. 545 By order of the Honorable William Hornby, Esq., President and Governor, &c. A.D.17/5 Council of His Majesty’s castle and island of Bombay, and of all forts, factories, territories, forces, and affairs of the Honorable English East-Iodia Company on the west side of India, and on the coasts of Persia and Arabia : ( SignedJ George Skiep, Secretary. List of Sunnuds for the undermentioned Places, given by Ragobah Badjerow Purdan to the Honorable Company. 2 2 l l l l l i 1 2 1 2 16 Sunnuds for Basseen, Ditto - - Salsette, Ditto - - Orpad, Ditto - - Jamboseer, Ditto - - Broach, Ditto - - Caranja, Ditto - r Elephanta, Ditto • - Canary, Ditto - - Balsar, Ditto - - Occlaseer, Ditto - - Hansoot, Ditto - - AhmooxL Sunnuds. Translate of five Sunnuds from Ragobah, for Basseen, Salsette, Orpach, Jambooser, and Broach, all included under No. 1. To the Dessmock and Despandy, or to the Pundit and Omaldars under him . I, Ragobah Bajerow Purdan, having sent for a force from the Company for my assistance* in consequence of which I have discharged the former Government from the 4 a said 546 TREATIES, &c. A.D.1775 said Purgunnah, and delivered the said Government to the English Company ; therefore you are hereby ordered to pay great submission and obedience, and give over the charge to the English Companj''. Dated Zil-hitch the 11th, 1165. Translate of Jive Sunnuds from Ragobah, for Rasseen, Salsette, Caranja, Elephanta, and Canary, all included undergo. 2. To the Havildar and all Managers of Business. Ragobah Bajerow Purdan, his compliments, acquainting them, that the castles of all these places have been given to the Company ; you are, therefore, to deliver them the charge thereof, and obtain a receipt for them. Dated the 11th Zil-hitch, 1165. Translate of four Sunnuds from Ragobah, for Occlaseer, Hansoot, Balsar, and Harmood, all included under No. 3. To the Government or Omaldars. After Compliments. That I, Ragobah Bajerow Purdan, for and in consideration of the forces the Com- pany have given me for my assistance, have agreed to pay them the sum of 1,50,000 Rupees every month ; therefore you are to pay them the revenues of your place, and take the receipt for what you pay them ; and the same is to continue till their demand is discharged. Dated the 11th Zil-hitch, 1165. Translate BOMBAY, 547 Translate of a Sunnud from Ragobah, for Occlaseer, included under No. 4. A D. 177 Y To the Government or Pundit of Occlaseer. Ragobah. After Compliments. That Ragobah Bajerow do command you to pay, out of the revenues of your place, the sum of 75,000 Rupees to the English Company, annually, which is for the assistance they have given me. Dated the 11th Zil-hitch, 1165. Translate of a Sunnud from Ragobah, for Ahmood, included under No. 5. To the Zemindar, or Land-holder of Ahmood. That I, Ragobah Bajerow Purdan, do command you to pay the revenues of your place to the English Company, being on account my agreement to pay them monthly for the assistance they have given me, which is to continue till the whole of their demand is paid ; and till which time your place will be as if it was mortgaged to them. Dated the 11th Zil-hitch, 1165. Ragob all’s Sicca. - Treaty with Ragobah, 1 77®° Edward Kavenscroft, Secretary to the Select Committee, Articles of Agreement and Treaty between the Honorable William Hornby, Esq. A.D. 177S President and Governor , and the Select Committee of Bombay, on the Part and Behalf 'f sr ~ m T > J J J Ragobah. 4 A 2 548 TREATIES, &c. A.D.1778 Ragobah. of the Honorable United English East-India Company, on the one Part , and Ragonath Row Badjerow Purdhan on the other Part. Done and concluded at Bombay, this ?Ath day of November, in the year of our Lord 1778 , and on the 3 d day of Jeelcud Sookhursun Tissah Subein Miah-wa Alluff \ or year 1179 Mahometan Style ; or according to the Gentoo JEra, the 5th day of Marguasheir Sood , in the year Vellamly , or 1700 . ARTICLE L The Treaty concluded by Colonel Upton with Siccaram Pundit and Ballajee Pundit, ministers in behalf of the Peshwa and the Maratta State, having been violated by thoss ministers in almost every article, the Governor and Select Committee of Bombay, with the sanction and concurrence of the Governor-General and Council, do hereby engage and agree, in behalf of the aforesaid Honorable Company, to assist Ragonath Row Badjerow Purdhan to the utmost of their power to put him in possession of Poonah, and to place him in the Regency of the Maratta Empire, during the minority of Madarow Narrain, the infant Peshwa ; hereby declaring, that the true intent and meaning of this Treaty is not to alter the form of Government, or to interrupt the peace between the Honorable Company and the Maratta State, but only to remove the administration out of the present improper hands, and to place in the Regency the person who has the justest title to that office. ARTICLE IL Ragonath Row Badjerow Purdhan, on his part, doth hereby engage and agree to accept the office of Regent, which he is to exercise with full power during the minority of the Peshwa, Madarow Narrain, in whose name he further engages to continue the Sicca and conduct the Government. But Ragonath Row Badjerow Purdhan having expressed his doubts of the legitimacy of the Peshwa, Madarow Narrain, the Governor and Select Committee of Bomba } 7 do hereby engage, on Ragonath Row Badjerow Purdhan his strong solicitation, to request explicit orders from the Company, whether, in case he should prove to their satisfaction that the child is suppositious, they will place him in the Peshwaship, which, on such proof, will be his unquestionable right ; and whether, in case the child should prove to be really the son of Naron Row, they will guarantee him an equal division of the Government and country, on the Peshwa’s attaining to the age of seventeen, agreeable to what Ragonath Row Badjerow Purdhan says he is entitled to by his birthright, according to the Gentoo law. ARTICLE III. The Governor and Select Committee of Bombay do hereby stipulate, and Ragonath Row Badjerow Purdhan, for their satisfaction, and that his upright intentions may appear manifest, doth hereby engage and agree, that the person of the Peshwa, Maderow Nar- rain, B O MBA Y. 549 Ragabah. Tain, shall be kept under the charge and custody of such persons as may be agreeable to A.D. 1778 the Select Committee, who wish that the child may be committed to the charge of Per- wettybhoy, if she will undertake the charge ; and in such case, the Matchy of Poorunder, where the child is kept, must be guarded with a party of the Company’s troops, and Ragonath Row Badjerow Purdhan may keep a Chowkey on the outside of the gate, to see that no improper persons be admitted ; but no person whatever must have admittance to the child’s presence without the permission of Perwettybhoy. In case Perwettybhoy should refuse to undertake the charge, the child shall be put under the care of any of his relations, on the mother’s side ; but should all these decline the trust, the child shall theft be disposed of, in such manner as may be deemed moat advisable for his security, and for the honor of the contracting parties. ARTICLE IY. Moraba Furneese, Butcheba Pronder, and Tookajee Holcar, having invited Ragonath Row Badjerow Purdhan to take upon himself the Government as Regent, and promised their assistance, Ragonath Row Badjerow Purdhan doth hereby engage, upon condition of their performing their promises to his and the Select Committee’s satisfaction, and behaving like faithful obedient servants, that he will shew favor to them according to their ranks and services, in settling the offices of Government, and that their persons and fortunes shall be unmolested. ARTICLE V. The Governor and Select Committee engage not to interfere in the appointment or nomination of the officers to the forts, army, artillery, or revenues, or in the manage* ment of the Government, provided nothing be done in breach of any of the articles of the present Treaty. Ragonath Row Badjerow Purdhan, on his part, faithfully promising to observe the terms mentioned in the circular letter, with respect to the personal safety of those whom he may be of opinion have injured him. ARTICLE VI. In consideration of the assistance to be afforded by the Honorable Company, for placing Ragonath Row Badjerow Purdhan in the Regency at Poonah, Ragonath Row Badjerow Purdhan doth hereby engage to confirm and ratify the former Treaty concluded with him at Surat, the 6th March, 1775, and to cede and make over to the Honorable Company, for ever, the severai places and territories granted by the said Treaty, which was restored by the Treaty of Poorunder, and Basseen, and its districts, and the island of Kennery, which were not put in possession of the Company. The several acquisitions which will devolve to the Honorable Company by virtue of this article, are as follow: Basseen, fort and town, and the whole of its districts and dependencies, in their fullest extent, according to the just and fixed boundaries of that province. Jarnbooseer % 550 TREATIES, &c. Jambooseer and Orpad, in the same full and ample manner as ceded by the Treaty of Surat. The island of Kennery. An assignment upon the Purgunnah of Occlaseer for the sum of 75,000 Rupees per annum, as settled by the eighth article of the Treaty of Surat. There being also some small places, known by the name of the Autgoms, always annexed, and actually making a part of the district of Salsette, which have been withheld from the Company by the Poonah ministers, Ragonath Row Badjerow Purdhan doth hereby engage and agree, that the said Autgoms shall be ceded to the Honorable Company : but although the Governor and Select Committee have ever understood that the Autgoms made a part of the district of Salsette, yet if the contrary should be made plainly to appear, they will give up their claim. ARTICLE VII. In addition to the several grants and cessions herein above specified, Ragonath Row Badjerow Purdhan doth hereby engage and promise to cede and make over, for ever, the Pprgunnahs of Ahmood and Hansoot ; which grants are to be considered as an instance of his good will and affection to the Honorable Company, the conditions upon which they were formerly granted not having, as he declares, been fulfilled. ARTICLE VIII. All the places herein ceded to the Honorable Company are to be considered as their sole right and property, from the day this Treaty is executed, without any claim of Chout to the Maratta Government, or any other demand whatever, and may be taken possession of by the Company’s people whenever they may think proper ; for which purpose Ragonath Row Badjerow Purdhan doth, with these presents, deliver the necessary orders to the Maratta officers to surrender the said places. Ragonath Row Badjerow Purdhan doth further promise and engage, that immediately after his taking charge of the regency of Poonah, he will execute and deliver to the government of Bombay regular Sunnuds, under the Peshwa’s Sicca, for the several cessions granted to the Honorable Company by this Treaty. ARTICLE IX. Ragonath Row Badjerow Purdhan engages to pay and make good the charges and expences of the army and stores with which he is now to be assisted ; which he hereby faithfully promises to make good in ready money, as soon as the situation of his affairs will possibly permit : and for the further security of the Honorable Company, he, by these presents, assigns over the Purgunnah of Versaul, and the remainder of Occlaseer,' the revenues of which are to be collected by his Aumildars and paid to the Honorable Company, A. D. 1778 Ragol^ah- BOMBA Y. 551 Company, till the amount due for the expences of the army is fully discharged; but in A.D. 17/8 case of failure herein, these Pergunnahs are to be put in possession of the Company, and the revenues collected by them till the said amount is fully discharged, when all right ^ a S°h. a h. and title thereto, on the part of the Honorable Company, will be relinquished : or if Ragonath Row r Badjerow Purdhan regularly paid the monthly sum stipulated in the next article, the Honorable Company will not interfere with the said Purgunnahs. ARTICLE X. Ragonath Row Badjerow Purdhan engages to pay in full for the body of forces, consisting of four thousand men, with which he is to be assisted, the sum of two lacks and a half of Rupees per month, which the Governor and Select Committee of Bombay agree to accept, without further account, in full of every expence attending the army \ and is to commence from the day the forces leave Bombay. ARTICLE XI. Ragonath Row Badjerow Purdhan faithfully promises and engages to discharge his present debt to the Company, as soon as the state of his finances will admit, agreeable to an account which will be delivered to him. ARTICLE XII. The English forces are to continue with Ragonath Row Badjerow Purdhan until the object of this Treaty is accomplished, which is to place him in the regency at Poonah ; and when that is effected, they are to be at liberty to return to Bombay. The Company will be at all times ready to assist Ragonath Row Badjerow Purdhan with their forces, so far as may be consistent with their other engagements, or the situation of their own affairs will permit. ARTICLE XIII. The several Treaties and agreements subsisting between the Government of Bombay and the Maratta Government are hereby ratified and confirmed, and shall be held and continued in as full force as when they were first concluded, unless otherwise provided for in this Treaty. ARTICLE XIV. After the establishment of Ragonath Row Badjerow Purdhan in the regency at Poonah, there shall be a firm peace and alliance between the Honorable Company and the Maratta Government. Ragonath Row Badjerow Purdhan engages never to assist the enemies or molest the dominions of the Company in an}’ part of India, nor to make war, or commit depredations in the Carnatic, or any other part of the dominions of their ally, the Nabob of Arcot. The Governor and Select Committee of Bombay in like manner engage, in behalf of the Honorable Company, not to assist the enemies of Ragonath Row Badjerow Purdhan. ARTICLE 552 TREATIES, &er. A.D.1778 ARTICLE XV. v Ragonath Row Badjerow Purdhan hereby engages and agrees, that no European Hagobah. settlements shall be allowed to be made on the maritime coasts, or in any other part of the Maratta dominions, without the consent of the Company or of their representatives being previously obtained, and that no manner of intercourse or connection shall be maintained between the Maratta Government and the French Nation ; any failure in which stipulation will be considered as a breach of the alliance between the Maratta Government and the Honorable Company. ARTICLE XVI. Ragonath Row Badjerow Purdhan doth hereby stipulate and engage, that the English shall enjoy all their former privileges and freedom of trade in the Maratta dominions with- out interruption ; and he further engages to give all possible encouragement to the Honorable Company’s trade, and to promote, as far as he can, an exclusive vend to the English for European commodities in the Maratta dominions ; but the Honorable Com- pany will make no settlement therein, without permission from Ragonath Row Badjerow Purdhan. ARTICLE XVII. If any article of the present Treaty should interfere with any engagement formed by the Governor-General and Council, not yet known to the Governor and Select Committee of Bombay, such article may be liable to be altered or amended as may be necessary. The foregoing articles having been mutually agreed to by the Governor and Select Committee of Bombay, on the part of the Honorable Company and Ragonath Row Badjerow Purdhan, the contracting parties have interchangeably affixed, their hands and seals, and the seal of the Honorable Company, in Bombay Castle, the day and year above written. (Signed) William Hornby, John Carn.ac, Daniel Draper.. No. XXIX. Convention of Wurgaon, 1799. A.D.l jgg Translation of the Articles of Agreement between Seremunt Mhaderow Narram Con\ention of W urgaon. Pundit Purdhan on the one Part, and the English Company on the other Part. In the time of the late Seremunt Pundit Purdhan Mhudoo Row Bull'ol, matters went on peaceably. Since then the English obtained possession of several places belonging to the BOMBAY. 553 the Sircar, such as the islands of Salsette and Ouran, Jambooseer, and the Mahals and A..D. 1779 Purgunnah of Broach, both belonging to the Sircar and the Guicowar; and the English ' v — ■v-*-' gave their aid to Ragonath Row Dada Saheb : upon which war having commenced, 0 f" 0 \y^gaoD Colonel John Upton came from Calcutta with full powers and made an agreement, and according to that agreement matters were to go on between the Company and the Maratta Sircar. But on the side of the English this agreement was not adhered to, they having given aid to Ragonath Row, and making preparations for war mounted the Gauts, invaded the districts of the Maratta Sircar, and began to make hostilities ; upon which the Sircar also prepared for war. At the district of Wurgaon, near Indonny Tullagaon, Mr. John Carnac and Colonel Charles Egerton, of the Select Committee of Bombay, being fully empowered, did depute Mr. Thomas Holmes and Mr. Farmer. Further, from the begin- ning there was a friendship between the Sircar and the English, which being interrupted, Colonel John Upton made an agreement, according to which Treaty matters did not proceed, and therefore that Treaty is annihilated ; and in the same manner, and on the same footing as the English and the Sircar were in the time of the late Mhadoo Row, in that manner are they now to remain ; the aid and cause of Ragobah to be given up, no protection to be afforded him, nor any aid to be afforded to the enemies of the Maratta Sircar. The islands of Salsette and Ouran, and the other islands and places, as Jam- booseer and the Mahals of Broach, formerly belonging to the Maratta Sircar and the Guicowar, such as Chickly, Veriaul, &c. were taken possession of: these we give up, and agree to go on and remain, as we were in the time of the late Peshwa, Mhadoo Row Bullol; upon which this agreement is made with the Sircar. That in the time of the late Mhadoo Row Bullol Pundit Purdhan matters went on peaceably, and since then different places belonging to the Sircar, such as the islands of Salsette and Ouran, and other islands, and farther Jambooseer and other Mahals, and the Aumils of Broach, belonging to the Sircar and to the Guicowar, the English got possession of : these must be delivered back to the Sircar; and no aid or protection must, in future, be afforded to Ragonath Row, or to any of the enemies of the Sircar. In this manner do we faithfully promise to perform ; and on the part of the Sircar good faith is also to be observed. Ragonath Row Dada Saheb was with us : he, by his own consent, committed himself, with all his effects, to the care of Tookajee Holcar andMadjee Scindia. The English arm)^ with us is now at Wurgaon: it must be permitted to proceed, with all its effects and appurte- nances, to Bombay ; and as security for this, on the part of the Sircar, two persons will proceed belonging to each of these Siruars, by name Nazo Gunish and Wissajee Samash, Ballarow Govind and Rama Cawn, to conduct the army to Bombay; and for this purpose troops shall be sent with you, or not, as you please. The English army that is with us shall not offer any molestation to any person on the road. The Autrewede and Bundebund provinces and their Sirdars being always, under the Sircar, no damage is to be done to 4 b them : 554 TREATIES, &c. Convention of Wurgaon. A.D.I779 them: and the English army from Calcutta having crossed the NcrbutMah is notv at Hussengabad ; it is not to be permitted to proceed forwards, but is to be sent back to Calcutta, and on the road no molestation is to be having drawn on themselves the just resentment of the English ; having also, by undue acts of oppression, proved themselves the enemies of Futty Sing ; for these reasons, and because the most firm and sincere friendship has long subsisted betwixt the Honorable Company and Futty Sing, the contracting parties mutually agree to enter immediately into an offensive league, excluding the government of Poonah from all share of country in the province of Guzerat whatever. ARTICLE III. The English agree to support and defend Futty Sing in possession of his share of the Guzerat province ; and Futty Sing is to assist and support the English in possessing them- selves of, and maintaining the share now held by the Government of Poonah. ARTICLE IV. In order to accomplish this service, as a firm friendship is now established betwixt the English and Futty Sing, the latter agrees to join the English with three thousand horse, according to custom, and as many more as he can possibly raise, to act in conjunction with them, during the present war, whenever they shall call upon him to do so. ARTICLE V. As the present mode of partition betwixt the Poonah Government and Futty Sing is attended with great loss and inconvenience, from the disputes that must arise from the interference of the officers of each, in collecting the revenues of the same places and that lay interspersed with one another, it is agreed upon, that a new settlement of the province of Guzerat shall take place, for the mutual benefit and convenience of both parties, the > express object of which will be an absolute and specific partition of the whole territory betwixt the Honorable East-India Company and Futty Sing, according to the proportion of the revenues now respectively held by him and the Marattas. ARTICLE VI. Ahmedabad and its dependencies, that is to say, the country to the north of the river Myhe, now possessed by the Poonah Government, to be allotted to Futty Sing ; in lieu of which the English are to be put in possession of the Guicowar division of the country, south of the Tappey, known by the name of Attaveezy, and their share of the revenues of Surat. ARTICLE VII. The English will give such assistance of force as Futty Sing may require, to conquer* and put him in possession of the Poonah share of the country to the north of the Myhe. ARTICLE BOMBAY. 557 ARTICLE VIII. The final partition and settlement of the Guzerat province being made, each party is to have the distinct and sole government and possession of the division allotted him, and to hold his share independent of, and unconnected with the other, except when united for their common defence against a foreign enemy ; which they mutually, and in the most solemn manner, agree to do. And this partition and settlement mutually agreed to, is to be binding upon them and their posterity for ever. ARTICLE IX. Futty Sing having requested that the English support him in withholding the annual tribute hitherto paid by him to the Poonah Government, it is stipulated that the Honorable Company will do so, till a final peace shall be concluded betwixt them and the Poonah Government, in which the interest of Futty Sing shall be carefully and equally attended to with their own. ARTICLE X. In consideration of the advantage that will arise to Futty Sing from the above article, and as a proof of his sincere regard and friendship for the English, he agrees to cede to them the district of Zinnore, and the villages situated in the Broach Purgunnah, now belonging to him, both which are to remain for ever in the possession of the Company. ARTICLE XI. A.D.1780 Futty SiDg, All the countries and places made over to the English' in this Treaty by Futty Sing, are to be delivered into their hands, and the collections accounted for to them from the day that Futty Sing is put in possession of the city of Ahmedabad ; and no demands of collection for any past time is to be made in them by Futty Sing. ARTICLE XII. It is agreed, that two copies of this Treaty be immediately sent to the Honorable President and Select Committee of Bombay for their approbation, and to be by them transmitted to the Honorable Governor-General and Council of Fort William, under whose sanction it is concluded, in order to receive their final confirmation and ratification, after which one copy, so authenticated, is to remain with the Honorable President and Select Committee of Bombay, and another with Futty Sing. A true Translation, ( Signed J Dalhousie Watherstone, Persian Translator. A true Copy, (Signed) Thomas Goddard. This 558 TREATIES, Ac. A/D. 1780 This Treaty was signed, sealed, and delivered to the contracting parties by each other, Fu"t typing * n P resence °f us > f> ave hereunto signed our names. ( Signed ) John Cockerell, Quarter-Master-General. Edward Heard, Adjutant-General. N. B. A copy of this Treaty was also written in Persian, and the articles respectively placed opposite to the English ones, and signed as follows : (Signed) Thomas Goddard. Futty Sing, his Seal. Futty Sing’s Signature. Govind Gopaul, The Rajah’s Duan. Rolagee Scindia, Married to the Daughter of Seajee, Fatty Sing’s Brother. No. XXXI. Amended Treaty with Futty Sing, 1780. A. D. 1780 Treaty between the Honorable English East-India Company and Futty Sing Row Gui- cowar Shemseer Behauder, concluded at the Village of Candeela, in the Purgunah of Futty Sing. ’ ° J 3 ° Dubhoy. January the 26th, 1780. The Ministers of the Maratta State having refused to accept of the reasonable terms of accommodation offered them by Brigadier General Thomas Goddard, in the name of the Honorable Governor General and Council of Fort William, and by their obstinate perseverance in hostile intentions against the English, compelled them to take up arms in defence of their own rights and possessions, the Honorable the President and Select Committee B O M BAY. 559 Fatty Sing. Committee of Bombay, with the sanction and approbation of the Honorable the Gover- A.D. 17SO nor General and Council of Fort William, have appointed and authorised Brigadier General Goddard to settle and conclude a Treaty of lasting peace and alliance betwixt the Honorable English East-India Company on the one part, and Futty S;ng Row Gui- cowar Shemseer Behader, for and in the name of all the Guicowar Family, on the other; and the following are the articles of convention mutually entered into. ARTICLE I. A Treaty between the Chiefs of the English Company and Futty Sing Row Gui- cowar Shemseer Behader is concluded under solemn engagements, that the friends of the one shall be the friends of the other, and the enemies of the one the enemies of the other. If any one shall invade the territories of the English it shall be incumbent on Row Shemseer to punish him, and if any one shall invade the country of the said Row, the chiefs of the English Company shall use their endeavours to repel him. In this let no deviation happen. ARTICLE II. Whereas the Ministers of Poonah have repeatedly violated the Treaty, which un- der the strongest engagements they entered into with the Chiefs of the English Corn- pan}', and whereas they have committed various acts of hostility towards the English, and having also bound their loins with enmity against Futty Sing Row Guicowar Shemseer Behader, have greatly oppressed him, wherefore it has become necessary for our mutual honor, to check and resent the injuries which have been committed by the Ministers of Poonah. It is therefore at present agreed, that having removed the Government of the Ministers of Poonah from the country of Guzerar, we will conquer and possess ourselves of the whole country of Guzerat and the Sou bah Ahmedabad, and make such an arrange^ ment, that the ministers shall not be able to receive or collect a single Dauro from that country. ARTICLE III. The share of the country of Guzerat belonging to the Guicowar shall be continued and kept entire, and the share of the Ministers of Poonah shall be enjoyed by the English Com- pany ; and Row Shemseer Behader shall support and assist the Chiefs of the English Com- pany in taking it, and in keeping possession of it : and the Chiefs of the English Company shall not fail to support and assist Row Shemseer Behader in the defence and maintenance of his share. ARTICLE IV. As it is of particular importance to settle the country, and as a Treaty of union is established betwixt Row Futty Sing Shemseer Behader and the English, Row Shemseer Behader engages that he will supply for the present war three thousand horse, as usual, and further, as many more as he can at the requisition of the Chiefs of the English Company, and will perform all that is incumbent on a conjunction of interest. ARTICLE 560 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1780 Futty Sing, ARTICLE V. Whereas, in the divisions held by the Guicowar and the Ministers of Poonah respec- tively, by reason of the double Government which exists in the same town, and the vicinity of their villages to one another, disputes and quarrels daily take place, the collection of the revenues of the country is impeded and prejudiced, and the Ryots are distressed ; the English Chiefs are, for these reasons, desirous of settling a new partition, so that a Treaty having mutually taken place no difference may arise : and with a view to the interest and welfare of both, a portion of country, equal to the share held at present by the Ministers of Poonah, according to the established collections and customary receipts of revenues, shall, after the conquest of these districts, be given in exchange to the Company. It is intended that there shall not be a Daum difference. ARTICLE VI. The city of Abmedabad together with the Purgunnabs, that is to say, the whole of the country laying on the other side of the river Mahe, which is now possessed by the Poonah Government, shall be conquered and given to the Row Shemseer Behader, and in exchange for it, the Pergunnahs of Surat Attaveesee, and the Chout of the city of Surat, shall be allotted to the share of the English Company. Whatever difference may arise in the. revenue of the respective shares by this exchange, shall be adjusted according to the preceding article. ARTICLE Vir. Whenever Row Shemseer Behader shall require troops to conquer the country com- prehended under the share of the Ministers of Poonah, and laying on the other side of the river Mahe, they shall be supplied by the English Company. ARTICLE VIII. After the partition of the country of Guzerat is effected, each party shall have the sole government in the districts allotted to their respective shares, and shall have no dependence on one another, except when any enemy shall invade the country of Row Shemseer Behader, in which case assistance shall be brought by the English Company; and if any enemy shall invade the share of country allotted to the English Company, Row Shemseer Behader shall afford support and assistance, and this partition of the country of Guzerat, which hath with mutual approbation been settled between Row Shemseer Behader and the English Company, shall perpetually remain and be continued to their respective descendants and successors : in no respect shall it be broken through by either. ARTICLE IX. Agreeable to the representation of Row Futty Sing Behader, the money which he annually sends to Poonah must not be sent: he must keep it with himself. Whenever any negociation of peace shall take place with the Ministers of Poonah, the interest and BOMBAY. 561 and welfare of Row Shemseer Behader shall be first discussed. The interest of Row A.D. 1780 Shemseer Behader and the interest of the Company are one and the same. ARTICLE X. Futty Sing. As the above article is for the advantage of Row Futty Sing Shemseer Behader, he, from the friendship and regard which he bears towards the Chiefs of the English Company, shall make over to the Company the district of Zinnore, together with the villages of Baroach, which are at present in his possession. Whatever difference may arise in the revenue of the respective shares by this exchange, shall be adjusted according to the fifth article. ARTICLE XI. All the Pergunnahs and villages above-mentioned shall be delivered over to the Chiefs of the Company from the day on which the city of Ahmedabad is delivered over to Row Shemseer Behader. From the day on which possession is taken of the city of Ahmedabad, the revenues of the above Pergunnahs shall be enjoyed by the English Company, and from that day no claim of collection shall be made, on account of the time past, in these Pergunnahs. ARTICLE XII. It is agreed, that two copies of this Treaty be immediately sent to the Honorable President and Select Committee of Bombay for their approbation, and to be by them transmitted to the Honorable Governor-General and Council of Fort William, under whose sanction it is concluded, in order to receive their final confirmation and ratification, after which one copy, so authenticated, is to remain with the Honorable President and Select Committee of Bombay, and another with Futty Sing. Approved the draft, and ordered that a fair copy of it be made in duplicate, to receive the signature of the Members of the Board, and to be sealed with the seal of the Company. No. XXXII. Agreement with the Rajah of Travancore, commonly called the Pepper Contract, 1/93. Articles of Agreement made and entered into by the Honorable Major General Robert A.D. 1793 Abercromby, President and Governor of Bombay , for and on Behalf of the Honorable xhTR \jaiTof 4 c United Travancore. 562 TREATIES, &c. United English East-India Company and their Successors, on the one Part, and Gueswa Pilla, Dewan to his Highness the Rajah of Travancore, for and on Behalf of his said Highness and his Successors, on the other Part, this 28 ill Day of January of the English Year 1793, viz. That this agreement shall not affect or interfere with any agreements subsisting between the said Honorable Company and the said Rajah ; and the said Rajah shall deliver to the said Company, between the 10th February 1794 and 10th April following, three thousand Candies (of 560 pounds weight) of clean pepper, at the rate of one hundred and fifteen Bombay Rupees for each Candy, exclusive of two Rupees customs for each ; and shall further deliver a similar quantity (three thousand Candies) annually, at the same price and at similar periods, for nine successive years, that is, three thousand every year, until the 10th April 1804 (English computation). That of the pepper above stipulated to be delivered annually, two thousand five hundred Candies shall be delivered at Quilon, and the remaining five hundred Candies at the said Company’s warehouse at Anjengo, into the hands of such officers as the Company may appoint for the purpose of receiving it. That the said Rajah shall receive, in part payment for the said annual contract for pepper, the undermentioned articles, at the usual prices for which he has been debited in former contracts: two thousand stand of arms complete, one hundred Candies of lead, three hundred yards of scarlet broad-cloth superfine, one thousand five hundred yards of ditto fine, twenty seven thousand five hundred }-ards of red purpet, two thousand yards of blue purpet, five hundred yards of yellow purpet, five hundred }^ards of green purpet. That the balance due for the said annual provision of pepper shall be discharged in Bombay Rupees ; which balance, together with the warlike stores stipulated to be taken in part payment, shall be made good between the 10th February and 10th April of each respective year that this agreement shall be in force, in like manner as the Rajah engages to deliver the pepper within those periods. That should the Rajah fail to deliver the quantity of pepper contracted for by this agreement within the periods specified, he shall forfeit to the said Company fifty-seven Rupees and an half penalty for each Candy of pepper so deficient. In like manner, should the Company fail, on their part, to make good to the Rajah the amount specified in A.D.1793 TheR'&jah of Travancore. » BOMBAY. 563 in the agreement within the terms prescribed, they shall forfeit a penalty of double the A.D. 1793 sum so deficient. , The Rajah of Travancore, In witness of the foregoing agreement, Major General Abercromby and Gueswa Pilla have subscribed to two copies thereof which have been mutually exchanged, and have affixed their seals, this 28th day of January, 1793. ( Signed ) Robert Abercromby. No. XXXIII. Treaty with the Nabob of Surat, 1800. Articles of Agreement between the Honorable East-India Company and their Success A.D. 1800 sors and the Nabob Nasur-ud-Deen Khan, &c. &c. and his Heirs and Successors, for the better Administration of the Government of the City of Surat and its Dependencies. Surat, * Whereas the Honorable the English East-India Company have been subjected to a heavy expense for the protection of the city of Surat, and whereas the existing system of internal government in the said city has been found inadequate to the protection of the persons and property of the inhabitants ; and whereas the Right Honorable the Earl of Mornington, Governor General of the British Possessions in India, and the Nabob Nasur- ud-Deen, &c, are mutually desirous of providing more effectually for the external defence of the city of Surat, and for the security, ease, and happiness of the inhabitants, the following articles of agreement are concluded, on behalf of the tlonorable English Com- pany and their Successors, by the Honorable Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, vested with full powers for that purpose by the said Governor General on the one part, and by the Nabob Nasur-ud-Deen, and his heirs and successors, on the other part. ARTICLE I. The friendship subsisting between the Honorable English Company and the Nabob Nasur-ud-Deen Khan, &c. &c. &c. is hereby strengthened and confirmed, and the friends and the enemies of one shall be considered to be the friends and enemies of the other. ARTICLE II. The Nabob Nasur-ud-Deen agrees, that the management and collection of the revenues of the city of Surat, and of the territories, places, and other dependencies 4 c 2 thereof 564 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1800 thereof, the administration of civil and criminal justice, and, generally, the whole civil The Nabob ant * xnilitary government of the said city and its dependencies, shall be vested, for ever, of Surat, entirely and exclusively in the Honorable English Company. ARTICLE III. It is agreed, that the Nabob shall be treated, on all occasions, with the same respect and distinction as his predecessors. ARTICLE IV. The English Compan}^ agree to pay to the Nabob Nasur-ud-Deen and his heirs, out of the revenues of Surat and its dependencies, in four equal quarterly payments, one lack of Rupees annually, which shall be considered to be the first charge payable from the said revenues. The Company also engage to pay to the said Nabob and his heirs, in addition to the above-mentioned lack of Rupees, a proportion of one-fifth of the annual revenues now arising, or which may hereafter arise, from the said city and its depen- dencies, after deducting the said lack of Rupees, the sum payable to the Mahrattas and the charges of collection. The residue of the revenues, after the foregoing deductions^ shall be at the disposal of the said Company. ARTICLE V. In order that the Nabob may, at all times, have full satisfaction, in respect to ..the revenues of Surat and its dependencies, he the said Nabob shall be at liberty to inspect all the accounts thereof, from time to time, or to station a Vakeel, or accountant, at his own expense, in all or any of the offices of collection, for the purpose of taking and transmitting to his Excellency copies of all or any of the accounts of the said revenues. ARTICLE VI. Courts shall be established for the due administration of civil and criminal justice ; which courts, agreeably to the stipulations in the second article, shall be under the sole authority of the English East-India Company. The said Court shall be composed of officers to be appointed by the Governor in Council of Bombay for the time being, and shall be conducted according to such ordinances and regulations (framed with a due regard to the existing laws and usages of the country) as shall, from time to time, be published by the said Governor in Council. ARTICLE VII. In complaints brought before the courts of justice, in which it shall appear, either by the application of the Nabob or the representation of the defendant, at or before the time of giving in his or her answer, or by the petition of the complainant, that both parties ■are relations or servants of the Nabob, it is agreed, that such parties shall, in the first instance, be referred for justice to the Nabob, or to any person he may appoint to dispense / BOMBAY. 56 5 The Nabob of Surat, dispense it. Any complaint against the relations or immediate servants of the Nabob by A. D, 1800 persons of a different description, shall, in the first instance, be made to the chief civil servant at Surat, who shall refer it to the Nabob, who hereby engages to order an imme- diate investigation to be made, or in case the parties should desire it, to order the disputes to be referred to a proper arbitration, the Nabob engaging to bring it to a direct issue, and to carry the sentence or award, if unfavorable to his felation or servant, into imme- diate execution. By order of the Right Honorable the Governor General in Council, {Signed) G. H. Barlow, Chief Secretary to the Government. N. B. The above is the Copy of the Treaty as transmitted from the Governor General in Council of Bengal to the Governor in Council of Bombay, on the 10 th of March 1800, and was ultimately agreed to, without any alteration, by the Nabob of Surat , on the 1 3 th May 1800. No. XXXIV. Treaty with Anund Row Guicowar, June 1802, Articles cf Agreement between the Honorable Jonathan Duncan, Esq., President and A.D. 1,802 Governor of Bombay, for and in Behalf of the Honorable East-India Company, and ^TiTn d~Rcn,v Rowjee Appajee, the De wan, or Minister of Anund Row Guicowar Senah Khas Khel Guicowar. Shumshere Behauder, for and in Behalf of the said Anund Row Guicowar, in virtue cf the full Powers vested in the said Rowjee Appajee to treat and settle for the Affairs of the Guicowar Principality with the said Governor of Bombay, which Powers boar Date the 3 d of Zilkad, or S th of March, in the Year of our Lord 1802. A R T I C L E I. Whereas certain articles were, under date the 15th of March last, answering to the 10th Ziikad, entered into, under the abovementionedfull powers, by the said contracting- parties, in reference to the war then carrying on against Mulhar Row, and providing for 566 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1802 for the Guicowar Government’s defraying the whole expense thereof, and for its sub- sidising a permanent force from the Honorable Company, and ceding to them the Pergunnah of Chourassy and the Guicowar’s share of the Choute of Surat ; all these stipulations are herein declared to be in full force, and of equal strength and solidity, as if repeated in the present Treaty. ARTICLE II. AnundRow Guicowar, Mulhar Row having commenced hostilities with the state of Anund Row Guicowar Senah Khas Kliel Shumshere Behauder, and taking possession of Vessanagur, induced Anund Row to solicit the assistance of a British force, for the purpose of effectually reducing Mulhar Row, and taking his fort of Kurree, upon which the English sent a force to Cambay, with the view of bringing the said chieftain to reason, either by peaceable or hostile means ; and the latter having, in consequence, been persued, on account of Mulhar Row’s not abiding by the advice of the English, the war has since terminated successfully for the state of Anund Row, who has, in consequence, entered on possession of the fort of Kurree and of its Pergunnahs, and of Mulhar Row’s other territories, and made a provision for him in the Pergunnah of Meryad, ceding also to the English Company the Pergunnah of Chickly, situated in the district of the Surat Attaveesy, in full sovereignty for ever, as a spontaneous mark of his gratitude for their assistance in overcoming this opposition to his authority. ARTICLE III. By the second article of the convention of the 15th of March last it is stipulated, that Jaydad, or landed funds, equal to the income of sixty-five thousand Rupees per month, shall be assigned to the Honorable Company, to defray the expense of the subsidised force ; but as, from the present incumbered and mortgaged state of the districts composing the Guicowar principality, these assignments cannot be effected, and the Honorable Company put into possession during the current year, beginning from the Mirgh of 1859, or June 1802, it is hereby agreed, that the payment of the subsidy for this term shall be secured, according to the condition of a separate bond executed for this purpose, under the present date, and that the assignment of land to the Honorable Company shall be effectively and fully accomplished by the Mirgh of 1860, beginning in June 1803. This subsidy to be chargeable to the Guicowar State from the period referred to in the convention of the 15th March. ARTICLE IV. The second article of the convention of the 15th March last, proposing to effect a reduction in the number of the Arab force under the Guicowar Government, the principal obstacle to which consists in want of ready money funds, for the liquidation of the arrears of such part of the said establishment as it is proposed to disband, and the Honorable BOMBAY, 567 Honorable Company meaning to extend, to this effect, some pecuniary assistance to the A. D. 1802 Guicowar State, the repayment of this amount is to take place and be secured in manner 1 J r Anund Row following : Guicowar The first payment of interest by the Mirgh of 1860 , or June 1803 ; the second year’s interest, and one-third of the principal, by the Mirgh of 1861 , or June 1804 ; and all the remaining principal and interest by the Mirgh of 1862 , or June 1805 . But in the event of failing in the above stipulated payments, the revenue of the Pergunnahs of Barodra, Coral, Senor, Pittad, and Ahmedabad, to the full amount of the Russud, which will be about 11 , 7 5,000 Rupees per annum, shall be collected by the Company, in proportion to the advance that may be made by them ; and when this debt is fully paid, the collection of that part of the revenue, from the above named Pergunnahs, shall revert again to the administration of the Government of Barodra. ARTICLE V. There shall be a true friendship and good understanding between the Honorable English East-India Company and the state of Anund Row Guicowar, in pursuance of which, the Company will grant the said chief its countenance and protection in all his public concerns, according to justice and as may appear to be for the good of the country, respecting which he is, also, to listen to advice. And the state of the Guicowar having represented sundry points to the Governor in which it is interested, he has assured Raoba of the general attention of the Honorable Company to protect the administration of Anund Row in all their rights, and to be aiding to its concerns with his Highness the Paishwa, or elsewhere, on all just occasions, where their assistance may prove requisite and useful. ARTICLE VI. For the cultivation and promoting the permanency of the good understanding between the two states, there shall be a constant good correspondence kept up between them, and agents reciprocally appointed to reside with each. ARTICLE VII. In future, the subjects of each state who may take refuge with either, shall be delivered up, if the state from which such party or parties shall have fled appear to have any demand of debt, or any just claim against him or them: but as a free intercourse between the countries and the two governments is also intended, frivolous claims against parties resorting from their own to the other jurisdiction are not to be preferred, and in all serious cases cordiality will be shewn. ARTICLE VIII. This agreement to be binding and permanent, when ratified by the Supreme Govern- ment of Bengal, which, in all political concerns, controuls all the other Presidencies ; but, in the mean time, to be in full force. V In 568 TREATIES, &c. A. D. 1802 Anund Row Guicowar. In witness whereof the parties to the foregoing articles of agreement have interchange- ably put their hands and seals, in Cambay, this 6th day of June, in the year of our Lord 1802. ( Signed ) Jonathan Duncan. Signed, sealed, and delivered, in the presence of (Signed) A. Walker, Kahmauleddeen. A true Copy, (Signed) H. Shank, Acting Political Secretary, A true Copy, (Signed) J. A. Grant, Sub Secretary to Government . Translation of a Sunnud, or Grant, of Chickley, written in the Form of a Fetter to the Honorable Jonathan Duncan, Esq. Resident and Governor of Bombay , by Anund Row Guicowar Senah Khas Khel Shumshere Behauder. Mulhar Row Guicowar Himut Behauder being indebted to us for the arrears of our annual accounts, and having exchanged Bahanders, or securities, for the future good behaviour on both sides, a settlement had taken place. In the present year Mulhar Row' unjustly raised a quarrel with us, and without paying any regard to the Bahanders, or securities, we sent to him, for the purpose of discussing the subject, the fort of Bissanagur was taken from us, and he occasioned much disturbance in our country. Babajee Appajee, in his proceeding with troops to Katia and Katiavod, was opposed by him, and there ensued a battle. In consequence of this we dispatched Kehonaleddeen Hoossien Khan Behader and Gopal Row Bapojee to you, and begged the assistance of the Company Behader, on condition that we snail defray the charges of their troops, for which a due provision has been separately made: but in testimony of our sense of the seasonable assistance afforded to us by the Honorable Company, we now make the Company a present of Chickley, within the province of Surat Attavissy, to be taken possession of by the English, at the beginning of the approaching year, on Suvant 1859 , and to enjoy the benefit of it for ever. In this Pergunnah, whatever are the gifts and donations, such as annuities, Enams of villages and grounds, charitable allowances, and the rights of the B O M B A Y. 569 the Zemindars, may be observed and allowed for, according to the usual rules, and the balance of the present year against that Pergunnah may be discharged, agreeable to its accounts. A.D. 1802 Anund Ro* Guicowar. Dated 2d Suffer, or 4th June 1802. A true Copy, ( Signed ) H. Shank, Acting Political Secretary. True Copy, (Signed) J.IIallett, Assistant to the Secretary. Malsa Kaunt, in the Rajah's own hand writing. I, Anunt Row Guicowar Serra Khel Shumsere Behader, do hereby confirm and ratify such compacts and agreements as my faithful Dewan, Rowjee Appajee, hath in my name, and on my behalf, made and concluded with the Honorable the Governor of Bombay. First. I hereby confirm and ratify such grants of lands as my said Dewan, Rowjee Appajee, has made to the Honorable Company, either in Enam or Jaydad ; and I also declare, that I hold myself, my heirs, and successors, bound to repay in money, or in such further landed assignments as may be sufficient for the purpose, all debts and expen- ces which the English Government have been at or contracted, in the course of their military operations in Guzerat, undertaken for the support of my Government. Secondly. I entirely approve and highly commend the prudence of my Dewan, in having obtained a body of English troops to remain permanently in this country, as on their courage and fidelity I place an unlimited dependance. I have determined that the payment of this subsidiary force shall commence from the first of this month, English style, or 1st of Assar 1859, Elindu sera. Ihirdly. As I repose an entire confidence in the English, I depend on their friend- ship to shield me from misfortunes. I am sensible that there are many evil disposed persons jamongst the Arabs, who disregarding my legal authority, have plotted against my liberty, and even my life. 4 D By \ 570 TREATIES, &c. AJ3. 1802 By the favor of God they have been defeated; but should their wicked machina- ■ v— tions, at any time hereafter, succeed, 1 shall expect the English to release me, and desire "^Juicowar' V ^ at acts ant ^ c * eec ' s ’ though executed by me in the usual form, while in that state of restraint, may be considered as of no validity. I desire, therefore, that my subjects will pay no attention to my orders in this situation, but hear what Major Walker has to say, strictly following his directions, and assisting him in every measure that he shall devise or direct, for restoring my person to freedom. Whoever, in short, shall either bring Canoojee into the management of affairs, or shut me up in the fort of Baroda, or elsewhere, is a rebel, and I fully authorize the aforesaid Major Alexander Walker, or the person entrusted with the chief managemen t of the Company’s affairs in Guzerat, to chastise such disturbers of Government, and bring them to that punishment, which is due to those who endanger the person of their sovereign in every part of the world. Thus, therefore, I order all the faithful officers of Government, Silladars, Sebundy, and others, on any of the foregoing events occurring, to obey Major Walker’s orders. Fourthly. Whereas it is signified in certain articles of agreement between the Honorable the Company and my Dewan, Rowjee Appajee, that the English Government is disposed to assist in reducing the Arab force in my service, Major Walker, Resident on the part of the English Government at Baroda, consents to assist me with a pecuniary loan to effect this reduction in the following terms. Fifthly. As it seems impossible that I can retrieve myself or my country from its present embarrassments, without reforming and reducing the expense in every depart- ment, I do hereby promise and agree to make the necessary reductions by degrees. The objects of reduction are contained in the annexed account ; and if possible, they shall be effected at the periods specified opposite to each of the articles. Sixthly. Before any money is advanced, Major Walker must be satisfied that a real and effective reduction shall take place. For this purpose an exhibition must be made of the accounts, and a muster taken of the troops in the presence of three persons, viz. one on the part of the Company, one on the part of the Guicowar Government, and the third by such of the Jemedars, or Parckhis, as may be the agents of the Sebundy. Ac- cording to this muster the account shall be taken and discharged. Seventhly, BOMBA Y. 5?1 Seventhly. I do hereby further agree and promise, that I shall positively reduce the A.D. 1802 Arab and other force, within six or eight months after the present reduction is accom- plished, to the standard of Futteh Sing’s time ; but to enable me to perform this stipulation, it will be necessary for the English Government to assist me, as they have done on the present occasion. Anund Row Guicowar. Eighthly. Provision is already made in the fourth article of agreement, executed and interchanged between the Honorable the Governor of Bombay and my Dewan, Rowjee Appajee, bearing date the 6th June, or 5tb Suffer last, for the payment of the principal and interest of the money to be advanced by the Company ; but as it has since been proposed to pay the same off one year sooner than is thereby provided, by applying the entire Russud of the lands appropriated by that article, to the amount of 11,75,000 Rupees per annum, to the discharging, in equal proportions, of the principal and interest of the money to be advanced by the Company, and by such other persons as may engage therein, Major Walker accepts of the modification by which the Company’s advance may be liquidated one year sooner than it would be, by a strict adherence to the letter of treaty, it being however always understood, that the provisions in the fourth article of the said Treaty of the 6th June, or 5th Suffer, are always in full force, the same as if this subsequent engagement had not been made, in the event of the repayment of the Honorable Company’s loan, as well of principal as of interest, failing to be made good in the more speedy mode now proposed. The amount of the above receipt, or Russud, is to be collected every year from the Comavissdars of the Purgunnahs allotted for this purpose, in the Treaty of the 6th June, by such persons as the Government of Bombay may appoint. Ninthly. Interest on that part of the pecuniary assistance and aid which the Com- pany may give on this occasion, shall be reckoned and accounted for from the time the said Company may raise a loan for that purpose, and it shall be reckoned every six months, at the rate of three-quarters per cent, per month of thirty days, instead of every year or every twelve months. All or any loss by exchange, or otherwise, which may arise by bringing the money from Bombay to this place, shall be on my account, and made good by me and my successors. Tenthly. Conformably to Major Walker’s suggestions and wishes, the articles con- tained in this declaration were written, and to which I have given my assent: but on the event of evil disposed persons attempting any thing unfair or unreasonable against my person, my Dewan, Rpwjee Appajee, his son, his brother, nephew, or relations, and Madow 4 n 2 Row 572 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1802 Row Tatia Muaumdar, or even should I myself, or my successors, commit any thing im- Armi^Row P ro P er 01 un j ust J ^ ie English Government shall interfere, and see, in either case, that it is Guicowar. settled according to equity and reason. I have also l-equired of Major Walker, on the part of the Company, to promise that my state and Government shall be permanent, and descend to the lineal inheritors of the Musnud, and that the Dewanship shall be preserved to Rowjee Appajee. In the last place, I desire to form the most intimate connection with the Company-, and that all business with the Poona Durbar may be jointly managed by the English Resi- dent and my Vakeel. Such are my wishes and sentiments, so help me God. Given at Baroda, 29th July 1802. Witness : (Signed) Gopaul Row Bapoojee, Vakeel in behalf of Sena Kast Khel Shumshere Behader. Witness: ( Signed ) Miguel de Lima Souza. The date of the Mahratta version, in the hand-writing of the Devvan, as also the signature “ Anund Row Guicowar Sena Kass Khel Shumshere Behader.” The following words are written in the Rajah’s own hand c ‘ the above writing is true.” The Seal. Appendix BOMBAY. Appendix to the Treaty with Anund Row Guicowar. Appendix, No. 1. — Translation of an Engagement by Mulhar Bow Guicowar Himut Behader to the Honorable the Governor of Bombay. Having through my misfortune fallen into a warfare with the state of Brodera, and A. D. 1802 been defeated by the army of the said state, assisted by the arms of the Honorable English v East-India Company, I surrendered myself, on a promise of security to my life and my Gmeowar. honor, since which the Government of Brodera hath, at the instance of the Governor of Bombay, bn the condition of my sending for my family, and abstaining from all direct or indirect disturbance or conspiracy against either state, made the following provision for me, viz. that out of the Pergunnah of Neryand (which is the ancient seat and abode of my predecessor) a Jaydad of a lack and a charter of Rupees be assigned and committed tome, for the support of me and my children, family, and brothers: wherefore I agree and give in writing, that exclusive of watchmen, not to exceed two hundred men, and a due proportion of Sebundy to make my collections, I am not to maintain any troops whatever, hereby consenting, that the officers of the Sircar of Brodera and of the English gentlemen may, at any time, after ascertaining the fact, cause any excess in my estab- lishment, as above-mentioned, to be dismissed. Neither am I ever to erect any forti- fications, but to demean myself, as shall my son, brothers, and followers, in all respects as becomes a true well-wisher of both states, without any deviation or difference what- soever. As my securities in which respects Major Walker, on the part of the Plonorable Company, and Meer Kehmauleddin Hesaine Khan Behader, have at my instance engaged their responsibility, and likewise undertaken to be the guardians of my rights, under this deed and engagement : and should there prove any deficiency in the Jaydad of 1,25,000 Rupees, those gentlemen are, by interposing with the officers of the Brodera Government, to cause it to be made up. Besides this, if after experience had of my good behaviour and the security of my heart, and there thence remaining no doubts respecting me, it should ever please Anund Row Sena KhasKheyl Shumshere Behader, with the approbation of this Government, to make any encrease in the present provision for me, I shall have cause to be thankful on that account. Dated 1st of Suffer, 1217, or 2d of June, 1802. N. B. A copy of the original of this engagement has been deposited with the officers of Rajah Anund Row’s Government. A true Copy, ( Signed ) H. Shank, Acl-ing Political Secretary. 574 TREATIES, &c. Appendix, No. 2.— The Governor of Bombay to Mulhar Row Hinvut Behader. A.D. 1802 Ha\ ing perused your engagement of the 1st of Suffer, I approve thereof : you are, Anundfciw therefore, in full security, to repair and continue to dwell with your son and brothers, Guicowar. anc ^ now dispersed family (whom you are to send for) at Nei’yad, on the terms of the Sunnud of the 5th of Suffer from Rajah Anund Row SenaKhas Kheyl Shumshere Behader ; and on condition of your acting according to the Sunnud in question, and conforming to your engagement aforesaid, you may be certain of enjoying the full protection of both Sircars, that is, of the English and of Brodera, nor shall any one, either now or hereafter, have the power to occasion you causeless cr unjust molestation. Dated — of June 1802, or 5th of Suffer 1217. (Signed) Jonathan Duncan, A true Copy, (Signed) H. Shank, Acting Political Secretary. Appendix, No. 3. — From Mulhar Row to Annud Row Guicowar. After compliments. Having been indebted to you in money, and having Bahanders, or securities, between us, I have created a dispute with you, and after entertaining forces have taken your fort of Visanaghur, and occasioned disturbances in your country, and there ensued a battle with Babajee Appajee. This induced you to solicit the assistance of the English Behauder. The Honorable Jonathan Duncan Behauder proposed to me a peaceable adjustment, which I did not attend to, wherefore the English, in prosecution of their support to you, have taken from me the fort of Kuree, and all the territories belonging to me, and delivered them into your Sircar, and for myself made a provision of 1,25,000 Rupees per annum from the Pergunnah of Naryad, which has been given to me through his Honor’s means, which I shall accept, and together with my son, family, and brothers, will behave to you peaceably. With regard to my conduct the Honorable the Governor hath satisfied you, and according as he has BOMBAY. 575 Anund Row Guicowar. has thus signified, so shall we conduct ourselves peaceably, without deviation. This A. D. 1802 Jageer, which has been given me for the maintenance of my family, I shall enjoy, and remain contented with it. I have no sort of claim on you respecting my former places ; but if, in conformity to my engagement, I shall continue to conduct myself peaceably 3 according to the Governor’s order, you will get my Jaydad a little increased from the Sircar. Dated the 2d Suffer, or 3d of June, 1802. Major Walker, on the part of the English East-India Company, and Meer Khemaul- eddeen Hosseen Khan, are my Bahanders, or securities, for the purpose of this writing. ( Signed ) Meer Khemauleddeen Hosseen Khan, as guarantee. (Signed) Major Walker, as guarantee. A true Copy, ( Signed ) H. Shank, Acting Political Secretary. Appendix, No. 4. — From Anund Row to Mulhar Row Guicowar Hitnui Beliauder. After compliments. The following are the articles for the management of the villages given from the Sircar as a Jagire, the Purgunnah Naryad, to the value of 1,25,000 Rupees, for your expence and the maintenance of your family, viz. 1st. The Purgunnah of Naryad shall never experience any imposition for the exaction of labour, Binny Bandry, or other articles whatever. 2d. The rule respecting hay, &c. will be continued to you, as it is usually observed in that Purgunnah. 3d. In case of your being oppressed by the Coolies or Murrassies, and if you cannot overcome such difficulties yourself, a force shall be sent agreeably to your requisition, and these evils shall be thereby removed. 4th. Your relations and friends at Kurree shall never experience any molestation,, provided they conduct themselves peaceably. 5th. You may receive from the Purgunnah the 1,25,000 Rupees in the manner directed by its deed. 6th. In case of any calamity, accident, or damage falling to the Purgunnah, a due allowance or credit will be given on examination of its accounts. The 576 TREATIES, &c. A.1). 1802 The foregoing six articles shall be complied with by the Sircar, for which Major VmncTpow ^ a ^ er > on the part of the English East-India Company, and Meer Khemauleddeen Guicowar. Hossien Khan Beiiiitider, are given as guarantees and mediators. 7th Suffer, or 8th June 1802. Signature of Raoba, his Dezcan. N. B. These articles were particularly solicited by Mulhar Row, and granted as an additional favor by Raoba, through the Governor’s mediation, just previous to the latter- taking leave to return to Brodera. ( Signed ) Jonathan Duncan. A true Copy, (Signed) H. Shank, Acting Political Secretary. Appendix, No. 5 .—Translation of a Letter from Annud Row Guicowar to Suckharam Chinnajee, Suhedar of Surat Attavissy , dated 2d Suffer 1858, or 3d June 1802. On account of disturbances raised by Mulhar Row Guicowar Himut Behauder with the Sircar, the Honorable Jonathan Duncan, Esq. President and Governor of Bombay, was called on for assistance, therefore the Mahal of Chickley, within the Province of Surat Attavissy, has been given to the Honorable Company, as a donation for them, to enter into possession at the beginning of the ensuing year 1859, excepting such gifts and allowances that this Mahal is subject to, which shall be observed and complied with. A true Copy, (Signed) H. Shank, Acting Political Secretary. Seal of Anund Row. Appendix, No. 6. — Translation of a Letter from Anund Row Guicowar, 8$c . to Vital Row Babajee, Camavisdar of Chickley , dated the 2d Suffer 1858, or 4th June 1802. In consequence of the disturbances raised by Mulhar Row Guicowar Blimut Behauder with the Sircar, the Honorable Jon.tthan Duncan, Esq. President and Governor of Bombay, having been applied to for assistance, the Purgunnah of Chickley, within the limits BOMBAY. 577 limits of Surat Attavissy, has been in consequence given to the Company of the English Bebauder, as an Enaum, or donation, for them to enter into possession of it at the beginning of the approaching year, or Suvunt 1859 ; wherefore you will deliver over to the Company Behauder the charge of it accordingly A.D.1802 Anund Row Guicowar. A true Copy, - .v . (Signed). ,, H. Shank, Acting Political Secretary. Appendix, No. 7- — Translation of a Letter from Anund Row Guicowar, 8§c. to the Zemindars of Chichley , dated Jesta Soodhe Ath 1858, or 4 1% June 1802. In consequence of the disturbances raised by Mulhar Row Guicowar Himut Behauder with the Sircar, the Honorable Jonathan Duncan, Esq., President and Governor of Bombay, was called on for assistance, therefore the Sircar has given to the Company of the English Behauder the Mahal of Chickley as a donation, to be taken possession of by them from the beginning of the Suvunt 1859 ; saving always and subject to the gifts and donations, such as daily allowances, annuities, Enams of land and villages, charitable allowances, Darakdars, Jassus, and the rights of the Zemindars, and whatever there may be in this Mahal : therefore you will be obedient to their orders, and attend to the annual gifts and exemptions above specified, as usual. A true Copy, ( Signed ) H. Shank, Acting Political Secretary s Appendix, No. 8. — Translation of a Letter from Anund Row Guicowar Senah Khas Khel Shumshere Behauder to Myral Narayen, dated hth Suffer , or 6th June 1802. Soorsun-esuney IVJyaty ne-vu-al uf (the date of the year in Arabic.) On account of the English Company Behauder battalions or troops, expence 50,000 Rupees value in Jaghere, from the Pergunnah Nudyad, is made over ; you will put them in possession accordingly. Signed and sealed. A true Copy, (Signed) H. Shank, 4 ^ Acting Political Secretary. S 5/8 TREATIES, &c. Appendix, No. 9. — Translation of a Sunnud for Dholka, executed by Anund Row Guicowar, to the Honorable Jonathan Duncan, Esq., President and Governor, on Behalf of the Honorable Company, dated bth Suffer, or 6th June 1802. A.D.1802 Anund Row Guicowar. A body of the Honorable Company’s forces, consisting of two thousand men besides the artillery, have been subsidised by our Government : their charges are to commence from the date of the reduction of our Arab Sebendy. Landed funds are to be assigned in discharge of this subsidy; but for the ensuing year 1859 , all the territories or Mahals belonging to the Guicowar state having been incumbered by mortgages, these assignments cannot be immediately carried into effect, wherefore it hath been agreed, that at the beginning of the year 1860 , the Pergunnah of Dholka shall be assigned towards defraying the charges of the subsidised troops, for their future services, and accordingly, in the year 1860 , this Purgunnah shall be put into your possession, for the purposes of the abovementioned charges. In this Purgunnah of Dholka whatever annuities, daily allowances, charitable allowances, donations, and Derakdars allowances there may be, should be observed and continued. In the same manner are also some villages in this Purgunnah allowed for the private expences of women of Guicowar families, which are to be continued : the deficiency in the collection arising on this account shall be annually paid in cash. - \ A true Copy, ( Signed ) H. Shank, Acting Political Secretary . A true Copy, (Signed) John Williams, Assistant to the Secretary. Appendix, No. 10. — Translation of a Bond executed by Anund Row Guicowar to the Honorable Jonathan Duncan, Esq., President and Governor, on Behalf of the Honorable Company, dated bth Suffer, or 6th June 1802. Whereas a body of the Honorable Company’s troops, consisting of two thousand men besides artillery, have been stationed with us, the expense of which is to commence from BOMBAY. 5 79 from the date of the reduction of our Arab Sebundy, and whereas we possess no means A.D. 1802 convenient to appropriate, or landed funds to defray their expense for the first year, j^^Rov- which amounts to Rupees 7,80,000, therefore in part thereof a Jaydad, equal to 50,000 Guicowar. Rupees a year, from the villages of Neryad, has been assigned, and the balance (Rupees 7,30,000) shall be discharged within one year in cash, with nine per cent, interest, for which is pledged the revenue of Kurree, after deducting the real charges and the proceeds, or what shall be recovered on account of the collections of Bhawnas:ur and of Katia and Katiavad, for the Gentoo years 1857 and 1858, or through any other means, the sum of 7,30,000 Rupees shall be discharged in ready money, in one year. For the due com- pliance with this, Babajee Appajee and Kehmauleddien Hossein Khan have been tendered and delivered as securities. Seal of Anund Row. Securities: Babajee Appajee, whose name is signed by Ramjee and Keh- mauleddien Hossein Khan. A true Copy, v (Signed) J. Hallett, Assistant to the Secretary . The Seal. Appendix, No. 1 1 . — Translation of a Letter or Sunnud from Anund Row Guicowar to the Honorable Jonathan Duncan , Esq., President and Governor of Bombay , dated the bth Suffer Suvun 1859 . In consequence of the disturbance raised with this Sircar by Mulhar Row Guicowar Himut Bebauder, I have taken possession of his territories through your means, viz Kurree Eupperbund Deogong, whilst for the maintenance of his family and himself it has been agreed to make a provision in the Pergunnah of Naryad, which inclusive of the Kellodary or fort, and articles situated therein, is known to be equal to a rental of 2,25,000 Rupees, out of which he (the said Mulhar Row) shall, on his residing at Naryad with his f E 2 family 580 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1802 famity as follows, subject to an established or former annual Varauth or assignment, in favour of Kehmauleddien Hossien Khan, on account of his pay and allowances, to the AnundRow . 1 J 7 Guicowar. amount of 50,000 Rupees a year, including which last Varauth we have put in possession of Mulhar Row the Cusba, and such part of the villages of the said Pergunnah as shall yield him 1,75,000 Rupees, upon, your being the guarantee, and the remainder, to the amount of 50,000 of this Pergunnah, comprehended in its villages, to that amount indis- criminately taken, is made over to you, towards the charges of the subsidized troops, which amount you will accordingly i-eceive on the said account. In this Pergunnah what- ever donation, annuities, and Dirakdars allowances are usually paid, should be observed, in proportion to the share of each party ; and the Cammavisdars balance on the Mahal in question shall be rateably discharged by each, according to the accounts thereof. A true Copy, ( Signed ) H. Shank, Acting Political Secretary » A true Copy, { Signed J J. A. Grant, Sub-Secretary to Government, Appendix, No. 12.— From Anand Row Guicowar Senah Khas Khel Shumshere Behauder to the Zemindars of the Pergunnah of Nudyad or Nuryad. Be it known to all, that out of the villages of this Pergunnah, revenue funds, amount- ing to 50,000 Rupees, are assigned, in part of the expence of the British subsidized troops. You are directed to deliver the power in this Jagheer to the English Company Be- hauder, from the beginning of the now commencing year, making over possession to them, and yielding obedience to their authority and managements Dated Jeylsood 6th, 1858, or 5th Suffer ' 6th June 1802. Signed and sealed. A true Copy, {Signed) H, Shank, Acting Political Secretary , BOMBAY. 581 Appendix, No. 13. — Private Engagement to Rowjee Appajee. It is the intention of the Government of Bombay, that the Dewanship of Rotvjee A.D.1802 Appajee, in the Sircar of Brodera, shall be permanent, and that his son, brothers, ne- v— phews, and relations and friends, shall be duly protected and supported by the Honorable ^^owar* Company in their just rights ; and if the Guiccwar, Sena Khas Khel Shumshere Behauder, or any body else, should unreasonably treat them ill, or offer an}'- undue molestation, the Company will protect them, by interfering in their behalf. In witness whereof I have hereunto put my hand and seal, at Cambay, this 8th day of June, in the year of our Lord 1802. ( Signed ) J. Duncan. A true Copy, ( Signed J H. Shank, Acting Political Secretary , Appendix, No. 14. — Grant of the Village of Bhatta, in the Pergunnah of Chonrrassy, to Rowjee Appajee . The Honorable English East-India Company, placing the greatest reliance in the good faith and attachment of Rowjee Appajee, Dewan of the Guikwar State, and having in view to extend always their permanent protection to him and to his relations, have, for the purpose of his and their abode, granted to him, from the beginning of the current year 1859 (June 1802), in Enam for himself, his sons, and their or his children, forever, the village of Bhatta, in the Pergunnah of Cnourrassy, to the end that entering on the possession thereof, he may appropriate its produce to his support. Dated the 6th June 1802, or 5th Suffer, 1215 of the Higera. A true Copy, ( Signed ) H. Shank, Acting Political Secretary. 582 TREATIES, &c. Appendix, No. 15. — Cambay, February, 1802. A.D. 1802 Mr. Miguel de Lima e Souza having read and explained to us yesterday, the 26th v — - v -*- J instant, the several letters written to him by our Vakeel, Gulabchund Taluckchund, at Guicowar Bombay, making the Honorable English Company several proposals mentioned in them, for putting into their protection and possession our ports and territories stated in those letters, under several conditions therein stipulated, w r e do hereby confirm the same, and promise never to deviate from any of the proposals made by our said Vakeel, Gulabchund, in his several letters to the said Mr. Miguel de Lima e Souza. In witness whereof Manaboy Gerbay, his brother’s uncle, and such of his relations who have a right in the territories mentioned by Gulabchund Taluckchund in his letters to Mr. Miguel de Lima e Souza, as are present at this place, have put their names to this, and the signature of others will be taken on their arrival at Dollerah. Witnesses : The above was written, read, explained, and signed before us, ( Signed ) Robert Holford, Mungajee Rangajee, Gulabchund Taluckchund. Tacoor Munabay Gerbay, Tacoor Sessmutjee Seetojee, Tacoor Dessabay Razabay, Tacoor Kullabay Gerbay, Tacoor Vacajee Sessabay, TacoorHackabayCattahbay, Tacoor Sorrobay Satabay. Dollerah, 5th March 1802, the following people signed the paper on the other side, confirming the proposals made to the Governor of Bombay by Gulabchund Taluckchund, in his several letters to Mr. Miguel de Lima e Souza. Witnesses : The mark $ of Nathoojee Balliajee, ( Signed ) Gulabchund Taluckchund, Mungajee Rangajee. Tacoor Mungagee Rouzajee, Tacoor Barabay Razajee, Tacoor Rupabay Mozee, Tacoor Unezee Alliajee. I, Bugwandoss BOMBAY. 583 Anund Row Guicowar. I, Bugwandoss Nathjee, in charge of the Desseyship of Dandoora, do hereby A.D. 1802 declare, that the Gracias, who have ratified and confirmed by their signature on this and the other side, the proposals made by their Vakeel, Gulabchund Taluckchund, to the English Government in Bombay, in his several letters to Mr. Miguel de Lima e Souza, being sent for, they one and all declared they have put their name to this paper, and that on the other side, from their free will. In witness whereof I have put my name, in Dollerah, the 6th March 1802. Dollerah, the 6th March 1802, Churassa Jeejee Agersinjee, inhabitant of Gamp, having just arrived, declared before Bugwandoss Natbjee, that he had desired his relations, Lessajee Sallojee and Manabay Gerbay, to offer to the Government of Bombay his and his family’s villages, Vajhe, Morising, Sandially, Pimply, Timboo, Dawser, part of Cataria, and two other pieces of land, on the same terms as they might offer their own : and having seen and had the terms read and explained to me, I do hereby confirm them, and promise to abide by every thing done and agreed upon by Sessajee Sallajee and Manabay Gerbay, through their agent, Gulabchund Taluckchund, agreeable to what is written in his several letters to Mr. Miguel de Lima e Souza. In witness whereof he had made his mark, in the presence of Bugwandoss Nathjee Dessay and other witnesses* Dollerah, the 6th March 1802. The mark $ of Cheerassama, Bugwandoss Nathjee, Mungajee Rangajee, Dam Wallah Gerdiah, Jeejee Agersingjee. Churassama Bavajee Balliajee, who owns Vaghas consisting of eight large and small villages, came in and confimed the proposals made by Gulabchund Taluckchund, and also the signature of Churassama Jeejee Agersingjee, 18th March, 1802. The mark $ of Canojee Ballagee. The mark $ of Bhinjee Kanjee. True Copies, (Signed) J. Hallet, Assistant to the Secretary. We, the undersigned, do hereby promise, that we shall not, on our arrival at Dollerah, make any disturbance with any body there, or touch any thing whatever belonging 584 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1802 belonging. tQ any inhabitants, so as to afford cause for complaint; we do also promise to A nun d Row ^ r ’ ^e Souza every assistance to try and examine every thing we have set forth in Guicowar. our proposals, and shall remain quiet and silent, until the Honorable the Governor determines to accept or not our proposals. Cambay, the 28th February, 1802. A true Copy, (Signed) John Williams, Assistant to the Secretary. Appendix, No. l6. — Translation of a Perwanah. Anund Row Guicowar Senah Khas Khel Shumshere Behauder to the Gracias of Dhoondooca Choodasama and others, landholders under the said Pergunnah. You have, in consequence of the oppressions from the Rajah of Bhownagur Limree, and other powerful neighbours, made application to the Honorable the Governor of Bombay, about four years ago, and offering him the villages requested his protection ; and at your repeated solicitations upon the subject, the Governor instructed Mr. Miguel de Lima e Souza, on account of the Honorable Company, to make the necessary enquiries respecting the following villages, which you have assigned over, viz. Roytulla, Dhollera, Bhimtulla, Bbangur, and Kuperally, and the district of eight villages, altogether about thirteen villages, and what further villages that shall be hereafter under the Company’s protection. Thus you have represented to me in person ; whereupon this Cowl Perwanah (a grant) is issued to you from the Sirkar, that after cultivating your respective grounds in the abovementioned Pergunnahs, you may enjoy a peaceable residence there. The Paishwa’s Khundrug for the Pergunnah Doondooka and the Sircar’s usual Jummabundy to be regularly paid, and you shall experience no oppression from the Sircar. The Honorable Company shall have the Government of those villages, inhabit and cultivate them, and shall take upon themselves the management of the port, and hoist their flag ; therefore you may rest assured, and observe the usual rules and customs in your conduct, for which you have this Cowl from the Sircar. Dated Jah Soodhe 2d 1858, or 2d of June, 1802. A true Copy, (Signed) John Williams, Assistant to the Secretary. BOMBAY. 585 No. XXXV. Agreement with Anund Row Guicowar m 1803, supplementary to the Treaty of March and June 1802. Translation of a Copy of a Letter to the Honorable English East-India Company, from A.D. 1803 Anund Row -Guicowar Sena Khas Kheel Sumshire Behader, dated the 1st Shaval, or 25th January 1803, accompanying the Resident of Brodera’s Letter of the 14th Febru- Guicowar, ary. Received at Bombay the 20 th ditto. After compliments, Par. 1 . It being agreed between us to subsidize your troops, to the strength of two thousand in number, the following Jagheer is ceded for that purpose, viz. From the Pergunnah Nuryad, the amount that had been reserved, after deducting one lack of Rupees for the maintenance of my senior, Mulhar Row Guicowar Heemut Behader, who having in the current year fled, in such case it ought to be credited from the next year to your account. Being the estimated revenue of the Neezapoor Mehaul, viz. Net collection about - Rupees - 1,20,000 Durbar charges, &c. - 10,000 Total Rupees - 1,30,000 25,000 From the Pergunnah Kurree, that is'situated in the vicinity of the : ; — Pergunnah of Nuzapoor, say two lacks eighty thousand Rupees 2,80,000 worth in Jagheer, duly ceded in the manner above recited, to - ■ - commence from next year 1860, Sun Arba Myabine 1204. Rupees 1,25,000 1,30,000 4 T 2. The 586 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1 803 Anu n dRow Guicowar. 2. The amount you will have to disburse, on account of the respective Pergunnahs, yearly gifts, charity, Darikdars, and Durbar charges, shall be duly accountable to your Sircar by my Sircar, in seeing the same regularly paid, together with the produce of the Enam villages. 3. On your faithfully executing the Sircar’s service, take the advantage of this assignment for the support of the troops. I call God to witness this. 4. Soohoor Sun Salas Myatyne Onaluf 1203. What can I write more? Anund Row’s Seal. Mortub. Statement of the Districts ceded to the Honorable Company by Amnd Row Guicowar. 1. The Pergunnah of Dholka - Rupees 4,50,000 1.75.000 1.30.000 25,000 Rupees - 7,80,000 2. Ditto Neryad ------- 3. Ditto Bejeapoor, including the Rajah’s Khangee, or the revenues allotted for his private expenses 4. ATuppa of Kurree, contiguous to Bejeapoor Baroda, j8th February 1803:. (Signed) A. Walker, Retidtnl. BOMBAY. 587 Letter, or Sunnud, dated Is# Saval, or the 25th January 1803, and ad- dressed to the Honorable English Company by Anund Row Guicowar Shenah Khaskel Sumslier Behauder. Two thousand of your troops are in our service, for their part maintenance it is to give Jageer lands as follows, viz. In Neryad, deducting assignments or money agreed to be transferred, to the £ of one lack of Rupees (1,00,000), the remainder of the revenue of that district, bei and quarter lack of Rupees (1,25,000), was allotted for the support of our relation, to us in years, Mulhar Row Guicowar Heemut Behauder, which, as the aforesaid the same year, is given to you. The Pergunnah of Vejapoor, valued at one lack and thirty thousand Rupees (1,30,000) viz. the revenues one lack and twenty thousand Rupees (1,20,000) and Durbar Kirch, with other articles, ten thousand Rupees (10,000). The Tuppa of the Pergunnah of Kurree of twenty-five thousand Rupees (25,000) -adjoining Vejapoor. These Jageers, yielding two lacks and eighty thousand Rupees (2,80,000), are given to you from •■■■ of the ensuing year 1860 (or Anno Domini 1 803-4). Out of these it will be necessary to pay the usual annual allowances. Versasun Dheunada, or charities, and Dirikdars Daity and Dunbar Kirch, the amount of which you may take credit for and I will discharge it. r i r \ , * , ' ■» T _ v V ' * „ r < It is necessary that the troops be supported from the provision thus made, and that they serve us with respect and fidelity. Stamped with the seals of the state. A true Translate, (Signed) R. Drummond. A true Copy, (Signed) A. Walker, Resident. agreed A.D.1803 imount ng one senior fled in Anund Row Guicowar. 4 F 2 588 TREATIES, &c. A Letter, or Sunnud, dated the 10th Mohurrum (3d May) and addressed to the Honorable English Company by His Highness Anund Row Guico- war Shena Khaskel Shumsher Behauder . Having maintained my honor and the good of the state, I have given to you in Enam the fort and Jaggeer village of Keda or Kaira ; take therefore and enjoy the fort and vil- lage aforesaid, and as you have hitherto maintained a friendly intercourse with my Sircar, and thereby done me honor, continue to do so. I excuse you of the annual Nuzzerana from thence. It is hoped that your Sirdars or officers of rank here will always behave faithfully and respectfully towards us. Stamped with- the seals of the state. A true Translate, . - ( Signed ) R. Drummond. A true Copy, (Signed) A. Walker, Resident . Letter, or Sunnud, dated the 11 th Suffer (or the 2d June 1803J and ad- dressed to the Honorable English Company by Anund Row Guicowar Shena Khaskel Shumsher Behauder. Two thousand of your troops are already provided for by treaty: besides them another thousand is now subsidized. In part payment thereof the following places are given from the beginning of the ensuing year, viz, the Pergunnah of Matter, valued at one lack and thirty thousand Rupees (1,30,000) ; the Pergunnah of Modha or Monde, one lack and ten A.D.1803 Anund Row Guicowar. BOMBAY. 589 ten thousand Rupees (1,10,000) ; the customs of Kimkatodra, north of the Tappee, fifty A. D. 1803 thousand Rupees (50,000). These, amounting to two lacks and ninety thousand Rupees (2,90,000,) I have given in Jaghire for the expence of the additional thousand troops en- tertained by treaty. Anund Row Guicowar. Out of the funds of these possessions it is necessary that you continue to make the usual allowances annually of charities, Direkdars, Daity and Assamidars, and Durbar Kirch, as heretofore. Should thereby the amount stipulated for the subsidiary force fall short it shall be made up from the Sircar. Having taken and appropriated the fruits of the above places for the support of the additional thousand troops, it is necessary that your Sirdars perform the services of this Sircar in a respectful and faithful manner. Stamped with the seals of the state. A true Translate, (Signed) R. Drummond. A true Copy, (Signed) A. Walker, Resident. Translation of a Sunnud from Anund Row Guicowar Senah Khaskel Shumsher Behader to Bohwany Pursaud and Vaney Pursaud of Kimkatodra, - dated Moon Suffer, or 2 d June, 1803. The management of the Syer of Kimkatodra Tappee Wooter Teer, or on the north side of the Tappee river, is taken from you and given to the Honorable Company on ac~ count of the subsidy engagement, therefore you will deliver over the charge of the said Syer from the first Karticksood Arabah Meyatane (or from the 16th October, 1803) to the Honorable Company. (Signed) A. Walker, Resident, 590 TREATIES, See. Translation of a Siinrnd from Anund Row Guicowar Senah KhasJcel Shumsher Behader , to all the Jemadars of Kimkatodra Tappee Wooter Teer , or on the North Side of the Tappee River , dated the Wth Suffer 1859, or 2 d June , 1803. A.D.1803 Anund Row Guicowar. I have discharged Bhavany Pursaud and Vaney Pursaud from the management of the Syer Kimkatodra Tappee Wooter Teer, and given it to the Honorable Company, on ac- count of the additional subsidy, wherefore you will obey this order, and deliver over the charge of the said Syer, from the first day of Mergsaul, to the Honorable Company. A true Copy of the Translation, ( Signed ) A. Walker, Resident. No. XXXVI. t Treaty with the Rajah of Soonth, 1803. A.D. 1803 Trusting and believing in Providence : I hereby declare that, desirous to embrace the very amicable offer made to me by Colonel Murray, commanding the British troops in ^Soontlf 1 G uzerat Attaveesy, and conquered districts, on behalf of the Honorable Company Be- hauder, and to cement the friendship which at present so happily exists between me and the Honorable Company’s Government, I have, in testimony thereof, of my free will and consent, entered into the following engagements with the Honorable Company Behauder, under whose protection it has pleased the Almighty to place me, ARTICLE I. As tributary to Powaghur and the Honorable Company Behauder, I hereby engage to continue the payment of the same annual tribute as it has been usual for me to pay to the BOMBAY. 591 the late Government of Dowlut Row Scindia, namely, 2,700 Rupees: but should it please A.D. 1803 the Honorable Company’s Government graciously to release me, in future, from the pay- ment of the aforesaid tribute, then I engage to present them annually with such Nuz zerannee, in token of my allegiance, as they may be pleased to direct, which shall be in. lieu of all other sums whatever ; and as long as I continue faithfully to adhere to the in- terests of the Honorable Company, this concession of the tribute to be paid by me, if ac- ceded to by his Excellency the Governor General in Council, shall not be liable to be re- voked. Soonth. ARTICLE II. I engage, on every occasion, to consider the enemies of the English as my own, and to the last extremity to defend my country, and oppose any attempt of a hostile nature which may be made by a foreign power, for the passage of troops through my districts, and relinquish all claim to indemnification for any losses myself or subjects may suffer on the occasion. ARTICLE III. On all occasions when my country is threatened by a foreign force, either on account of my attachment to the British Government, or by people, my enemies, I shall receive assistance from the Honorable Company’s Government, to enable me to resist the enemy : unless it should appear the invasion is intended merely to punish insubordinate subjects of mine, who may have violated my neighbour’s boundaries, when I agree to adopt such measures as may satisfy the aggrieved. ARTICLE IV. I engage, on all occasions, to be answerable for the safety of the property and per- sons of the British Government, its servants and subjects, wherever they may be, now or hereafter, in my districts, and relinquish all claim to remuneration for these services from the Government, as far as relates to them or those in their service : but with respect to their subjects, L reserve the right of taxing merchandize and exacting payment, according to antient custom, for the protection which I hereby engage to give to the merchants. Concluded, Camp Calliban, December 15th, 1803. (Signed) J. Murray, Collector . * 592 TREATIES, &c. No. XXXVII. Treaty ivith the Rajah of Lunawara, 1803. A.D. 1803 In virtue of the authority which has been vested in Colonel John Murray, com- TheRajah of man< ^ n g ^ ie British forces in Guzerat Attaveesy, and districts conquered from Dowlut Lunavvara. Row Scindia, to ratify and conclude a Treaty of amity with me, on the basis of friendship, a 'id on those terms of reciprocal benefit which had been previously acceded to on my part, and recommended in my behalf by Colonel Murray, during his continuance in the Lunawara district ; and anxious to profit by the friendly protection which the Honorable Company Behauder has been graciously pleased to extend towards me, I do, of my free will, and in conformity to the terms previously agreed to, hereby enter into or confirm the following conditions, namely : ARTICLE I. First, as tributary to the Honorable Company Behauder, T hereby engage, in conse- quence of their gracious concession, in my behalf, of the tribute hitherto usualty paid by me to the late Government of Dowlut Row Scindia, to maintain, at my own expense, devoid of every claim to remuneration from the Government of the Honorable Company Behauder, a military force for the defence of my territories, the services of which shall be at their command, in repelling every attempt hostile to their interests, by an invasion of the Guzerat through my districts : and I hereby engage to relinquish all claim to indemnification for any injury myself or subjects may sustain, in our persons or property, by these efforts against the common enemy, considering, on all occasions, the enemies of the English as my own, and pledging myself to defend my country against them to the last extremity ; further engaging, to give such token of allegiance as his Excellency the Governor General may be pleased to require. ARTICLE II. Secondly, I engage, on all occasions, to be answerable for the safety of the property and persons of the British Government, its servants and subjects, wherever they may be, now or hereafter, in my districts, and relinquish all claim to remuneration for their services from the Government, as far as relates to them or those in their service; but with respect to their subjects, I reserve the right of taxing merchandize and exacting payment, according to antient custom, for the protection which I hereby engage to give the merchants. Concluded, camp Lunawara, November 14 , 1803 . ( Signed ) J. Murray, Collector. BOMBAY. 593 No. XXXVIII. Treaty with the Rajah of Pretaubghur, 1804. Copy of a Treaty concluded with Shahamut Sing, Rajah of Pretaubghur, by Colonel A. D. 1804 Murray, commanding the British Troops in G uzerat, the Attaveesy, and Malwa, 1804. xheRajab of ARTICLE L Pretaubghur. The Rajah disclaims all subjection or acknowledgment of superiority to Jeswunt Row Holkar. ARTICLE II. The Rajah engages to pay the tribute formerly paid hy him to Jeswunt Row Holkar to the British Government, when the Most Noble the Governor General shall think fit to order it to be levied. ARTICLE III. The Rajah shall consider the enemies of the British Government as his own, and engages that he will not permit them to remain in his districts. ARTICLE IV. All British troops and stores, of every description, for the British army, shall be permitted to pass free through the districts of the Rajah ; and the Rajah further engages to afford them every assistance and protection. ARTICLE V. The districts of the Rajah shall deliver at Mulhar Ghur five thousand Maunds of rice, two thousand Maunds of Gram, and three thousand Maunds of Jovaree, for which a fair and equitable price shall be paid on the delivery, to be made one half in fourteen, the remainder in twenty -eight days. ARTICLE VI. In the full confidence that the above articles shall be strictly performed by the Rajah, Colonel Murray, commanding the British forces, engages to raise no contributions, either of money, cattle, or grain, nor will he permit any contributions to be levied by detachments of British troops under his command. ARTICLE VII. The Rajah engages to coin in the mint of Pretaubghur, such bullion as the Com- manding Officer of the British troops may find convenient to send there, the British Government defraying the actual expense. 4 o ARTICLE 594 TREATIES, kc. A.D.1S04 ARTICLE VIII. Tfee Rajah of Treat - V sbal - be sent > Wltb the least possible delay, for the ratification of his Prttanbghur. Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General; but the above articles shall be strictly adhered to by the officer commanding the troops and the Rajah, till the ratification shall arrive. Given under my hand and seal, this 25th day of November, I S04, in camp on the Chumbul. ( Signed ) J. Murray, Collector, Treaty with Anund Row Guicowar, 1805, A.D. 1 505 Definitive T reaty ©/"General Defensive Alliance between the Honorable English Arced E.ow East-Lndia Company on the one Part, and the Maha Rajah Anund Row Guicowar Sena Q. - ^ ^ Rbas Kneyl Snmsheir Behauder, and his Children. Heirs, and Successors, on the other, settled by Major Alexander Walker, Resident at Baroda, having full Powers from the Government of Bombay, which is, in like manner , authorized by his Excellency, the Most Koble Richard Marquis Wellesley, Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick , one of His Britannic Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, Governor General in Council appointed by the Honorable the Court of Directors to direct and control all their affairs in the East-Indies. Whereas various agreements have been concluded between the Honorable Company on the one part, and Anund Row Guicowar Sena Khas Kheyl Sumsheir Behauder on the e ther, all trading to improve and encrease the friendship and alliance between the con- tracting parties, viz. a convention dated at Cambay, the 15th March 1S02, settled by the Governor of Bombay on the part of the Honorable Company, and by Rowjee Appajee Dewan on the part of Anund Row Guicowar Sena Khas Kheyl Shumsheir Behauder; an agreement dated at Cambay, the 6th June 1802 , settled by the Governor of Bombay on the part of the Honorable Company, and by R.owjee Appajee Dewan on the part of Anund Row Gciccwar Sena Khas Khey^ Shumsheir Behauder ; and an agreement made by Anund Bo-tv Guicowar Sena Khas Kheyl Shumsheir Behader with Major Alexander Walker, Resident at Barcda, on the part of the Honorable Company, dated at Baroda, the 29th July BOMBAY. 595 Anuad Row Guicowar. July 1802; and whereas it is desirable to consolidate the stipulations of all these separate A.D. 1805 engagements with one definitive Treaty, and farther to improve the state of alliance of the contracting parties, in like manner as has been applied for by the aforesaid Rowiae Appajee, in his letter of the 10th of Suffer (or 12th June, 1803) desiring that the present engagement between the Honorable Company and the Guicowar State may be drawn up in terms consonant to those employed in the Treaty of Bassein, between the Honorable Company and his Highness the Peshwa, the said Company and the Maha Rajah Anund Row Guicowar Sena Khas Kheyl Shumsheir Bebauder, do hereby accordingly agree to the following articles framed for that purpose. ARTICLE L All the stipulations of the engagements heretofore made between the contracting parties, and above recited, viz. on the 15th of March, 6ih June, and 23th July, 1S02, are hereby confirmed, and are to bind the contracting parties, their heirs and successors for ever. ARTICLE II. The friends and enemies of either party shall be the friends and enemies of both; and if any power shall commit any act of unprovoked hostility or aggression against either of the contracting parties, or against their respective dependants or allies, and alter due representation shall refuse to enter into amicable explanation, or shall deny the just satis- faction which the contracting parties shall have required, the contracting parties will proceed to prosecute such further measures as the case shall appear to demand. ARTICLE III. Whereas, in conformity to the agreements heretofore made between the Honorable Company and the Maha Rajah Anund Row Guicowar Sena Khas Kheyl Shumsheir Behauder, a subsidiary force of two thousand men was subsidized, and inclusive of the half augmentation of the subsidiary force first fixed- upon, the Maha Rajah Anund Row Guicowar Sena Khas Kheyl Shumsheir Behauder agrees to receive, and the Honorable Company to furnish, a permanent subsidiary force, of not less than three thousand regular native infantry, with one company of European artillery, and their proportion, viz. two companies of gun-lascars, wdth the necessary ordnance, and warlike stores and ammu- nition, which force is to be stationed in the territories of the said Anund Row Guicowar Sena Khas Kheyl Shumsheir Behander. ARTICLE IV. The subsidiary force will, at all times, be ready to execute services of importance ; such as the protection of the person of Anund Row Guicowar Sena Khas Kheyl Shumsheir Behauder, his heirs and successors, the overawing and chastisement of rebels and exciters of disturbance in his territories, and the due correction of his subjects or dependants, 4 g 2 who 596 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1805 who may withhold the payment of the Sircar’s just claims ; but it is not to be employed AnuncTTow ° n tr ‘^‘ n £ occasions, nor like Sebundy to be stationed in the country to collect the Guicowar. revenue. One battalion of these forces, however, or such a proportion of them as the performance of the foregoing services may require, will proceed to Kattywar, when there may be a real necessity for it ; but the English Government, whose care and attention to all the interests of the Guicowar State cannot be doubted, must remain the judge of its necessity. ARTICLE V. In order to provide the regular payment of the whole expense of this subsidiary force, Auund Row Guicowar Sena Kbas Kheyl Sumsheir Behauder has ceded, by the agreements aforesaid, viz. dated the 15th March, 6th June, and 29th July, 1802, and 2d June, 1803, districts and other funds, of which a Schedule (A) is annexed to this Treaty, of the yearly net value of 11,70,000 Rupees. This cession is confirmed by this Treaty, and Anund Row Guicowar Sena Khas Kheyl Shumsheir Behauder hereby cedes the districts of which the Schedule is annexed, with all the rights of sovereignty thereof, and all the forts which they contain, in perpetuity, to the Honorable Company. ARTICLE VI. The districts of Chowrassy, Chickly, Surat, Chouth, and Kaira, have been ceded to the Honorable Company by Anund Row Guicowar Sena Khas Kheyl Shumsheir Behauder, as a proof of his friendship, and as a testimony of his sense of the benefit which he has received from his alliance with the Honorable Company’s Government. The cession of these districts is confirmed by this Treaty, and Anund Row Guicowar Sena Khas Khe}'l Shumsheir Behauder hereby cedes the districts abovementioned, withall the rights belonging to the sovereignty thereof, and all the forts which they contain, in perpetuity, to the Honorable Company. ARTICLE VII. Whereas the Honorable Company have, at different periods, assisted Anund Row Guicowar Sena Khas Kheyl Shumsheir Behader, both from their own funds and those of bankers, with advances of money, a particular account of which, as well as of the funds assigned for the payment of the same, is contained in the Schedule annexed, marked B, it is hereby agreed, that the full amount of the Russud of the districts therein named, according to the provisions in the eighth article of the agreement of the 29th July, shall be collected on account of the Honorable Company, and the persons therein referred to, until these debts and the interest due upon them shall be fully paid ; and for the past or any future advances which the Company’s Government may make to that of the Guicowar, Mahals shall be assigned as their security. ARTICLE BOMBA Y. 597 ARTICLE Vm. A.D.1805 Grain, and all other articles of consumption and provisions, all sorts of materials for wearing apparel, together with the necessary numbers of cattle, horses, and camels, required for the use of the subsidiary force, shall be exempted from duties in the terri- tories of Anund Row Guicowar Sena Khas Kheyl Shumsheir Behauder, and the command- ing officer and the officers of the subsidiary force shall be treated, in all respects, in a manner suitable to the importance of the trust placed in them and the dignity of the British Government. In like manner shall the officers of the Guicowar Government meet with similar consideration and respect from the Honorable Company. In consideration, also, of the good will and friendship which has so long happily subsisted between the Honorable Company and the Guicowar Government, such goods and articles as may be bona fide required for the private use or consumption of that family, or of the ministers, shall be allowed to be purchased at Surat and Bombay, and to be sent from thence free of duties, on being accompanied by a passport from the Resident at Baroda. As the Deckan is the native country of the Mahrattas, who inhabit or serve in Guzerat, such of this nation as may be in the Guicowar service shall be allowed to pass and repass freely, with their families, through the Honorable Company’s territories. It is expressly understood, that the admission of this article is not to sanction, or in any shape to authorize the transit of merchandize or of prohibited goods. ARTICLE IX. The Maha Rajah Anund Row Guicowar Sena Khas Kheyl Shumsheir Behauder hereby engages, that he will not entertain in his service any European or American, or any native of India, subject of the Honorable Company, without the consent of the British Government; neither will the Company’s Government entertain in their service any of the Guicowar servants, dependants, or slaves, contrary to the inclination of that state. ARTICLE X. Inasmuch as, by the present Treaty, the contracting parties are bound in an alliance for mutual defence and protection, Anund Row Guicowar Sena Khas Kheyl Shumsheir Behauder engages never to commit any act of hostility or aggression against any power whatever ; and in the event of difference arising, whatever adjustment the Honorable Company’s Government, weighing matters in the scale of truth and justice, may, in communication with the Guicowar Sircar, determine, shall meet with full approbation and acquiescence. ARTICLE 598 TREATIES, Ac. AVISOS ARTICLE XI. Whereas there are certain' unfinished transactions between his Highness the Peshwa Guicowar. an< ^ AnundRow Guicowar Sena Khas Kheyl Shumsheir Behauder, and there exist certain papers of accounts which are unadjusted, Anund Row Guicowar Sena Khas Kheyl Shumsheir Behauder doth hereby agree, that the Honorable Company’s Government shall examine into and finally adjust the said transactions, papers, and accounts, and the demands resulting therefrom ; and Anund Row Guicowar Sena Khas Kheyl Shumsheir Behauder binds himself, his heirs, and successors, to abide by such adjustment as the British Government shall accordingly determine. Further, in respect to these unsettle^ pecuniary affairs existing with the Governments of his Highness the Peshwa and the Guicowar, it behoves the latter to repose a similar faith in the British Government as the Peshwa, who has agreed to abide by the adjustment of these concerns. This settlement shall be effected by the Honorable Company, after taking into mature consideration the impoverished state of the Guicowar finances ; and the latter Government entertain a full conviction, that no oppressive demand will be enforced under the Company’s mediation. ARTICLE XII. If, notwithstanding the defensive nature of the agreement between the contracting parties, and their desire to cultivate and improve the relations of peace with all the powers of India, war should unfortunately break out, it is agreed, that with the reserve of a battalion of native infantry to remain near the person of the Maha Rajah Anund Row Guicowar Sena Khas Kheyl Shumsheir Behauder, or such proportion as may appear necessary for the security of Guzerat, the residue of the subsidiary force, with their ordnance and public stores and ammunition, shall be immediately put in motion, for the purpose of opposing the enemy. , The troops of the Maha Rajah Anund Row Guicowar Sena Khas Kheyl Shumsheir Behauder shall accompany the British troops to the boundaries of Guzerat, in order to terminate the war. Should, however, any great exigency arise, the circumstances shall be mutually considered, and the best means in the power of the contracting parties pursued to terminate the same. ARTICLE XIII. As the enemies of both states are the same, those who are in opposition to the Guicowar Government, or in rebellion to it, can never, while acting in this manner, be admitted to the friendship of the Honorable Company ; but should Canoojee Guicowar, who comes under this description, repent and submit himself, it will be adviseable to oallow him a suitable pen, on which he may subsist and reside at Bombay, or at any other place which maybe equally safe and convenient. Neither BOMBAY. 599 Neither Canoojee Guicowar nor Mulhar Row Guicawar will have any other claim on A.D. 1805 the Guicowar Government than the pension which has been assigned to the latter, and that which may eventually be assigned to the former. Guicowar. ARTICLE XIV. When the subsidiary troops will take the field, theMaha Rajah Anund Row Guicowar Sena Khas Kheyl Shumsheir Bebauder will supply such quantities of grain and Benjarries to attend the army, as the resources of his country may afford, the British Government defraying the expense thereof. ARTICLE XV. If disturbances shall, at any time, break out in the Honorable Companj^s territories or districts, bordering on those of the Maha Rajah Anund Row Guicowar Sena Khas Kheyl Shumsheir Behauder, the said Maha Rajah Anund Row Guicowar shall consent to the employment of such a proportion of the subsidiary force, as may be requisite to quell the same : and if, at any time, disturbances shall break out in any part of the Maha Rajah Anund Row Guicowar Sena Khas Kheyl Shumsheir Behauder’s territories, to which it might be inconvenient to detach a proportion of the subsidiary force, the British Govern- ment will, in like manner, at the requisition of the said Maha Rajah Anund Row Guicowar Sena Khas Kheyl Shumsheir Behauder, detach such a proportion of the troops of the Company, as may be most conveniently situated to assist in quelling the said disturbances in the Maha Rajah Anund Row Guicowar Sena Khas Kheyl Shumsheir Behauder’s territories. ARTICLE XVI. In future the subject of each state, who may take refuge with either, shall be delivered up, if the state from which such parties shall have fled appear to have any demand of debt or any just claim against him or them : but as a free intercourse between the countries under the two Governments is also intended, frivolous claims against parties resorting from their own to the others jurisdiction are not to be preferred, and in all serious cases cordiality will be shewn, ARTICLE XVII. The contracting parties hereby bind themselves to take into consideration, hereafter, the commercial relations between their respective territories, and to settle them in due time by a commercial treaty. Done at Baroda, the 21st April 1805, Anno Domini. SCHEDULE 600 TREATIES, &o SCHEDULE A. A. D. 1805 A Statement of the Funds assigned and Districts , in perpetual Sovereignty , to the AnundRow Honorable Company , by Maha Rajah Anund Row Guicowar Sena Khas Kheyl Shumsheer Guicowar. Rehauder, in order to provide for the regular Payment of the Subsidiary Troops. The Pergunnah of Dholka, - Rupees 4,50,000 Ditto Neryaud, - 1,75,000 Ditto Bejapoor, - 1,30,000 Ditto Matter, - 1,30,000 Ditto Mondeh, - 1,10,000 The Tuppa of Kurree, -L 25,000 The Kimkatodra •»- m. — - 50,000 Warrat on Kattywar ... - 1 ,00,000 11,70,000 Rupees - - 11,70,000 Baroda, the 21st April, Anno Domini 1305. (Signed) A. Walker. Resident. SCHEDULE B. A Statement of the Advances made by the Honorable Company and various Bankers to Maha Raja Anund Row Guicowar Sena Khas Kheyl Shumsheer Rehauder , comprising an Account of the Funds assigned for their Repayment , according to the Provisions made in the eighth Article of the Agreement of the 29th of July , Anno Domini 1 802. Advanced on account of the first loan, for the reduction of the Arab Sebundy. By BOMBAY. 601 By the Honorable Company. Rupees, A. P. December 21st 1802, as per Account settled by the Accountant General at the Presidency, under this date, . - 10,77,447 3 96 A.D. 1805 Rupees, A. P. A ^dRow Guicowar. By the Shroffs. Hurry Buck tee Arjooujee Nathjee Tervvady Samul Becherdass Mungul Sukeedass — — 23,25,447 3 96 On account of the second loan for the discharge of the Arab Sebundy. By the Honorable Company. January 31st 1803, as per account and bond of this date 8,89,683 0 16 ^■inclusive of Manoty 12,48,000 0 0 By the Shroffs. Samuldas Beckerdass - - 4,96,143 2 50 Mungul Suckeedass - - 4,27,458 0 0 9,23,601 2 50 18,13,284 2 66 Rupees - - 41,38,732 2 62 Funds assigned for the Repayment of the foregoing. 1st. 2d. 3d. 4th. 5th. 6th. 7 th. The Pergunnah of Baroda, - - Rupees 6,00,000 Petland, - - - - 3,00,000 Talooka Ahmedabad, ----- 1,00,000 Kerul, ------ 25,000 The Sayer Kotee of the Fort of Baroda, - 75,000 Pergunnah of Kurree - 1,50,000 ' Raj Pimpla, - 45,000 12,95,00 0 Baroda, the 21st April, Anno Domini 1805. 4 H 602 TREATIES. &c. No. XL. Agreements with the Piratical Marattas, 1808. f ' * . r ' r . .. ■ No. 1. — Translate of an Agreement executed by Wagha Manick o/'Dhingey, renouncing , in future, Piracy and all Right to Wrecks . A.D. 1808 Re it known to all, that I, Wagha Manick of Dhingey, in order to afford the fullest testimony of respect and attachment to the Honorable Company, do engage and bind my- self, my heirs, and successors, to observe the tallowing articles or agreement, concluded by me on my part, and by Major Alexander Walker on the part of the Honorable Com- pany. ARTICLE I. Whereas, the duty of protecting those who travel or trade by land extends equally to those who travel and trade by sea, I, Wagha Manick of Dhingey, do, in like manner, for myself, my heirs, and successors, engage not to permit, instigate, or connive at any act of piracy being committed by any person living under my authority, or subject to my control, nor shall those who follow the profession of piracy receive protection or as- sistance in ipy ports. I, Wagha Manick, do. also bind myself to the relinquishment of the practice Of adding to the- distress of the unfortunate, and will accordingly afford every possible assistance to vessels in distress, and renounce ail claim to wrecks, to which an owner capable of proving his right may appear. ARTICLE II. The Honorable Company’s vessels and subjects shall, at all times, have admission into my ports, for the purposes of carrying on freely trade and commerce ; and those mer- chants and traders who are subject to my authority shall, in like manner, be allowed to visit and to trade in the countries and harbours of the Honorable Company. Dated the 20th December, 1807. ( Signed ) Tucker Rya and Dewa, for Wagha Manick. Rajgur Kessowjee, agent of Mooloo Manick. Jahrejee Jeeajee ofMorba,by the agency of Mehta Bhanjee. Jahrijee Jussajee of Jettia. A true Copy of the Translate, (Signed) A. Robertson. BOMBAY. 603 No. 2.— Translation of an Agreement executed by Rana Sree Suggaramjee of Aramra and Coer Babjee of Bate, by the Agency of Adekaree Sudderam, renouncing, in future, Piracy , and all Right to Wrecks. I, Raua Sree Suggaramjee of Aramra, do hereby bind myself to this writing, includes Bate and Aramra, and what is here written 1 agree to abide by. Seal of Coer Babjee of Bate. which A.D. 1808 TheMarattas ( Sigv . ed ) (Sfhee) by Rana Sugguramjee. Be it known to all, that I, Coer Babjee ©f Bate, by: the agency of Adekaree Sud- daram, in order to afford the fullest testimony of respect and attachment to the Honorable Company, do engage and bind myself, my heirs and successors, to observe the following articles of agreement, concluded by Adekaree Suddaram on my part, and by Major Alexander Walker on the part of the Honorable Company. ARTICLE I. Whereas the duty of protecting those who travel or trade by land extends equally to those who travel and trade by sea, I do, in like, manner for myself, my heirs, and succes- sors, engage not to permit, instigate, or connive at any act of piracy being committed by any person living under my authority, or subject to my control; nor shall those who follow the profession of piracy receive protection or assistance in my ports. I do also bind myself to the relinquishment of the practice of adding to the distress of the unfortunate, and will accordingly afford every possible assistance to vessels in distress, and renounce all claims to wrecks, to which an owner, capable of proving his right, may appear. ARTICLE II. The Honorable Company’s vessels and subjects shall, at all times, have admission into my ports, for the purpose of carrying on freely trade and commerce ; and those merchants and traders who are subject to my authority shall, in like manner, be allowed to visit and to trade in the countries and harbours of the Honorable Company, 4 H 2 ARTICLE 604 TREATIES, kc. A.D.1808 ARTICLE III. XkeMarattas As t,ie tem P Ie of Bate is consecrated to the worship and adoration of the Supreme Being, the Honorable Company will be always disposed to afford the temple for those holy * purposes every suitable encouragement and protection. ARTICLE IV. It is further agreed to by me, that to prevent all future causes of dispute or of misunderstanding, the Honorable Company may appoint Soonderjee Sewajee, or one of his connexions, to reside at Bate, and from time to time cause one of their (Company’s Sirkar) vessels to visit the port, and make such inspections as may be necessary, to ascertain that all these articles are observed inviolably. Margsur Sud 15th Sumwut 1864, or 14th December, Anno Domini 1807. A true Copy of the Translate, ( Signed ) Archibald Robertson. No. 3.— Translate of an Agreement executed by Mooloo Manick Summyanee of Dewarka, renouncing, in future. Piracy, and all Right to Wrecks. Be it known to all, that I, Mooloo Manick Summyanee, in order to afford the fullest testimony of respect and attachment to the Honorable Company, do engage and bind myself, my heirs and successors, to observe the following articles of agreement, concluded by me on my part, and by Major Alexander Walker on the part of the Honorable Company. ARTICLE I. Whereas the duty of protecting those who travel or trade by land extends equally to those who travel and trade by sea, I, Mooloo Manick Summyannee of Dewarka, do, in like manner for myself, my heirs, and successors, engage not to permit, instigate, or connive at any act of piracy being committed by any person living under my authority, or subject to my control ; nor shall those who follow the profession of piracy receive protection or assistance in my ports. I, Mooloo Manick Summyanee, do also bind myself to the relinquishment of the practice of adding to the distress of the unfortunate, and will accord- ingly afford every possible assistance to vessels in distress, and renounce all claims to wrecks, to which an owner, capable of proving his right, may appear. ARTICLE BOMBAY. 605 ARTICLE II. A.D.1808 The Honorable Company’s vessels and subjects shall, at all times, have admission into xheMarattas my ports, for the purposes of carrying on freely trade and commerce ; and those mer- chants and traders who are subject to my authority shall, in like manner, be allowed to visit and to trade in the countries and harbours of the Honorable Company. ARTICLE III. As the temple of Dewarka is consecrated to the worship and adoration of the Supreme Being, the Honorable Company will be always disposed to afford the temple for these holy purposes every suitable encouragement and protection. ARTICLE IV. It is further agreed to by me, that to prevent all future causes of dispute or of misun- derstanding, the Honorable Company may appoint Soonderjee Sewajee, or one of his connexions, to reside at Dewarka, and from time to time cause one of their (Company’s Sirkar) vessels to visit the port, and make such inspections as may be necessary, to ascer- tain that all these articles are observed inviolably. So help me God. MargseerSud 15thSumwut 1864, or 14th December, Anno Domini 1807. True Copy of the Translate, (Signed) Archibald Roeertson. No. 4. — Translation of an A greement executed by Coer Meghrajee o/Posetra, renouncing, in future, Piracy, and all Right to Wrecks. Be it known to all, that I, Coer Meghrajee of Posetra, in order to afford the fullest testimony of respect and attachment to the Honorable Company, do engage and bind myself, my heirs and successors, to observe the following articles of agreement, concluded by me, Coer Meghrajee, on my part, and by Major Alexander Walker on the part of the Honorable Company. ARTICLE I. Whereas the duty of protecting those who travel or trade by land extends equal!}' to those who travel and trade by sea', I do, in like manner for myself, my heirs, and succes- sors, engage not to permit, instigate, or connive at any act of piracy being committed by any person living under my authority or subject to my control ; nor shall those who follow the profession of piracy receive protection or assistance in my ports. I, Coer Meghrajee 606 TREATIES, &c. A.D. 1808 Meghrajee of Posetra, do also bind myself to the relinquishment of the practice of adding TheVarattas t ^ ie ^' stiess unfortunate, and will accordingly afford every possible assistance to vessels in distress, and renounce all claim to wrecks, to which an owner, capable of proving his right, may appear. ARTICLE II. The Honorable Company’s vessels and subjects shall, at all times, have admission into my ports, for the purposes of carrying on freely trade and commerce; and those merchants and traders who are subject to my authority shall, in like manner, be allowed to visit and to trade in the countries and harbours of the Honorable Company. ARTICLE III. It is further agreed to by me, that to prevent all future causes of dispute or of misunderstanding, the Honorable Company may appoint Soonderjee Sew r ajee, or one of his connexions, to reside at Posetra, and from time to time cause one of their (Company’s Sirkar) vessels to visit the port, and make such inspections as may be necessary, -to ascer- tain that all these articles are observed inviolably. Margseer Vud 14th Sumwut 1864; or 28th December, Anno Domini 1807. A true Copy of the Translate, (Signed) Archibald Robertson. Seal of Manumjee Son of Babjee. No. 5.— Translate of a Security Bond executed by Coer Babjee of Bate and Mooloo Mamick of Dewarka Jor the Chief of Posetra. I c 0 er Seree Babjee, by the agency of Suddaram Adekaree, and I, Mooloo Manick Summyawee, in consequence of Posetra having concluded arrangements with the Honor- able English Company, similar to those of Bate and Dewarka, with a view to cause a due observance of these engagements, hereby become security, and if the chief of Posetra commit any aggression or theft we are responsible for the same. Should BOMBAY. 607 Should the Posetra Walla in any way commit aggressions, the whole of them (are A. D. 1808 on our necks) we are answerable for. TheMarattaj Dated, Poushsood, 2d Sumwut 1864;. (Signed twice) Schee, Schee. A true Copy of the Translate, ( Signed ) Archibald Robertson, Seal of Raidungee. No. 6. — Translate of a Copy of a Security Bond executed by Dewan Hunsray Sha on the part of Rao Sree Raidun of Kutch, for the Chief of Bate and Dewarka. In consequence of Major Alexander Walker, on account of the Honorable Companj^ having, through the agency of Khetree Soonderjee Sewajee, concluded friendship, and entered into a written agreement with Coer Mamunjee of Bate, through the agency of Suddaram, and Mooloo Manick of Dewarka, I, Mucha Rajah Rao Sree Raidun, by the agency of Humsraj Sha Samedass Dewan, agree to become guarantee for the due observance of these engagements, and do hereby bind myself as answerable for the least aggression or theft on their part to the Honorable Company. This is true. I have become security with my own free will and consent. I am perfectly bound to cause an adherence to this. Dated Poushsood 4th, Friday, Sumwut 1864. This has been executed in my presence. True Copy of the Translate, (Signed) Archibald Robertson. 608 TREATIES, &c. No. 7 •—Trans late of an Agreement executed by Hamed Khan Behauder, renouncing, in future, Piracy and all Right to Wrecks. A. D. 1808 The Mara ttas Be it known to all, that I, Hamed Khan Behauder Babee Fidwee Sha Alam Padsha Ghazee, Governor of the city of Joonaghur, in order to afford the fullest testimony of respect and attachment to the Honorable Company, do engage and bind myself, my heirs and successors, to observe the following articles of agreement, concluded by me and by Major Alexander W alker, Resident, on the part of the Honorable Company. ARTICLE I. Whereas the duty of protecting those who travel or trade by land extends equally to those who travel or trade by sea, I, Hamed Khan Behauder, on my own part, and on the part of my heirs and successors, do, in like manner, engage not to permit, instigate,, or connive at any act of piracy being committed by any person living under my authority, or subject to my control ; nor shall those who follow the profession of piracy receive protection or assistance in my ports : and should any one being rebel against my Govern- ment, and living in another country enter mine and plunder any one, I will point out the residence of that theif. I, Hamed Khan Behauder do also bind myself to the relinquishment of the practice of adding to the distress of the unfortunate, and will accordingly afford every possible assistance to vessels in distress, and renounce all claim to wrecks, to which an owner, capable of proving his right, may appear. ARTICLE II. The Honorable Company’s vessels and subjects shall, at all times, have admission into my ports, for the purposes of carrying on freely trade and commerce ; and those mer- chants and traders who are subject to my authority shall, in like manner, be allowed to visit and to trade in the harbours of the Honorable Company. I have agreed to these articles, that no cause of misunderstanding or dispute may exist between me and the Honorable Company. Without date. The Seal of Hamed Khan Behauder. A true Copy of the Translate, ( Signed ) Archibald Robertson. BOMBAY. 609 No. 8. — Translate of an Agreement executed by Jam Jussajee o/’Nowannug- gur, renouncing, in future , Piracy and all Right to Wrecks. Be it known to all, that I, Jam Jussajee, in order to afford the fullest testimony of A.D. 1808 respect and attachment to the Honorable Company, do engage and bind myself, my heirs, /j-^^j^arat^aLs and successors, to observe the following articles of agreement, concluded by me on my part, and by Major Alexander Walker on the part of the Honorable Company. ARTICLE I. Whereas the duty of protecting those who travel or trade by land extends equally to those who travel and trade by sea, I, Jam Jussagee of Nowannuggur, do, in like manner for myself, my heirs, and successors, engage not to permit, instigate, or connive at any act of piracy being committed by any person living under my authority, or subject to my control ; nor shall those who follow the profession of piracy receive protection or assistance in my ports. I, Jam Jussajee, do also bind myself to the relinquishment of the the practice of adding to the distress of the unfortunate, and will accordingly afford every possible assistance to vessels in distress, and renounce all claim to wrecks, to which an owner, capable of proving his right, may appear. ARTICLE II. The Honorable Company’s vessels and subjects shall, at all times, have admission into my ports, for the purposes of carrying on freely trade and commerce; and those merchants and traders who are subject to my authority, shall, in like manner, be allowed to visit and to trade in the countries and harbours of the Honorable Company. Dated Pous Yud 30th Summut 1864 ; or 27th January Anno Domini 1808. (Signed) Rudrajee Ragoonathjee, For Jam Jussajee. A true Copy of Translate, ( Signed ) Archibald Robertson. No. 9.—Translate of an Agreement executed by Rana Sertaunjee and Coer Hallajee o/’Poorbunder, renouncing, in future, Piracy and all Right to Wrecks. Be it known to all, that we, Rana Sertaunjee and Coer Hallajee of Poorbunder, in order to afford the fullest testimony of respect and attachment to the Honorable Company, 4 i . do 610 TREATIES, &c. A.X). 1808 do engage and bind ourselves, our heirs, and successors, to observe the following articles ^heMarattas a S reemen b concluded by us, Rana Sertaunjee and Coer Ilallajee of Poorbunder, on our part, and by Major Alexander Walker on the part of the Honorable Company. ARTICLE I. Whereas the duty of protecting those who travel or trade by land extends equally to those who travel and trade by sea, we, Rana Sertaunjee and Coer Hallajee of Poorbunder, do, in like manner for ourselves, our heirs, and successors, engage not to permit, insti- gate, or connive at any act of piracy being committed by any person under our authority, or subject to our control ; nor shall those who follow the profession of piracy, receive protection or assistance in our ports. We do also bind ourselves to the relinquishment of the practice of adding to the distress of the unfortunate, and will accordingly afford every possible assistance to the vessels in distress, and renounce all claims to wrecks, to which an owner, capable of proving his right, may appear. ARTICLE II. The Honorable Company’s vessels and subjects shall, at all times, have admission into our ports, for the purposes of carrying on freely trade and commerce; and those merchants and traders who are subject to our authority shall, in like manner, be allowed to visit and to trade in the countries and harbours of the Honorable Company. ARTICLE III. It is further agreed to by us, that to prevent all future causes of dispute or misunderstanding, the Honorable Company may appoint an agent to reside at Poorbunder, and from time to time cause one of their (Company’s Sirkar) vessels to visit the port, and make such inspections as may be necessary to ascertain that all these articles are observed inviolably. True Copy of the Translate, ( Signed ) Archibald Robertson. jfo. jo. — T ranslate of an Agreement executed by Khawass Suggaram and Pragjee of Joreeabimder, renouncing , in future, Piracy and all Right to Wrecks. Be it known to all, that we, Khawass Suggaram and Pragjee of Joreeabunder, in order to afford the fullest testimony of respect and attachment to the Honorable Company, do engage o o BOMBAY. 611 engage and bind ourselves, our heirs, and successors, to observe the following articles of A.D.1808 agreement, concluded by us on our part, and by Major Alexander Walker on the part of the Honorable Company. ARTICLE I. The Marattas Whereas the duty of protecting those who travel or trade by land extends equally to those who travel and trade by sea, we, Khawass Suggaram and Pragjee, do, in like manner for ourselves, our heirs, and successors, engage not to permit, instigate, or connive at any act of piracy being committed by any person living under our authority or subject to our control ; nor shall those who follow the profession of piracy receive protection or assistance in our ports. We do also bind ourselves to the relinquishment of the practice of adding to the distress of the unfortunate, and will accordingly afford every possible assistance to vessels in distress, and renounce all claim to wrecks, to which an owner, capable of proving his right, may appear. ARTICLE II. The Honorable Company’s vessels and subjects shall, at all times, have admission into our ports, for the purposes of carrying on freely trade and commerce ; and those merchants and traders who are subject to our authority shall, in like manner, be allowed to visit and to trade in the countries and harbours of the Honorable Company. Dated Kartick Sood 2d 1864 ; or 1st November, Anno Domini 1807. ( Signed ) Sehee. A true Copy of the Translate, (Signed) Archibald Robertson. THE END. INDEX. A. Allahabad, Treaty of, with Shujah-ul- Dowlah and Nudjum-ul-Dowlah, 1765 50 Anderson, Mr., his Treaty with the Mar- ratta State, 1782 - - - - 99 4 Anund Row; see Guickwar and Marratta Chiefs. A root, Nabob of ; see Carnatic, Mahomed Ali,Omdet-ul-Omrah, and Azeem-ul-Dow- lab. Assam, Rajah of. Commercial Treaty with, 1793 ------- 146 Ausuf-ul-Dowlah, Treaty with, for the Cession of Benares to the Company, 1775 74 ■ ■ ■■■- Treaty with, at Chu- nar, for the Removal of the temporary Brigade, &c., 178I - - - - 89 Treaty with, by Lord Cornwallis, fixing the whole of the Na- bob’s Payment at fifty lacks of Rupees, 1787 - ------ 108 — — Treaty of Commerce with, 1788 - - - - - -116 Treaty of Guarantee with him and the Rohilla Chiefs, 1795 - 150 Page Ausuf-ul-Dowlah, Appendix to Treaty of Guarantee with - 153 ■ Agreement with, for the Pay of an additional Regiment of Ca- valry, 1797 169 See, also, Oude, Na- bob of. Augustus Fort ; see Jeejaboy. Ava, King of, Commercial Arrangements with, 1795 - - - - - 161 AzEEM-UL-Dowi.AH,see Carnatic, Nabob of. B. Baroach, City of, Grant of, to Madajee Sindia, 1782 - - - 105 ~ — Agreement with Futty Sing, for a Participation in the Revenues of, 1773 - - * - - - - 539 ~ ■ Nabob of, Treaty of Peace with, 1771 ------- 536 Bassein, Treaty of, with the Peishwa - 233 Supplementary ditto - 242 Bazalet Jung, Agreement with, for rent- ing of the Guntoor Circar to the Compa- INDEX. 6!4f ny, and for receiving into his Service a Body of the Company’s Troops, 1779 - 3 g 0 Benares, Treaty of Subsidy with Shujah- ul-Dowlah, 17/3 - - - - 68 ■■ ■ ■ — Zemindarry of, Grant to Cheyt Sing by Sujah-ul-Dowlah, 1773 - - 69 • Treaty with Ausuf-ul-Dowlah for the Cession of it to the Company, 1775 ------- 74 — — Sunnud, Sec. from the Company to Cheyt Sing, 1766 - - - - 83 — Sunnud, &c. for, to Mehipna- rain, 1781 - - - - 91 Bengal, Nabob of, Treaty of Peace with Serajah Dowla, 1757 - - - - 1 Treaty of Alliance and Friendship, with Meer Jaffier, on his Suc- cession to the Musnud, 1757 - -6 ■ - — Treaty with Cossim AH, for placing him in the Soubahship of Ben- gal, 476 0 2 9 — Treaty with Meer Jaf- fier, on his Restoration to the Soubahship in 1763 ------ 32 » Treaty with Nudjum- ul-Dowlah, on his Accession to the Mus- nud, 1/65 ----- « 39 f Treaty with him and Shujah-ul Dowlah at Allahabad, 1765 - 50 — — Agreement with for his Stipend, 1765 - - - - - 54 ■ Treaty with Syef-ul- sDowlah on his Accession in 1766 - - 63 Page Bengal, Nabob of. Treaty with Mobarek- ul-Dowlah on his Accession, 1770 - - 66 - — ...... . ■ see Serajah Bowl ah, Meer Jaffier , Cossim Ali, Nudjum.-ul- Dowlah, Syef-ul-Dowtah, and Molarek- ul-Dowlab . Bengal, Bahak, and Orissa, Grant of the Dewannee of, 1765 - - - - 43 Berar Rajah, Treaty of Peace with, 1803 261 - Engagement with, for Res- titution of Territory, 1806 - 300 See also Marratta Chiefs. Biiurrutpore, Rajah of. Treaty of Alli- ance and Friendship with, ] 803 - - 251 — * Treaty of Peace with, 1805 287 Boorhanpoor, Treaty of, with Dowlut Rao Scindiah, 1804 - - - 272 Bouncello Rajah, Treaty of Peace with, 1765 - - - - - - - 523 Bring ah Rajah, Firmaund for granting to the Company the exclusive Privilege of purchasing the Pepper, See. in his Domi- nions, 1758 ------ 487 Burdwan granted to the Company by Cos- sim Ali, Article V. of Treaty of 1760 - .30 — ■ « Nabob’s Sunnud for - - - 31 Grant of, confirmed by Meer Jaffier, Article II. of Treaty of 1763 - 33 Mogul’s Firmaund for, 1765 - 48 Burmahs; s te Ana. Bushire, Shaik of, Agreement with, for INDEX. 615 Page establishing a Factory there, and other commercial Privileges, 1/63 - - - 51 7 — *■ Grant from Carem Khan of cer- tain Privileges of Trade in 1703 - - 520 C. Cabul, King of. Treaty of Alliance and Friendship with, 1809 - 304 Calcutta, Sunnud from Meer JafHer for the free Tenure thereof, 1/58 - - 23 Campbell, Sir Archibald, his Treaty with the Nabob of the Carnatic, 1787 - - 401 Cambay, Nabob of, Treaty with, for the Cession to him of the Fort of Tarrajah, taken from the Coolies, 1/71 - - 533 — — - Engagement from, for the eventual Grant of a Factory at Gogo, 1771 ------- 535 Carnatic, Nabob of, Mahomed Ali, his Sunnuds for the Lands composing the Company’s Jaghire, 1703 - 348 in 1765 357 »_ Trea- ty of Alliance and Friendship with him and the Nyzam, 1768 - 3 69 — — . — * Preli- minary Agreement with him for his Pro- portion of the Charges for the Defence of the Carnatic, 1785 .... 3 gy Defi- nitive Treaty with, for settling his Pro- portion of the Expence for the Protection of the Carnatic, and for 'the Adjustment of his Private Debts, 1787 - 401 Carnatic, Nabob of, Mahomed Ali, New Treaty with, in Modification of the Trea- ty of 1787, assigning certain Districts as Securities for the Payment of the Sums stipulated, 1792 ----- 424 Omdut - ul - Omrah, Treaty with, regarding certain Arrange- ments in the Province of Tinnevelly, 1800 464 — '■ — — Azeem-ul-Dow!ah, Treaty with, for transferring the Sove- reignty of the Carnatic to the Company, 1801 400 Cartenaddu, King of. Agreement with, for the Purchase of tbs Pepper, &c. of his Country, and for mutual Aid and Assistance, 1761 - - - - - 510 Champion, Colonel, his Treaties with Sujali-ul-Dowlah and Fyzulah Khan, 17/4 ?2 Cheyt Sing, Sujah-ul-Dowlah’s Cowlnama and Pottah to, for the Zemindarry of Be- nares, 1773 - 6g — ■ — — -- Sunnud to, for Benares, by the Company, 1 7/0 - - - - S3 Ciieretka, Prince of. Treaty offensive and defensive with, 1750 - 485 ■ — — — Grant of Rhandoter- rah to the Company, 1765 - 52 0 Chittagong granted to the Company by Cossim Ali, Article V of Treaty of 1700 30 — ~ confirmed by Meer Jaffier, Article II. of Treaty of ty03 - - 33 Mogul’s Firmaund for, 1/65 48 616 INDEX. t Page Chunar, Treaty of, with Asoph-ul-Dow* lah, 178 I 89 V Clive, Lord, Sunnuds, &c. to, for his Jag- hire -------55 Cochin, Rajah of, Treaty of Alliance with, 1791 - 421 - Treaty of Alliance and Subsidy with, I 8 O 9 - 472 Colastria, King of. Grant from, of the Trade in Pepper, and Agreement for the Payment of certain Debts - 506 Commercial Treaty with Asof-ul-Dow- lah, 1788 - - - - - - 116 — - - ■ " ■■ with the Rajah of Nepaul, 1792 ----- 144 — — with the King of Ava, 1795 161 ■ — — with the Nyzam, 1802 ------- 230 . — with Persia, 1801 - 205 Cornwallis, Earl, his Treaty with A- soph-ul-Dowlah, 1787 - 108 his Let ter to the Ny- zam, deemed equal to a Treaty, 1789 - 122 - — — — — " his Treaty with the Nabob of the Carnatic, 1792 - - 424 his Treaty of Peace with Tippoo Sultaun, 1792 - 134 Cossim Ali, Treaty with, for placing him in the Soubahship of Bengal, &c. 1/60 - 2 9 Cotiote, King of. Treaty with, offensive and defensive, and relative to certain com- mercial Arrangements, 1759 - - - 503 Decan, Soubahofj see Nyzam. Deogaum, Treaty of, with the Rajah of Be- rar, 1803 ------ 261 Dewannee, Sunnuds, &c. for, 176a - 43 F. Furruckabad, Nabob of. Treaty with, for the Cession of his Country to the Com- pany in lieu of Subsidy, 1802 - - 227 Futty Sing j see Guickwar. Fyzulah Khan, Treaty between him and Sujah-ul-Dowlah, and between him and Colonel Champion, on the Part of the Company, 1774 ----- 72 G. Goddard, General Thomas, his Treaty with Futty Sing, 1780 - 555 Gogo, Engagement from the Nabob of Cambay for the eventual Grant of a Fac- tory there ------ 535 Gohud, Ranah of, Treaty with, 1779 - 86 ■ Treaty of Peace, Alli- ance, and Subsidy with, 1804 - - 268 Treaty with, for an Ex- change of Territory, 1806 - - 298 Guickwar, Futty Sing, Agreement with, for a Participation of the Revenues of Baroach, 1773 ----- 539 ■ Treaty of Alliance and Defence with, by General Goddard, 1780 ------- 555 6H INDEX. Guickwar, Futty Sing, Treaty with, as amended and ratified by the Governor- General and Council, 1780 - - - 558 — Annund Row, Treaty of Al- liance and Subsidy with, 1802 - - 565 - m .i — — — Appendix to the foregoing, Nos. l to 16 - - - 573 — — — — Supplementary Treaty with, 1803 - - - - 585 — — — — — • Definitive Treaty with, in Confirmation of the former Trea- ties, and for the Augmentation of the Subsidiary Force, 1805 ... 594 Guntoor Circar, Nyzam’s Order for the Surrender of it to the Company, 1788 - 121 H. Hastings, Mr., his Treaty with Shujah-ul- Dowlah, at Benares, 1773 - - - 68 ■ — — ■ — with Asoph-ul- Dowlah, at Chunar, 178I - - - 89 Hindustanee Rajahs, Engagements with several of them, 1803 to 1807 - - 308 Holkar, Jesw'unt Row, Treaty of Peace with, 1805 ------ 294 Hyderabad, Treaty of, with the Nyzam, by Captain Kirkpatrick, 1798 - - 182 Partition Treaty of, 1804 - 278 Hyder-Ali, Treaty of Peace with, con- cluded by the Government of Fort St. George, 1769 383 Firmaund from, for the Esta- Page blishment of a Factory at Onore and other Privileges, 1763 - - - - - 518 Hyder Ali, Grant from, of certain Com- mercial Privileges in Malabar, 1766 - 530 — - Treaty of Peace with him con- cluded by the Government of Bombay, 1770 ib. I. J. Ilhahabad ; s ee Allahabad. Islamabad j see Chittagong. Jaffier Ali ; see Meer Jaffier. Jaffrabad, Sciddee of, Commercial Agreement with, 1761 - 509 Jaghire, Lord Clive’s, Sunnud and Fir- maund for the Reversion of it to the Com- pany, 1765 - - - - 60 Company’s, near Madras, Grant of by the Nabob of the Carnatic, 1763 and 1765 34 s ■ - — Mogul’s Firmaund for, 1765 - - - - 362 Jeejaboy Ranna, Agreement with, for the Restoration of Fort Augustus, and in regard to Commerce, &c. 1766 - - 527 Jyepoor, Rajah of. Treaty of Alliance and Friendship with, 1803 - 253 K. Kirkpatrick, Captain James Achilles, his Treaty with the Nyzam, 1798 - « 182 — — — — — — — - — — Ditto, 1800 189 4 K 618 INDEX. Lal Dang, Treaty of, with Fyzulah Khan and Sujah-ul-Dowlah, 1774 - - 72 Lahore, Rajah of, Treaty of Alliance with, 1809 305 Lunawaka, Rajah of, his Engagement of Allegiance to the Company, 1803 - * 592 M. Ma cherry. Rajah of, Treaty of Alliance and Friendship with, 1803 - 252 Mahomed Ali ; see Carnatic , Nabob of. Malcolm, Captain John, his Political and Commercial Treaties with Persia, 1801 200 Marratta State, Treaty of Peace with, by Colonel Upton, 1 77*5 - - - 78 • Treaty of Peace with, by Mr. Anderson, 1782 - - -99 Treaty of Alliance with the Peshwa and Nyzam against Tippoo Sultaun, 1790 - - - - - 126 — — Treaty of Bassein with the Peshwa, 1802 - 233 ment to Ditto, 1803 - 242 Treaty with, by the Government of Bombay, in 1739 - - 477 ■ ■ Ditto, ditto, 1756 - 482 Agreement with cer- tain Officers of, by the Government of Bombay, for the Adjustment of Differen- ce ces subsisting between them and the Go- vernment of Poonah, 1761 - - - 5ii Marratta State, Convention of Wur- gaon, 1779 - - - - - 552 Marratta Chieftains, Treaty with Madhee Row Sindia, 1 78 1 - - * 97 • Treaty with the Peshwa, 12 g Ditto, ditto, 1802 233 — Supplement to ditto, 1803 - 242 Treaty with the Rajah of Berar, 1803 261 ■ — Ditto, ditto, 1806 300 Treaty with Dowlut Row Sindia, 1803 - 253 — — — — — Ditto, ditto, 1804 272 1 Ditto ditto, 1805 29O — Treaty with Ra- gobah, 1775 54 0 Ditto, ditto, 1778 547 - ■ - Treaty with Fut- ty Sing, 1773 - - - - - 539 Ditto, ditto, 1780 555 — — — — — ■ — Treaty with Anund Row Guickwar, 1802 - - 565 ■ — — Ditto, 1803 - 585 — ——.Ditto, 1805 - 594 Masulipatam, Cession of, to the Com- pany, by the Nyzam, 1759 * - - 347 INDEX. 619 Page Meer. Jaffjer, Treaty of Alliance and Friendship with, 1757 6 — — — Sunnud and Perwannah from, for the Mint, See. 1?57 8 — - CT . Perwannah from, for the twenty-four Pergunnahs, &c. 1757 - 10 — — Sunnud from, for the free Tenure of the Town of Calcutta, 1758 23 — Treaty with, on his Resto- ration to the Soubahship, 1763 « - 32 • Agreement with, for the Expenses of the Army, 1764 - - 36 Midnapore granted to the Company by Cossim Ali : Article V. of Treaty of 1760 30 confirmed by Meer Jaffier, Ar- ticle II. of Treaty of 1763 - - - 33 — Mogul’s Firmaund for, 1765 - 48 Mobareck - ul - Dowlah, Treaty with, 1770 - 66 Mogul, Grant from, of the Zemindarry of Benares, 1764 - - - - - 37 — — Grants from, for the Dewannee of Bengal, Bahar, and Orissa, 1765 - - 43 - — — Firmaund for Burdwan, Midna- pore, and Chittagong, 1765 - - 48 Agreement with, for the Tribute of Bengal, 1765 - - - - 53 Firmaund for Lord Clive’s Jaghire, 1765 ------- 61 Firmaund for the Northern Circars, 1765 ------- 361 — — Ditto,f©r the Company’s Jaghire, 1765 362 Page Mogul, Firmaund, &c, for the Government of the Castle of Surat and Command of the Fleet, 1759 500 Muscat, Imaum of. Treaty of Friendship with, 1800 - - - - - 188 Mysore, Partition Treaty of, with the Nyzam, 1799 " “ * “ - 441 Mysore, Rajah of, Treaty of Subsidy with, 1799 454 — - Supplementary Treaty with, 1803 ----- - 24g Ditto, ditto, 1807 - 302 . — - . — See Hyder Ally and Tijijioo Sultaun. N. Nagoue, Sunnud for, to the Company, 1778 388 Napaul, Rajah of. Commercial Treaty with, 1792 ------- 144 — — Treaty of Alliance with, 1801 ----- 209 Nudjum-ul-Dowlah, Treaty with, on his Accession, in 1765 - - - - 39 — ■=»■ Treaty with him and Sujah-ul-Dowloh, 1765 - - - 50 Agreement with, for his Stipend, 1765 - - - -54 Nyzam, his Order for the Surrender of the Guntoor Circar to the Company, 1788 121 Letter to, from Earl Cornwallis, deemed equal to a Treaty, 1789 - - 122 — — Treaty of Alliance with him and the Peshwa against Tippoo Sultaun, 1 “ go 12® 620 INDEX. Page Ny 2AM, Treaty with, for subsidizing six Bat- talions to be employed against Tippoo Sultaun, 1790 130 O. Page Omdut-ul-Omrah j see Carnatic, Nalol of. — — — Treaty with, of Alliance, Defence, and Subsidy, and for the Dismission of the French Troops from his Service, and for the Reception of a Body of British Troops, in lieu thereof, 1798 - - . 182 — — - ■ " Separate Articles apper* taining to, 1798 - - - - - 186 Treaty of Alliance and Defence, and for the Cession of Territory in Commu- tation of Subsidy, 1800 - - - 188 — ■ — ■ Schedule - - 197 Commercial Treaty with, 1802 - 230 — — Instrument executed by Secunder Jah, on his Accession to the Musnud, 1803 250 Treaty with, for the Partition of the Territory captured in the War with Scindia and the Rajah of Berar, 1804 - - 278 Cession of Masulipatam to the Com- pany, 1759 347 Treaty with, ceding to the Company the Northern Sircars, 1766 - 363 Sunnud, &c. for the Sircars, 1766 367 - ■ ■■■ Treaty of Alliance with, and with the Nabob of the Carnatic, 1768 - • 369 Onore, Grant from Hyder Ali of a Factory there, 1763 - - 518 Oitde, Nabob of. Treaty with Shujah-ul- Dowlah and the Nabob of Bengal, at Al- lahabad, 1765 - - - - - 50 — — — Engagement, on the part of Shujah-ul-Dowlah, toreducehis Army,l768 64 — — Treaty of Alliance and Subsidy with Shujah-ul-Dowlah, 1773 * 68 . Treaty with Asoph-ul- Dowlah at Chunar, for the Withdrawment of the Temporary Brigade, and relieving him from certain other Charges, 1781 - 89 — - ... — . Lord Cornwallis’s Treaty with Asoph-ul-Dowlah, fixing the Subsidy at fifty lacks of Rupees, 1787 ■ “ 108 -- Treaty of Commerce with Asoph-ul-Dowlah, 1788 - - - 116 Treaty of Guarantee with Asoph-ul-Dowlah and the Rohilla Chiefs, 1794 150 — — — - Appendix to Ditto - 153 Engagement with Asoph- ul-Dowlah for the Payment of an additional Regiment of Cavalry, 1797 - - - 169 Treaty of Alliance and Subsidy with Saadit Ali Khan, 1798 - 177 — Engagement of Saadit Ali with the Bhow Begum, guaranteed by the Company, 1798 - - Treaty with Saadit Ali for Treaty with, for the Partition of the Territories of Tippoo Sultaun, 1799 * 441 181 INDEX. 62 i Page the Transfer ol the Sovereignty of a Part of his Country to the Company, 1801 - 213 Oude, Nabob of, Final Arrangement with Saadit Ali, 1802 - v 217 P. Pergunnahs, Twenty-four, Gram of, by Meer Jaffier Khan, 1757 - - - 10 Persia, Political Treaty with, 1801 . 200 — — - Commercial Treaty with, 1801 - 105 — Grant from Carem Khan of cer- tain Privileges at Bushire, 1765 - - 520 Peshwa, Treaty of Alliance and Subsidy with, 1802 - 233 Supplementary Ditto, 1803 - 242 — .1 Treaty with, for the Partition of the Territory taken from Scindia and the Rajah of Berar, 1804 - 280 Pinang 5 See Prince of Wales' Island. Piratical States, Engagements from, to desist from Piracy, 1808 ... 602 Poonah, Treaty of Partition of the Terri- tory captured from Scindia aDd the Rajah of Berar, 1804 ----- 280 Poorunder, Treaty of, with the Marrat- tas, by Col. Upton, 1 776 - - - 78 Pretaubghur, Rajah of, his Declaration of Allegiance to the Company, 1804 - 593 Prince of Wales’ Island, Agreement wilh the K'ng of Queda for the Cession of, 1786 107 Page the King of Queda for an annual Quit- rent for, 1791 - - - - - 131 Q. Queda, King of. Agreement with, for the Cession of Pulo Penang (Prince of Wales’ Island) to the Company, 1786 - - 107 — — ■ — “ Treaty of Peace with, and for an annual Quit-rent for Prince of Wales’ Island, 1 791 - 131 ■ — — Treaty with, for a Cession of Territory on the Coast of Queda, 1S02 245 R. Ragogee Bhoonslahj see Berar. Ragobah, Treaty with, for placing him in the Peshwahship, 1775 - - - 540 • Sunnuds from, for Bassein, See. Sec. ------ 545 Treaty with, for conducting him to Poonah, with a view to placing him in the Peshwahship, 1778 - - - - 547 Randoterrah, Grant of, to the Company by the Prince of Cherrika, 1/65 - - 526 Rohillas, Treaty with Fyzulah Khan by Colonel Champion, 1 774 - - - 73 — — < Treaty with the Chief of the Tribe, as Guarantee for Asoph-uUDowlah 1795 - - 150 — - .. ■ — Appendix to Ditto - 153 Saadit Ali Khan, Treaty of Alliance and Subsidy with, 1798 - 1/ 7 Treaty with 622 INDEX. Page Saadit Ali Khan, his Engagement with the Bhow Begum guaranteed by the Com- pany, 1798 181 ■ — Treaty with, for the Cession of Territory, in Commutation of Subsidy, 1801 - 213 Final Arrangement with, 1802 21/ Salbey, Treaty of, with Madhee Row Sindia, 1 78 1 - - - . - Q7 Saltpetre, Jaffier Alli’s Perwannah for that of Bahar - - - . - 12 Scindy, Prince of. Four Perwannahs, rela- tive to the Rate of Customs and Duty to be paid by the Company, 1758 - -488 ■ Perwannah relative to cer- tain Commercial Privileges, 1761 - - 513 Serajah Dgwlah, Treaty of Peace with, 1757 - 1 • Perwannahs from, for a Mint and Commercial Privileges in Ben- gal, 1757 ------ 4 Seringapatam, Treaty of, with Tippoo Sultaun, 1792 - 134 Shah Allum j see Mogul. Shujah-ul-Dowlah, Treaty with him and the Nabob Nudjum-ul-Dowlah, 1765 - 50 ■ 1 Engagement with, for the Reduction of his Army, 1768 - - 64 ■ Treaty of Subsidy with, 1773 68 Treaty with, by Co- lonel Champion, at Lai Dang, in 1774 - 72 Sindia, Madhee Row, Treaty with, 178I 97 Page Sindia, Dowlut Row, Treaty of Peace with, in 1803 - , - - - . 263 Treaty of Alliance and Subsidy with, 1804 - 272 Definitive and Ex- planatory Treaty with, 1805 - - 290 Sircars, Northern, Mogul’s Firmaund for, 1/65 - 361 — — - Treaty with the Ny- zam for the Cession of, 1766 - 363 . — . Sunnuds, &c. for - 3 67 Sound ah. Rajah of; Firmaund for the Purchase of the Pepper of his Coun- try for one Year, 1760 ... 506 Soonth, Rajah of, his Declaration of Allegiance to the Company, 1803 - 59O Surat, Agreement with M n ah Atchund, for the Confirmation of Faris Khan in the Naibship, 3 750 - 4g4 • Perwannah, &c. relative to the Castle and Tanka of, 1759 - - 4Q5 — — — — Firmaund from the Mogul to the Company for the Government of the Castle of Surat, and the Command of the King’s Fleet, 1759 - 500 Dustuek, &c, under the Seal of the Mogul’s Officer, relative to the above Grants ------ 501 „ ■ — Nabob of, Treaty with, for the Cession of the City of Surat and the cir- cumjacent Country to the Company, J800 563 Surje Aujengaum, Treaty of, with Dowlut Row Sindia, 3803 - 263 INDEX. 623 Page Symes, Colonel Michael, his Commercial Arrangement with the King of Ava, 1 795-6 l6l Syef-ul-Dowlah, Treaty with, 1766 - 63 T. Tanjore, Rajah of, his Engagement for the Discharge of the Peshcush, 1771 ■ 385 — - Letter from, 12th April 1776, agreeing to subsidize a Body of the Company’s Troops for the Protection of his Country - - - - 387 — Sunnud from, for the Sea-port and Town of Nagore, 1778 * 388 Treaty with, for set- tling his Proportion of tiie Contribution towards the Defence of his Country, &c. 40Q — — New Treaty with, in Modification of the Treaty of 1787- 1792 434 — — — Treaty with, for trans- ferring the Sovereignty of his Country to the Company, ] 799 - - - 460 Teignmouth, Lord, his Agreement w’ith Asoph-ul-Dowlah, for taking into his Pay an additioual Regiment of Cavalry, 1797 - - - - - 169 — — - his Treaty of Alli- ance and Subsidy with Saadit Ali, 1798 177 Trppoo Sultaun, Preliminary Treaty with, 1792 - - - - - 133 * — Definitive Treaty of Peace with, 1792 - 134 Tippoo Sultaun, Jummabundy of the Country ceded by him, under the above Treaty, 1792 140 — Treaty of Peace with, 1784 - - - 393 Tr avan core. Rajah of, Definitive Treaty of Alliance and Subsidy with, 1797 - I/O Conditional and Temporary Engagement with, 1795 - 174 ■' New Treaty with, of Alliance and Subsidy, 1805 - - 283 - — Agreement with, for the stationing two Battalions within his Dominons, 1788 .... 416 Pepper Contract, 1793 - - 561 U. V. Umbagee Rao Englah, Rajah, Treaty with him for the Relinquishment of Terri- tory, and guaranteeing to him the Sove- reignty of other, 1803 - - 255 Vizier ; see Sujab-ul- Dowlah, Asofli-ul- Dowlah, Saadit AH, and Oude , Nabob of. W. Walau Jah ; see Carnatic, Nabob of, and ■ Mahomed AH Wellesley, Hon. Henry, his Treaty with the Nabob of Furruckabad, 1802 - - 227 Wurgaon, Convention of, 1779 - 552 LONDON : Printed, ly E. Cox and Son, Great Queen Street. 341.2 B46bC 237629 Bengal Collection of Treaties 341.2 B466C 237629