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AFGHANISTAN— NO. XYT— 1895.
h that case these pillars will be erected alo D g the line of the watershed described
iathe first and second art.cles of the present agreement, subject .to any si sM
divergencies from this line which may be necessary to protect the local richts
of villages adjoining the frontier.
(V) That the frontier pillars, wherever considered desirable will be erected
hereafter by an officer of the Government of India and an officer of His Hivhnes,
the Amir acting m concert. • gnness
in the
(VI) That these watersheds forming the frontier agreed upon as described
first three articles of the present agreement, have been marked by a red
i the survey man attar.her! to flalc J
1U r wfoaccmeiib, nave oeen marked by a rei
line on the survey map attached to this agreement, which, like the agreemen
itself, has been signed by us both. In three places, viz., (i) for a short distanc.
from either bank of the Kunar river, (ii) i„ the neighbourhood of the Binshi Kotal
and (iii) in neighbourhood of the Frepaman Kotal, this red line has been broker Often a local commercial agent in the Gulf who regularly performed duties of intelligence gathering and political representation.
up into dots because the exact position of the watershed in these localities has noi
been ascertained with perfect accuracy; but wherever the watershed may li<
the frontier will follow it, subject only to any slight variations from the water
shed which may be considered necessary under Article (4) of the present agreement
(VII) That, since on the map attached to the Convention* the Arnawai stream
was drawn on the western side of the river in the place
Convention^ 6 ^ ° f the Landal Sin of ttie Kafir country (lit. Kafiristan)
r. u. which has been decided to pertain to the Afghan Gov
ernment, and, since after enquiry and ispection of the
same it was clearly ascertained by the Survey party that the aforesaid stream
is situated on the extern side of the Kunar river, and falls into the river near the
village of Arnawai, and that the drawing of it on the western side (of the river)
in the place of the Landai Sin was a mistake, this Arnawai stream has (now) been
drawn and marked on the present survey map in its own proper place, and that
stream which was drawn in the Convention map on the western side of the river
was the Landai Sin stream of the Kafir country (lit. Kafiristan) which has now
been decided to pertain to the Government of Afghanistan and to*be included in
the limits of Afghanistan. Accordingly in the present survey map it has been
marked with the name of Landai Sin and has also been written with the name of
Bashgal. Moreover, Sao and Nari and Birkot, and the village of Arnawai, were
not written on the map attached to the Convention, (but) now in the new Survey
map the names of all these four above-mentioned villages have been entered,
the village of Arnawai being written on the Chitrar side of the boundary line, and
Sao, Nari and Birkot on the side of the Government of Afghanistan.
No. XVI.
Joint agreement executed by the Joint Afghan and British Commissioners
of the Indian Afghan Boundary Commission— 1895.
We, the undersigned Commissioners, deputed by our respective Governments
to demarcate the boundary line between the territories of the Government of