ملف رقم ٤٠٤٥ لسنة ١٩١٣ "الجزء ١، السكة الحديدية العابرة لبلاد فارس" [ظ‎‎١‎٩‎٣] (٣٤٩/٢٣٠)

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Caspian Sea and those of the 1 " oste ^ n ^ ’with the Imperial
^an^of'^ereia^p^to^he^late 1 of^the^ signature of the present Arrangement.
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. • • • in iItp amortization or the payment of the
In the event of irregularities occ ^“ ^ ^ p Banqne d’Escompte et des Frets
interest of the Persian loans U p to the date of ' he si g natlire ° f
de Perse ” and with the Impen nt of t p e necessity arising for Russia to
the present Arrangement, and guaranteeing the regular service of the
establish control over the sources o ^ s i tuat ed in the region mentioned in
loans concluded with the first-nam ’ r Great Britain to establish control oyer
Article II of the present Anang ’ reonlar service of the loans concluded with
the sources of revenue guaranteeing the re^ in Artic i e I 0 f the
the second-named bank, ^ situated
present Arrangement, the British and Russ an Uoven . in agreement with
hand into a friendly exchange of ^ al i interference which
Atrwt “x;:s;is s p"»’S ^»- «-«—■
Convention concerning Afghanistan.
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peace, liave concluded the following Convention
ARTICLE I.
His Britannic Majesty’s Government declare that they have no intention of
changng^he political status ^ e t0 exercise their influence in
Afghani “in a pacific sense, and they will not themselves take, nor encourage
A+Vhanistan to take, anv measures threatening Russia. • . <» -i • ,
^ The Russian Government, on their part, declare that they recognize Afghanis an s
outside the sphere of Russian influence, and they engage that all their political relations
with Afghanistan shall he conducted through the intermediary of His Bntann c
Majesty’s Government ; they further engage not to send any Agents into
Afghanistan.
ARTICLE II.
The Government of His Britannic Majesty having declared in the Treaty signed at
Kabul on the 21st March, 1905, that they recognize the Agreement and the engage
ments concluded with the late Ameer Abdur Rahman, and that they have no
intention of interfering in the internal government of Afghan territory, brreat
Britain engages neither to annex nor to occupy m contravention of that treaty any
portion of Afghanistan or to interfere in the internal administration of the country,
provided that the Ameer fulfils the engagements already contracted by him towards
His Britannic Majesty’s Government under the above-mentioned Treaty.
ARTICLE III.
The Russian and Afghan authorities, specially designated for the purpose on the
frontier or in the frontier provinces, may establish direct relations with each other tor
the settlement of local questions of a non-political character.
ARTICLE IV.
His Britannic Majesty’s Government and the Russian Government affirm their
adherence to the principle of equality of commercial opportunity in Afghanistan, and