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‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’ [57] (74/578)
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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PERSIA—NO. VI—1812.
57
Article 2.
In case of any European nation invading Persia, should the Persian government
request the assistance of the English, the Governor General of India, on the part
of Great Britain, shall comply with the wish of the Persian government in sending
from India the force required, if possible and convenient ; if, however, the state
of affairs in India prevent the possibility of sending troops, the English Government
shall pay annually the sum of two hundred thousand
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
so long as the war
with such nation shall continue ; and since the payment of the above subsidy will
be made solely for the purpose of raising and disciplining an army, it is agreed that
the British ambassador shall see and be satisfied of its being duly applied to the
purpose for which it is assigned.
Article 3.
Should any European power engaged in war with Persia make peace with
England, His Britannic Majesty engages to use his best endeavours to bring Persia
and such European power to a friendly understanding ; if, however, His Majesty’s
cordial interference shall fail of success, England shall still furnish an army from
India, as specified in the last Article, or pay an annual subsidy of two hundred
thousand
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
for the support of a Persian army, so long as a war in the supposed
case shall continue, and until Persia shall make peace with such nation. England
shall fulfil her engagement to Persia on this head ; and should the English make
peace with the European nation at war with Persia, even then, so long as such war
shall continue, the English Government shall furnish officers, &c., &c., for the
purpose of drilling and disciplining the Persian army, should they be required.
Should Persia make peace with the supposed power and still require the aid of
officers, &c., for the above purpose, the English Government shall afford them if
they can conveniently spare them.
Article 4.
Since it is the custom of Persia to pay her troops six months in advance, the
English ambassador shall do all in his power to pay the subsidy granted in lieu of
troops in as early instalments as may be convenient and practicable.
Article 5.
Should the Afghans be at war with the British nation, His Persian Majesty
engages to send an army against them in such manner and of such force as may be
concerted with the English Government. The expenses of such an army shall be
defrayed by the British Government in such manner as may be agreed on at the
period of its being required.
Article 6.
If war shall be declared between the Persians and the Afghans, the English
Government shall not interfere with either party, unless their mediation to effect
a peace shall be solicited by both States.
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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.
- Extent and format
- 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.
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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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- front, back, front-i, i-r, i-v, ii-r, ii-v, 1:10, 1:306, 1:230, 1:22, iii-r, iii-v, back-i
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