'A Journey from Bengal to England, through the Northern part of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, and Persia, and into Russia, by the Caspian-Sea. By George Forster. In the Civil Service of the Honourable the East-India Company in Two Volumes. Vol. I.' [‎164] (189/342)

FORSTER’S TRAVELS,
In the conference at Benares* it was alfo flipulated, that tha
Vizier fhould confirm Cheyt Sing, the fon and fuccefibr of Bull-
wunt Sing, in the pofleflion of Benares, and its dependencies^.
The
a in the treaty concluded at Allahabad, on the 16th of Augufl 1765, between the
<f Vizier and the Company, it is exprefled that the diftri&s of Corah and Allahabad
were given to His Majefty for his expences ; and whereas His Majefty abandoned
cc the polTeffion of the aforefaid diftri&s, and even has given a funnud for Corah and
<£ Currah to the Mahrattas, to the great prejudice of both the Vizier and Englifh
<c Company, and contrary to the meaning of the faid treaty; he hath thereby forfeited
<£ his right to the faid diftri&s, which have reverted to the Company, from whence he
£l received them : it is therefore agreed, that the aforefaid diftri6ts fhall be put into
* £ the pofieilion of the Vizier, on the following conditions, and that, in the fame
“ manner as the province of Oude, and the other dominions of the Vizier are pof-
<c felled by him : fo (hall he polTefs Corah, and Currah, and Allahabad, for ever.-—He
c< fhall by no means, or under any pretence, be liable to any obftru6tions in the afore-
il faid countries from the Company, and the Englifh chiefs, and exclulive of the money
44 now flipulated, no mention or requeft fhall by any means be made to him for any
t4 thing elfe due on this account. This agreement fhall be obferved by the Englilfo
41 chiefs, gentlemen of the council, and the Company, nor fhall it be broken or devi*
4£ ated from*
conditions ?
u He Ihall pay to the Company fifty lacks of Sicca Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. ,.
5 * according to the currency of the province of Oude, viz. -
50,00,00^
<c In ready money. - -- -- -- -- --
<c In two years after the date hereof—viz. the firfl year
a The fecond year. ------ - - - -
20.00. 000.
15.00. 000
15,00,000
Sa. Rs. 50,00,000
tc To prevent any difpute arifing, concerning the payment which (hall be made by
v P the Vizier for the Company’s troops that may march to his afliftance, it is agreed^
u that