A History of the Mahrattas v1.c9.189

v1.c9.189

It was settled that the forts of Purinda and Sholapoor, with their dependent districts,¹ should be given up to Mohummud Adil Shah. He was likewise to retain undisturbed possession of the districts of Nuldroog, Kalliannee, and Beder east of Sholapoor; and the huge piece of ordnance pertaining to Purinda was thus left on the works of Beejapoor, where it remains at this day. The province of Kalliannee in the Concan, which extended the Beejapoor possessions on the coast as far north as the Bassein river, was also ceded; and the whole of the country lying between the Beema and the Neera, which had formerly belonged to the kingdom of Ahmednugur, as far north as Chakun, was now annexed to Beejapoor. The principal condition attached to this cession was, the payment of an annual tribute of twenty lacks of pagodas. By an article of the treaty, the Emperor promises to pardon Shahjee and his adherents, if he will deliver up the forts in his possession, together with all his artillery and warlike stores; but in case of non-compliance, he is to be expelled from the territory of Beejapoor, and declared the common enemy of both states.