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File 3939/1926 Pt 5 'Revision of Aitchison's Treaties: Persia, Seistan, Kerman and Persian Baluchistan' [161v] (316/558)
The record is made up of 1 item (288 folios). It was created in 7 Jul 1927-18 Dec 1931. 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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Ixxvi
PERSIA— APPENDIX NO. XX—1888.
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APPENDIX No. XX.
Translation of a Proclamation of the Shah of Persia respecting the Protec
tion of the Lives and Properties of Persian Subjects. Tehran, 26th
May, 1888.
Official Government Proclamation.
The Great and Most High God having made our holy person the source of justice
and benevolence, and the executor of his command and power, and having especially
entrusted the protection of the lives and property of the subjects of the united
countries of Persia into our well-skilled hands, in thanksgiving for this great bounty
we consider it incumbent on us in the execution of this trust not to draw back from
or evade the distribution of justice and the protection of the lives and property of
the people of this country from the encroachment of oppressors, and (we consider
it incumbent upon us) to so properly endeavour and persevere that the people be
masters of their lives and property, in order that they may, with the greatest ease
and prosperity, engage themselves in enterprises which are the basis of civilization
and the source of wealth ; therefore, for the information and assurance of all the
Bubjects and people, in order to make them acquainted with the watchfulness,
tempered with justice, of our sovereign mind by the issue of this great Proclamation
and noble Address, we make it generally known to the people of the united countries
of Persia that all our subjects, as regards their lives and property, are free and in e-
pendent, so that they may, without fear or apprehension, exercise any right o
proprietorship they like over their own belongings, and any enterprise for which t e
combination of money and formation of companies for the construction of wor s
and roads and any branch of the branches of civilization and wealth which t ey
may undertake will give us satisfaction and pleasure, and the protection of sue is
our duty, and no one shall have the right or power to lay hands upon, or ta^c
possession of, or interfere with the life or property, or punish or chastise
subjects of the Persian Government, except it be in execution of the religious &Q
civil laws.
Month of Ramazan-ul-Mubareh 1303 (May 1888).
Translation of a
Firman
A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’).
of the Shah of Persia for the execution of the orego
Proclamation. May 1888. rMYonal
(The Firmans contain the same words as tlje Proclamation, with an a 1 ^ ^
injunction, of which the following addressed to the Veliahd, or Heir-Appar
Tabriz, is a specimen.) ^
It is commanded that the Dawn of the Soul’s Light, the Key of the G ^ ^
Victory, the Light of the Eyes, of the Khilafet and Kingdom, Rcsplen once
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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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- Qajar, Naser al-Din Shah
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