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‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’ [‎197] (214/578)

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— Telegraph,s —NO. XXXV—1913.
197
contained ten articles, had to be approved by the Medjliss, and acted on accord
ingly, and as yet the said agreement has not received the approval of the
Medjliss in order to avoid any further delay in the repair of the said line, and that
the work be completed in the winter or next spring, I submitted my proposals,
together with such amendments which I considered necessary in the articles of
the agreement of 1327, to the Cabinet Ministers of the Persian Government. In
accordance with the approval of the said respected representatives and this official
letter it is permitted that the Indo-European Telegraph Department, without
delay, will take action to renew and continue the Arabistan line with iron standards
according to the following agreement, so that the work may be completed by the
end of the coming spring.
When the Medjliss will be again assembled the agreement of the year 1327,
with the amendments I have made in certain articles with the approval of the
Cabinet Ministers of the Persian Government, and which are enumerated in this
document, will be submitted to the Medjliss, with the exception of article 3, which
refers to the extension of the three former conventions, and which is now sanc
tioned : the remaining articles of the agreement in review are to be submitted
to the Medjliss for approval, and the Persian Government will harmonise with
the Indo-European Telegraph Department accordingly. It is evident that as
long as the Medjliss is not assembled the Ministry of Telegraphs will work with
the Indo-European Telegraph Department according to the articles of this agree-
'■ment, which has received the formal approval of the Cabinet Ministers of the
Persian Government.
Agreement between Great Britain and Persia extending the concessions of
the former for a period of 20 years from 31st January 1925 in return for their
assistance in reconstructing the system of Telegraph lines in Persian Arabis
tan,— 1913.
Article 1 .
In order to improve telegraphic communication between Borasjun and
Mohammerah and between Borasjun and Dizful it is agreed that from the date
of the signature of this agreement, under the direction and supervision of the. Chief
Director of the Telegraph Department of the Exalted British Government, a line
with iron standards will be erected from Borasjun to Ahwaz, and from Ahwaz to
Mohammerah, and from Ahwaz to Dizful; the said lines will be connected with
the Shiraz and Bushire lines in order that telegraphic communications of the
Arabistan line may be carried out with Tehran and Bushire.
Article 2 .
The British Government agrees to pay, gratis, the cost of the erection of the
above-mentioned line, inclusive of iron poles, wire, insulators, etc., up to the amount
of £5,000, as well as an annual sum of £300, for the maintenance of the above-

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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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