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‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’ [65] (82/578)
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—NO. IX—1828.
65
Ruckum of His Royal Highness the Heir-Apparent, ratifying the Abrogation
of the Articles 3 and 4 of the Treaty with England.
Relative to the Articles 3 and 4 of the Treaty between England and Persia,
which was concluded by Mr. Ellis, in the month Zihija A.H. 1229, agreeably to the
engagements entered into with Your Excellency, that in consequence of the sum
of 200,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
, the currency of the country, presented as an aid to Persia in
consideration of the losses she has sustained in the war with Russia, we, the heir-
apparent, vested with full powers in all matters connected with the politics of this
nation, have agreed that the said two Articles shall be expunged, and have delivered
a bond to Your Excellency, which is already in your hands.
In the month of Zikeyda A.H 1243, on our going to wait upon His Majesty
at Teheran, in conformity with the note addressed to Your Excellency by Mirza
Abdul Hossein Khan, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, we were appointed sole
Agent in this matter by His Majesty with unlimited authority ; therefore, as the
government of England, through the medium of Colonel Macdonald, have afforded
us the assistance of 200,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
, we, the representative of the king, have on
this day, the 14th of the month Suffer, and the 24th of the Christian month August,
annulled the two obnoxious Articles of our propitious Treaty.
The envoy, considering this document as a ratification on the subject of the
two Articles, will know that it is liable to no further comment from the Ministers
of the Shah’s Court.
Sealed by H. R. H. Abbas Mirza.
Translation of a
Firman
A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’).
from His Majesty the Shah, to Colonel Macdonald,
British Envoy in Persia.
After compliments .—Let it be known to Colonel Macdonald, the English envoy
exalted by our munificence, that our noble son having represented to us his having
recently come to an arrangement relative to the two Articles of the Treaty with
England, we have ordered that what has been executed by our son touching this
transaction, in conformity with the
Firman
A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’).
of full powers granted him by us, be
confirmed by our royal ratification and consent, and we duly appreciate the exer
tions of Your Excellency during the last year, which have obtained you the good
will of the Shah.
Regarding the
crore
Equivalent to ten million, or one hundred lakhs. Used especially in connection with money (rupees).
of
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
required for the redemption of Khore, agreeably
to what has been laid before us, His Royal Highness Abbas Mirza has directed the
payment of 4,00,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
by Mahomed Mirza, and we have besides instructed
the remaining 1,00,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
to be delivered to Mirza Abul Hossein Khan,
Minister for Foreign Affairs, for the purpose of being transmitted to you.
Your Excellency will therefore, conceiving this
Firman
A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’).
as your security, become
responsible for the payment of the above sum, which will be afterwardsjrepaid to
you by the Lord of Exalted Rank, Mirza Abul Hossein Khan ; also make known
to us all your wishes.
Sealed by H H. Futteh Ali Shah.
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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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