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‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’ [236] (253/578)
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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AFGHANISTAN— NO. Ill—1839.
Article 6.
His Majesty Shah Kamran engages to co-operate with the British Govern
ment and with His Majesty Shah Suja-ool-moolk to the utmost of his ability in
preserving the integrity of their respective dominions against the encroachment
of all foreign powers, but at the same time His Majesty Shah Kamran binds him
self to refrain from entering into hostilities with any foreign power without the
advice and consent of the British Government and His Majesty Shah Suja-ool-
moolk.
Article 7.
His Majesty Shah Kamran agrees on his part that, should any dispute arise
between himself and His Majesty Shah Suja-ool-moolk as to the boundaries of
their respective territories or with regard to any other matter, the said dispute
shall be referred to the arbitration and decision of the British Government, and
the British Government further undertakes to use its best endeavours for the
accommodation of all subsisting differences or of such as may hereafter arise bet
ween His Majesty Shah Kamran and other powers.
Article 8.
His Majesty Shah Kamran agrees to refrain from entering into any corre
spondence with foreign powers without the knowledge and consent of the British
representative residing at his Court.
Article 9.
In acknowledgment of the steady support and friendship of the British Gov
ernment, whose interests are identical with those of the Afghan nation, His Ma-
jesty Shah Kamran will never take individuals of any European nation (Ahli
Furung) other than those belonging to Great Britain (Inglees) into his service,
nor will he permit such Europeans to reside in his country.
Article 10.
His Majesty Shah Kamran will remove all unnecessary obstacles to the free
dom of commerce, and will adopt such arrangements for increasing the facilities
of traders as may appear to His Majesty, with the counsel of the British repre
sentative at his Court, to be expedient.
Article 11.
The above ten Articles shall remain always in force so long as the sovereignty
ot Herat is vested in the family of Shah Kamran.
Done and concluded at Herat the day and year above written.
Seal of Shah Kamran.
E. D’Arcy Todd,
Envoy to Herat.
Ratified by the Governor-General of India on 16th March 1840.
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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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- 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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