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‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’ [‎238] (255/578)

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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G. F. Edmonstone,
Secy, to the Govt, of India, with the
Governor-General.
No. Y.
Articles of Agreement made at Peshawur on the 26th January 1857 (corre
sponding with Jumadee-ool-Awul, 29th a.h. 1273), between Ameer Dost
Mohummud Khan, Ruler of Cabool and of those countries of Afghanis
tan now in his possession, on his own part, and Sir John Lawrence, k.c.b.,
Chief Commissioner of the Punjab, and Lieutenant-Colonel H. B. Ed-
wardes, c.b., Commissioner of Peshawur on the part of the Honorable
East India Company, under the authority of the Right Honorable Charles
John, Viscount Canning, Governor-General of India in Council.
1. Whereas the Shah of Persia contrary to his engagement with the British
Government, has taken possession of Herat, and has manifested an intention
to interfere in the present possessions of Ameer Dost Mohummud Khan, and
there is now war between the British and Persian Governments, therefore the
Honorable East India Company, to aid Ameer Dost Mohummud Khan, to defend
and maintain his present possessions in Balkh, Cabool, and Candahar against
Persia, hereby agrees out of friendship to give the said Ameer one lakh One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of Com
pany s Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. monthly during the war with Persia on the following conditions
2. The Ameer shall keep his present number of Cavalry and Artillery, and
shall maintain not less than 18,000 Infantry, of which 13,000 shall be Regulars
divided into 13 Regiments.
3. The Ameer is to make his own arrangements for receiving the money at
the British treasuries and conveying it through his own country.
4. British Officers, with suitable native establishments and orderhes, shall
be deputed, at the pleasure of the British Government, to Cabool or Candahar,
or Balkh, or all three places, or wherever an Afghan army be assembled to act
against the Persians. It will be their duty to see generally that the subsidy grant
ed to the Ameer be devoted to the military purposes for which it is given, and
to keep their own Government informed of all affairs. They will have nothing
to do with the payment of the troops, or advising the Cabool Government; and
they will not interfere in any way in the internal administration of the country.
The Ameer will be responsible for their safety and honorable treatment, while
in his country, and for keeping them acquainted with all military and political
matters connected with the war.
b* The Ameer of Cabool shall appoint and maintain a Yakeel at Peshawur.

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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)
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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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