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PART I.
Copies or Abstracts of Treaties, &c., concluded between Great
Britain and Persia..
1801-1887
PART II.
Firmauns issued by the Shah of Persia granting Commercial
and other Privileges to Great Britain and other Powers;
and for the Suppression of the Slave Trade....1823-1888
PART III.
Treaties, &c., concluded by Persia with Foreign Powers other
than with Great Britain, which were wholly or partially in
force on the 1st April, 1891...
PART IV.
British Orders in Council respecting Consular Jurisdiction in
Persia; and in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman (Persian
Coasts and Islands)...
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1
45
59
13th December, 1889 191
PART V.
Agreements between Great Britain and Russia respecting
Persia
1834-1888 207
CONTENTS.
No.
TREATIES, &C., CONCLUDED BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND PERSIA,
1801-1887:-
1. Political Treaty between the English Government and the Shah of Persia.
January, 1801←
2. Commercial Treaty between the English Government and the Shah of
Persia.
January, 1801
and Persia.
4
5
6
7
9
3. Preliminary Treaty of Friendship and Alliance between Great Britain
12th March, 1809
4. Definitive Treaty of Friendship and Alliance between Great Britain and
14th March, 1812
5. Definitive Treaty of Friendship and Alliance between Great Britain and
25th November, 1814-
6. Agreement between Great Britain and Persia, cancelling the Subsidy
Articles of the Treaty of 25th November, 1814. March-August, 1828
7. Treaty of Commerce between Great Britain and Persia.
28th October, 1841.
8. Agreement between Great Britain and Persia, authorising the Detention
and Search of Persian Merchant Vessels by British and East India
Company's Cruizers, with a view to the Suppression of the Slave Trade
9. Engagement contracted by the Persian Government
Government regarding Herat.
August, 1851
towards the British
25th January, 1853
4th March, 1857
10. Treaty of Peace between Great Britain and Persia.
11. Engagement entered into by the Persian Government towards the British
Government for the construction of a Line of Telegraph from Khana-
keen to Bushire, via Tehran.
17th December, 1862
12. Convention between Great Britain and Persia relative to Telegraphic
Communication between Europe and India. 23rd November, 1865
13. Convention between Great Britain and Persia for extending and securing
Telegraphic Communication between Europe and India.
2nd April, 1868
14. Convention between Great Britain and Persia, for continuing the system
of Telegraphic Communication between Europe and India through
2nd December, 1872
15. Convention between Great Britain and Persia, for the suppression of the
Traffic in Slaves.
2nd March, 1882
16. Agreements between the British and Persian Governments for prolonging,
until 31st January, 1905, the Conventions between Her Majesty and
the Shah of Persia of 2nd April, 1868, and 2nd December, 1872, rela-
tive to Telegraphic Communication between Europe and India.
FIRMAUNS ISSUED BY THE SHAH OF PERSIA, 1823-1890.
Bankruptcies, Protection of British Merchants.
Prohibition against Importation of Negro Slaves by Sea.
Protection of Lives and Property of Persian Subjects.
Opening of the Karun River.
Notice. Prohibition against the Traffic in Slaves by Sea or Land.
1st February, 1890 £8
TREATIES, &C.. CONCLUDED BY PERSIA WITH FOREIGN POWERS (OTHER THAN
WITH GREAT BRITAIN), 1693–1889 :-namely, with
ORDERS IN COUNCIL RESPECTING BRITISH CONSULAR JURISDICTION IN
PERSIA AND IN THE PERSIAN GULF AND GULF OF OMAN:-
:-
In Persia
In Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman (Persian Coasts and Islands)
13th December, 1889 193
13th December, 1889 199
AGREEMENTS BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND RUSSIA RESPECTING THE AFFAIRS OF PERSIA.
1. Agreements respecting the maintenance of the Integrity and Independence
of Persia.
September, 1834 209
[Confirmed in 1873, in 1874, and in 1888.]
2. Agreement respecting Succession to the Persian Throne.
August, September, 1834 215
3. Agreement respecting a Map of the Turco-Persian Boundary.
March, 1865 218
27th July, 1880 219
4. Protocol fixing the Boundary between Turkey and Persia in the Territory
of Khotour.
List of British Ambassadors and Envoys to the Court of Persia.
List of Persian Ambassadors, Representatives, and Envoys to the Court of
Great Britain, 1810-1890
1800-1890 220
222
SUBJECT INDEX..
223
COPIES OR ABSTRACTS OF TREATIES, &c.
CONCLUDED BETWEEN
GREAT BRITAIN AND PERSIA.
1801-1887.
(No. 1.) POLITICAL TREATY between the English Government
and the Shah of Persia.-January 1801.*
Art.
Preamble.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
I. Mutual aid and assistance.
II.
Engagement of the Shah to lay waste the Afghan Dominions in event
of the Afghans attempting to invade India.
III. Peace to be concluded with the Afghans only on condition of their abandon-
ing all designs against India.
IV. Engagement of Persia to oppose hostile attack by Afghans or by the French
against the English.
V.
Engagement of Persia to prevent the French from settling or residing in
any of the Islands or Shores of Persia.
Engagement of the English to assist Persia with Military Stores in the
event of war between the Persians and the French.
This Treaty was concluded by Captain (afterwards Sir) John
Malcolm on behalf of the British Government, and by Hajee
Ibrahim Khan on behalf of Persia. It is no longer in force.
(No. 2.) COMMERCIAL TREATY between the English Gov.
ernment and the Shah of Persia.-January 1801.†
I. Protection of Merchants, their Goods, and Cattle.
II. No duties to be charged on Government Goods required by English
Employés.
* See "Aitchison's Treaties," Vol. 6, page 378.
+ See "Hertslet's Commercial Treaties," Vol. 13, page 660, and "Aitchison's
Treaties," Vol. 6, page 381.
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