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tration remained as formerly in the hands of the Peshwa, while 

 the Gaikwar to safeguard his interests held one gate and kept a 

 representative in the city. The surrounding districts were held 

 as before, partly by the Peshwa and partly by the Gaikwar. 



For the next 20 or 25 years the Gaikwar was constantly at 

 loggerheads with the Peshwa and the quarrel culminated in 

 Fatehsinha Gaikwar calling in the aid of the British. General 

 Goddard captured the city in February 1780 a.d , 1194 a.h. 

 It was then handed over to Fatehsinha. 



Fatehsinha remained in possession for nearly three years and 

 at the end of this period the treaty of Salbai 1783 a.d., 1197 a.h. , 

 restored the status quo. The Peshwa administered the city until 

 1800 a.d., 1214 a.h., in which year the Gaikwar's general Babaji 

 attacked and defeated Abu Shelukar, the governor of the Peshwa. 

 The Peshwa had long been anxious to get rid of Abu Shelukar, 

 who had been troublesome, and made no attempt to restore him, 

 but leased Ahmadabad for four years to the Gaikwar This 

 transaction took place late in 1800 a.d. in the earlier half of 

 1215 a.h. The lease was renewed in 1804 ad. for ten more 

 years, but on the expiration of the latter period the Peshwa 

 fearing, no doubt, the rivalry of the Gaikwar refused to renew, 



leased the city to a private individual. 



The result was disastrous to the prosperity of the city and 

 in 1817 a.d., 1232 a.h., the Peshwa yielding to strong pressure 

 from the British Government let the farm of Ahmadabad in 

 perpetuity to the Gaikwar. The Treaty of Poona, which con- 

 tained among other provisions the above agreement, was signed 

 in May 1817 a.d. in the first half of 1232 a.h. 



Later in the year the Gaikwar agreed to hand over 

 Ahmadabad with his rights in it to the British Government, and 

 in December 1817 a.d., in the first month of 1233 a.h., the city 

 was formally transferred Mr. Dunlop was appointed as the 



first Collector. 



History— (2) (Numismatic). 



Watson, Bombay Gazetteer, Vol. I, Part 1. 



Campbell, Bombay Gazetteer, Vol. IV, Ahmedabad. 



Bombay Government records, Ahmadabad, 1818-1835. 



Major Watson in his History of Gujarat makes various 

 references to coinage, for which his chief authority is the 

 Mir'at-i.Ahmadl. Speaking of the first occupation of the city 

 by the Marathas in 1753 a.d., 1166 a.h., he says, "In the 

 Ahmedabad mint coin was no longer struck in the name of the 

 Emperor." The appendix to this note contains a list of known 

 Ahmadabad coins of 1165 a.h. and after. From it we see that 

 the last coin minted by Ahmad Shah is dated in the earlier 

 part of the year 1165 a.h. There is then a gap of some year 

 and Major Watson's statement is so far borne out, though it i- 

 incorrect in so far as it implies that the name of the Emperor 

 was not used on any subsequent coins. It is quite possible, 



