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‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’ [18] (35/578)
The record is made up of 1 volume (289 folios). It was created in 1933. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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18
PERSIA.
In the same year the Shnh issued a proclamation* promising* protec
tion of their property to all his subjects: and the Persian Government
announced, in a circular t, the opening* of the Karun River to the
merchant shipping of all nations.
In 1885 the cultivation by Persians of certain lands at Hashtadan
on the Hari Rud frontier led to a protest from the Government of
Afghanistan, the Amir claiming the lands in question as part of his
dominions. The British Government offered (by virtue of the Gth article
of the Treaty of Paris of 1857) to act as arbitrator between the two
countries in the question at issue. The offer was accepted and General
MacLean was deputed to act as arbitrator. In 1888 he proposed an
arrangement^ for the settlement of the disputed frontier, which was
accepted by the two Governments. The demarcation was completed in
1891.
In 1889 the Persian Government at length agreed to the appointment
of foreign Consuls at Meshed, and the Russian and British Governments
at once named Consuls-General there.
In 1890, owing to the rivalry existing between the British and Russian
Governments regarding railways, the Shah made an agreement § with
the Russian Government that no railways should be built in Persia
during the next ten years.
Nasir-ud-Din Shah was murdered in 1896, and was succeeded by his
second son Muzaffar-ud-Din.
In 1901 Persia concluded a commercial treatyll with Russia, by'
which a detailed tariff was substituted for the flat rate of 5 per cent,
that had been in force since 1828, under Article 3 of the Separate
Compact annexed to the Treaty of Turkmanchai (Appendix J7o. VII).
In 1903 Persia concluded a Commercial Convention (No. XX) with
Great Britain. This also included a detailed tariff.
In 190G Muzaffar-ud-Din Shah granted a Constitution. lie died in
1907 and w r as succeeded by his son Mohammed Ali Shah who in 1909
was succeeded by his infant son, Ahmed Mirza. On the 31st August
1907. the British and Russian Governments signed a Convention (No.
XXI) which, while affirming the independence and integrity of Persia,
divided the country into three “ zones of influence ”—a Russian zone
in the North, a British zone in the South, and a neutral zone in the
centre; and on the 11th September a Joint Note (No. XXII) was address
ed to the Persian Government by the British and Russian Legations,
informing them of the conclusion of the Convention.
* Appendix No. XX.
t Appendix No. XXI.
I Appendix No. XXII.
§ Appendix No. XXIII.
1i Appendix No. XXIV.
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The volume is the fifth edition of volume 13 of a collection of historic treaties, engagements and sanads (charters) relating to India and its neighbouring countries, namely Persia and Afghanistan. This volume, originally compiled by Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Under Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department, was revised in 1930 and published in 1933 by the Manager of Publications in Delhi, under the authority of the Government of India.
Part 1 of the volume contains treaties and engagements relating to Persia and dating from between 12 April 1763 and 10 May 1929. The treaties refer to: trade agreements; foreign relations; prohibition and suppression of the slave trade; sovereignty and status of Persian regions; frontier negotiations; foreign concessions; telegraph lines. Part 2 of the volume contains treaties and engagements relating to Afghanistan and dating from between 17 June 1809 and 6 May 1930. The treaties relate to: foreign relations; the establishment of boundaries and frontier negotiations; peace treaties; commercial relations; import of arms. A number of appendices follow part 2, which contain the text of treaties relating to both Persia and Afghanistan.
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- 1 volume (289 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged into two parts covering Persia and Afghanistan respectively, as are the appendices at the end of the volume. Each part is divided into a number of chapters, identified by Roman numerals, and arranged chronologically, from the earliest treaties to the most recent. At the beginning of each part is a general introduction to the treaties and engagements that follow.
There is a contents page at the front of the volume (ff 4-8) which lists the geographical regions and treaties. The contents pages refers to the volume’s pagination system. There is a subject index, arranged alphabetically, at the end of the volume (ff 277-87) which also refers to the volume’s pagination system.
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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio (except for the front cover where the folio number is on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. ).
Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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