The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke

I. That, notwithstanding the culpable and criminal reluctance of the President, Hastings,
hereinbefore recited, a treaty of peace and friendship between the Vizier Sujah ul Dowlah
and the Nabob Fyzoola Khân was finally signed and sealed on the 7th October, 1774, at a
place called Lall-Dang, in the presence and with the attestation of the British commander-in-
chief, Colonel Alexander Champion aforesaid; and that for the said treaty the Nabob
Fyzoola Khân agreed to pay, and did actually pay, the valuable consideration of half his
treasure, to the amount of fifteen lacs of rupees, or 150,000l. sterling, and upwards.

II. That by the said treaty the Nabob Fyzoola Khân was established in the quiet possession
of Rampoor, Shahabad, and "some other districts dependent thereon," subject to certain
conditions, of which the more important were as follow.

"That Fyzoola Khân should retain in his service five thousand troops, and not a single man
more.

"That, with whomsoever the Vizier should make war, Fyzoola Khân should send two or
three thousand men, according to his ability, to join the forces of the Vizier.

"And that, if the Vizier should march in person, Fyzoola Khân should himself accompany
him with his troops."

III. That from the terms of the treaty above recited it doth plainly, positively, and
indisputably appear that the Nabob Fyzoola Khân, in case of war, was not bound to furnish
more than three thousand men under any construction, unless the Vizier should march in
person.

IV. That the Nabob Fyzoola Khân was not positively bound to furnish so many as three

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