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‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’ [67] (84/578)
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—NOS. XII—1840 AND XIII—1841.
67
No XII.
Translation of an Amended
Firman
A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’).
issued by the Shah of Persia for the Pro
tection of the Servants and Dependants of the British Mission April
1840.
Let the Governors and authorities of all the country know that referring to
the unity existing between the two mighty Governments of Persia and England,
the object of our Royal debire is, that the servants and dependants of the Mission*
of the mighty Government of England, who are stationary at the Court of this
haughty Government, may, in all confidence and tranquillity of mind, remain
under the shadow of the protection of our clemency and Sublime Majesty, and that
never, in this God-protected land, in any possible manner, should they be exposed
to loss or detriment of any kind in their lives or property.
Therefore this auspicious and happy
Firman
A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’).
, which all the world obeys, is pro
claimed and issued to give notice to the above-mentioned (Governors and author
ities), that all the servants and dependants of the English Mission, whether these
be Persians or natives of other countries, are, as in times past, in safety and under
protection, and that they should rejoice in the kindness and consideration of the
ministers of this haughty State ; and should any of these (servants and dependants
of the English Government) be guilty of any crime, they shall not be 'punished
without the knowledge of the English Minister.^
Therefore these high personages (the Governors to whom this
Firman
A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’).
is
addressed), fully regarding the amity subsisting between the two great States,
must act in conformity to this order; and after having paid obedience to this
auspicious
Firman
A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’).
, let its meaning reach the ears of all people of the whole country,
and let them know that it is imperative.
The Shah
[For the correspondence which passed between the British and Persian Govern
ments with regard to the issue of the Farmans of 1839 and 1840, see £; State
Papers,” vol. 28, pages 123 to 147.]
No. XIII.
Commercial Treaty concluded with the Shah of Persia in 1841.
Preamble. —Whereas by the benign favour of the one Almighty God, whose
bounties are infinite, from the day on which the Treaty of friendship and attach
ment was concluded between the glorious States of Great Britain and Persia
* The words (of the Mission) do not occur in the Persian copy from which this was translated,
t 8hall not be molested or punished without the permission and knowledge of the English
Minister. 6
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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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