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‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’ [‎1] (554/578)

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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INDEX.
British and Russian zones of influence in
British occupation of
Civil wars in ....
Claim of to the Hashtadan lands
Consolidation of his position in by King Nadir Shah .
Delimitation of the North-Western Frontiers of .
Dismemberment of ........
Division of among the Barakzai family . . . .
Engagement by the Shah of Persia to lay waste
Establishment of a British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Kabul . . . .
Establishment of a British Legation at Kabul .
208, 209, 212, 213, 216, 220
213
Abbas the Great, Shah of Persia .
Abbas III, Shah of Persia ....
Abdul Hadi Khan, Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. ....
Abdul Karim—
Bastard son of ex-Amir Yakub Khan .
Activities of —— during the Afghan civil war
Abdur Rahman Khan, Amir of Afghanistan
Capture of Herat by .
Establishment of in Kabul
Expulsion by of Amir Sher Ali from Kabul .
Offer of Kandahar to by the British Government .
Visit of to Lord Dufferin, Viceroy of India .
Afghanistan—
Account of ........... 203
Assistance to be rendered to by the British 203, 212, 233, 240, 258
Attitude of the British Government during the civil wars in . 208, 209
Attitude of —— during the Great War 222
Establishment of Shah Shuja in
Fear of an invasion of India by
Foreign relations of
Independence of
Khost rebellion in
18, 119, 121, 221, 222
211
33, 204, 208, 209, 230, 231
18, 217
231, 232
214
204
204
5, 48
211
225, 226, 289
by the British Government . 205
5, 56, 57, 63
. 212, 222, 223, 224, 240, 287
222, 224, 287
227
Massacre of Sir Louis Cavagnari and the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. staff in
Muhammad Yakub Khan’s rebellion in ....
Persian expeditions for the conquest of ....
Recognition by the British Government of the new Government in
Relinquishment of suzerainty over by Persia .
Shinwari rebellion in —— ........
State of after the Khost rebellion ......
Treaties concluded between and the British Government
211
34
10
231
82
230
227
206, 223,
225, 226, 233, 237, 238, 240, 255, 256, 258, 282, 286, 288, 305
Treaties concluded between and Persia
Treaties concluded between and Russia
Treaty concluded between and Turkey .
Withdrawal of British armies from .
Withdrawal of Persian troops from .
. 20, 225, 229
. 224, 228, 229
225
10, 205, 206, 212
82

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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.

Physical characteristics

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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