I. Partie.Tanjaour &e.

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La lettre précédente est en réponse à s Acte qui suit.

Traduction d'une Obligation de ScHAHGi, Zemindar de Tan-jaour, (adrejsée ) à Zulfekarkhan Bahadour a).

„Comme il a plu au très haut & (très) puissant Zulfekarkhan, Nabab,„d’être dans sintention de prendre Tanjaour fur moi Schahgi, Zemindar de„eet (endroit), en conséquence je promets & m’engage a agir différemment„de ma conduite précédente, & à ne point avoir de liaison avec Ram rage, Sc„à ne pas lui donner de secours, mais á être fidèlement & humblement íòu i

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a) Translation of an Obligation to Zulphukar Cawn Bahauder, front Sauhotigte , Zemindar ofTanjore >

„It having' plcased the most high and rnighty Zulphukar Cawn, Nabab, to intend ta-„king Tanjore from me Sahougee, Zemindar thereof, — I do hereby promise and en-rage to act diffcrently from my former conduct, and to hâve no connection with, and„give no assistance to Ram Rage, but faithfully and liumbly to pay Submislîon„ to the Impérial Court of bis higli Majesty , wbicb is like Salomon’s in,,glory and magnificence ; and bcing eonvinced that remaining his faithfull subject must„contribute to my présent and future welfare and advantage, I tberefore fubmit myfelf„to lús ordres, and promise to serve him as his Vassal; and i lrave agreed to pay him a„Tribute of tbirty lacks of rupees annually. T will now pay twenty lacks in ready mo-„ney, jewels and éléphants, and I will be answerable for ten laçk in the next year; and„instead of furnifhing the faid Nabab, in his expédition against Gingee, with a toufand„borfe and four touíhnd Sepoys, from my troops (as was intended), I will deliver him„up three forts, viz. Pollam cottah, Cittoners, and Tank, with théir districts: and also«Culmanargoody, Sheemusty, Tuttegoodynar, Imrapoor, Elvanafore, Haulcoorchy and«Pandalum, <kc. which i took from Ram rage; ail whiclj I give the faid Nabab as a„Tribute, I hope as a servant of the Court, to receive the gracions Phirmaun in my na-„me, through the means of the faid Nabab, giving to me the title of Rajah, and the Ze-«mindary of Tanjore. i promise that I will by every means, support a connection with„tlie garrisons, wbicb are placed in the neweonquered countries, and I will not, in any«respect, be guilty of disobedience, or deviate from the path of fubjection. — Givenj,this 71 b. 0 f Shavaul, in the 38 fil - year of his Majesty’s reign. Hisiory and Managementp, 242, fuite' de la note *. a