"مجموعة من المعاهدات والالتزامات والسندات المتعلقة بالهند والدول المجاورة" [‎٢‎٥‎٦] (٥٧٨/٢٧٣)

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AFGHANISTAN—NO. XII—1893.
of this agreement, if the Russian Government equally abides by them, His High
ness Amir Abdur Rahman Khan, G.C.S.I., Amir of Afghanistan and its Depen
dencies, wishing to show his friendship to the British Government and his readi
ness to accept their advice in matters affecting his relations with Foreign Powers,
hereby agrees that he will evacuate all the districts held by him to the north of
this portion of the Oxus on the clear understanding that all the districts lying
to the south of this portion of the Oxus and not now in his possession, be handed
over to him in exchange. And Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, K.C.I.E., C.S.I.,
Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, hereby declares on the part of
the British Government that the transfer to His Highness the Amir of the said
districts lying to the south of the Oxus is an essential part of this transaction,
and undertakes that arrangements will be made with the Russian Government
to carry out the transfer of the said lands to the north and south of the Oxus.
H. M. Durand.
Amir Abdur Rahman Khan.
Kabul :
12th November 1893.
12th November 1893=[2nd Jamadi-ul-awul 1311),
No. XII.
Agreement between His Highness Amir Abdur Rahman Khan, G.C.S.I., Amir
of Afghanistan and its Dependencies on the one part, and Sir Henry
Mortimer Durand, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., Foreign Secretary to the Govern
ment of India, representing the Government of India on the other part,
—1893.
Whereas certain questions have arisen regarding the frontier of Afghanistan
on the side of India, and whereas both His Highness the Amir and the Govern
ment ol India are desirous of settling these questions by a friendly understand-
mg, and of fixing the limit of their respective spheres of influence, so that for the
future there may be no difference of opinion on the subject between the allied
Governments, it is hereby agreed as follows :
(1) The eastern and southern frontier of His Highness s dominions, from
Wakhan to the Persian border, shall follow the line shown in the map* attached
to this agreement.
(2) Ihe Government of India will at no time exercise interference in the terri
tories lying beyond this line on the side of Afghanistan, and His Highness the
Amir will at no time exercise interference in the territories lying beyond this line
on the side of India.
(3) The British Government thus agrees to His Highness the Amir retain
ing Asmar and the valley above it, as far as Chanak. His Highness agrees on the
other hand that he will at no time exercise interference in Swat, Bajaur or Chitral
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