HYDER- No. XVI. No. XVI. TREATY with the NIZAM, dated the 21st May 1853. TREATY between the HONOURABLE THE ENGLISH EAST INDIA COMPANY and His Highness the NAWAB NIZAM-OOL-MOOLK AUSUPH JAH BAHADOOR, settled by COLONEL JOHN Low, c. B., Resident at the Court of His Highness, by virtue of full powers to that effect vested in him by the MOST NOBLE JAMES ANDREW, MARQUIS OF DALHOUSIE, Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, one of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and Governor General, appointed by the Honourable Company, to direct and control all their affairs in the East Indies. Whereas friendship and union have subsisted for a length of time between the Honourable East India Company and His Highness the Nawab Nizam-ool-Moolk Ausuph Jah Bahadoor, and have been cemented and strengthened by Treaties of general defence and protection; and whereas in the lapse of time many changes in the condition of Princes and neighbouring States have taken place, by reason of which it has now become expedient to revise the military arrangements that were formerly agreed upon for the fulfilment of the said Treaties; and whereas differences and discussions have for some time existed between the contracting parties regarding the adjustment of charges connected with portions of the military arrangements subsisting between the States; and whereas it is fit and proper, and for the mutual advantage of both powers, that such differences should now be finally settled, and that the recurrence of such discussions, which tend to disturb the friendship and harmony of the contracting parties, should effectually be prevented: wherefore the Honourable East India Company and His Highness the Nawab Nizam-ool-Moolk Ausuph Jah Bahadoor have agreed upon the following Articles of a Treaty between the States: ARTICLE 1. The peace, union, and friendship so long subsisting between the Honourable East India Company and His Highness the Nawab Nizamool-Moolk Ausuph Jah Bahadoor 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 engagement, shall be confirmed by it. ARTICLE 2. HYDER ABAD. The subsidiary force, which for general defence and protection has been furnished by the Honourable East India Company to His Highness the Nizam, shall be continued, and shall consist, as heretofore, of not less than eight battalions of sepoys and two regiments of cavalry, with their requisite complement of guns, and European artillerymen, fully equipped with warlike stores and ammunition. Unless with the express consent of His Highness, there shall never be less than five regiments of infantry, and one of cavalry (with a due proportion of artillery) of the said subsidiary force stationed within the territories of His Highness, and the residue of such subsidiary force shall at all times be brought into His Highness's territories without delay, on His Highness making requisition therefor. The said subsidiary force shall be employed when required to execute services of importance, such as protecting the person of His Highness, his heirs and successors, and reducing to obedience all rebels. and exciters of disturbance in His Highness's dominions; but it is not to be employed on trifling occasions, or, like sebundee, to be stationed in the country to collect revenue. ARTICLE 3. The Honourable East India Company further agrees that, in lieu of His Highness's present contingent, it shall maintain for His Highness, his heirs and successors, an auxiliary force, which shall be styled the "Hyderabad Contingent," according to the provisions for the maintenance of that force which are detailed in 6th Article of this Treaty. It shall consist of not less than five thousand infantry and two thousand cavalry, with four field batteries of artillery. It shall be commanded by British officers, fully equipped and disciplined and controlled by the British Government, through its representative the Resident at Hyderabad. Whensoever the services of the said contingent may be required, they shall be afforded at all times to His Highness the Nizam, fully and promptly, throughout his whole dominions. If rebellion or disturbance shall be excited, or if the just claims and authority of His Highness shall be resisted, the said contingent, after the reality of the No. XVI. HYDER- offence shall have been duly ascertained, shall be employed to reduce the offenders to submission. ABAD. No. XVI. ARTICLE 4. As the interests of the two States have long been identified, it is further mutually agreed that if disturbances shall break out in districts belonging to the Honourable East India Company, His Highness the Nizam shall permit such portions of the subsidiary force as may be requisite, to be employed in quelling the same within the said districts. In like manner, if disturbances shall break out in any part of His Highness's dominions contiguous to the territories of the Honourable East India Company, to which it might be inconvenient, owing to the distance from Hyderabad, to detach any portion of the subsidiary force the British Government, if required by His Highness the Nizam, shall direct such portions of its troops as may be most available to assist in quelling the disturbances within His Highness's dominions. ARTICLE 5. In the event of war His Highness the Nizam engages that the subsidiary force, joined by the Hyderabad contingent, shall be employed in such manner as the British Government may consider best calculated for the purpose of opposing the enemy, provided that two battalions of sepoys shall always remain, as settled by former Treaties, near to the capital of Hyderabad; and it is also hereby agreed that, excepting the said subsidiary and contingent forces, His Highness shall not under any circumstances be called upon to furnish any other troops whatsoever. ARTICLE 6. For the purpose of providing the regular monthly payment to the said contingent troops, and payment of Appa Dessaye's chout, and the allowances to Muhiput Ram's family, and to certain Mahratta pensioners, as guaranteed in 10th Article of the Treaty of 1822, and also for payment of the interest at six per cent. per annum of the debt due to the Honourable Company, so long as the principal of that debt shall remain unpaid, which debt now amounts to about fifty lakhs of Hyderabad Rupees, the HYDER ABAD. Nizam hereby agrees to assign the districts mentioned in the accompanying Schedule marked A, yielding an annual gross revenue of about fifty lakhs of Rupees, to the exclusive management of the British Resident for No. XVI. the time being at Hyderabad, and to such other officers, acting under his orders, as may from time to time be appointed by the government of India to the charge of those districts. ARTICLE 7. By the 12th Article of the Treaty of 1800 the British Government can in time of war call upon that of His Highness the Nizam to furnish nine thousand cavalry and six thousand infantry to accompany the British troops in the field; the present Hyderabad contingent, which is to be maintained at all times (whether in peace or war), is accepted as an equivalent for the larger body of troops above specified to be furnished in time of war; and it is accordingly hereby declared that the Nizam shall not be called upon at any time by the British Government to furnish any other troops but those of the subsidiary force and the Hyderabad contingent, and that part of the 12th Article of the Treaty of 1800, which requires the Nizam to furnish nine thousand cavalry and six thousand infantry, is accordingly hereby annulled. ARTICLE 8. The districts mentioned in Schedule A are to be transferred to Colonel Low, C. B., the Resident, immediately that the ratified Treaty shall be received from Calcutta; and that officer engages on the part of the British Government, that the Resident at the Court of Hyderabad for the time being shall always render true and faithful accounts every year to the Nizam of the receipts and disbursements connected with the said districts, and make over any surplus revenue that may exist to His Highness, after the payment of the contingent and the other items detailed in Article 6 of this Treaty. ARTICLE 9. This Treaty, consisting of nine Articles, being this day concluded and settled by Colonel John Low, C. B., on behalf of the Honourable the English East India Company, with the Nawab Nizam-ool-Moolk Ausuph VOL. V. Р HYDER- No. XVI. Jah Bahadoor, Colonel Low has delivered one version thereof, in English and Persian, signed and sealed by himself, to the Nawab, who on his part has also delivered one copy of the same to Colonel Low, duly executed by His Highness; and Colonel Low hereby engages to deliver a copy of the same to His Highness the Nizam, duly ratified by the Governor General in Council, within thirty days from this date. Signed, sealed, and exchanged at Hyderabad, 21st May A. D. 1853, 12th Shaban A. H. 1269. Ratified by the Most Noble the Governor General of India in Council, at Fort William in Bengal, on the 18th June 1853. (Siged) C. ALLEN, Secy. to the Govt. of India. A. Schedule of Districts in Berar, Payen Ghat, the Raichore Doab, and borders of the Sholapore and Ahmednuggur Collectorates, Bombay Presidency, transferred to the management of the British Resident at Hyderabad, agreeably to the provisions of the 6th Article of the Treaty of 1853 (Fuslee 1263), entered into by the Honourable East India Company with His Highness the Nizam. The Districts in Berar, Payen Ghat, transferred to British management are those lying to the north of the range of hills which extends from Adjuntah on the west, to Woon, near the Wurdah, on the east. Any villages not named underneath, |