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‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’ [212] (535/578)
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—APPENDIX NO. XIII— 1927.
APPENDIX No. XIII.—[Nee yage 22.9.]
Treaty of Friendship and Security between Persia and Afghanistan.
Signed 27th November 1927.
The Governments of Persia and Afghanistan, having regard to the moral
and material ties and relations between them, and the unity of religion and of
sentiments by which they are linked, have considered the obligations which the
present time imposes upon them from day to day, and with firm conviction have
desired to render more evident the ties of friendship and fraternity by which they
are united, and to assure and consolidate still further their cordial relations with
one another. To which end the two Parties have thought fit to conclude a treaty
of friendship and security. The following Plenipotentiaries have been appointed :
By the Imperial Persian Government :
His Excellency Mirza Seyed Mehdi Khan Farrokh, Minister Plenipoten*
tiary and Envoy-Extraordinary of His Majesty the Shah-in-Shah of
Persia, and
By the Koyal Afghan Government :
His Excellency
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.
Ala Gholam Sadigh Khan, Acting Head of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Who, having communicated their full powers found in good and due form
have agreed as follows :
Article 1.
The Treaty of Saratan 1, 1300, all the clauses and provisions of which remain
in force, shall be the basis of relations between Persia and Afghanistan.
Article 2.
Each of the two Contracting Parties undertakes to refrain from any attack
or aggression against the other Party and from encroachment by armed force
upon the other’s territories.
In the event of one of the two Contracting Parties being the object of aggres
sion on the part of one or more third Powers, the other Party undertakes to observe
neutrality throughout the duration of hostilities. The Party which is the object
of aggression shall not for his part violate such neutrality, whatever the political,
strategic or tactical interests involved.
Article 3.
Each of The two Contracting Parties undertakes not to participate in hostile
action of any kind directed against the other Party by one or more third Powers
or to take part in name or in fact in political or military alliances or understand
ings directed against the independence, security or authority of the other Con*
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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.
- Extent and format
- 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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