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to succeed him, his nephew & his reputed
son. To the latter Wellesley offered the same
terms as to the late Nawab, but they were
refused. The other candidate, however,
accepted them, & he was accordingly instituted
as the new Nawab by the treaty
of July 31st, 1801. His power was only nominal.
The entire control of the country, civil,
criminal, & military, as well as four-
fifths of the revenue, was placed in the
Company's hands. As Wellesley said in
his declaration four days before the signing
of the treaty, it was the "practical
annexation of the Karnatik."

Tanjore

The little state of Tanjore in the South of
the Karnatic offered to the Governor-General
the same opportunity of interference.
The rivalry between the two candidates
for the vacant throne - the half-brother
& adopted son of the late Raja - was
terminated by the decision of the pandits,
who pronounced in favour of the
latter. As soon as the decision was made
know, Wellesley made haste to conclude
a treaty with the new Raja, similar
to that which - as we have just seen -
he afterwards adopted in the case of
the Karnatik, so that Tanjore became
hardly different from the actual pos-