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--109-- That which had been laid down in this treaty is fully and without reservation acceptable to all the three contracting parties; namely the king, the East India Company and the Khalsa Raj; and the terms of this treaty shall remain permanent; and after the seal and signature of the three parties this has been so enacted, written on the 15th of the month of Har Sumbat 1895 at Lahore." According to the various historical records, Mcnaughten, prior to this agreement had spoken of a scheme of an invasion of Afghani- stan-towards Kabul - with the Sikh troops and at the head of which shall be placed Prince Timour, the son of Shah Shuja; of the entry of Shahshuja whith his troops in Afghanistan by way of Kandahar accompanied by Sirdar Sultan Mohamed Khan. Shahshuja, too, made certain observations in this regard: that none of the Durrani princes shall have any claim or share in the running of his kingdom; and that he shall be permitted to wage war in all directions, such as Kabul, Kandahar, Bulkh, Seistan and Bluchistan and Shikarpore. That the dependencies of Kandahar and Shikarpore shall be under his rule. After the English troops leave Kabul, one of the English representatives should remain at Kabul; as also that some English officers should be given to him for the training of troops in Afgha- nistan; that two lakhs of rupees which he had undertaken to give to the Sikhs would be considered as a kind of tribute, and his soverei- gnty thereby shall be in question; therefore, he was prepared to renounce his ownership of Shikarpore in payment thereof. These were the stipulations, which were made by Shah Shuja on the basis of the Treaty. From an analysis of this, it would appear that whereas the deposed and the refugee king which he was, although dependent upon the support of the English and the Sikhs and knowing fully well that his success depended upon their help; he was yet desirous to protect his kingdom upon a higher and greater orbit: but unfortunately, his co-operators - especially the English - were not such from whom he could receive any benefit in this direction; so that in virtue of this Unfortunate Treaty, both the Sikhs and the English took magnificient advantage.