ملف ١٩٢٦/٣٩٣٩ الجزء ٥ "تنقيح معاهدات أيتشيسون: بلاد فارس، وسيستان، وكرمان وبلوشستان الفارسية" [ظ‎‎٤‎٥] (٥٥٨/٨٤)

PERSIA— NO. Ill—1801.
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Article 1.
As long as the sun, illuminating the circle of the two great contracting powers,
shines on their sovereign dominions and bestows light on the whole world, the
beautiful image of excellent union shall remain fixed on the mirror of duration and
perpetuity, the thread of shameful enmity and distance shall be cut, conditions of
mutual aid and assistance between the two States shall be instituted, and all causes
of hatred and hostility shall be banished.
Article 2.
If the king of the Afghans should ever show a resolution to invade India, which
is subject to the government of the monarch (above mentioned) the prince of high
rank, the king of England, an army overthrowing mountains, furnished with all
warlike stores, shall be appointed from the State of the conspicuous and exalted,
high and fixed in power (the king of Persia), to lay waste and desolate the Afghan
dominions, and every exertion shall be employed to ruin and humble the above
mentioned nation.
Article 3.
Should it happen that the king of the Afghans ever becomes desirous of opening
the gates of peace and friendship with the government of the king (of Persia),
who is in rank like Solomon, in dignity like Jumsheed, the shade of God ! who has
bestowed his mercy and kindness on the earth ; when negotiations are opened for
an amicable adjustment, it shall be stipulated in the peace concluded that the king
of the Afghans, or his armies, shall abandon all design of attack on the territories
subject to the government of the king above mentioned, who is worthy of royalty,
the king of England.
Article 4.
Should ever any king of the Afghans or any person of the French nation com*
mence war and hostilities with the powerful of the ever enduring State (of the king
of Persia), the rulers of the government of the king (of England), whose Court is
like heaven, and who has been before mentioned,shall (on such event) send as many
cannon and warlike stores as possible, with necessary apparatus, attendants, and
inspectors, and such supply shall be delivered over at one of the ports of Persia,
whose boundaries are conspicuous, to the officers of the high in dignity, the king of
Persia.
Article 5.
Should it ever occur that an army of the French nation, actuated by design
and deceit, attempts to settle with a view of establishing themselves on any of the
islands or shores of Persia, a conjunct force shall be appointed by the two high
contracting States to act in co-operation for their expulsion and extirpation, and
to ( estr >y an put an end to the foundation of their treason. It is a condition)