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‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’ [‎15] (338/578)

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--APPENDIX NO. V—1813.
XV
APPENDIX No. V.—[/See 'page $.]
Translation of the Treaty of Gulistan between Russia and Persia,— 1813.
Their Majesties the Emperor of Russia and the King of Persia, actuated by
their affections towards their respective subjects, are anxious to commute the
present hostilities so repugnant to their disposition, to an amicable understanding.
With this view Lieutenant-General Ritischeuf, Governor-General and Commander-
in-Chief in Georgia, the line of Caucasus, Laghoor, and Astrachan, and Commander-
in-Chief of the Caspian Fleet, Knight of the Order of Alexander Neuski, of the
1st Order of St. Anne, and 4th of the Military Order of St. George, and of the Sword
of Bravery, is fully empowered to treat on the part of His Majesty the Emperor
of Russia.
His Excellency Mirza Abul Hussein Khan, late Ambassador to the Courts of
Constantinople and London, of noble descent, &c., &c., &c., is appointed Pleni
potentiary on the part of His Majesty the King of Persia.
The Plenipotentiaries having met at the Russian camp on the banks of Zuivan
near Gulistan in the district of Karabagh, and having exchanged their credentials
in the name of their respective Sovereigns whom they severally represent, hold
themselves bound religiously to observe for ever the articles and conditions here
entered into.
Article 1.
After the conclusion of this Treaty the hostilities which have hitherto existed
between the States of Russia and Persia shall cease, and peace shall be established
between the respective sovereigns and their allies for ever.
Article 2.
The status quo ad presentem having been agreed on as the basis of treating in
virtue of this arrangement, the several districts hitherto possessed by the respective
States shall remain under their subjection, and the frontier is determined in the
manner under written.
The line of demarcation is to commence from the piain of Aduna Bazar, running
direct towards the plain of Moghan to the ford of the Anas at Yuln Bulook, up the
Anas to the Junction of the Capennuk Chace at the back of the hill of Mekri; from
thence the boundary of Karabagh and Nukshivan is from above the mountains
of Alighuz to Dualighuz, and thence the boundary of Karabagh, Nukshivan,
Erivand, and also part of Georgia, and of Kuzah and Shums-ud-deen Loo is
separated by Eishuk Meidaun; from Eishuk Meidaun the line is the chain
of mountains on the right and the river of Humya Chummun, and from the tops
of the mountains of Alighuz it runs along the village of Shoorgil and between those
of the village of Mystery until it reaches the river of Arpachahi; and as the dis
trict of Talish during the hostilities has been partially subjected by the contending

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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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