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never hereafter hold any further connexion with him, or aid or assist him with troops, or in any other manner whatever; and they further agree that they will not in any way molest such of Jaswant Rao Holkar's followers or troops as are desirous of returning to their homes in the Deccan, but, on the contrary, will render them every assistance in their power for carrying such intention into execution. Article 2.—The British Government hereby agrees, that in case a pacification should not be effected between that Government and Jaswant Rao Holkar, the British army shall move from its present encampment, on the banks of the river Biah, as soon as Jaswant Rao Holkar aforesaid shall have marched his army to the distance of thirty coss from Amritsar; and that, in any treaty which may hereafter be concludea between the British Government and Jaswant Rao Holkar, it shall be stipulated that, immediately after the conclusion of the said treaty, Holkar shall evacuate the territories of the Sikhs, and march towards his own, and that he shall in no way whatever injure or destroy such parts of the Sikh country as may lie in his route. The British Government further agrees that, as long as the said Chieftains, Ranjit Singh and Fateh Singh, abstain from holding any friendly connexion with the enemies of
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that Government, or from committing any act of hostion their own parts against the said Government, the British armies shall never enter the territories of the said Chieftains, nor will the British Government form any plans for the seizure or sequestratiori -of their possessions or property.
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Dated 1st January 1806.
APPENDIX XXIV SIR DAVID OCHTERLONY'S PROCLAMATION
OF 1809 Precept or 'Ittila Nama', under the Seal of General St. Leger, and under the Seal and Signature of Colonel Ochterlony; written the 9th of February 1809, corresponding to the' 23rd Zi Hijeh, 1223, Hijri.
The British army having encamped near the frontiers of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh, it has been thought proper to signify the pleasure of the British Government, by means of this precept, in order to make all
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never hereafter hold any further connexion with him, or aid or assist him with troops, or in any other manner whatever; and they further agree that they will not in any way molest such of Jaswant Rao Holkar's followers or troops as are desirous of returning to their homes in the Deccan, but, on the contrary, will render them every assistance in their power for carrying such intention into execution. Article 2.—The British Government hereby agrees, that in case a pacification should not be effected between that Government and Jaswant Rao Holkar, the British army shall move from its present encampment, on the banks of the river Biah, as soon as Jaswant Rao Holkar aforesaid shall have marched his army to the distance of thirty coss from Amritsar; and that, in any treaty which may hereafter be concludea between the British Government and Jaswant Rao Holkar, it shall be stipulated that, immediately after the conclusion of the said treaty, Holkar shall evacuate the territories of the Sikhs, and march towards his own, and that he shall in no way whatever injure or destroy such parts of the Sikh country as may lie in his route. The British Government further agrees that, as long as the said Chieftains, Ranjit Singh and Fateh Singh, abstain from holding any friendly connexion with the enemies of
will
that Government, or from committing any act of hostion their own parts against the said Government, the British armies shall never enter the territories of the said Chieftains, nor will the British Government form any plans for the seizure or sequestratiori -of their possessions or property.
lity
Dated 1st January 1806.
APPENDIX XXIV SIR DAVID OCHTERLONY'S PROCLAMATION
OF 1809 Precept or 'Ittila Nama', under the Seal of General St. Leger, and under the Seal and Signature of Colonel Ochterlony; written the 9th of February 1809, corresponding to the' 23rd Zi Hijeh, 1223, Hijri.
The British army having encamped near the frontiers of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh, it has been thought proper to signify the pleasure of the British Government, by means of this precept, in order to make all
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