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‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’ [‎193] (210/578)

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— Telegraphs —NO. XXXIII—1901.
193
with diamonds, etc., etc., etc. And the aforesaid Distinguished Represen
tatives after meeting at Tajrisch in the neighbourhood of the Capital of Tehran,
and perusing and exchanging their full powers, which were found in good
and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following Articles . -
Article I.
With the view of securing uninterrupted communication between Europe
and India it is agreed that, in addition to the present line of telegraph from Tehran
to Bushire and submarine cable thence to India already established in virtue of
previous treaties, a three-wire line of telegraph shall be constructed by the Persian
Government from Kashan to the Baluchistan frontier via Yezd and Kerman tra
versing wherever possible inhabited districts.
Article 11.
In order that the line of telegraph may be constructed in a complete
and effective manner, the Persian Government agrees that it shall be built under
the direction and supervision of the British telegraph staff now controlling the
International line in Persia, the British Government advancing to the Persian
Government the salaries and allowances of the men actually^ employed on t ic wo
Article III.
The British Government agrees to procure for the Persian Government, at a
reasonable price, all the posts, wire, insulators, etc., that may be requisite for t is
work, and to arrange for the carriage of the stores to the sites required, receiving
payment for the same without interest as hereinafter provided. An account
of the expenses incurred for this purpose, and certified in so far as they have been
incurred in Persia, by the Persian Telegraph Department; and m so far as t ey
have been incurred outside Persia, by the British Government, shall be submitted
as early as possible by the Persian Government.
Article IV.
The Persian Government agrees to lease the use, and the transit revenue, of
the line which is its property when complete to the Indo-European Telcgrap i
Department at a rental of 4 (four) per cent, on the capital expended on its con
struction, including cost of material, three-quarters of such rental to be retained
by the British Government to recoup them for the advances made, and one-quarter,
subject to a minimum of 25,000 frs., to be paid annually to the Persian Govern
ment in two half-yearly instalments. It is understood that, should the Persian
Government’s quarter share of the rental exceed 25,000 E- , sue excess 5 ha l
belong to the Persian Treasury.
Article V.
The maintenance of the line including repairs, and the appointment, control
and payment of the line guards, who must be Persian subjects, shall remain in the

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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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