Miscellaneous collection of firmans and treaties.

(1) pp. i-vi, List of Contents. (2) pp. 1-3, Cowle given by Steeranga Rails (?) to Agent Ivie 15th Nov. 1640. (3) pp. 5-8, Sultan Shah Shuja's Nishan or Letters Patent to the English in Bengal 1655 (see H/630 (5)); pp. 133-67, Farrukhsiyar's Farman to President Robert Hedges in reply to Surman's Petition, 1717, with particular account of villages petitioned for (see H/632 (1)); pp. 169-77, 205-25, Husbulkookums under the seal of Saiyid Abdulla Khan 1717; pp. 181-7, Parwanas under seal of Jafar Khan 20th July and 15th Oct. 1717; pp. 189-204, Letters from Coja Surhaud to Hedges March and April 1726; pp. 227-8, The Vizir's Titles written on the back of the Farmans. (4) p. 8(a), Extract from Treaty with Portugal regarding Bombay 1661. (5) pp. 9-17, Agreement between the King of Porqua (Porakad in Travancore) and the Company 1663. (6) pp. 19-27, Agreement between the Governor of Carwar and the Company (Randolph Taylor and Philip Gyfford) 12th Sept. 1668, See Factory Records, Karwar, Vol. I (7) pp. 29-37, Agreement between the Raja of Cannanore and the Company (Alexander Grigby) 1668. (8) pp. 39-41, Ruffee Khan's (Nawab of Orissa) confirmation of the privileges enjoyed by the English in his kingdom 1678 (? 1671). (9) pp. 43-6, Nawab Shaishta Khan's confirmation of the privileges of the English in Bengal 1680 (? 1672) (Printed in Temple's Diaries of Streynsham Master, II, 22); pp. 47-8, Shaishta Khan's reply to Wares Khan (Chancellor of Bearra or Pattana) relative to the privileges of the English in Bengal 1686 (? 1676) (Printed in Temple's Diaries of Streynsham Master, II, 24). (10) pp. 49-70, William Gyfford (President of Madras) to the Mughal 10th March 1686/7 relative to the wrongs suffered by the Company in Bengal. (11) pp. 73-4, Extract from the Articles of Peace for Bengal concluded with Abdul Samad (for the Nawab) by Richard Trenchfield, Thomas Mackrith and--Jolland (for the Company) 8th June 1687 (see O.C. 5618). (12) pp. 75-7, Parwana General granted by Fakir-ulla Khan to the Old Company prohibiting all other English from trade at Vizagapatam 20th July 1699. (See H/628 (22).) (13) pp. 79-100, Treaty between England and Holland on the one part and the King of Denmark on the other 15th June 1701. (14) pp. 103-13, Treaty between England and Holland 7th Sept. 1701; pp. 119-26, Do., do. 11th Nov. 1701. (15) pp. 115-8, Convention between the King of Sweden and Holland 26th Sept./7th Oct. 1701. (16) p. 131, Dates of Grants for various places on the Coast of Coromandel. (17) pp. 229-32, Agreement between Baji Rao Pandit Pradhan and Capt. Inchbird on behalf of the East India Company 1739 (?). (18) pp. 233-5, Agreement between Thomas Saunders (President, Fort St. David) and Pratap Sing, Raja of Tanjore, 1st Jan. 1750. (19) pp. 237-45, Twelve letters from the Nana, received from Govin Sewram Punt at Gheria and delivered to the Chief at Victoria 9th Nov. 1756. (20) pp. 247-98, Extracts of letters from the Company's Servants in Bengal relative to Treaties and Grants from the Country Powers 1756 to 1766; pp. 357-61, List of Copies of Treaties with and Grants from the Country Powers respecting the Bengal Presidency 1756 to 1766. (21) pp. 365-7, Treaties and Agreements between Siraj-ud-daula and the Bengal Select Committee 9th and 12th Feb. 1757; pp. 369-71, Parwanas from Siraj-ud-daula allowing the English to establish a Mint at Calcutta and to send their Goods under Dastaks throughout Bengal 1757 (Printed in Aitchison's Treaties, I, 11-4). (22) pp. 373-91, 397-445, Treaties with and Sanads granted to the English by Jafar Ali Khan, Nawab of Bengal, April 1757 to July 1759; pp. 471-7, Treaty of 10th July 1763 (Printed in Aitchison's Treaties, I, 15-9). (23) pp. 393-5, Sanad from Alamgir appointing Clive a Mansabdar 1757. (24) pp. 447-53, Treaty with and Sanads granted by Mir Muhammad Kasim, Nawab of Bengal, September and October 1760 (Printed in Aitchison's Treaties, I, 42-5). (25) pp. 456-61, Treaty between the English and the Sulu Islanders, ratified by Datu Bandahara and other Chiefs 28th Jan. 1761; pp. 463-5, Treaty of Bira Birahan, signed by A. Dalrymple and Thomas Kelsall 26th July 1762; pp. 467-9, Alliance between the Company and the King of Xolo 23rd Feb. 1763; pp. 479-83, Spanish translations of the cession (19th Sept. 1763) and the grant (2nd July 1764) of Balambangan; pp. 488-9, Sultan Mahmud Alimuddin's Cession of Feligia (Original) with translation by Dalrymple 2nd July 1764; pp. 495-501, Treaty between the English and the Sulu Islanders 28th Sept. 1764. (26) pp. 491, Nawab Jafar Ali Khan's Note for payment of 5 lakhs per mensem for expenses of the Company's troops during the war with Shuja-ud-daula 16th Sept. 1764 (Printed in Aitchison's Treaties, I, 49). (27) p. 503, Proposals by Shah Alam to Major Munro 22nd Nov. 1764; pp. 507-8, Proposals by the Bengal Council 6th Dec. 1764; pp. 511-3, Farman granting the Ghazipur District to the Company 29th Dec. 1764; pp. 527-44, 565-6, 581-4, Farmans for the Diwani of Bengal, Behar, Orissa and Burdwan 12th Aug. 1765 and Agreement between Shah Alam and the Company 19th Aug. 1765 (Printed in Aitchison's Treaties, I, 52-6). (28) pp. 515-24, Treaty with and Sanads from Najim-ud-daula, Nawab of Bengal, February 1765; pp. 547-9, 551-5, 581, 584, Treaty with Najim-ud-daula 16th Aug. 1765; pp. 569-70, Agreement between the Company and Najim-ud-daula 30th Sept. 1765. (29) p. 559, Article VI of the Treaty with Shuja-ud-daula 16th Aug. 1765; p. 561, Advice as to his execution of the Treaty 31st Jan. 1766. (30) pp. 573-6, Farman confirming Lord Clive's Jaghire 30th Sept. 1765. (31) pp. 585-8, Memorandum on Bengal 1757-66. (32) pp. 589-92, Treaty of Alliance between Hyder Ali and the Marathas 1780. (33) p. 597, Cutting from the Calcutta Gazette, concerning a Treaty between the Company and the Subadar of the Deccan 26th Oct. 1800. The Treaty with the Nizam was concluded on 12th Oct. and ceded to the British most of the territory which he had acquired under the Treaty of Seringapatam 18th March 1792, and the Treaty of Mysore 22nd June 1799, the Revenue of the ceded provinces being calculated at Rs. 62,74,262.

The references to Aitchison's Treaties, under this and subsequent volumes, are to the edition issued in 1876.

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