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100 Haidar had fully anticipated that the Nizám would carry out his undertaking to subdue the Sarkárs, that is, Masulipatam, Rájámandri, and other districts on the eastern coast. Nizám Alí, however, suffered Haidar to bear the whole brunt of the war, and never moved a man. The explanation of this is that Hastings, as soon as he discovered the intention of the Madras Government to make over Guntúr to Muhammad Alí, disavowed the transaction, and ordered the immediate restitution of the district, a measure which disarmed the hostility of the Nizám, who moreover feared that the Mughal Emperor had secretly promised to confer on Haidar the Viceroyalty of the Deccan. Nor had Hastings been less successful in detaching the Maráthás from the hostile combination. The Regent of Nágpúr, named Múdájí, had been induced to permit British troops to march through his territory, while Mahdají Sindhia, surprised by Colonel Carnac in the Gwalior territory, had consented to effect a peace between the Maráthás and the English. This convention, called the treaty of Salbái, was concluded on May 17, 1782. Although little favourable to the E. I. Company, inasmuch as they sacrificed by it much territory, and promised to abandon the cause of the usurper Raghubá, it was so far nominally advantageous that it provided for the restoration by Haidar of all the conquests he had made from the English and the Nawáb of Arcot. The execution of this part of the treaty