‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’ [259] (276/578)
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—NO. XIV—1894.
259
of the Istia Jajis. (Then) it leaves the above-mentioned ravine and running
between the pastures of Jajis and Turis it passes to the western end of the Tewza
hillock. (Thence) it (runs) between the culturable lands of the people of Pathan
and Kharlachi, and reaches the Lora which it follows, and passing through Lora
Khula it runs between the culturable lands of the people of Pathan and Kharlaciu,
and on crossing the Kurram River it runs between the culturable lands of the afore
said people to Sulimani Chowki on the hill near the south (bank) of Kurram.
(Thence) ascending the Shon
watershed
The boundary between adjacent drainage basins.
and from there along the
watershed
The boundary between adjacent drainage basins.
of the
same hill which separates the drainage of Shpol and Dozegar and Kurram and
passing through Zer Kamar, Babkai Sar and Inzar Kandao and Tabibulla Kandao
it ascends the summit of Mount Khwaja Khidr, generally known as Khwaja Khurm.
From there it runs along the
watershed
The boundary between adjacent drainage basins.
of the hill which makes the water parting
of China, Kot, etc., on the Jaji Maidan side and Kurram—it passes through Saide
Kotanra and reaches Cherai Kandao. From Cherai Kandao it runs along the
watershed
The boundary between adjacent drainage basins.
of the above-mentioned hill till it reaches the Manz Darwazgai Pass
and from Manz Darwazgai (it runs) along the Avatershed of the hill which makes
the water parting between the Manz Darwazgai and Istar Darwazgai ravines it
reaches the Chapra Sar
watershed
The boundary between adjacent drainage basins.
. Near Shua Darga it descends from Chapra
Sar through Niazo Ghundi or Dorani Mela Sar and along the
watershed
The boundary between adjacent drainage basins.
of Bando
Raga to the point of junction of the Shua Darga and Manz Darwazgai ra\ r ines
and crossing the above-mentioned ravines by the Lakka Tiga road it follows the
above-mentioned road to the
watershed
The boundary between adjacent drainage basins.
of the Ninawar Khwar and Jaji Maidan
(ravine) which it ascends to the Walli Hill. It descends along the
watershed
The boundary between adjacent drainage basins.
of
the above-mentioned hill to Tirwa Watkai. Thence it crosses the Jaji Maidan
ravine to Tirwa Watkai, the second, and circling round the Malli Khel Turi grave
yard which is left to Kurram, it joins the foot of the Turkomanzai (spur). It
(passes) through the limits of the pastures of Zerpan to Zere Sar, Shamshad Sar
in a straight line to Dawe Sar, i.e., to the east of Koh-i-Naryag Sar. From there
it runs along the
watershed
The boundary between adjacent drainage basins.
of the hill that divides the water of Khost from that
of Kurram and passes through Ghwanda Cherai, Shaona Kandao, Manjarra Kandao,
Khost and Kurram Kandao and Guldin Sar. Thence it ascends along the water
shed to Shobakghar, i.e., the Inzar Mountain. It goes along the
watershed
The boundary between adjacent drainage basins.
of
the above-mentioned hill and thence along the
watershed
The boundary between adjacent drainage basins.
of Shua Algad Sar to
Batoi Kandao and along the
watershed
The boundary between adjacent drainage basins.
it passes through Istar Dar till it reaches
the point of meeting of the watersheds of Kurram and Khost and Hassan Khels.
Thence it runs along the
watershed
The boundary between adjacent drainage basins.
of the hill between Karangai and the country
of the Hassan Khel Wazirs and passing through Manjarra Sar and Andarpaia
Kandao it descends along the
watershed
The boundary between adjacent drainage basins.
to Tarlai Tangi and (then) crossing the
Kaitu stream it ascends along the
watershed
The boundary between adjacent drainage basins.
of the hill which divides the drainage
of the Laram ravine from that of the Gorambai and Goreshta (nullahs). It passes
through Ucha Laram Sar and Bezo Sar till it joins on to the Laram peak shown
in the map. Ends.
I,
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Shirindil Khan, Naib Salar-i-Mulki, and I, J. Donald, who have been
(respectively) appointed by His Highness the Amir and the illustrious Go\ r ernment
of India for the settlement of the details of the above-mentioned frontier, have
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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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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'. ).
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