TREATY OF SALBAI - TREATY OF PEACE WITH THE MARATHAS, 1782

TREATY OF SALBAI - TREATY OF PEACE WITH THE MARATHAS, 1782

Treaty of perpetual friendship and alliance between the Hon'ble the

English East India Company and the Peshwa Madhavrav Pandit

Pradhan, settled by Mr. David Anderson, on the part of the Hon'ble

Company, in virtue of the powers delegated to him for that purpose by

the Hon'ble the Governor-General and Council, appointed by the King

and Parliament of Great Britain to direct and control all political affairs

of the Hon'ble English East India Company in India ; and by Maharaja

Soubahdar Madhavrav Sindia, as plenipotentiary on the part of the

Peshwa Madhavrav Pandit Pradhan, Ballaji Pandit.. Nana Fadanavis,

and the whole of the Chiefs of the Maratha nation, agreeably to the

following articles, which shall be ever binding on their heirs and

successors, and the conditions of them to be invariably observed by

both parties.

Article I

It is stipulated and agreed to between the Hon'ble the English East

India Company and the Peshwa, through the mediation of Madhavrav

Sindia, that all countries, places, cities, and forts, including Bassein,

etc., which have been taken from the Peshwa during the War that has

arisen since the treaty settled by Colonel Upton, and have come into the

possession of the English, shall be delivered up to the Peshwa ; the

territories, ports, cities, etc., to be restored, shall be delivered

within the space of two months from the period when this treaty shall

become complete (as hereinafter described), to such persons as the

Peshwa, or his Minister Nana Fadanavis shall appoint.

Article II

It is agreed between the English Company and the Peshwa, that

Salsette and three other islands, viz., Elephanta, Karanja and Hog,

which are included in the treaty of Colonel Upton, shall continue for

ever in possession of the English. If any other islands have been taken

in the course of the present war, they shall be delivered up to the

Peshwa.

Article III

Whereas it was stipulated in the fourth article of the treaty of Colonel

Upton,

" that the Peshwa and all the Chiefs of the Maratha State to

agree to give the English Company, for ever, all right and title to the

city of Broach, as full and complete as ever they collected from the

Mogals or otherwise, without retaining any claim of chauth, or any other

claims whatsoever, so that the English Company shall possess it without

participation or claim of any kind "

; this article is accordingly

continued in full force and effect.

Article IV

The Peshwa having formerly, in the treaty of Colonel Upton, agreed

by way of friendship to give up to the English a country of three lakhs

of rupees, near Broach, the English do now, at the request of

Madhavrav Sindia, consent to relinquish their claim to the said country

in favour of the Peshwa.

Article V

The country which Sayaji and Fattesing Gaikawar gave to the

English, and which is mentioned in the seventh article of the treaty of

Colonel Upton, being therein left in a state of suspense, the English,

with a view to obviate all future disputes, now agree that it shall be

restored ; and it is hereby settled that, if the said country be a part of

the established territory of the Gaikawar, it shall be restored to the

Gaikawar ; and if it shall be a part of the Peshwa's territories it shall be

restored to the Peshwa.

Article VI

The English engage that, having allowed Raghunathrav a period of

four months from the time when this treaty shall become complete to

fix on a place of residence, they will not, after the expiration of the said

period, afford him any support, protection, or assistance, nor supply

him with money for his expenses : and the Peshwa on his part engages,

that if Raghunathrav will voluntarily and of his own accord repair to

Maharaja Madhavrav Sindia, and quietly reside with him, the sum of

Rs. 25,000 per month shall be paid him for his maintenance, and no

injury whatever shall be offered to him by the Peshwa, or any of his

people.

Article VII

The Hon'ble English East India Company and the Peshwa being

desirous that their respective allies shall be included in this peace, it is

hereby mutually stipulated that each party shall make peace with the

allies of the other, in the manner hereinafter specified.

Article VIII

The territory which has long been the established jaghir of Sayaji

Gaikawar and Fattesing Gaikawar, that is to say, whatever territory

Fattesing Gaikawar possessed at the commencement of the present war,

shall hereafter for ever remain on the usual footing in his possession ;

and the said Fattesing shall, from the date of this treaty being complete,

pay for the future to the Peshwa the tribute as usual previous to the

present war, and shall perform such services and be subject to such

obedience, as have long been established and customary. No claim

shall be made on the said Fattesing by the Peshwa for the period that

is past.

Article IX

The Peshwa engages, that whereas the Navab Hyder Alii Khan,

having concluded a treaty with him, hath disturbed and taken possession of territories belonging to the English and their allies, he shall be

made to relinquish them ; and they shall be restored to the Company

and the Navab Mahomed Alii Khan. All prisoners that have been

taken on either side during the war shall be released, and Hyder Alii

Khan shall be made to relinquish all such territories belonging to the

English Company and their allies, as he may have taken possession of,

since the ninth of Ramzan in the year 1181, being the date of his treaty

with the Peshwa ; and the said territories shall be delivered over to the

English and the Nawab Mahomed Alii Khan within six months after

this treaty being complete ; and the English, in such case, agree that, so

long as Hyder Alii Khan shall afterwards abstain from hostilities

against them, and their allies, and so long as he shall continue in

friendship with the Peshwa, they will in no respect act hostilely towards

him.

Article X

The Peshwa engages, on his own behalf as well as on behalf of his

allies, the Navab Nizam Alii Khan, Raghoji Bhonsla, Syna Saheb

Soubah, and the Navab Hyder Alii Khan, that they shall, in every

respect, maintain peace towards the English and their allies, the

Navab Asoph-ul-Dowlah Bahadur, and the Navab Mahomed Alii

Khan Bahadur, and shall in no respect whatever give them any disturbance.

The English engage on their own behalf, as well as on behalf

of their allies, the Nawab Asoph-ul-Dowlah, and the Navab Mahomed

Alii Khan, that they shall in every respect maintain peace towards the

Peshwa and his allies, the Nawab Nizam Alii Khan and Raghoji

Bhonsla, Syna Saheb : and the English further engage on their own

behalf, as well as on behalf of their allies, that they will maintain peace

also towards the Navab Hyder Alii Khan under the conditions specified

in the 9th Article of this treaty.

Article XI

The Hon'ble East India Company and the Peshwa mutually agree

that the vessels of each shall afford no disturbance to the navigation of

the vessels of the other ; and the vessels of each shall be allowed access

to the ports of the other, where they shall meet with no molestation,

and the fullest protection shall be reciprocally afforded.

Article XII

The Peshwa and the Chiefs of the Maratha State hereby agree that

the English shall enjoy the privilege of trade, as formerly, in the

Maratha territories, and shall meet with no kind of interruption ; and,

in the same manner, the Hon'ble East India Company agree that the

subjects of the Peshwa shall be allowed the privilege of trade, without

interruption, in the territories of the English.

Article XIII

The Peshwa hereby engages that he will not suffer any factories of

other European nations to be established in his territories, or those of

the chiefs dependant on him, excepting only such as are already established by the Portuguese ; and he will hold uo intercourse of

friendship with any other European nations : and the English on their

part agree that they will not afford assistance to any nation of Deccan

or Hindustan at enmity with the Peshwa.

Article XIV

The English and the Peshwa mutually agree that neither will afford

any kind of assistance to the enemies of the other.

Article XV

The Hon'ble the Governor-General and Council of Fort William

engage that they will not permit any of the chiefs, dependants or

subjects of the English, the gentlemen of Bombay, Surat or Madras, to

act contrary at any place to the terms of this treaty. In the same

manner, the Peshwa Madhavrav Pandit Pradhan engages that none of

the chiefs or subjects of the Maratha State shall act contrary to them.

Article XVI

The Hon'ble East India Company, and the Peshwa Madhavrav Pandit

Pradhan having the fullest confidence in Maharaja Soubahdar Madhavrav

Sindia Bahadur, they have both requested the said Maharaja to be

the mutual guarantee for the perpetual and invariable adherence to

both parties to the conditions of this treaty ; and the said Madhavrav

Sindia, from a regard to the welfare of both States, hath accordingly

taken upon himself the mutual guarantee. If either of the parties shall

deviate from the conditions of this treaty, the said Maharaja will join

the other party and will, to the utmost of his power, endeavour to bring

the aggressor to a proper understanding.

Article XVII

It is hereby agreed that whatever territories, forts, or cities, in Gujrat

were granted by Raghunathrav to the English, previous to the treaty of

Colonel Upton, and have come into their possession, the restitution of

which was stipulated in the 7th Article to the said treaty, shall be

restored, agreeably to the terms of the said article.

This treaty consisting of 17 articles is settled at Salbai, in the Camp

of Maharaja Soubhadar Madhavrav Sindia, on the 4th of the month of

Jammadul Saany, in the year 1197 of the Hygera, corresponding with

the 17th of March, 1782, of the Christian era, by the said Maharaja and

Mr. David Anderson : a copy hereof shall be sent by each of the above

named persons to their respective principals at Fort William and Poona

and, when both copies being returned, the one under the seal of the

Hon'ble East India Company and signature of the Hon'ble the

Governor-General and Council of Fort William shall be delivered to

Maharaja Madhavrav Sindia Bahadur, and the other under the seal of

the Peshwa Madhavrav Pandit Pradhan, and the signature of Ballaji Pandit, Nana Fadanavis, shall be delivered to Mr. David Anderson,

this treaty shall be deemed complete and ratified and the articles herein

contained shall become binding on both the contracting parties.

(Written in the Marathi character of Ragubhau Divan).

" In all

17 articles on the fourth of Jemmad-ul-Akher or fifth of Jesht Adhik,

in the Shuklapaksh, in the year 118... (torn)."

(Subscribed in the Marathi character of Mahadji Sindia).

"

Agreed

to what is above written in Persian."

Witnesses : —

(Sd.) JAMES ANDERSON.

(Sd.) W. BLAINE.