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‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’ [‎41] (364/578)

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. VH-1823.
xli
the falsity of the same. When the
accused shall have been duly con
victed and the sentence passed, he
shall be handed over to the Minister,
or Charge d’Affaires, or Consul of His
Imperial Majesty, who shall send him
back to Russia, there to receive the
punishment awarded by the law.
Article 9.
The High Contracting Parties shad
take good care that the stipulations
of the present Act be strictly observed
and fulfilled, and the respective Gov
ernors of their provinces, Comman
dants and other authorities shall not
allow themselves to infringe them on
any account, under pain of incurring a
grave responsibility and even dis
missal on clear proof of a repetition
of the fault.
To this end we, the undersigned
Plenipotentiaries of His Majesty the
Emperor of all the Russias and of
His Majesty the Shah of Persia, have
arranged and concluded the stipula
tions contained in the Present Act,
which are the result of the Arti
cle of the principal Treaty concluded
on the same day at Dekhargane, and
which shall have the same force and
weights as if they were inserted therein
word for word and ratified.
In consequence whereof the present
separate Act, in duplicate, has been
signed by us, impressed with our res
pective seals, and exchanged.
y recevoir le ch&timent porte par les
lois.
Article 9.
Les Hautes Parties Contractantes veil-
leront a ce que les stipulations du present
Acte soient strictement observees et
remplies, et les Gouverneurs de leurs
Provinces, Commandants et autres
Autorites respectives ne se permettront
dans aucun cas d’y contrevenir, sous
peine d’une grave responsabilite et meme
de destitution en cas de recidive duement
averee.
A cette fin, nous soussignes Pleni-
potentiaires de Sa Majeste TEmpereur de
toutes les Russies et de Sa Majeste le
Schah de Perse, avons regie et arrete les
stipulations contenues dans le present
Acte, lesquelles sont la consequence de
1’Article du Traite principal con-
clue a meme jour a Dekhargane, et
auront la meme force et valeur que si
elles y etaient inserees mot-a-mot, et
ratifiees.
En consequence de quoi le present
Acte separe, fait double, a ete signe par
nous, muni de nos cachets respectifs et
echanges.

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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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English and French in Latin script
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