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‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’ [234] (251/578)
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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234 AFGHANISTAN—NO. II—1839.
The faithful servants of both States having agreed to this Treaty, the condi
tions of confirmation and ratification have been performed, and this document
has been sealed and signed by the Right Hon’ble the Governor-General and the
Honorable the Members of the Supreme British Government in India, this 17th
day of June 1809, answering to the 1224 of the Hijree.
No. II.
Translation of a Memorandum of certain wishes and expectations of Vizier
Yar Mahomed Kuan agreed to at Candahar, on the 9th of June 1839, bet
ween Major Food, with the sanction of the Envoy and Minister at the
Court of His Majesty Shah Suja-ool-moolk, on the part of the Right
Honorable the Governor-General, and Nujeeb Oollah Khan, Envoy
from Herat, on the part of Vizier Yar Mahomed Khan.
Article 1 .
That the high in rank, etc., Yar Mahomed Khan, vizier of His Majesty Shah
Kamran of Herat, shall henceforth be recognised as the vakeel or medium of com
munication between the British and Herat authorities, and whoever shall dis-
regard the \ izier s authority in this respect shall be considered as having acted
contrary to the laws of friendship and the Treaty of amity.
Article 2 .
Whatever sums may be expended at Herat by the British Government in
restoring the prosperity of the country or for other purposes shall be paid in the
first instance to the vizier Yar Mahomed Khan, who engages not to disburse the
sum except in the presence, or with the consent and advice, of the British Political
Officer at Herat.
Article 3.
Tlu i \ izit r t ngages not to act in any matter contrary to the wishes and advice
of the British Political Officer at Herat, and will be guided in all that concerns
the welfare of the two states by the counsel of the above-mentioned officer ; and
should the British Agent interfere in the affairs of Herat without the knowledge
and consent of the \ izier, he shall be considered as endeavouring to disturb the
friendship between the two States.
Article 4.
That the British Agent at Herat shall not, without the consent of the vizier
entertain as sen ants a greater number than one hundred of the people of Afghan-
istan, and of these hundred persons there shall be none of the vizier's relations
unless permission to entertain them be obtained from Yar Mahomed.
Article 5.
As the & o\ernment of Herat is vested in the person and descendants of Shah
Kamran. so is the office of vizier recognized in the person and descendants of Yar
a omed Khan i'u long a.s they shall be worthy of the trust; and, in the event
o t ieir >eing unfit for the office, a subsistence shall be provided for them bv the
British Government to place them above want and distress
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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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