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‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’ [71] (88/578)
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—NO. XIV-1844.
71
Article 7.
On the death of a debtor the creditors shall have the right of claiming their
money from the heirs of the deceased previous to the maturity of the bond or pro
missory note, and the heirs to the property of the deceased shall satisfy those claims.
Article 8.
Every trader and merchant who shall appear insolvent shall make affidavit
that he has not secreted any of his property, and shall establish (prove) his insol
vency ; so also, his partners and agents shall take oath that they have not secreted
any of his property.
' Article 9.
Such bankrupt shall not be at liberty until he shall have afforded bail for his
appearance, and the magistrate shall distrain the effects of the bankrupt, and those
of his children and women ; but in the event of its being proved that he has become
owner of such property subsequent to his insolvency, whatever belonging to his
relatives, and in which the bankrupt has no concern whatever, which has reached
them as inheritance, or as the product of a separate trade or profession, or which
has passed away to the husband as the dowries of the daughters, shall be free from
distraint.
Article 10.
If the bankruptcy has been caused by accidental fire or shipwreck, proven,
or by robbery by enemies, then in that case bail shall not be required.
Article 11.
The punishment of the fraudulent bankrupt shall be the same as that (laid
down) for the thief and liar, and the authority to mitigate punishment in certain
exceptions shall rest with the king only. The fraudulent bankrupt shall be impri
soned during the period of investigation, and shall not (be permitted to) hold com
munication with any one, even his own governors. All his property shall be dis
trained, and he may not a second time engage in trade nor be (a Mabashir Kar)
an agent in business. Similar punishment shall be inflicted upon his accomplices
and those persons who may have secreted his property.
Article 12.
Agreements entered into by an insolvent after his insolvency has appeared and
been proven shall be null and void ; and in like manner all deeds of gift drawn out
after his insolvency shall be null and void.
Article 13.
The division of the property of a bankrupt among his creditors shall take place
after the lapse of four months. If the effects of the bankrupt are of a kind (liable)
to be speedily injured or destroyed, such as cattle, articles of food, etc., they shall,
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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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- front, back, front-i, i-r, i-v, ii-r, ii-v, 1:10, 1:306, 1:230, 1:22, iii-r, iii-v, back-i
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