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‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’ [156] (479/578)
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 —APPENDIX NO. XXXIII—1879.
APPENDIX No. XXXIII —[See page 28.]
Translation of a Telegraphic Convention between Russia and Persia,— May
24, 1879 (E. Jemade es Sanee, 1296).
The Government of His Imperial Majesty of all the Riissias, having determined
to connect their military commands across the Caspian with those in Russia by a
telegraph line in conjunction with telegraph wire now existing in Persia, is desirous
to construct a line for this object from Chekishler to Astrabad ; therefore the
undersigned have agreed upon the following articles :—- '
Article 1.
The Government of His Imperial Majesty of Russia will at their own cost
construct a telegraph line from Chekishler to the town of Astrabad, so that it may
be there connected with the Persian telegraph lines.
Article 2.
The Government of His Imperial Majesty the Shah of Persia sanctions the
construction of that part of the line which may be in Persian territory between
Chekishler and Astrabad. The Russian Government will previously inform that
of Persia which route may be chosen for that part of the line, and the Persian
Ministers will then immediately grant leave for its construction.
Article 3.
The Persian Ministers will not consider themselves entitled to any recompense
or compensation for the construction of that part of the line between Chekishler
and Astrabad which may be in Persian territory, and they also engage not to claim
custom duty for any material or implements which may be necessary for the con
struction and keeping in repair of this part of line to be constructed between
Chekishler and Astrabad.
Article 4.
The Ministers of His Majesty the Shah undertake as far as in them lies to protect
such part of the telegraph line from Chekishler to Astrabad as may be in Persia
whether during construction or after completion. They engage to protect it and
keep it in working order, that is to say, its exploitation.
Article 5.
The cost of repairing the whole of the telegraph line from Chekishler to Astrabad
will rest with the Russian Government until the expiration of this convention.
Article 6 .
After the erection of the telegraph line from Chekishler to Astrabad any tele
graph messages from Russian stations on the eastern coast of the Caspian will be
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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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- front, back, front-i, i-r, i-v, ii-r, ii-v, 1:10, 1:306, 1:230, 1:22, iii-r, iii-v, back-i
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