A History of the Mahrattas v1.c21.3

v1.c21.3

¹ The whole of the particulars of this agreement are not known. Some very long details of the early part of the settlement, which led to the final exchange, are preserved; but the most essential parts, regarding the exchange of the Jagheer and the fixed payment for the Chouth and Surdeshmookhee, are lost. I do not think they have been purposely destroyed by the Mahrattas, as many years afterwards I find original letters from Mahdoo Rao, the Peishwa, and Nana Furnuwees, written on an occasion, when there were pending negotiations with the Nizam, requesting that search might be made for this document. The Hudeequ-i-Alum merely mentions that Nizam Ool Moolk settled that the Soobeh of Hyderabad should be exempted from the Surdeshmookhee, and that a ready-money payment should be given in lieu of the Chouth and the customs.