ملف ٣٩٣٩/١٩٢٦ الجزء ٤ "المنشورات: تنقيح معاهدات أيتشيسون: القسم المتعلق بأفغانستان." [و‎‎٢‎٨‎٩] (٣٧٠/١٦١)

there is now war between the British an$I Persian Governments, therefore the
Honorable East India Company, to aid Ameer Dost Mohummud Khan, to defend
and maintain his present possessions in Balkh, Cabool, and Candahar against
Persia, hereby agrees out of friendship to give the said Ameer one lakh of Com
pany’s Rupees monthly during the war with Persia on the following conditions :
2 . The Ameer shall keep his present number of Cavalry and Artillery, and
shall maintain not less than 18,000 Infantry, of which 13,000 shall be Regulars
divided into 13 Regiments.
3 . The Ameer is to make his own arrangements for receiving the money at
the British treasuries and conveying it through his own country.
4 . British Officers^ with suitable native establishments and orderlies, shall
be deputed, at the pleasure of the British Government, to Cabool or Candahar f
or Balkh, or all three places, or wherever an Afghan army be assembled to act
against the Persians. It will be their duty to see generally that the subsidy grant
ed to the Ameer be devoted to the military purposes for which it is given, and
to keep their own Government informed of all affairs. They will have nothing
to do with the payment of the troops, or advising the Cabool Government; and
they will not interfere in any way in the internal administration of the country.
The Ameer will be responsible for their safety and honorable treatment, while
in his country, and for keeping them acquainted with all military and political
matters connected with the war.
5. The Ameer of Cabool shall appoint and maintain a Vakeel at Peshawur.
6 . The subsidy of one lakh per mensem shall cease from the date on which
peace is made between the British and Persian Governments, or at any previous
time at the will and pleasure of the Governor-General of India.
7. Whenever the subsidy shall cease the British Officers shall be withdrawn
from the Ameer’s country ; but at the pleasure of the British Government, a Vakeel,
not a European Officer, shall remain at Cabool on the part of the British Govern
ment, and one at Peshawur on the part of the Government of Cabool.
8 . The Ameer shall furnish a sufficient escort for the British officers from the
British border when going to the Ameer’s country, and to the British bordei v»keri
returning.
9. The subsidy shall commence from 1st January 1&57, and be payable at
the British treasury one month In arrears. •
10. The five lakhs of Rupees which have been already sent to the Ameer
(three to Candahar and two to Cabool), will not be counted in this Agreement
They are a free and separate gift from the Honorable East India Company.
the sixth lakh now in the hands of the mahajuns of Cabool, which was sent
another purpose, will be one of the instalments under this Agreement.
11. This Agreement in no way supersedes the Treaty made at Pesha
30th March 1855 (corresponding with the 11th of Rujjub 1-71), J ™ : p5 ,
Ameer of Cabool engaged to be the friend of the friends and enemy o