Dated the 21st of the moon Rubee-ul-sanee, in the year of the Hegira 1177, equivalent to the 29th October 1763. FORMS on the back of the SUNNUD. The Serishtadar's letter to the Nawab, informing him of the Sunnuds 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 34,430-44 and Chucrams 4,033 (as entered in the Mogul's books) excepted; he requests therefore the Nawab's orders whether a new Sunnud for the whole (which he particularises in the same manner as it is in the Sunnud) should be made out or not? To which the Nawab is said to answer in his own handwriting-"In consideration of the true friendship of the English East India Company and their remaining always in alliance with me, let a Sunnud for the whole jaghire without any exception be made. out." Registered in the Dewan's office the 21st of the moon Rubee-ool-sanee in the year of the Hegira 1177, equal to the 29th October 1763. N. B.-This is twice mentioned. Registered in the Nawab's own office the same day. CARNATIC. FIRMAUN from the MOGUL, being a confirmation of the NAWAB'S GRANTS to the In these happy times our Firmaun, full of splendour, and worthy of obedience in all, is descended, purporting that whatever formerly has been given by preceding Moguls, or lately by Serajah Dowlah Mahomed Ali Khan, from the Circar of the Carnatic, in the parts above Madras, &c. to the high, mighty, &c. &c. English Company: We, in consideration of their great pains and services, have, from our throne, the basis of the world, conferred upon or confirmed to them, by way of enam or free gift, without allowing any person whatever any part or share therein; you, therefore, our sons, omrahs, viziers, governors, mootsuddees, for the affairs of the dewanship, mootecophils, for those of our kingdom, jaghiredars, and karorees, both now and hereafter, for ever and ever, exert yourselves in the strengthening and carrying into execution this our most high command, and cede and give up to the above-mentioned English Company, their heirs and descendants, for ever and ever, the aforesaid Circar, and esteeming them likewise as entirely exempt, free, and safe from all displacing or removal, by no means whatever molest or trouble them, either on account of the demands of the dewan's office or those of our Imperial Court. Looking upon this high Firmaun as an absolute and positive order, obey it implicitly. Dated the 24th of the Moon Sophar, in the 6th year of our reign, equal to the 12th of August, 1765. The forms made use of on the back of this Firmaun correspond almost entirely with those on the back of that for the Northern Circars. The Kazzi's attestation is also in the same manner.-See page 13. No. XXXVIII. CARNATIC. REQUISITIONS from the NAWAB WOLLAU JAH and REPLIES from the GOVERNOR No. XXXVIII. GENERAL IN COUNCIL. The Requests of the Nawab Wollau Jah from the Governor General. 1st. Let a Treaty be firmly established between us which may last for ever and be subject to no deviation. 2nd.-I am the hereditary Prince of the Carnatic and of Balla Ghat under Pran Ghat, and am independent of every one, and I have entire right and authority over my country, my children, my family, my servants, and subjects, and have power in the political and domestic administration of my country. This ought to be altogether dependent on me, and let not my friends interfere in it. 3rd. As the Company and English nation are the protectors of my honor and government, they will act on those points only where the advancement of my interests is concerned. VOL. V. Replies to the Requests of His Excel lency the Nawab Wollau Jah. 1st.-A temporary Treaty shall be made subject to the revision and approbation of the Company; and it is hoped it may serve as the basis of another Treaty to be concluded under the orders and instructions of the Company and even with the sanction of the English Parliament, which may endure for ever, and rendered so binding that it shall not be in the power of any individual to break it or to depart from it. 2nd. The rights and authority which the Nawab possesses over his country, his children, his family, his servants, and subjects in all the political and domestic administration of his country, we will maintain and support. 3rd.-Certainly. 2 e CARNATIC. 4th.-Ten battalions of well-dis No. XXXVIII. ciplined troops are stationed by me with the Company and are paid by me, let them take nothing from me except the pay of them, and let all the contingent expenses, the batta for their marches and the repairs of the forts be by my consent, and let the accounts of every three months be punctually delivered to me within the sixth month. month. When peace shall be restored I will discharge the amount regularly, and let the Governor and Council of Madras give me a full receipt, and in time of peace let them assist me with these ten battalions that I may settle the country subject to me and derive some advantage from the expense. 5th.-Many polygars, notwithstanding that they have met with the greatest favor from me in time of peace, have from their ambitious and rebellious views joined my enemy Hyder Ali, and begun open war; I can therefore never place any reliance upon them or look upon them as deserving of favor. In this case my subjects are to be kept in awe by the punishment of these people, for which assistance is necessary. 6th. After peace and alliance is made between me and the English Company, the enemies, the security 4th. Both the pay of these troops and their batta and contingent expenses, and even the repairs of the forts, if any repairs are necessary, ought undoubtedly to be charged to the Nawab's account, because these are expenses incurred for his own immediate service, and in the time of war must depend upon the Commander-in-Chief of the forces under the customary regulations and restrictions. The remainder of this Article is very proper. But it seems strange to us that a claim should be made of this kind, or any doubts implied concerning it. 5th. The Nawab is master of his own country and the distributor of justice to his own subjects. This is so clear that it appears as if something more was meant than is expressed in the proposition. 6th.-In whatever Treaty shall be concluded between the Nawab. and the Company it will of course and the dangers of both will be the same, that is to say, whoever of us suffers an injury, it will be felt by both of us. I therefore wish that the English in India or the King of Great Britain would make a Treaty of peace with the King of France, and let the peace and security of the Carnatie and the rights of my government without the connection of any one, and my power to appoint a successor in the Carnatic, be settled in a solid manner and included in the Treaty. 7th. In the garrisons of my forts commandants and pay masters be stipulated that the friends or CARNATIC. enemies of either party shall be No. XXXVIII. held as equally the friends or enemies of the other, and their interest, their safety, and their danger the same. Such has been the implied condition of the alliance hitherto subsisting between the Nawab and the Company, although unsupported by any written engagements. Respecting the latter clause of this Article, we are informed by Assam Cawn, the Nawab's dewan, that the Nawab possesses letters from the Company, the King's minister, and the King himself, on the subject of his will, and he has produced copies of those from the King and from the Company, which all express a clear acknowledgment of the Nawab's right to appoint a successor to the government of the Carnatic. It is therefore unnecessary and would be unbecoming in this government to make any provision, even in a temporary Treaty, for such an event, which we hope is far distant. Such acknowledgments are equivalent to Treaties and of the highest possible authority, and must be binding on all the servants of the Company and on the King's subjects. 7th. We are greatly affected that any occasion should have been |