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‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’ [216] (539/578)
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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CCXV1
AFGHANISTAN—APPENDIX NO. XIII—1927.
His Majesty the King of Afghanistan :
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.
Aala 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 on the following provisions:—-
Article 1.
In the event of either of the two countries being the object of hostile action
on the part of one or more third Powers, the other Contracting Party shall employ
all the means at his disposal for the purpose of obtaining a satisfactory settlement
of the situation.
If, in spite of all the efforts thus exerted, war becomes imminent and inevit
able, the two Contracting Parties undertake to examine the situation carefully
in a spirit of cordiality and reciprocal good will with a view to finding a solution
appropriate to the circumstances and in conformity with their higher interests.
Article 2.
Each of the two Contracting Parties undertakes to contribute to the progress
and improvement of both countries and both nations by placing at the disposal
of the other Party all the means existing in his own country which may be useful
or necessary to that Party, such as material resources, technical experts, etc.
The manner in which such assistance shall be given shall be determined in special
Conventions between the two Parties.
The two High Contracting Parties also undertake to co-operate in the economic
sphere. They agree that the technical experts of both Parties shall, as soon as
possible and by common agreement proceed to a careful examination of condi
tions and means of effecting such economic co-operation in general and more
particularly conditions and methods for establishing and improving means of
communication between the two countries, namely, the extension and linking up
of the road systems of the two countries, and the establishment of postal connec
tions by land and air and of telegraphic and wireless communication, and condi
tions under which the Parties shall reciprocally grant free transit and liberty to
trade throughout their respective territories, and Customs and other facilities and
advantages. The provisions thus decided upon shall be put into force after rati
fication.
Article 3.
The nationals of either Contracting Party shall, as a general rule, enjoy most
favoured-nation treatment in their respective territories.
The treatment which the two Contracting Parties shall reciprocally grant
each other in the commercial, Customs and establishment treaties to be concluded
as soon as possible between the two Parties shall not be inferior to the treatment
accorded by each Party to any third Power.
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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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- front, back, front-i, i-r, i-v, ii-r, ii-v, 1:10, 1:306, 1:230, 1:22, iii-r, iii-v, back-i
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