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‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’ [‎75] (92/578)

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—KO. XV— 1848. 75
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to the ministers and authorities of this kingdom, but their request during this
long period has not obtained an answer or (our) consent.
But in consequence of the favour entertained by our august sovereign, etc., etc.,
towards the high in rank, the sincere well-wisher of the State, the chosen among
Christian nobles, etc., etc., Colonel Farrant, Charge d’Affaires of the English Gov
ernment, on account of his respectful conduct and manner of proceeding which have
been made manifest, and purely for the regard we entertain for him, we have
accepted and complied with his request, and we have ordained that henceforward
that high in rank shall warn all merchants and persons passing to and fro to dis
continue to bring negroes by sea ; and that they shall not export or import negroes
except by land, which is by no means forbidden. That high in rank will be held
responsible for the fulfilment of the orders contained in this communica
tion.
Written in the month of Rejjeb 1264.
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’). issued by His Majesty the Shah to Mirza Nebbee
Khan, Governor of Ispahan and Persian Arabia, —1848.
To the high in rank, the superior of Generals, the esteemed of the sovereign,
Mirza Nebbee Khan, Chief of the Civil Law Court and Governor of Ispahan and
Arabia, who has been honoured by the favour of the pure mind of the king of
kings, be it known that at this time the high in rank, the noble and exalted, pos
sessed of dignity, the pillar of Christian nobles, the cream of the great men of
Christendom, the undoubted well-wisher of the State, Colonel Farrant, Charge
d Affaires of the exalted English Government, who enjoys the unbounded favour
of His Majesty the Shah, whose resplendent mind is desirous to gratify him, made
a friendly request on the part of the minister of that exalted government from the
ministers of His Majesty the Shah, etc., etc., that, with a view to preserve the
existing friendship between the two exalted States, a decree should be issued from
the source of magnificence (the Shah) that hereafter the importation of the negro
tribes by sea should be forbidden, and this traffic be abolished.
In consequence of this it is ordered and ordained that that high in rank after
perusing this Firman A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’). , which is equal to a decree of fate, it will be incumbent on
him to issue positive and strict injunctions to the whole of the dealers in slaves who
trade by sea, that henceforth by sea alone the importation and exportation of
negroes into the Persian dominions is entirely forbidden, but not by land. Not
a single individual will be permitted to bring negroes by sea without being subjected
to severe punishment.
That high in rank must in this matter give peremptory orders throughout his
government and not be remiss.
Written in the month of Rejjeb, 1264r~June 1848i

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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.

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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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