1 HISTORY OF THE SIKHS. 227
2 treaty. This has been repeatedly explained to the
3 Lahore Durbar. If, therefore, for any special
4 reason, and on any particular account, the assist-
5 ance and intervention of the British government
6 are desired by the Lahore Durbar, the fact should
7 have been more distinctly stated in the Khurreeta,
8 and the causes which render such aid indispen-
9 sable, should have been given in detail. However,
10 as the Maharajah has authorized the chiefs named
11 in the Khurreeta, and who are present, to make
12 known all the particulars of the case, they should
13 now state all the circumstances in full.”
14 The minister and chiefs, after consultation, read
15 aloud the substance of the paper, of which the
16 following is a translation, but requested that it
17 might be put in the form of a Khurreeta from the
18 Maharajah, and sent in the evening. A communi-
19 cation was then made to the Governor-general,
20 who determined that a British force should, under
21 certain conditions to be entered in a separate
22 engagement, occupy Lahore for a limited time ;
23 the treaty was then signed by the commissioners,
24 and the meeting broke up.
25 Translation of document alluded to in pre-
26 ceding paragraph, afterwards sent from the Durbar
27 as a formal Khurreeta, with the seal of the
28 Maharajah.
29 “ All the circumstances regarding the disorgani-
30 zation of the sovernment of Tahoare cineca tha