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promises and which had made systematic expansion a matter of policy would sooner or later find an excuse to annex the Punjab. The Maharajah was extremely angry with the English, but as in the past he did not allow his passion to cloud his judgment. 'What happened to the Maratha army of two hundred thousand which fought the English?' he asked his ministers. He tried through Fakir Azizuddin to persuade the English to declare Sindh mulk-i-mahjuzii (neutral territory)-which the Amirs would have liked-and to obtain an assurance that a similar policy would not be followed in Afghanistan. Wade refused to consider these propositions and insisted on the Durbar giving a promise not to interfere in Sindh. The Maharajah asked the Englishman what the words 'welfare and prosperity' and ' respect and consideration' meant; these being phrases that the governor general had used in bis letter to Ranjit Singh. Wade ignored the sarcasm and proceeded to explain the meaning of the words at some length. 'His Highness betrayed some impatience; he grasped the hand of the Fakir and struck two palms repeatedly,• wrote Wade to the governor general.7 The Durbar gave in and agreed not to go farther for the time being, lnl-fel-o-bil-hiiL The debate on Sindh was closed, but the Durbar refused to sign a treaty on the subject. lt also refused co give up the advance post at Rojhan.
Battle of Jamrud, April 1837: Death of Hari Singh Nalwa The Durbar had barely finished with Sindh when trouble flared up on the north-west frontier. Nalwa's energetic measures, particularly the chain of forts that he was making, gave the Afghans reason to believe that he was contemplating an invasion of their country. Dost Mohammed abandoned the study of the Koran and turned his attention to practical matters. An opportunity for action came sooner than he had expected. Prince Nao Nihal Singh, who had been with Nalwa, returned to Lahore to get 7 SC 17 of 6.S.1837.
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promises and which had made systematic expansion a matter of policy would sooner or later find an excuse to annex the Punjab. The Maharajah was extremely angry with the English, but as in the past he did not allow his passion to cloud his judgment. 'What happened to the Maratha army of two hundred thousand which fought the English?' he asked his ministers. He tried through Fakir Azizuddin to persuade the English to declare Sindh mulk-i-mahjuzii (neutral territory)-which the Amirs would have liked-and to obtain an assurance that a similar policy would not be followed in Afghanistan. Wade refused to consider these propositions and insisted on the Durbar giving a promise not to interfere in Sindh. The Maharajah asked the Englishman what the words 'welfare and prosperity' and ' respect and consideration' meant; these being phrases that the governor general had used in bis letter to Ranjit Singh. Wade ignored the sarcasm and proceeded to explain the meaning of the words at some length. 'His Highness betrayed some impatience; he grasped the hand of the Fakir and struck two palms repeatedly,• wrote Wade to the governor general.7 The Durbar gave in and agreed not to go farther for the time being, lnl-fel-o-bil-hiiL The debate on Sindh was closed, but the Durbar refused to sign a treaty on the subject. lt also refused co give up the advance post at Rojhan.
Battle of Jamrud, April 1837: Death of Hari Singh Nalwa The Durbar had barely finished with Sindh when trouble flared up on the north-west frontier. Nalwa's energetic measures, particularly the chain of forts that he was making, gave the Afghans reason to believe that he was contemplating an invasion of their country. Dost Mohammed abandoned the study of the Koran and turned his attention to practical matters. An opportunity for action came sooner than he had expected. Prince Nao Nihal Singh, who had been with Nalwa, returned to Lahore to get 7 SC 17 of 6.S.1837.
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