mar 17, 1824 - Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824

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This treaty was designed to solve many of the issues that had arisen by the British occupation of Dutch colonial possessions during the Napoleonic Wars as well as those regarding the rights to trade that existed for hundreds of years in the Spice Islands between the two nations, was a treaty that addressed a wide array of issues and did not clearly describe the limitations of expansion by either side in the Malay world. Additionally, it was meant to end the hostilities brought about by the British support of Tengku Long, which had destabilized the local Sultanate.

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