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‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’ [192] (209/578)
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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192
PERSIA— Telegraphs —NOS. XXXII
AND XXXIII—1901.
That which His Excellency the Ameen-es-Sultan, Minister of Finance and
of the Palace, has written is correct and is registered in the Foreign Office of the
Persian Government.
This 2nd Jemmadee H., 1304.
Seal of the Minis try
for Foreign Affairs.
Xote. —This boundary was afterwards modified at Colonel Smith’s suggestion. Instead
of the new fence being erected at a distance of 400 yards and parallel to the old fence right across
the point, a fine was to be drawn from the West Bay, 150 yards from the old fence, and con-
t'.nued parallel to it to within 100 feet of Telegraph line, thence parallel to Telegraph fine till
it met new boundary 400 yards from old fence.
B. T. Ffixch,
The 14th June 1888.
Director,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Section,
Indian Government Telegraph Department.
Xo. XXXIII.
Convention between Great Britain and Persia, extending the system of Tele
graphic communication between Europe and India through Persia,—1901.
[Ratifications eicivanged at Tehran, January 13, 1902.]
His Majesty the King of the L nited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Emperor of India, and His Majesty the King of all the Kingdoms of
Persia, being desirous to extend the system of telegraphic communication
between Europe and India through Persia already established in virtue of
previous treaties, have resolved that a Convention for that purpose shall be
concluded, wherefore Their Majesties have named as their Plenipotentiaries:
His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Emperor of India— Sir Arthur Henry Hardinge, Knight Commander
of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Companion
of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, His Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Persia ; and His Majesty'the King
of all the Kingdoms of Persia—His Excellency Mirza Xasrulla Khan
Ml shir-ed-Dowleh, His Minister for Foreign Affairs, Bearer of the Order
of the Lion and the Sun of the First Class with Green Riband, Possessor of
the Order of the Royal Portrait of His Late Majesty' Xasreddix Shah,
Possessor of the Order of the Royal Portrait of His Present Majesty Muzuf-
fereddin Shah of the First Class, and of the Blue Cordon, Bearer of the
Order of the \\ hite Eagle, and of the 1st Class of the Osmania adorned with
diamonds, and of the First Order of Leopold (of Austria) and of the First
Order of Leopold (of Belgium) and of the Order of St. Alexander, adorned
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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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