Treaty between the Governments of India and Afghanistan, 1855

TREATY between the BRITISH GOVERNMENT and HIS HIGHNESS AMEER DOST MOHUMMUD KHAN, WALEE of CABOOL and of those countries of AFGHANISTAN now in his possession; concluded on the part of the BRITISH GOVERNMENT by JOHN LAWRENCE, ESQUIRE, CHIEF COMMISSIONER of the PUNJAB in virtue of full powers vested in him by the MOST NOBLE JAMES ANDREW, MARQUIS Of DALHOUSIE, KT., &c., GOVERNOR GENERAL of INDIA; and on the part of the AMEER Of CABOOL, DOST MOHUMMUD KHAN by SIRDAR GHOLAM HYDUR KHAN, in virtue of full authority granted to him by HIS HIGHNESS,  1855.

ARTICLE 1ST.

        Between the Honorable East India Company and His Highness Ameer Dost Mohummud Khan, Walee of Cabool and of those countries of Afghanistan now in his possession, and the heirs of the said Ameer, there shall be perpetual peace and friendship.

ARTICLE 2ND.

        The Honorable East India Company engages to respect those territories of Afghanistan now in His Highness's possession, and never to interfere therein.

ARTICLE 3RD.

        His Highness Ameer Dost Mohummud Khan, Walee of Cabool and of those countries of Afghanistan now in his possession, engages on his own part, and on the part of his heirs, to respect the territories of the Honorable East India Company, and never to interfere therein ; and to be the friend of the friends and enemy of the enemies of the Honorable East India Company.

        Done at Peshawur this 30th day of March one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, corresponding with the eleventh day of Rujjub, one thousand two hundred and seventy-one Hijree.

JOHN LAWRENCE,

Chief Commissioner of the Punjab.

SEAL of GHOLAM HYDUR,

Heir-apparent.

As the representative of Ameer Dost Mohummud Khan, and in person on his own account as heir-apparent.

Ratified by the Most Noble the Governor-General at Ootakamund, this first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.

DALHOUSIE.

By order of the Most Noble the Governor-General.

G. F. EDMONSTONE,

Secy. to the Govt. of India, with the Governor-General.

From: C. U. Aitchison, ed. A Collection of Treaties, Engagements and Sanads: Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries. Vol. XIII. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch, 1933, 237-238.