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‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’ [278] (295/578)
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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278
AFGHANISTAN—NO. XX—1905.
nullah and commonly known as Gumbaz-i-Shah, about 13 miles south of the
Ziarat-i-Shah-i-Mardan and ruins known as Godar-i-Shah on the north bank of
the Shelag nullah. Between the point where this boundary line leaves the sand
hills and the top of the Koh-i-Malik Siah the following boundary pillars have been
erected on this straight line, as shown in the attached map : i.e., boundary pillars
Nos. CLXXYIII, CLXXIX, CLXXX, CLXXXI, and CLXXXII, on the plain;
No. CLXXXIII on a conspicuous ridge of the low hills south of the Robat nullah;
No. CLXXXIV on the south bank of the Robat nullah ; No. CLXXXV on the
north bank of the Robat nullah. From there the line crosses the eastern slopes
of the Koh-i-Robat and runs up to boundary pillar No. CLXXXVI, which has
been erected on the top of the Koh-i-Malik Siah. This line crosses the Robat
nullah just above the lower Robat springs and leaves the upper Robat spring
some 2^ miles on the south of it.
Clause No. VI. —Five maps are attached to this agreement and illustrate the
position of the boundary line and the boundary pillars defined in each of the above
five clauses. This joint agreement and the maps attached to it supersede the
joint agreement and map signed by us previous to this.
A. H. McMahon, Captain,
British Commissioner, Indo-Afghan
13th May 1896. Boundary Commission, Baluchistan Section.
Muhammad Umar Khan,
Representative, on the I ndo-Afghan Boundary Commission,
of His Highness the Amir of Afghanistan ; signed
as correct, dated 29th Ziqada, 1313 Hijra.
No. XX.
Dated the 1st February 1905.
From— Colonel A. H. McMahon, C.S.I., C.I.E., British Commissioner’
Seistan Arbitration Commission,
To The Persian and Afghan Commissioners.
After compliments. The boundary line between the territories of your Gov
ernments in Seistan has now been demarcated with boundary pillars and I here
with send you the following maps and documents relating to that boundary line
foi the information of your respective Governments :
(1) The final arbitral statement regarding demarcation of the boundaries
of Seistan. This is written on parchment.
(2) A list containing the necessary details of latitude, longitude, construc
tion, site, etc., of all the boundary pillars from Koh-i-Malik Siah
to Siah Koh. This list is in three sheets and is a ferrotype repro
duction.
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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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