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Lordship I opened to you the sentiments of my heart; but as mere TANJORE. verbal declarations on this subject are not sufficient, I have thought it No. XLVII. proper to write you a letter.

I shall ever consider myself as nourished and protected by the Company, and shall therefore never assist or succour their enemies. No measure shall ever proceed from me contrary to their interests, nor will I ever set on foot any connection with other powers without the Company's consent. This I have written as means of increasing the friendship that is between us.

In the present condition of my country, the placing a garrison of English troops in the fort and city of Tanjore is exceedingly necessary; but besides this garrison, if the Company will allow some more troops also for the protection of my whole country, this also will be highly proper. If by the favor of Heaven this be put in execution, neither I nor any of my family will need to fear that the calamities of war will fall upon this country again; and if the Company will only favor me thus far, I will with pleasure assign them out of my revenues the sum of four lakhs of Pagodas per annum for their military expenses. The mode of payment as follows:-November 20,000; December 40,000; January 40,000; February 1,00,000; March 1,00,000; April 1,00,000.

For my body guard I shall keep a body of men from one hundred to five hundred; and I want not one man, either horse or foot, more than that number.

As my finances are in the utmost disorder, and the state of my country all in confusion, I must throw myself on the Company for my present support. I therefore wish them to buy of me at a reasonable rate all the grain of the present year, excepting what my country By this means the Company will not be burthened, and I shall be enabled to defray the expenses of my government without running in debt.

may be in need of.

Finally, as the fort of Devicottah has no country annexed to it, I beg the Company will take what they think proper as a dependency

thereon.

The country of Tanjore is the Company's; I have only to beg they will preserve my honor.

TANJORE.

No. XLVII.

SUNNUD granted to the EAST INDIA COMPANY by the RAJAH OF TANJORE.

The
Rajah's
Seal.

In consideration of the services rendered to me by the Honourable English East India Company, and in the hope of their future protection, I do hereby, agreeable to my promise, make over certain lands to them, as specified hereunder, in the soubah or district of Munargoody, viz.—

The seaport town of Nagore with a small island belonging to it

1 Mahal, pergunnah of Keelar, consisting of eight Magans, viz.—

Magan of Wool

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Being altogether, including the town and seaport of Nagore, two hundred and seventy-seven villages or small towns, which I make over to the Company aforesaid as a jaghire.

They will be pleased to acquiesce to the following conditions:

I. The ryots shall enjoy their shares of cultivation, enams, and other privileges, as heretofore has been usual.

II. Such enams as have been granted for the use of Pagodas, or charity to Brahmins, or maintaining choultries and water pandalls, shall be continued as formerly. Such spots of land contiguous to Pagodas or Brahmin houses, which are known by the name of Brimh Wast-tow, and which have been rented for money or in kind, or have been let out as choutrums, shall be enjoyed by the present possessors as usual. The

charity allowances for the rhut or coach of the Pagoda shall be con- TANJORE. tinued.

III. No houses shall be built by the Circar in villages called Agne where Brahmins reside. No European shall be allowed to dwell near any tanks or ponds belonging to Pagodas or Brahmin villages.

IV. A number of coolies and laborers, in proportion to the quantity of water wanted for the Company's lands, shall be sent from those districts to dig and repair the watercourses and banks of the rivers in the soubah of Munargoody. A just proportion shall be paid to the Circar from the Company's lands of the whole charges incurred in the soubah of Munargoody, for repairing the Ancutta and making new

watercourses.

V. If any amil, ryot, or dependant of my Circar flies for protection in the Company'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 rhut 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 places.

VIII. The Circar 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 era, or 21st Jemmadee-ul-Awul 1.179th year of Tanjore.

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No. XLVII.

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TREATY and AGREEMENT concluded between the HONOURABLE MAJOR GENERAL
SIR ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, Knight of the Bath, President and Governor
of Fort St. George, on behalf of the United Company of Merchants of
England trading to the East Indies, and HIS EXCELLENCY AMEER 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 arranging, by a just and equitable Treaty, a plan for the future defence and protection of the Carnatic, the Tanjore country, and the Northern Circars, 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 Honourable East India Company 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 expense of war, in the event of war breaking out in the Tanjore country, or in the Carnatic, or any 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 contributions, 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 TANJORE. agree, for themselves and their successors, to and with each other in No. XLVIII. manner following, that is to say :—

ARTICLE 1.

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 2.

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 lakhs of Star Pagodas, to commence on the 12th July, in the year of Christ 1787, corresponding to the 30th Annee of the Malabar month of Palavunga year, and to the Phasely 1197, divided into kists, payable at the following periods :—

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The annual contribution of four lakhs 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 lakhs of Pagodas; and it is hereby stipulated and agreed that whenever the annual gross revenues of the country shall rise above ten lakhs of Pagodas, the annual contribution of His Excellency in time of peace shall likewise be increased according to the same scale or standard.

ARTICLE 4.

In case of failure in the punctual payment of the four lakhs of Pagodas already mentioned, to the extent of fifty thousand Pagodas, for

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