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‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’ [‎92] (415/578)

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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PERSIA—APPENDIX NO. XXV—1921.
Article 26.
The present Treaty shall come into force immediately upon signature.
In faith whereof the undersigned have signed the present Treaty and have
aftxed their seals thereto.
Done at Moscow, February 26, 1921.
G. TCHITCHERIN.
L. KARAKHAN.
Mochaverol-Memalek .
Single Article.
With reference to the letter* No. 1600, dated the 20th Qaus 1300 Shamsi (corres
ponding to 12th December 1921), from the Plenipotentiary Representative of Soviet
Russia to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Persia, the Mejliss Shura-i-Milli (Persian
National Assembly) does hereby authorize the Government to exchange the Treaty
of Friendship, concluded between the Representatives of the Exalted Persian
Government and the Russian Soviet Republic and comprising 26 Articles and this
Supplement.
Dated 23rd Qaus 1300 Shamsi (corresponding to 15th December 1921).
MOTAMIN-UL-MULK,
President, Mejliss Shura-i-Milli.
{National Assembly).
With the help of God, the Exalted—
Having perused the Treaty of Friendship, dated 8th Hout 1299 Shamsi (corres
ponding to the 26th February 1921) concluded between Us and the Soviet Republic
of Russia and comprised in 26 Articles, and which has been submitted to Us, after
ratification by the Mejliss Shura-i-Milli (Persian National Assembly), with reference
to the letter No. 1600,* dated the 20th Qaus 1300 Shamsi (corresponding to 12th
December 1921), from the Plenipotentiary Representative of Soviet Russia to Our
Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Now We, Sultan Ahmad Shah Qajar, King of all the dependencies of Persia,
do hereby confirm and ratify it and affix unto it Our Sign Manual and seal it with
Our Auspicious Seal.
Done at the Government Castle at Farrukhabad, the 25th Jamadi-ul-ula, 1340
Hijra corresponding to 4th Dalv 1300 Shamsi (corresponding to 24th January 1922).
Royal Sign Manual
Royal Seal
* Annexuie IV

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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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