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‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’ [49] (66/578)
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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PERSIA—NOS. Ill AND IV—1801.
49
if such event happens, and the conquering troops (of Persia) march, that the officers
of the government of the king (of England), who is powerful as the heavens and
as before mentioned, shall load, transport, and deliver (for their service) as great
a quantity of necessaries, stores, and provisions as they possibly can. And if ever
any of the great men of the French nation express a wish or desire to obtain a place
of residence or dwelling on any of the islands or shores of the kingdom of Persia
that they may there raise the standard of abode or settlement, such request or
representation shall not be consented unto by the high in rank of the State encom
passed with justice (the government of Persia), and leave for their residing in such
a place shall not be granted.
While time endures, and while the world exists, the contents of this exalted
Treaty shall remain an admired picture in the mirror of duration and perpetuity,
and submission to the fair image on this conspicuous page shall be everlasting.
John Malcolm, Envoy.
Seal of Hajee Ibrahim Khan.
No. IV.
Translation of a
Firman
A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’).
from Futteh Ali Shah, King of Persia, and of an
annexed Treaty concluded by Hajee Ibrahim Khan, Prime Minister, on
the part of the King of Persia, by whom he was fully empowered, and by
Captain John Malcolm, on the part of the English Government, by virtue
of powers delegated to him for that purpose by the Most Noble the Marquis
Wellesley, k.p., Governor-General of India, &c., &c., —-1801.
In the name of the beloved and great God !
The King of Persia’s Seal.
The earth is the Lord’s. Our august commands are issued that the high in
dignity, the exalted in station, the refuge of power and glory, the noble and great
in authority, the Chiefs of high nobles, the Beglebergs, the Hakims, and Naibs,
and Mootasedees of the kingdom under our protection (who are raised by our royal
favour) become acquainted that at this period the dignified and eminent in station,
the prudent, able and penetrating, the greatest of the exalted followers of the
Messiah, Captain John Malcolm, deputed from a glorious quarter (from the govern
ment of the king of England) whose Court resembles the firmament, and emperor
in dignity like Alexander possessing the power of the globe, and from the reposi
tory of glory, greatness, and ability, endowed with nobility, power and justice
(the Governor General of the kingdom of Hindoostan), for the purpose of establish
ing union and friendship between the two great States, has arrived at our threshold,
founded on justice, and has been honoured by admission to our royal presence of
conspicuous splendour, and has expressed a desire that the foundations of amity
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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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