History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c40.66

v2.c40.66

“After invoking and calling to witness Srī Sadā Sheo, Khaṇḍe Rāo Jagan Nath, the holy waters of the Ganges and Belbhaṇḍar, he says as follows :—I agree together with my sons Jānūjī and Mānūjī to enter into a firm alliance with the Nawāb Mahabāt Jang and his successors Shahāmat Jang and Sirāju’d-Daulah, to be faithful thereto till the last breath of our lives, and to consider their friends and foes as ours. On condition of the peace I am to receive 12 *lakhs* of rupees yearly including everything, the payments to be made agreeably to the statement drawn up. Neither I nor any of my posterity, nor other potent *sardārs* in alliance with me, shall remain in these three *ṣūbahs* dependent on the Nawāb ’Alīwardī Khān or in any way molest the *zamindārs* or have any concern with them. Rām Rājā, who has settled the *chauth* of the aforementioned *ṣūbahs* on me, shall not send any other *sardārs* into those quarters. If, which God forbid, the Nawāb should at any time be engaged in war and want assistance, I will either