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CHAP. VII
EXPEDITION OF SHAH SHUJA
was entered
into
by which the
districts
179
beyond the i832.
Indus, and in the possession of the Sikhs, were formally ceded to the Maharaja.^ The English had also become less averse to his attempt, and he was assured that his annual stipend would be continued to his family, and no warning was held out to him against returning, as had before been done.- A third of his yearly allowance was even advanced to him: but the political agent was at the same time desired to impress upon all people, that the British Government had no interest in the Shah's proceedings, that its policy was one of complete neutrality, and it was added that Dost Muhammad but Dost could be so assured in reply to a letter received from Muhamhim.-' Dost Muhammad had mastered Kabul shortly ^^^ Khan after Muhamriiad Azim Khan's death, and he soon ^^ alarmed, ''°'"^*^ learnt to become apprehensive of the English. In 1832 their he cautioned the Amirs of Sind against allowing them friendship, to establish a commercial factory in Shikarpur, as Shah Shuja would certainly soon follow to guard it with an army,^ and he next sought, in the usual way, to ascertain the views of the paramounts of India by entering into a correspondence with them.
Shah Shuja left Ludhiana in the middle of Feb- The Shah ruary 1833. He had with him about 200,000 rupees in sets out. treasure, and nearly 3,000 armed followers.^ He got a ^^^- ^^^' gun and some camels from Bahawal Khan, he crossed the Indus towards the middle of May, and he entered Shikarpur without opposition. The Sindians did not oppose him, but they rendered him no assistance, and they at last thought it better to break with him at once than to put their means into his hands for their own This treaty, which became the foundation of the TriparTreaty of 1838, was drawn up in March 1833, axid finally agreed to in August of that year. (Capt. Wade to Government. 1
tite
17th June 1834.)
Government to Capt. Wade, 19th Dec. 1832. Government to Capt. Faithful, Acting Political Agent, 13th Dec. 1832, and to Capt. Wade, 5th and 9th of March 1833. * The Bahawalpur Memoirs state that such a recommendation was pressed by Dost Muhammad on the Amirs; the belief in the gradual conversion of 'Kothis', or residencies or commer-
3
cial houses, into 'Chaonis', or military
cantonments, having, it far as Kabul. Dost Muhammad's main object, however, was to keep Shah Shuj? at a distance; and he always seems to have held that he was safe from the English themselves so long as Lahore remained unshaken. For another instance of the extent to which the English were thought to be identified with Shah Shuja, see the Asiatic Journal, xix. 38, as quoted by Professor Wilson in Moorcroft's Travels, p. 340 n., vol. ii. ^ Capt. Wade to Government, 9th April 1833.
may be inferred, become
notorious
as
EXPEDITION OF SHAH SHUJA
was entered
into
by which the
districts
179
beyond the i832.
Indus, and in the possession of the Sikhs, were formally ceded to the Maharaja.^ The English had also become less averse to his attempt, and he was assured that his annual stipend would be continued to his family, and no warning was held out to him against returning, as had before been done.- A third of his yearly allowance was even advanced to him: but the political agent was at the same time desired to impress upon all people, that the British Government had no interest in the Shah's proceedings, that its policy was one of complete neutrality, and it was added that Dost Muhammad but Dost could be so assured in reply to a letter received from Muhamhim.-' Dost Muhammad had mastered Kabul shortly ^^^ Khan after Muhamriiad Azim Khan's death, and he soon ^^ alarmed, ''°'"^*^ learnt to become apprehensive of the English. In 1832 their he cautioned the Amirs of Sind against allowing them friendship, to establish a commercial factory in Shikarpur, as Shah Shuja would certainly soon follow to guard it with an army,^ and he next sought, in the usual way, to ascertain the views of the paramounts of India by entering into a correspondence with them.
Shah Shuja left Ludhiana in the middle of Feb- The Shah ruary 1833. He had with him about 200,000 rupees in sets out. treasure, and nearly 3,000 armed followers.^ He got a ^^^- ^^^' gun and some camels from Bahawal Khan, he crossed the Indus towards the middle of May, and he entered Shikarpur without opposition. The Sindians did not oppose him, but they rendered him no assistance, and they at last thought it better to break with him at once than to put their means into his hands for their own This treaty, which became the foundation of the TriparTreaty of 1838, was drawn up in March 1833, axid finally agreed to in August of that year. (Capt. Wade to Government. 1
tite
17th June 1834.)
Government to Capt. Wade, 19th Dec. 1832. Government to Capt. Faithful, Acting Political Agent, 13th Dec. 1832, and to Capt. Wade, 5th and 9th of March 1833. * The Bahawalpur Memoirs state that such a recommendation was pressed by Dost Muhammad on the Amirs; the belief in the gradual conversion of 'Kothis', or residencies or commer-
3
cial houses, into 'Chaonis', or military
cantonments, having, it far as Kabul. Dost Muhammad's main object, however, was to keep Shah Shuj? at a distance; and he always seems to have held that he was safe from the English themselves so long as Lahore remained unshaken. For another instance of the extent to which the English were thought to be identified with Shah Shuja, see the Asiatic Journal, xix. 38, as quoted by Professor Wilson in Moorcroft's Travels, p. 340 n., vol. ii. ^ Capt. Wade to Government, 9th April 1833.
may be inferred, become
notorious
as
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