Treaty of Yandaboo
The Treaty of Yandaboo is the name given to the peace agreement between the Empire of the Ava (under King Bagyidaw ) and the British East India Company . That regulated, among other things, the incorporation of the Southeast Asian area Arakan into the British Protectorate. It was signed on February 24, 1826 .
prehistory
After the invasion of Arakan by the Konbaung dynasty and the subsequent crimes against the Arakan people , there were huge flows of refugees into the neighboring British colonies. This saw the British as given the opportunity to intervene militarily. The British East India Company , due to superior weapons and training, had a huge advantage over the troops of the new Burmese King Bagyidaw and reached the peace treaty on February 24, 1826 without great losses. The signing of the treaty was John Crawfurd , as envoy of the British East Indies -Company , and Bagyidaw, as King of Ava. After the signing, the defeated Ava troops were immediately withdrawn from the area.
content
The Yandaboo contract stipulated that:
- the displaced population of the area concerned (Arakan) is returned to the country.
- the area is incorporated into the British Protectorate Area.
- the former border line (Paung-Kun line) is recognized.
- Lord Perceval Winterbutten is used as interim administrator of the relevant area.
- 2,000 men are deployed to the British East India Company army every ten years . (However, this only happened once in 1836 with 1953 men.)
consequences
Since the British appeared as liberators of the Arakan people and modernized the area infrastructurally and economically, they managed to secure rule until Burma became independent in 1948 ( Myanmar ).
literature
- Jacques P. Unfortunately: Le Royaume d'Arakan, Birmanie. Son histoire politique entre le début du XVe et la fin du XVIIe siècle. EFEO, Paris 2004.
- Jacques P. Unfortunately: Arakan, the kingdom of waterways. War policy and foundations of its power expansion in the 17th and 18th centuries. In: Streamlines in Southeast Asia. Periplus Yearbook for Non-European History 2009, Lit Verlag, Berlin 2009, pp. 27–47.
- DGE Hall: Burma . Hutchinson Univ. Lib. 102 (1960), 106-108.
