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‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’ [237] (254/578)
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. IV—1855.
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Treaty between tbe British Government and His Highness Ameer Dost
Mohummud Khan, Walee of Cabool and of those countries of Afghanistan
now in his possession ; concluded on the part of the British Government
No. IV.
by John Lawrence, Esquire, Chief Commissioner of the Punjab in vir
tue of full powers vested in him by the Most Noble James Andrew, Mar
quis of Dalhousie, Kt., &c., Governor General of India ; and on the
part of the Ameer of Cabool, Dost Mohummud Khan by
Sirdar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Gholam
Hydur Khan, in virtue of full authority granted to him by His Highness,
Between the Honorable East India Company and His Highness Ameer Dost
Mohummud Khan, Walee of Cabool and of those countries of Afghanistan now
in his possession, and the heirs of the said Ameer, there shall be perpetual peace
and friendship.
His Highness Ameer Dost Mohummud Khan, Walee of Cabool and of those
countries of Afghanistan now in his possession, engages on his own part, and on
the part of his heirs, to respect the territories of the Honorable East India Company,
and never to interfere therein ; and to be the friend of the friends and enemy of
the enemies of the Honorable East India Company.
Bone at Peshawur this 30th day of March one thousand eight hundred and fifty-
five, corresponding with the eleventh day of Rujjub, one thousand two hundred and
As the representative of Ameer Dost Mohummud Khan, and in person on his
own account as heir-apparent.
—1855.
Article 1st.
into any»
Article 2nd.
The Honorable East India Company engages to respect those territories of
Afghanistan now in His Highness’s possession, and never to interfere therein.
Article 3rd.
seventy-one Hijree.
John Lawrence,
Chief Commissioner of the Punjab.
Seal of Gholam Hydur,
Heir-apparent.
Batified by the Most Noble the Govern or-General at Ootakamund, this first
day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.
Dalbousie.^
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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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- 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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