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der and rapine was an every-day occurrence. 

 This chief was undoubtedly a man of great 

 tact, and as such became the acknowledged 

 head of the Pathan forces and interests ; and 

 the other Pathan leader dying, all the Sirdars 

 consented to act in subordination to Ameer 

 Khan, under whose personal command the 

 whole of their troops were placed, and he 

 played his cards with such consummate skill, 

 that at the termination of the war in 1818, 

 he was allowed to retain possession of Seronj in 

 Malwa and Tonk on the Banas, which are his 

 two principal possessions, but there was scarcely 

 a district of Rajapootana in which he had not 

 some fort or assignment of territory. The 

 British Government moreover engaged by treaty 

 to secure to him all lands which he held by 

 grant from Holkar. It was further determined 

 tliat Rampoora, which had been ceded by Hol- 

 kar to the British Government, should be con- 

 ferred on Ameer Khan, I suppose in consider- 

 ation of the signal services that he rendered to 

 us, by inducing the leaders of his powerful 

 force to surrender their guns and disband their 

 numerous followers, which was not accomplish- 

 ed without great difficulty ; so, whatever his 



