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‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’ [82] (99/578)
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. XVIII—1857.
Article 3.
The high contracting parties stipulate that all prisoners taken during the war
by either belligerent shall be immediately liberated.
Article 4.
His Majesty the Shah of Persia engages, immediately on the exchange of the
ratifications of this Treaty, to publish a full and complete amnesty, absolving all
Persian subjects who may have in any way been compromised by their intercourse
with the British forces during the war from any responsibility for their conduct
in that respect, so that no persons, of whatever degree, shall be exposed to vexa
tion, persecution, or punishment on that account.
Article 5.
His Majesty the Shah of Persia engages further to take immediate measures for
withdrawing from the territory and city of Herat, and from every other part of
Afghanistan, the Persian troops and authorities now stationed therein ; such with
drawal to be effected within three months from the date of the exchange of the
ratifications of this Treaty.
Article 6.
His Majesty the Shah of Persia agrees to relinquish all claims to sovereignty
over the territory and city of Herat and the countries of Afghanistan, and never
to demand from the Chiefs of Herat, or of the countries of Afghanistan, any marks
of obedience, such as the coinage, or “ Khootbeh ”, or tribute.
His Majesty further engages to abstain hereafter from all interference with the
internal affairs of Afghanistan. His Majesty promises to recognise the inde
pendence of Herat and of the whole of Afghanistan, and never to attempt to inter
fere with the independence of those States.
In case of differences arising between the government of Persia and the countries
of Herat and Afghanistan, the Persian Government engages to refer them for adjust
ment to the friendly offices of the British Government, and not to take up arms
unless those friendly offices fail of effect.
The British Government, on their part, engage at all times to exert their in-
fluence with the States of Afghanistan, to prevent any cause of umbrage being
given by them, or by any of them, to the Persian Government; and the British
Government, when appealed to by the Persian Government, in the event of
difficulties arising, will use their best endeavours to compose such differences in
a manner just and honourable to Persia.
Article 7.
In case of any violation of the Persian frontier by any of the States referred to
above, the Persian Government shall have the right, if due satisfaction is not given,
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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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