A History of the Mahrattas v1.c22.36

v1.c22.36

Bajee Rao’s demands now exceeded all bounds; at different stages during the discussions he required the whole provinces of Malwa in Jagheer; the Rohillas, who had established themselves, to be dispossessed; the forts of Mandoo, Dhar, and Raiseen; the Jagheer and Foujdaree of the whole tract south of the Chumbul; fifty lacks of rupees from the royal treasury, or an equivalent assignment on Bengal; Allahabad, Benares, Gya, and Muttra in Jagheer, and an hereditary right as Surdeshpandya of the six Soobehs of the Deccan.¹