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‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’ [56] (73/578)
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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I'lCUtSlA— NOS. V— 1809 AND VI—1812.
has brought a copy ot the said Treaty ratified by, and sealed with the seal, re
splendent like the sun, of our brother the pearl of royalty, in dignity above the
planets, the King of England and Hmdoostan, and presented it to our auspicious
view. We also by these presents have ratified and approved of the said pre
liminary Treaty and have affixed our prosperous seal to the same ; and the Articles
agreed to therein are of that nature which will be fully explained in the definitive
Treaty.
No. VI.
Definitive Treaty concluded by Sir Gore Ouseley with the Shah of Persia in
1812.
Praise be to God, the All-perfect and All-sufficient.
These happy leaves are a nosegay plucked from the thornless garden of concord
and tied by the hands of the plenipotentiaries of the two great States in the form
of a definitive Treaty, in which the Articles of friendship and amity are blended.
Previously to this period the high in station, Sir Harford Jones, Baronet, envoy
extraordinary from the English Government, came to this Court to form an amicable
alliance, and in conjunction with the plenipotentiaries of Persia, their Excellencies
(titles) Mirza Mahomed Sheffee and Haji Mahomed Hossein Khan concluded a
preliminary Treaty, the particulars of which were to be detailed and arranged in a
definitive Treaty.
At this time the high in dignity and loyal well-wisher (titles) His Excellency Sir
Gore Ouseley, Baronet, appointed by His Britannic Majesty ambassador extra
ordinary to this Court, has arrived invested with full powers to conclude a definitive
Treaty between the two illustrious monarchs.
The plenipotentiaries of this Court, in conjunction with His Excellency Sir Gore
Ouseley, Baronet, having consulted on the terms most advisable for this alliance,
bave comprised them in the twelve adjoining Articles. What relates to commerce,
trade and other affairs will be drawn up and concluded in a separate commercial
treaty :—
Article 1.
The Persian government judge it incumbent on them, after the conclusion of this
definitive Treaty, to declare all alliances formerly contracted with European States
null and void, and hold themselves bound not to allow any European army to enter
the Persian territory, nor to proceed towards India, nor to any of the ports of
that country, and also engage not to allow any individuals of such European nations
whatever to enter Persia. Should any of the European powers wish to invade India
by the road of Kharizen, Taturistan, Bokhara, Samarkand or other routes, His
Persian Majesty engages to induce the kings and governors of those countries to
oppose such invasion as much as is in his power, either by the fear of his arms or
by conciliatory measures.
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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.
- Extent and format
- 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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- ‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’
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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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