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‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’ [218] (235/578)
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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AFGHANISTAN.
matter. He denied having authorised his subjects to depart in any
way from the terms of the protocol of 1887 : and suggested a joint enquiry
to ascertain which side had perpetrated a breach of the agreement. The
British Government thereupon addressed the Russian Government,
proposing a joint enquiry on the spot by a Russian and Afghan repre
sentative and a British officer. The Russian Government agreed to the
proposal on the condition that immediate effect should be given to the
commission s award in the presence of the commissioners. Lieutenant-
Colonel C. E. Yate was deputed to the Kushk valley as British com
missioner. The Russian Government appointed M. Ignatiew as its
commissioner. These commissioners along with the Amir’s representa
tive held a local enquiry. The proceedings of the joint commission
were recorded in six protocols. The first protocol* recorded the result
of ilie inspection of the locality by the joint commissioners, and the
sixth protocol (No. X) recorded the settlement arrived at by the joint
commissioners. Effect was given on the spot to the decision of the joint
commission.
'In 1893 Lord Lansdowne sent his Foreign Secretary, Sir Mortimer
uiami, on a mission to Kabul. For some time past communications
had been going on between the British and Russian Governments re.
gar( ing the British and Russian spheres of influence on the Pamirs,
and about the Clarendon-Gortehakoff agreement of 1872-73, making
the river Oxus the north-eastern boundary of Afghanistan up to Lake
Victoria (Sankul). This boundary had been fixed at the time of the
agreement on insufficient information: and it had subsequently been
discovered that Shighnan and Roshan, portions of which lie to the
no! ° t e Oxus, formed part of Badakshan, a province belonging to
the Amir of Afghanistan, while the district of Darwaz, the greater
portion of which lies to the south of the river, was tributary to Bokhara.
7^0 Claimed the literal ^fil™ent of the agreement
ot and, m order to explain clearly to the Amir the terms of
. »agreement, and the extent of the Russian claim, which involved
glian withdrawal from trans-Oxus Shighnan and Roshan, it had
ecome necessary to depute a British officer to Kabul. Sir Mortimer
Hurand was informed by the Government of India that th'e settlement
",.ques ion ? as ^ )e P r i ma ry duty; but he was instructed at the
± ,i T * p”! e<n ‘ nu 1° come an amicable understanding in regard
ie Tmln-Afcjhan frontier, about which the Amir had at various times
had differences of opinion with the Government of India. Sir Morti-
, . atl w ^h the Amir resulted in the conclusion of
two Agreements (Nos. XI and XII) both dated the 12th November 1893.
dL?7°i, T.^rT 6 "* 8 theAmh ho»nd himself to abandon all
t; YT 1611 H ' ■ '' V ll,n 10 ^ le I10r ^ 1 * be upper Oxus, on condi-
t.on ot h,s receiving m exchange all the districts not then held by him
Appendix No. Ill,
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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)
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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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