File 3939/1926 Pt 5 'Revision of Aitchison's Treaties: Persia, Seistan, Kerman and Persian Baluchistan' [25r] (43/558)
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PERSIA.
3
Persia concluded treaties with France in l ™ 4 and Ulot, with Turkey
in 1718 and 1722, and a commercial treaty t with Russia in 1715.
In 1722 Isfahan was besieged by Muhmud of Kandahar, and Shah
Husain formally resigned his crown; though his son Tamasp assumed the
title of King and implored the assistance of Peter the Great. T
Czar captured Darband and Baku and concluded a treaty with Taniasp,
who ceded all the Persian possessions on the Caspian Sea on conditypa
that the Czar expelled the Afghans and placed him on the throne.
Tamasp also entered into negotiations with the Turks, with the same
object ; but, regardless of his pretensions, Russia m 1724 avoided ^ar
with Turkey by agreeing to the cession to her of certain Persian provin
ces : and in 1725 Turkey and Russia concluded a treaty by which they
partitioned Persia among themselves.
Mahmud died in 1725 and was succeeded by his cousin Ashraf. In
1727 Turkey, though defeated by Ashraf, forced him to cede § the Persian
provinces which she had occupied, and in return acknowledged him as
Shah. In the same year Nadir Kuli Khan was placed in command
of Tamasp’s army: and in 1730 the Afghans were expelled, Ashraf was
killed and Shah Tamasp was restored. He died in 1732 and was sup^
ceeded by his infant son Abbas III, who died three or four years later,
when the Safavian dynasty came to an end and Nadir Kuli Khan ascend
ed the throne with the title of Nadir Shah.
Russia restored to Persia, by treaty, in 1729 the provinces of Astara-
bad and Mazanderan: in 1732 (Treaty of Rasht) Larijan, Gilan and
the Persian provinces as far as the Araxes: and in 1735 (Treaty of
Gandja) Baku and Darband with their provinces, and retired behind the
river Terek.
Under Nadir Shah the Persian empire recovered for a time its former
glory. He not only recovered the provinces conquered by the Turks
* Traite de Commerce, 31 articles, date Redjeb 1120 (Septembre 1708) traduit
par Francis Petits de la Croix. i-na
Commandement du Roi de Perse en favour des Fran§ais, Septembre 1708.
Autre Gommandement, Septembre 1708.
Traduits par Barout. ,,
(“ Documents pour servir d Vhistone des relations entre la France et la Perse, -
par J. Thierry, Evreux, 1866.)
t Traite d’Amitie et de Commerce, 13 Aout, 1715, 11 articles, fait a Versailles.
Quatre articles separes du Traite precedent, memo date.
Oommandement du Roi de Perse, faire savoir au Sieur fafery Consul de
France a Chiras, qu’il a accepte le traite fait en France, 13 Aout 1715, par
Ambassadeur Muhammad Reza Beg, date 20 Juin 1722. (Idem).
X (Copy not procurable).
§ Appendix No. I.
^1 Copies of the Terso-Russian Treaties of 1729, 1732 and 1* * * § 35 are only procur
able in Russian at Tehran.
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This part relates to the Government of India's decision to issue a revised edition of Aitchison's Treaties (full title: A Collection of Treaties, Engagements and Sanads Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries ), with revised narratives for each geographical area covered, incorporating the principal events that have occurred since the publication of the previous edition in 1909.
The part concerns the revised narrative for the section regarding Persia [Iran], Seistan [Sistan], Kerman and Persian Baluchistan, and includes extensive interdepartmental correspondence (most of which is dated 1929-1931) discussing the contents of the revised narrative, as well as the question of which treaties and agreements to include alongside it.
The correspondence goes on to cover the requirement for a fresh proof of the revised narrative, following the Government of India's decision (made in consultation with His Majesty's Government) to defer its publication, in order to include references not only to recent events but also to further developments that are expected in the near future.
Most of the part is made up of a copy of the second proof of the revised narrative (ff 24-41) together with copies of numerous related treaties, agreements and correspondence covering the period 1763-1928 (ff 42-216), of which a significant amount is written in French.
The main correspondents are the following: the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India; the British Legation, Tehran; officials of the 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. , Foreign Office, Colonial Office, and the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department.
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