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1BUNDELKHAND— Charkhari— NO. XL—1804.

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3bery be committed or the property of merchants or travellers be stolen in any

4of the villages subject to his authority, he shall render the inhabitants of that

5village responsible for the restitution or value of the property stolen or robbed,

601 foi the seizure and delivery of the thieves or robbers ; and, in general, that

7murderers and all other persons amenable to the criminal jurisdictioi of the British

8Government for crimes committed in the British possessions, who may take refuge

9in his districts, shall be immediately seized and delivered over to the British

10Authority in Bundolcund.

11Article 5.

12If any of the surrounding Chiefs rebel against the British authority, although

13they be the near relations of Bejy Buhadur, the Maharajah hereby engages to

14abstain from every manner of friendly intercourse with suoh Chiefs, and not to

15harbour or give protection in his country to any of their relations and dependants,

16Article 6.

17I he Maharajah engages not to enter into quarrels or disputes- with any Chief

18who is obedient or submissive to the British Government; and if at any time a

19quarrel or dispute arise between him and any of the other dependants of the British

20Government, he promises to submit- the cause of such dispute for the decision

21of the British Government.

22Article 7.

23lhe Maharajah further engages never to raise nor to retain in his service a

24greater number of troops, horse and foot included, than may be absolutely neces¬

25sary for the collection of the revenue of his districts and for the usual purposes

26of personal state, without the express permission and authority of the British

27Government for so doing.

28Sitnnud or Grant of the undermentioned Districts and Villages of the

29Honorable the East India Company to Maharajah Beekur Majeei

30Bejy Buhadur, —1804.

31\V hereas the province of Bnndelcund has lately been annexed to the territories

32and possessions of the British Government in India, and the British troops are

33now employed in the punishment and suppression of the disaffected and turbulent

34in this province ; and Whereas Maha Eajah Beekur Majeet Bejy Buhadur, who

35one 1 anr ‘^ ent an( 3 rightful possessors of a portion of territory in Bundelcund,

36luiviiiw. sincerely professed his submission and obedience to the Government of

37t C onoi a l>lc Company, has entered into and transmitted to the British Govern-

38mt,nt, um ei his signature and seal, a written obligation of allegiance and fidelity,

39consi ng o seven distinct Articles, by all which he is bound to abide : There-

40n a v * ew to the protection and security of the ancient rights and

41brined ^ ^ a ^ Ve Chiefs uf this country, which it is the just and benevolent

42rh^undi^ ** overnmell t in India uniformly to support and protect,

43nentioued talookas or piehals with the villages and small fortresses

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