The treaty between
the British Government on the one part and Maharajah Gulab Singh of Jammu
on the other concluded on the part of the British Government by Frederick
Currie, Esq. and Brevet-Major Henry Montgomery Lawrence, acting under the
orders of the Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Hardinge, G.C.B., one of her Britannic
Majesty's most Honorable Privy Council, Governor-General of the possessions
of the East India Company, to direct and control all the affairs in the
East Indies and by Maharajah Gulab Singh in person - 1846.
Article 1
The British Government transfers and
makes over for ever in independent possession to Maharajah Gulab Singh
and the heirs male of his body all the hilly or mountainous country with
its dependencies situated to the eastward of the River Indus and the westward
of the River Ravi including Chamba and excluding Lahol, being part of the
territories ceded to the British Government by the Lahore State according
to the provisions of Article IV of the Treaty of Lahore, dated 9th March,
1846.
Article 2
The eastern boundary of the tract transferred
by the foregoing article to Maharajah Gulab Singh shall be laid down by
the Commissioners appointed by the British Government and Maharajah Gulab
Singh respectively for that purpose and shall be defined in a separate
engagement after survey.
Article 3
In consideration of the transfer made
to him and his heirs by the provisions of the foregoing article Maharajah
Gulab Singh will pay to the British Government the sum of seventy-five
lakhs of rupees (Nanukshahee), fifty lakhs to be paid on or before the
1st October of the current year, A.D., 1846.
Article 4
The limits of territories of Maharajah
Gulab Singh shall not be at any time changed without concurrence of the
British Government.
Article 5
Maharajah Gulab Singh will refer to
the arbitration of the British Government any disputes or question that
may arise between himself and the Government of Lahore or any other neighboring
State, and will abide by the decision of the British Government.
Article 6
Maharajah Gulab Singh engages for himself
and heirs to join, with the whole of his Military Forces, the British troops
when employed within the hills or in the territories adjoining his possessions.
Article 7
Maharajah Gulab Singh engages never
to take to retain in his service any British subject nor the subject of
any European or American State without the consent of the British Governnent.
Article 8
Maharajah Gulab Singh engages to respect
in regard to the territory transferred to him, the provisions of Articles
V, VI and VII of the separate Engagement between the British Government
and the Lahore Durbar, dated 11th March, 1846.
Article 9
The British Government will give its
aid to Maharajah Gulab Singh in protecting his territories from external
enemies.
Article 10
Maharajah Gulab Singh acknowledges the
supremacy of the British Government and will in token of such supremacy
present annually to the British Government one horse, twelve shawl goats
of approved breed (six male and six female) and three pairs of Cashmere
shawls.
This Treaty of ten articles has been
this day settled by Frederick Currie, Esq. and Brever-Major Henry Montgomery
Lawrence, acting under directions of the Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Hardinge, Governor-General,
on the part of the British Government and by Maharajah Gulab Singh in person,
and the said Treaty has been this day ratified by the seal of the Rt. Hon.
Sir Henry Hardinge, Governor-General.
Done at Amritsar the sixteenth day
of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-six,
corresponding with the seventeenth day of Rubee-ul-Awal (1262 Hijri).
(Signed) H. Hardinge (Seal)
(Signed) F. Currie
(Signed) H. M. Lawrence |