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‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’ [‎39] (362/578)

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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PEilS 1A—APPENDIX NO. VII—1828.
XXXIX
laws, in that case the Persian Minister
or the Hakim and, in his absence the
competent local authority, shall im
mediately apply to the Minister,
Charge d’Aifaires, or Russian Consul
in whose service the accused may be,
in order that he may be delivered up
to justice ; and if this application be
founded on proofs establishing the
guilt of the accused, the Minister,
Charge d’Affaires, or Consul shall make
no difficulty whatever in complyinsr
with it.
Article 7.
All lawsuits and litigations between
Russian subjects shall be submitted
exclusively to the investigation and
decision of the Mission or of the Con
suls of Russia in conformity with the
laws and customs of the Russian
Empire. So also shall disputes and
lawsuits arising between Russian sub
jects and those of another Power, in
case the two parties shall consent to
such a course.
Whenever any disputes or lawsuits
shall arise between Russian and Per
sian subjects, the said lawsuits or
disputes shall be brought before the
Hakim or Governor, and shall not be
investigated and decided except in
the presence of the Dragoman of the
Mission or of the Consulate. Once
judicially disposed of, such suits shall
not be allowed to be instituted a
second time. If, however, circum
stances should be of such a nature as
to render a second trial necessary, it
shall not take place without previous
intimation being given to the Minister,
or the Charge d’Affaires, or the Consul
of Russia ; and in that case the action
shall be brought and decided only in
1 autorite locale competente, s’adressera
immediatement au Ministre, Charge d’Af
faires, ou Consul Russe, au service du-
quel se trouvera le prevenu afin qu’il
soit livre a la justice ; et si cette de-
mande est fondee sur des preuves eta-
blissant la culpabilite de 1’accuse, le
Ministre, Charge d’Affaires, ou Consul ne
fera aucune difficulte d’y satisfaire.
Article 7.
Tous les proces, et toutes les affaires
litigieuses entre sujets Russes, seront
soumis exclusivement a 1’examen et la
decision de la Mission ou des Consuls de
Russie conformement aux lois et coutumes
de I’Empire de Russie ; de meme que
les differends et proces survenus entre
les sujets Russes et ceux d’une autre
Puissance, dans le cas ou les deux par
ties y consentiront.
Lorsqu’il s’elevera des differends ou
proces entre les sujets Russes et les
sujets Persans, les dits proces ou diffe
rends seront portes par devant le Hakim,
ou Gouverneur, et ne seront examines
et juges qu’en presence du Drogman de
la Mission ou du Consulat. Une fois
juridiquement termines, de tels proces
ne pourront etre informes une seconde
fois. Si toute fois les circonstances
etaient de nature a exiger un second
examen, il ne pourra avoir lieu, sans que
le Ministre, ou le Charge d’Affaires, ou
le Consul de Russie, en soient prevenus,
et dans ce cas 1’affaire ne sera instruite
et jugee qu’au Defter, c’est-a-dire a la
chancellerie supreme du Schah a Tabriz
ou a Teheran—egalement en presence

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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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