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‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’ [‎212] (229/578)

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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212
AFGHANISTAN.
\li, a Barakzai of Kandaliar, was recognised as the Wali or Chief. No
special arrangements were necessary for Herat, where Ayub Khan,
brother of the e^r-Amir Yakub Khan, and Governor of that province
during his short reign, still maintained himself in power. It was deter
mined to retain Kabul itself temporarily under direct British adminis
tration, until its future government could be settled on some basis which
should have a reasonable prospect of finality.
In the spring of 1880 Abdur Rahman Khan, who had long been a
refugee in Russian territory, made his appearance, with a considerable
body of followers, in Afghan Turkistan, where he was cordially
welcomed by the leading Chiefs, and succeeded in establishing his
authority on the northern side of the Hindu Kush. He had a few
adherents of note in Afghanistan proper, more especially in Kohistan:
and, from his known character and reputation for ability, there seemed
reason to believe that he might, with the countenance^ of the British
Government, be able to establish himself more firmly on the throne of
Kabul than any of the other possible candidates. Negotiations were
accordingly entered into with him: and, though he made at first some
attempts to raise the country and to assert his position as Amir of
Afghanistan in his own right, he readily accepted the position offered to
him by the Government of India, namely that of Amir of Kabul, the
Kandahar province being severed from Kabul and made into a separate
principality. Matters having been satisfactorily settled, he was formally
recognised as Amir at a Darbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family). held at Kabul on the 22nd July 1880.
On the 31st July and the following day a conference was held at Zimma,
at which the wishes and intentions of the British Government were
fully explained to him. No formal treaty was drawn up, but it was
understood that he was to be assisted with arms and money by the
Government of India to such an extent as might appear to them to be
necessary; that he was to be recognised by them as Amir of Kabul and
is. epen encies, that he might take such measures as he pleased to
bnng Herat under his control, but was not to interfere with the Wali
of Kandahar; that Pishin, Sibi and Kurram were to be no longer re-
gar e as part of Afghanistan; that the British Government were to
control the Michni and Khyber passes and all relations with the inde
pendent hill tribes m the territory directly attached thereto; and that
me foreign relations of Kabul were henceforth to be conducted subject
to the approval of the Government of India. No mention was made
at the time of Khost; but, at the Amir’s request, he was allowed a few
months later to take possession of the district.
The Amir arrived at Kabul on the 11th August 1880: and the same
m • T^ 1 farewe11 inter view between him and the chief British
o cials, the last of the British troops evacuated Kabul and returned
nei o es a war y the Khyber route. A strong division had started
a few ,days previously to march through Ghazni and Kalat-i-Ghilzai to

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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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