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‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’ [‎299] (316/578)

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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AFGHANISTAN—NO. XXV—1923.
299
payment of tlie duty chargeable under the tariff on production of a request in the
attached Form A (in quadruplicate) signed by the Consul for Afghanistan or other
agent of the Afghanistan Government, certifying that the goods are the property
of the Government of Afghanistan, are required for the public services of Afghanis
tan and not for the purposes of any State monopoly or State trade and are being
sent to Afghanistan under the orders of that Government. The request shall
include a description of the nature and quantity of the goods and their value and
shall also specify by which of the three authorised routes the goods are intended
to be transported, viz.~
(1) Peshawar-Khyber-Torkham.
(2) Thal-Parachinar-Peiwar.
(3) Chaman-Kila-i-Jadid.
Rule 2 .—In all cases in which free entry is allowed on the strength of such
request, the goods shall be brought to the Customs House (or to any place speci
fied by the Collector of Customs) for verification and shall, unless of a clearly
distinguishable nature, be sealed with the Customs Seal in the presence of a Custom
House officer before transmission.
Rule 3 .—The Collector of Customs shall then forward to the British Frontie r
Customs Officer concerned two copies, and to the Government of India, Commerc e
Department, one copy of the prescribed Form A duly filled in by the Customs.
Rule 4 .—The British Frontier Customs Officer, after examining the goods and
being satisfied as to their identity, shall certify on one copy of the Form A sent
to him that they have been transported to Afghanistan either in the same condi
tion as when they left the port of entry or after being re-packed and re-sealed and
shall return it to the Collector of Customs concerned. He shall forward the other
copy to the British Minister at Kabul or such officer as the Minister may name
in this behalf.

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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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