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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[JUNE, 1891.
Lawrence with whom he had become intimately acquainted on a former occasion at Pêshawar. Sir Henry after consulting with Sir Frederick Currie, Chief Secretary of the Foreign Department, sent a reply, that the British Government, having the interests of Gulab Singh at heart, had simply presented him with the said possessions, but would now grant them to him for money. The Governor-General then agreed to let Gulab Singh have the district between the Biyâs and the Indus, with Kângrå, Kaśmir, Hazara and the boundaries of the Kôhistan for one karór of rupees; but as Gulâb Singh had not at his disposal so large a sum, negotiations were begun for giving him a smaller portion of territory, excluding the district between the Biyâs and the Indus. Even this arrangement displeased the Bibî Şâhiba, who sent the Râjà Dînâ Nâth, Faqir Nuru'ddin, and Bhai Râm Singh to Sir H. Lawrence and Sir F. Currie, to dissuade them from the transaction, and threatening to go herself to London. But no attention was paid to her protest, and so she sent Khalsa troops to capture Gulab Singh. Major MacGregor arrived, however, in time with a rasala of European troops, and put an end to the strife by carrying him off to the British camp. The terms ultimately arrived at are embodied in the following document :
Treaty between the British Government on the one part and the Maharaja Gulab Singh of Jamman on the other, concluded on the part of the British Government by Frederick Carrie, Esquire, and Brevet Major Henry Montgomery Lawrence, acting under the orders of the Right Honourable Sir Henry Hardinge, G.C.B., one of Her Britannic Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Governor-General, appointed by the Honourable Company to direct and control all their affairs in the East Indies, and by Maharaja Gulab Singh in person.
Art. 1. The British Government transfers and makes over for ever, as independent possessions, to Mahârâja Gulab Singh and the heirs male of his body, all the hilly or mountainous country with its dependencies, situated to th east of the River Indus and west of the River Ravi including Chambâ, and excluding Lâhaul, being part of the territories ceded to the British Government by the Lâhôr State according to the provisions of Article 4 of the treaty of Lâhôr, dated the 9th March 1846.
Art. 2. The eastern boundary of the tract transferred by the foregoing Article to Mahârâjâ Gulab Singh shall be laid down by Commissioners appointed by the British Government and Maharaja Galab Singh respectively for the purpose, and shall be defined in a separate engagement after survey.
Art. 3. In cons:1eration of the transfer made to him and his heirs by the provisions of the foregoing articles, the Mahârâjâ Gulab Singh will pay to the British Government the sum of 75 lakhs of Nanakshâhî rupees, 50 lakhs to be paid on ratification of this Treaty, and 25 lakhs on or before the 1st October of the current year A. D. 1846.
Art. 4. The limit of the territories of the Maharaja Gulab Singh shall not be at any time changed without the concurrence of the British Government.
Art. 5, The Mahârâja Gulab Singh will refer to the arbitration of the British Government any disputes on questions that may arise between himself and the Government of Lûhôr, or any other neighbouring State, and will abide by the decision of the British Government.
Art. 6. The Maharaja Gulab Singh engages for himself and his heirs to join the British troops with the whole of his military force when these are employed within the hills, or in the territories adjoining his possessions.
Art. 7. The Maharaja Gulab Singh engages never to take or retain in his service, any British subject, nor any subject of any other European or American State, without the consent of the British Government.
Art. 8. The Maharaja Gulab Singh engages to respect in reference to the territory transferred to him, the provisions of Articles 5, 6, and 7 of the separate engagement between the British Government and the Lâhôr darbár, dated March 11th, 1846,
