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Meer Ali Moorad, as the undoubted and re- 

 cognised sovereign of Upper Sindli, having 

 proved himself the devoted ally of the British 

 Government, and having forwarded the objects 

 of that Government, by placing at its disposal 

 certain territory, which it was desirous of ex- 

 changing with the chiefs of Bawulpore and 

 Jeysulmeer, in order to secure an improved 

 boundary of the British possessions on the Indus, 

 Sir Charles Napier, at the close of the Trukkee, 

 or Hill campaign, formally presented His High- 

 ness, as a reward for his services, with the dis- 

 tricts of Meerpore Matilda and Meherkee 

 (which districts were included in the treaty of 

 Nownahar, but had been taken possession of by 

 the British, on the confiscation of the lands of 

 the hostile Ameers), and Meer Ali Moorad was 

 at once installed in possession thereof. A draft 

 of a treaty between Meer Ali Moorad and the 

 British Government, by which his rights to his 

 territories, including the lands ceded to him 

 under the Nownahar and Turban treaties, were 

 clearly defined and secured, was prepared and 

 approved by Sir Charles Napier, who forwarded 

 it to the Government of India in I8I0 ; but, 

 under one pretence or other, its final ratifica- 



