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‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’ [‎14] (567/578)

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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INDEX.
XIV
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Obaidulla, Shaik op a Kurdish Tribe—
Capture and banishment of to Medina ..... 16
Incursions by into Persia ........ 16
Ormaz—
Capture of by the Portuguese under Albuquerque ... 1
Expulsion from of the Portuguese . . . . . . 1, 2
Ouseley, Sir Gore.— Treaty concluded by with Persia . . . 7, 56
Ozokerite. —Exploitation of in Persia ...... 25
P
Paindah Khan, Barakzai 204
Paiwar Kotad.—D efeat of the Afghans at during the First Afghan
War 211
Pamirs.—B ritish and Russian spheres of influence on the . . 218, 219, 220,
’ 270, 272
Panjdeh—
Afghan occupation of ......... 216
Claim to by Afghanistan and Russia ...... 225
Paris, Treaty of 12, 18, 81, 208
Passports.—H olding of by subjects of Persia and Russia when
crossing into each other’s territories 11
Peacock, Major 217
Permanent Court of International Justice.—A ccession of Persia to
the Optional Clause of the Statute of ..... 22
Persia—
Account of .......... 1
Anarchy in during the Great War . . . . . . 19, 20
Ascendency of Russian influence in ...... 9, 204
Assistance to be rendered by Great Britain to 5, 6, 8, 54, 57, 58, 62
Border disputes between and Turkey ...... 15
British and Russian zones of influence in . . . 18, 119, 120, 221
Cession of territory by to Russia ...... 8
Cession of territory to —-— by the Delhi Emperor .... 4
Change in British policy towards ....... 9
Coup d’etat by Reza Khan in ....... 20
Dismemberment of . . . . . . . . . 2, 3, 4
Division of into British and Russian zones of influence . . 18, 119
German and Austrian influence in during the Great War . . 19
Grievances of against Turkey 15
Independence and integrity of to be respected by Britain . 20, 138
Interference of in Herat affairs . . . . 11, 12, 204, 205
Invasion of by Russia 5
Maintenance of the independence and integrity of by Britain
and Russia 9, 18
Negotiations between Great Britain and for the conclusion of a
General Treaty 23, 32
Negotiations between and France 6, 7
Position of British Nationals in 170
Restoration of order in 20
Restoration to of territory captured by Russia .... 3
Revolutions in 4, 21
Severance from of territory by Russia 8, 16

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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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