"مجموعة من المعاهدات والالتزامات والسندات المتعلقة بالهند والدول المجاورة" [‎٢‎٢‎٠] (٥٧٨/٢٣٧)

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concluding an agreement in regard to tlie spheres of influence of Great
Britain and Russia on the Pamirs, and the demarcation of the boundary
line by a joint commission composed of British and Russian delegates
The Amir, being informed by the Government of India of the terms of
the agreement, expressed his pleasure at the settlement.
The settlement arrived at by the joint commission as regards the
boundary was recorded in ten protocols. A synopsis of the pillars
erected by this settlement is given as an Appendix.*
The Amir was furnished by the Government of India with copies of
the map signed by General Gerard and General Povalo-Scheikovski,
the joint commissioners, together with a descriptiont of the demarcated
line showing the boundary of Afghanistan in the direction of Wakhan
and the Pamirs.
In accordance with the terms of the Anglo-Russian agreement of
March 1895, Bokhara evacuated cis-Oxus Darwaz in October 1896.
The Amir had retired from trans-Oxus Shighnan and Roshan in 1894
By the agreement arrived at by the Pamir Boundary Commission
eastern TV akhan was formally acknowledged by Russia as forming part
of the territories of the Amir of Afghanistan. To enable the Amir to
carry on properly the administration of this strip of country, the Gov
ernment of India granted him an additional subsidy of Rs. 50,000 a
year, with effect from the 1st March 1897.
In 1890 an Agreement (No. XIX) was concluded regarding the
Baluch-Afghan boundary westward from Chaman to the Persian
Abdui Rahman died in October 1901 and was succeeded by his eldest
son Habibulla, whose succession was undisputed.
Towards the end of the life of Abdur Rahman, land and water dis
putes between the Persians and Afghans in Sistan began to cause
anxiety. The boundary defined by Sir Frederick Goldsmid’s award in
1872 was mainly based on natural features, and for a long distance was
declared to follow the course of the river Helmand and the margin of
the lagoon into which that river poured its waters. During the succeed
ing thirty yeais the Uelmand had changed its bed to the west, and the
lagoon had assumed a new position. Disputes had from time to time
arisen; but till 1901 they had yielded to local settlement. In 1902,
■ ow(per the position had become acute, and the Persian Government
invoked the good offices of the British Government under the Treaty of
185, (see Part I. Persia, No. XVIII). The Amir agreed tn *rhitraV.inn
border.
* Appendix No. IV.
t Appendix No. V.