[MS. Records.]
THE TREATY OF CAPITULATION.
[Book VI., chapter II., pages 320 to 326.]
[The following are translations of the different documents referred to in the above-mentioned chapter, marking the different stages of the treaty under which the English evacuated Caubul. No. I. is the draft of the original treaty which Macnaghten was negotiating at the time of his death. The articles, as proposed by the Afghan chiefs, are in inverted commas. The observations which follow, contain the assent of the English representative. And the Remarks in brackets are those of the Afghan chiefs; the original being in the hand-writing of Akbar Khan.]
No. I.
Rough Draft of the Treaty with the Assent of the English Authorities.
Article 1. “There shall be no delay in the departure of the English Army.”
Agreed to. They will march twenty-four hours after having received a thousand carriage-cattle, which shall be either camels or yaboos.
[Remark. It rests with them (the English); let them pay the hire as they may be able.]
Article 2. “Afghan Sirdars shall accompany the army, to prevent any one offering opposition, and to assist in procuring supplies.”