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All Concessions existing at present in the regions indicated
in Articles I and II are maintained.
hand; and being desirous of avoiding all cause of conflict between
their respective interests in the above-mentioned provinces
of Persia;
Have agreed on the following terms: —
i. Great Britain engages not to seek for herself, and not
to support in favour of British subjects, or in favour of th| %
subjects of third Powers, any Concessions of a political c
commercial nature — such as Concessions for railways, banks,
telegraphs, roads, transport, insurance, &c. — beyond a line
starting from Kasr-i-Shirin, passing through Isfahan, Yezd,
Kakhk, and ending at a point on the Persian frontier at the
intersection of the Russian and Afghan frontiers, and not to
oppose, directly or indirectly, demands for similar Concessions
in this region which are supported by the Russian Government.
It is understood that the above-mentioned places are included
in the region in which Great Britain engages not to seek the
Concessions referred to.
II. Russia, on her part engages not to seek for herself and
not to support, in favour of Russian subjects, or in favour of
the subjects of third Powers, any Concessions of a political
or commercial nature-such as Concessions for railways, banks,
telegraphs, roads, transport, insurance, &c. — beyond a line
going from the Afghan frontier by way of Gazik, Birjand,
Kerman, and ending at Bunder Abbas, and not to oppose,
directly or indirectly, demands for similar Concessions in this
region which are supported by the British Government. It is
understood that the above-mentioned places are included in the
region in which Russia engages not to seek the Concessions
referred to.
III. Russia, on her part, engages not to oppose, without
previous arrangement with Great Britain, the grant of any
Concessions whatever to British subjects in the regions of
Persia situated between the lines mentioned in Articles I and II-
Great Britain undertakes a similar engagement as regards
the grant of Concessions to Russian subjects in the same regions
of Persia.
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