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‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’ [‎161] (484/578)

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. XXXV—1882.
cixi
Article 5.
Paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (2 paragraphs), 9 (2 paragraphs), 10 (2 para
graphs), of Article 2 of the Concession of the 24th May 1869 are annulled.
Article 6.
The final paragraph of Article 11 of the Concession, dated 11th January 1868,
is modified as follows :—
In the event of an interruption to the Persian Government wire of more than
24 hours, the Concessionnaires will place one working (good) wire at the disposal
of the Persian Government fof four hours per diem until the Persian Government
wire is restored and this without a right to any compensation.
And in the event of contact between the Persian wire and one of those of the
Concessionnaires, the Persian Government will be authorised to make use of one
good wire of the Concessionnaires during the said contact and for the period above
stipulated in case of interruption.
Article 7.
The Concessionnaires undertake to lend to the Persian Government, in so far
as lies in their power, advice, supervision and assistance for the installation of new
offices on the Persian Government line between Teheran and Djoulfa.
But the Concessionnaires have not to bear for this any costs, neither in manual
labour, nor in material, nor in apparatus, nor contribute towards the maintenance
of the offices so installed.
Article 8.
Prom the date of this concession, the Concessionnaires free the Persian Govern-
toent of all costs of maintenance of its wire between Teheran and Djoulfa, and they
will always use all their efforts to restore communication in the event of an interrup
tion of this wire. In return for these services, the Persian Government will obtain,
for the Superintendents and Inspectors of the Concessionnaires, every facility to
allow them to travel with the greatest promptitude and safety possible.
The Persian Government will immediately consider any complaint made by the
Concessionnaires of wilful damage done to the line, and will summarily pmiish any
person guilty of such offence.
Article 9.
It is understood that from the date of this concession the Concessionnaires will
be entitled to one-third of all receipts derived from the Persian proportion of the
price of messages emanating on the Persian section of the Concessionnaires line
and exchanged with Europe, the Persian Government reserving to itself the two
other thirds of these receipts.

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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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