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CHAP. VII
RAN JIT SINGH'S DESIGNS ON SIND
desire to appear as
if
in
i77
opposition to his allies of 1 833-5.
many years, but he did not seek to conceal from Capt. Declaring, Wade his opinion that the commercial measures of the however, English had really abridged his political power, when that their he
gave up for the time the intention of seizing ^^^^^^^"^^
Shikarpur.'
wit^h'Ss
The connexion of the English with the nations of policy, the Indus was about to be rendered more complicated shah shuby the revived hopes of Shah Shuja. That ill-fated ja-s second king had taken up his abode, as before related, at expedition ^° ^^^^/"'; Ludhiana, in the year 1821, and he brooded at his leisure Stan, 1833-5. «
,
in
T7-1
T
ino'i
over schemes for the reconquest of Khorasan. In 1o2d he was in correspondence with Ranjit Singh, who ever regretted that the Shah was not his guest or his pri- The shahs soner.In 1827 he made propositions to the British overtures Government, and he was told that he was welcome to ^°h'^^827."^' recover his kingdom with the aid of Ranjit Singh or of the Sindians, but that, if he failed, his present hosts might not again receive him.^ In 1820 the Shah was induced, by the strange state of affairs in Peshawar consequent on Saiyid Ahmad's ascendancy, to suggest to Ranjit Singh that, with Sikh aid, he could readily master it, and reign once more an independent sovereign. The Maharaja amused him with vain hopes, but the English repeated their warning, and the exIn 1831 they again rose, for his negoking's hopes soon fell."* the Talpur Amirs disliked the approach of English ^^'.it*i'°"he envoys, and they gave encouragement to the tenders sindians. of their titular monarch."' Negotiations were reopened issi; and with Ranjit Singh, who was likewise out of humour with Raniit with the English about Sind, and he was not unwilling smgh, issi. to aid the Shah in the recovery of his rightful throne; but the views of the Sikh reached to the Persian frontier as well as to the shores of the ocean, and he suggested that it would be well if the slaughter of kine "^^^ ^^^%h were prohibited throughout Afghanistan, and if the °^^^ °^^^ gates of Somnath were restored to their original tern- slaughter pie. The Shah was not prepared for these concessions, of kine. and he evaded theni by reminding the Maharaja that his chosen allies, the English, freely took the lives of fixed at 570 rupees, of
which the Lahore Government got Rs.
for territories on the right bank, and Rs. 39, 5, 1 for 155, 4, territories on the left bank of the Sutlej. (Government to Capt. Wade, 9th June 1834, and Capt. Wade to Government, 13th Dec. 1835.) 1 Capt. Wade to Government, 13th Feb. 1832. - Ca-t. Wade to the Resident at Delhi, 25th July 1826. ^ Resident at Delhi to Capt. Wade, 25th July 1827. * Government to Resident at Delhi, 12th June 1829. •'•Capt. Wade to Government, 9th Sept. 1831. 12
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RAN JIT SINGH'S DESIGNS ON SIND
desire to appear as
if
in
i77
opposition to his allies of 1 833-5.
many years, but he did not seek to conceal from Capt. Declaring, Wade his opinion that the commercial measures of the however, English had really abridged his political power, when that their he
gave up for the time the intention of seizing ^^^^^^^"^^
Shikarpur.'
wit^h'Ss
The connexion of the English with the nations of policy, the Indus was about to be rendered more complicated shah shuby the revived hopes of Shah Shuja. That ill-fated ja-s second king had taken up his abode, as before related, at expedition ^° ^^^^/"'; Ludhiana, in the year 1821, and he brooded at his leisure Stan, 1833-5. «
,
in
T7-1
T
ino'i
over schemes for the reconquest of Khorasan. In 1o2d he was in correspondence with Ranjit Singh, who ever regretted that the Shah was not his guest or his pri- The shahs soner.In 1827 he made propositions to the British overtures Government, and he was told that he was welcome to ^°h'^^827."^' recover his kingdom with the aid of Ranjit Singh or of the Sindians, but that, if he failed, his present hosts might not again receive him.^ In 1820 the Shah was induced, by the strange state of affairs in Peshawar consequent on Saiyid Ahmad's ascendancy, to suggest to Ranjit Singh that, with Sikh aid, he could readily master it, and reign once more an independent sovereign. The Maharaja amused him with vain hopes, but the English repeated their warning, and the exIn 1831 they again rose, for his negoking's hopes soon fell."* the Talpur Amirs disliked the approach of English ^^'.it*i'°"he envoys, and they gave encouragement to the tenders sindians. of their titular monarch."' Negotiations were reopened issi; and with Ranjit Singh, who was likewise out of humour with Raniit with the English about Sind, and he was not unwilling smgh, issi. to aid the Shah in the recovery of his rightful throne; but the views of the Sikh reached to the Persian frontier as well as to the shores of the ocean, and he suggested that it would be well if the slaughter of kine "^^^ ^^^%h were prohibited throughout Afghanistan, and if the °^^^ °^^^ gates of Somnath were restored to their original tern- slaughter pie. The Shah was not prepared for these concessions, of kine. and he evaded theni by reminding the Maharaja that his chosen allies, the English, freely took the lives of fixed at 570 rupees, of
which the Lahore Government got Rs.
for territories on the right bank, and Rs. 39, 5, 1 for 155, 4, territories on the left bank of the Sutlej. (Government to Capt. Wade, 9th June 1834, and Capt. Wade to Government, 13th Dec. 1835.) 1 Capt. Wade to Government, 13th Feb. 1832. - Ca-t. Wade to the Resident at Delhi, 25th July 1826. ^ Resident at Delhi to Capt. Wade, 25th July 1827. * Government to Resident at Delhi, 12th June 1829. •'•Capt. Wade to Government, 9th Sept. 1831. 12
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