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‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’ [‎1] (8/578)

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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].—Agreement concluded with Shaikh Sadun for the
establishment of a factory An East India Company trading post. at Bushire, dated 12th
April 1763
Farman from Karim Khan, King of Persia, for the
establishment of a factory An East India Company trading post. at Bushire, 1763 .
Articles desired by the Khan, 1763 .
II. —Farman from Jaffir Khan for unrestricted trade in
the Persian dominions, dated 18th January 1788 .
III. —Treaty of friendship and alliance concluded with the
Shah of Persia, dated January 1801
IV.—Farman from Fateh Ali Shah for certain commercial
privileges granted to the English, dated January
1801
Additional Article relating to the above Treaty .
V.—Preliminary^ Treaty concluded with Fateh Ali Shah
for the pi’evention of a passage to European armies
through his dominions towards India, dated 12th
March 1809 ........
Form of ratification of the above Treaty .
VI. —Definitive Treaty concluded with Fateh Ali Shah
annulling the alliances formerly contracted with
European States, dated 14th March 1812 .
Form of ratification of the above Treaty .
VII. —Treaty concluded with the Shah of Persia for the
adjustment of the terms of the Definitive Treaty
of 1812, dated 25th November 1814 ....
VIII.—Farman of Fateh Ali Shah abolishing export duty on
horses, dated J uly-August 1823 ....
IX. —Bond granted by Abbas Mii’za, Prince Royal of Persia,
; annulling the 3rd and 4th Articles of the Treaty
of 1814, dated March 1828 ......
Rukam of the Heir Apparent ratifying the abroga
tion of the 3rd and 4th Articles of the Treaty of
1814, dated 24th August 1828
Farman of the Shah ratifying the abrogation of the
3rd and 4th Articles of the Treaty of 1814 .
X. —Farman of the Shah permitting British merchants to
pay the same duty as Russian merchants, dated
May 1836
XI.—Farman from the Shah for the protection of the
servants and dependents of the British mission,
dated 15th September 1839 . . .
XII.—Amended farman from the Shah for the protection
of the servants and dependents of the British
mission, dated April 1840
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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.

Physical characteristics

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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