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THE TRIPARTITE TREATY WITH RANJIT SINGH AND SHAH SHUJA OF 1838 Treaty of Alliance and Friendship between Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Shah Shuja-ul-Mulk, with the approbation of and in concert with the British
Government. (Done at Lahore, 26th June 1838, signed at Simla, 25th June 1838.)
Whereas a treaty was formerly concluded between Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Shah Shuja-ul-Mulk, consisting of fourteen articles, exclusive of the preamble and the conclusion And whereas the execution of the provisions of the said treaty was suspended for certain reasons And whereas at this time, Mr. W. H. Macnaghten having been deputed by the Right Honourable George, Lord Auckland, G.C.B., Governor-General of India, to the presence of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, and vested with full powers to form a treaty, in a manner consistent with the friendly engagements subsisting between the two States, the treaty aforesaid is revived, and concluded with certain modifications, and four new articles have been added thereto, with the approbation of and in concert with the British Government, the provisions whereof, ascertained in the following eighteen articles, will be duly and faith:
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Article 1. Shah Shuja-ul-Mulk disclaims all title on the part of hirriself, his heirs and- successor.?, and all the Saddozies, to all the territories lying on either bank of the river Indus, that may be possessed by the Maharaja, viz. Kashmir, including its limits, E., W., N., S., together with the fort of Attock, Chach-Hazara, Khabal, Amb, with its dependencies, on the left bank of the aforesaid river, and on the right bank Peshawar,
with the Usufzais territory, the Khataks, Hashtnagar, Michni, Kohat, Hanggu, and all places dependent on Peshawar, as far as the Khaibar pass, Bannu, the Vaziri's territory, Daur-Tank, Garang, Kalabagh. and Khushalgarh, with their dependent districts, Dera Ismail Khan, and its dependency, Kot Mithan, Umar Kot, and their dependent territory; Sanghar, HarrandDajal, Hajipur, Rajanpur, and the three Kaches, as well as Mankehra, with its district, and the province of Multan. situated on the left bank. These countries and
APP. XXX
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APPENDIX XXX
THE TRIPARTITE TREATY WITH RANJIT SINGH AND SHAH SHUJA OF 1838 Treaty of Alliance and Friendship between Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Shah Shuja-ul-Mulk, with the approbation of and in concert with the British
Government. (Done at Lahore, 26th June 1838, signed at Simla, 25th June 1838.)
Whereas a treaty was formerly concluded between Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Shah Shuja-ul-Mulk, consisting of fourteen articles, exclusive of the preamble and the conclusion And whereas the execution of the provisions of the said treaty was suspended for certain reasons And whereas at this time, Mr. W. H. Macnaghten having been deputed by the Right Honourable George, Lord Auckland, G.C.B., Governor-General of India, to the presence of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, and vested with full powers to form a treaty, in a manner consistent with the friendly engagements subsisting between the two States, the treaty aforesaid is revived, and concluded with certain modifications, and four new articles have been added thereto, with the approbation of and in concert with the British Government, the provisions whereof, ascertained in the following eighteen articles, will be duly and faith:
:
fully observed
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Article 1. Shah Shuja-ul-Mulk disclaims all title on the part of hirriself, his heirs and- successor.?, and all the Saddozies, to all the territories lying on either bank of the river Indus, that may be possessed by the Maharaja, viz. Kashmir, including its limits, E., W., N., S., together with the fort of Attock, Chach-Hazara, Khabal, Amb, with its dependencies, on the left bank of the aforesaid river, and on the right bank Peshawar,
with the Usufzais territory, the Khataks, Hashtnagar, Michni, Kohat, Hanggu, and all places dependent on Peshawar, as far as the Khaibar pass, Bannu, the Vaziri's territory, Daur-Tank, Garang, Kalabagh. and Khushalgarh, with their dependent districts, Dera Ismail Khan, and its dependency, Kot Mithan, Umar Kot, and their dependent territory; Sanghar, HarrandDajal, Hajipur, Rajanpur, and the three Kaches, as well as Mankehra, with its district, and the province of Multan. situated on the left bank. These countries and
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