A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II eBook

William Henry Sleeman
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 902 pages of information about A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II.

A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II eBook

William Henry Sleeman
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 902 pages of information about A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II.

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Handeea or Kewae   —    —    —    —    —     1,52,905   0  0
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Total  —    —  1,33,47,135  12  3

Present Revenues of the Territories we hold from Oude under the treaty of 1801, according to the Revised Statistical Return of the Districts of the North-West Provinces for 1846-47, prepared in 1848, A.D.

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______________ |Land Revenue | Abkaree |Stamp for | Total for ______ | 1846-47. | for | 1846-47. | 1846-47. | | 1846-47. | | __________________ _|_____________|__________|__________|____________ | | | | Rohilcund .. .. .. | 64,44,341 | 2,47,854 | 2,04,576 | 68,96,771 Allahabad, including| | | | Handeea alias | 21,29,551 | 1,41,409 | 61,802 | 23,32,762 Kewae | | | | Furruckabad .. .. | 13,57,544 | 88,061 | 49,698 | 14,95,303 Mynpooree .. .. .. | 12,33,901 | 24,822 | 20,484 | 12,79,207 Etawa .. .. .. .. | 12,80,596 | 19,647 | 10,355 | 13,10,598 Goruckpore.. .. .. | 20,80,296 | 2,10,045 | 96,549 | 23,86,890 Azimgurh, including | | | | Mahoul .. .. .. | 14,89,887 | 81,257 | 53,925 | 16,25,069 Cawnpore .. .. .. | 21,51,155 | 1,26,155 | 57,406 | 23,34,700 Futtehpore.. .. .. | 14,25,431 | 60,370 | 21,063 | 15,06,864 |_____________|__________|__________|____________ Total .. .. |1,95,92,686 | 9,99,620 | 5,75,858 | 2,11,68,164 ____________________|_____________|__________|__________|___
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** The lands are the same with the exception of Khyreegurh, Nawabgunge ceded since, and Handeea received; but the names are altered.

Khyreegurh and Kunchunpore were re-ceded to the Oude sovereign in the treaty of the 11th of May, 1816, with the Turae lands, taken from Nepaul, between Khyreegurh and Goruckpore, in liquidation of the loan of one crore of rupees.  In the same treaty, Handeea (alias Kewae) was ceded by Oude to the British Government, in lieu of Nawabgunge, which was made over to the Oude sovereign by the British Government.  Handeea, or Kewae, now in the Allahabad district, yielded land revenue, for 1846-47, rupees one lac, fifty-two thousand, and nine hundred and five.

The British Government retained the power to station the British troops in such parts of the Oude territories as might appear to it most expedient; and the Oude sovereign bound himself to dismiss all his troops, save four battalions of infantry, one battalion of Nujeebs and Mewaties, two thousand horsemen, and three hundred golundages, or artillerymen, with such numbers of armed peons as might be deemed necessary for the purpose of collecting the revenue, and a few horsemen and nujeebs to attend the persons of the amils.  It is declared that the territories ceded, being in lieu of all former subsidies and of all expenses on

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