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‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’ [‎279] (296/578)

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. XX—1905.
279
(3) A map on the scale of 1 inch=4 miles, illustrating the whole boundary
from Koh-i-Malik Siah to Siah Koh, Bandan. It is in two sheets
and is drawn on tracing cloth.
(4) A map on the scale of 1 inch=l mile in one sheet, illustrating only
that portion of the boundary which lies between the point of separ
ation of the Nad Ali channel and the Rud-i-Parian from the Hel-
mund and Tappa-i-Tilai.
The above maps and documents all bear my signature and thoroughly explain
the boundary line as now demarcated and will, I hope, prevent any doubts arising
regarding it in the future.
I take this opportunity of conveying to you my thanks for the assistance given
in the work of demarcation, and to express my sincere hope that the work now
completed will prevent further disputes and strengthen the friendship between
both parties. Usual ending.
Final Arbitral Statement on the Seistan Boundary by Colonel A. H. McMahon,
C.S.I., C.I.E., British Commissioner, Seistan Arbitration Commission, dated
1st February 1905.
1. The boundary line between Persia and Afghanistan in Seistan was defined
in my arbitral award of November 1903 as follows :—
“ The boundary line in Seistan between Afghanistan on the east and Persia
on the west should run as follows, i.e., from the Malik Siah Koh in a straight line
to the Bandi-i-Kuhak and thence along the bed of the Helmund river to the point
of separation* of its two branches, the Rud-i-Parian and Nad Ali channel. From
there it should follow the bed of the Nad Ali channel into the Sikhsar and along
the bed of Sikhsar to a point near Deh Yar Muhammad where the Sikhsar has
been diverted towards the west in the water channel shown on the map which
joins the Shela-i-Shamshiri near to Deh Hassan Kharot. The boundary line
should follow the left bank of this water channel to the Shela-i-Shamshiri leaving
Deh Hassan Kharot on the east. It should then run in a straight line separating
the hamlets of Deh Ali Mardan on the west from Deh Ali Jangi on the east to
Tappa-i-Tilai; thence in a straight hue to the most western of the mounds of
Tappa-i-Shaharaki; thence in a straight line to the most western mound of
Tappa-i-Kurki; thence in a straight line to Shalghami, and thence in a straight
line to Siah Koh, Bandan.”
2. The above award having been accepted by both Governments, I have now
demarcated the boundary line by boundary pillars in strict accordance with that
word. The following remarks will clearly explain the boundary hue and the
manner in which that line has been demarcated by pillars.
* The word “ junction ” was used in my original award, and is now replaced by the more
correct term “ point of separation.”

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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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