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THE MISSION TO CABUL.
The said Honourable Mr. Louis William Dane does hereby agree to
this, that as to the very agreement and engagement which the Exalted
British Government concluded and acted upon with the noble father of
His Majesty Siraj-ul-millat-wa-ud-din, that is, His Highness Zia-ul-
millat-wa-ud-din, who has found mercy, regarding internal and external
affairs of principle or subsidiary importance, I confirm them and write
that they (the British Government) will not act contrary to those agree
ments and engagements in any way or at any time.
Made on Tuesday, the 14th day of Muharram-ul-haram of the year 1323
Hijri, corresponding to the twenty-first day of March of the year 1905 a.d.
(Persian Seal of Amir Habib Ullah Khan.)
This is correct. I have sealed and signed.
Amir Habib Ullah,
Louis W. Dane, Foreign Secretary,
Representing the Government of India.
The agreement signed at Cabul on November 12th, 1893, by
Sir Mortimer Durand on behalf of the British Government and
the late Amir Abdur Rahman Khan, which is referred to in the
above treaty, and bears reference to the exchange of territory
north of the Oxus for land south of it, runs as follows :—
Whereas the British Government have represented to His Highness the
Amir that the Russian Government presses for the literal fulfilment of
the Agreement of 1873 between Russia and England, by which it was
decided that the river Oxus should form the Northern boundary of
Afghanistan from Lake Victoria (Woods Lake) or Sarikul on the East
to the junction of the Kokcha with the Oxus, and whereas the British
Government considers itself bound to abide by the terms of this Agree
ment, if the Russian Government equally abides by them, His Highness
Amir Abdur Rahman Khan, G.C.S.I., Amir of Afghanistan and its De
pendencies, willing to show his friendship to the British Government and
his readiness to accept their advice in matters affecting his relations
with foreign Powers, hereby agrees that he will evacuate all the Districts
held by him to the North of this portion of the Oxus on the clear under
standing that all the Districts lying to the South of this portion of the
Oxus, and not now in his possession, be handed over to him in exchange.
And Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., Foreign Secretary
to the Government of India, hereby declares on the part of the British
Government that the transfer to His Highness the Amir of the said
Districts lying to the South of the Oxus being an essential part of this
transaction, and undertakes that arrangements will be made with the
Russian Government to carry out the transfer of the said lands to the
North and South of the Oxus.
The day previous to the signature of this treaty, November
11th, 1893, Sir Mortimer Durand addressed to the Amir Abdur
Rahman a letter, which is as follows : —
When your Highness came to the throne of Afghanistan, Sir Lepel
Griffin was instructed to give you the assurance that, if any foreign Power
should attempt to interfere in Afghanistan, and if such interference should
lead to unprovoked aggression on the dominions of your Highness, in that
event the British Government would be prepared to aid you to such extent
and in such manner as might appear to the British Government necessary
in repelling it, provided that your Highness followed unreservedly the