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‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’ [197] (520/578)
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-APPENDIX NO. VII—1921.
CXCVll
AFGHANISTAN.
APPENDIX No. VII.—[/See page 224.]
Agreement between Russia and Afghanistan,— 1921.
With a view to strengthening friendly relations between Russia and Afghan
istan and confirming the actual independence of Afghanistan, the Russian Social
ist Federated Soviet Republic of the one part and the Sovereign State of Afghan
istan of the other part have decided to conclude the present treaty, for which
purpose there have been appointed as their plenipotentiaries :—
For the Government of the Russian Socialist Federated Soviet Republic :
Georgy Vasilievich Chicherin,
Lvov Mihailovich Karahan,
and for the Government of the Sovereign State of Afghanistan :
Muhammad Wali Khan,
Mirza Muhammad Khan,
Gulyam Sadlik* Khan.
The above-named plenipotentiaries, after mutual presentation of their cre
dentials, which were found to be in due and proper form, have agreed as follows :—
I.
The High Contracting Parties, recognising their mutual independence and
binding themselves to respect it, now mutually enter into regular diplomatic
relations.
II.
The High Contracting Parties bind themselves not to enter into any military
or political agreement with a third State which might prejudice one of the Con
tracting Parties.
III.
The Legations and Consulates of the High Contracting Parties shall mutually
and equally enjoy diplomatic privileges in accordance with the uses of Interna
tional Law.
Note I. —There shall be included in that category -
(a) The right to hoist the State flag.
(b) Personal inviolability of registered members of Legations and Consulates.
(c) Inviolability of diplomatic correspondence and of persons fulfilling the duties of
couriers With every kind of mutual assistance in these matters.
(d) Communication by telephone, wireless and telegraph, in accordance with the privi
leges of diplomatic representatives. , . i. .
(e) Exterritoriality of premises occupied by Legations and Consulates but without
the right of giving asylum to persons who are officially recognised by their Local
Government as having broken the laws of the country.
Note II.—The Military Attaches of both Contracting Parties shall be attached to theit
Legations on the basis of equality as regards the above.
♦ Ghulam Sadiq. (Tr.)
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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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