THE HISTORY OF KATHIAWAD Nawab, and to take his place. Colonel Walker, however disbelieved the story and supported Raghunathji, enquiring from the Nawab why the villages given to the family of Amarji in A.D. 1784 had been subsequently re-appropriated by him, although the Maratha general, Rupoji Sindhia had been a party to the arrangements made on that occasion. Amarji's sons were living in Kutiana when Colonel Walker came to Kathiawad, and were still dis- possessed of their property, while the Nawab's Dewan was one Rewashankar, who had accepted the post, and held it, through the influence and support of Babaji Apaji After the settlement had been effected, a fine was imposed on the Nawab for the plundering of some British ships carrying wheat to Bombay by the pirates of Navi Bandar The Nawab offered no opposition to the scheme pro- posed to him of fixing the amount of tribute to be paid annually to the Marathas, and appreciated the advantages to be obtained from a peaceful settlement. The past few years of his rule had been a time of great disorder and much fighting, and he welcomed the abolition of the annual visitation of the Mulkgiri army, which inevitably brought distress and suffering in its train. By virtue of their positions as the representatives of Moghal rule in Saurashtra, the Nawabs of Junagadh had long been accustomed to make expeditions to collect tribute on their own account. These collections had usually resulted in their obtaining a sum of between two and three lakhs of rupees on each occasion they were undertaken, and by these means the Nawab's troops were accustomed to be paid. This practice was now discontinued, and the Nawab undertook to send no more armies beyond his own territories. In return he was to receive a fixed sum annually, which the British and the Gaekwad's Government undertook should be discharged regularly. The settlements of Rajkot, Gondal, Dhrol, and Nawa- 184