This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter xix. how sie john malcolm endeavoured to compel sayaji rav to abide by his engagements, and sequestrated A large portion op his dominions. Though Sayaji Rav and Mr. Elphinstone had come to an understanding on many important subjects, a few points had been left unsettled, on which the final decision, being unfavourable to His Highness, gave him great umbrage. Chief among these was the refusal on the part of the Bombay Government to recognise any claims of the Gaikvad for the Ghans Dana tribute in that part of Kathiavad which had belonged to the Peshva, and some similar claims in the Kheda collectorate in the districts originally formed in the Ahmadabad direction, and in the dominions of the Navab of Cambay. The origin of this tribute has been explained in Chapter xiv., and its present proceeds are given in Appendix vhi. "Want of space forbids us to dwell on this matter; but it is just worth noting that the refusal of the Navab of Cambay to accede to the demands of the Gaikvad forced the Bombay Government to allow the latter to make a military demonstration against the Navab, who was under their protection. In 1814 seventeen of the Navab's villages were seized and their revenue appropriated by the Gaikvad for four years. Three lakhs of revenue were thus confiscated, but in 1821 Mr. Elphinstone decided that the Gaikvad's c