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‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’ [58] (75/578)
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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58
PERSIA—NO. VI—1812.
Article 7.
Should the King of Persia form magazines of materials for ship-building on the
coasts of the Caspian Sea, and resolve to establish a naval force, the King of England
shall grant permission to naval officers, seamen, shipwrights, carpenters, &c., to
proceed to Persia from London and Bombay and to enter the service of the King
of Persia. The pay of such officers, artificers, &c., shall be given by His Persian
Majesty at the rates which may be agreed on with the English ambassador.
Article 8.
Should any Persian subject of distinction showing signs of hostility and rebellion
take refuge in the British territories, the English (Government shall, on intimation
from the Persian Government, turn him out of their country, or if he refuse to leave
it, shall seize and send him to Persia. Previously to the arrival of such fugitive
in the English territory, should the Governor of the district to which he may direct
his flight receive intelligence of the wishes of the Persian Government respecting
nim, he shall refuse him admission ; after such prohibition, should such person
persist in his resolution, the said Governor shall cause him to be seized and sent to
Persia.
Article 9.
Should His Persian Majesty require assistance from the English Government
in tne
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, they shall, if convenient and practicable, assist him with ships
of war and troops. The expenses of such expedition shall be accounted for and
defrayed by the Persian Government, and the above ships shall anchor in such
ports as shall be pointed out by the Persian Government, and not enter other
harbours without permission, except from absolute necessity.
Article 10.
The British Government shall pay the allowances of the officers, drill-serjeants,
&c., sent to discipline the Persian army ; but as it is not the wish of His Persian
Majesty that any one should serve him without profiting by his generosity, His
Majesty will make them an allowance as here detailed.
The King of Persia’s allowance per annum to the different ranks of officers,
Serjeants, etc. :—
Lieutenant-General .
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
.
3,600
Major
,,
2,600
Brigadier
1,800
Colonel .
Engineers.
1,500
Lieutenant-Colonel .
510
Major
• •
340
Captain .
• • «
219
Lieutenant
•
150
Horse Artillery.
Serjeant-Major.
25
Serjeant ....
#
21
Corporal ....
•
18
Horse Artillery.
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
.
Colonel ....
. 750
Lieutenant-Colonel .
580
Major ....
475
Captain ....
300
Lieutenant
200
Infantry and Artillery.
Colonel ....
625
Lieutenant-Colonel .
470
Major ....
. 375
Captain ....
. 205
Lieutenant . . .
142
Infantry.
Serjeant-Major. .
20
Serjeant .
16
Corporal ....
13
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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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