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File 1356/1912 Pt 2 'Turco-Persian Frontier:- negotiations at Constantinople. (Mohammerah Boundary)' [146v] (301/680)
The record is made up of 1 volume (334 folios). It was created in 26 Aug 1912-4 Sep 1913. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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4. The abolition, in principle, of foreign post
o ffices in Turkey; and, pending their
abolition r the sale of Ottoman stamps.
Though certain Powers have, His Majesty’s
Government are well aware, given a conditional
assent to the abolition of their respective post
offices in Turkey, the question-is one in which it
is impossible for His Majesty’s Government to
dissociate themselves from the collective action
of the Powers. They are, however, prepared,
subject to the assent of other Powers to a similar
step, to agree to the abolition of British post
offices in principle, on the understanding that no-
such abolition shall be effected until they are
satisfied that the Ottoman postal administration
affords adequate guarantees of security and
promptitude in transmission of correspondence.
His Majesty’s Government have no primd facie
objection to the sale of Turkish instead of British
stamps ; but it would be necessary to surcharge
the stamps used in the British post offices, and
the technical details would have to be submitted
to careful expert examination so as to avoid
difficulties of accountancy and interference with
the British local administration. If the other
Powers concerned agreed to a similar change in
principle, His Majesty’s Government would be
prepared to appoint a delegate to enquire whether
the change is practicable.
5. To study the question of the abolition of
the Capitidations.
As the Imperial Ottoman Government are
aware, His Majesty’s Government have con
sistently maintained that, inter alia, their right
to veto the increase of taxation on British subjects
and merchandise is derived from the capitulations,
and this right they are not prepared to abandon.
Pending the introduction of drastic reforms in
the Turkish judicial administration, His Majesty’s
Government feel that, it would be somewhat
premature even to study the possibility of abolish-
thecapitulations. None the less, they are prepared,,
if the other Powers agree to such a course, to
appoint representatives to examine how far the
existing conditions under the capitulations are-
capable of improvement.
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The volume discusses the ongoing negotiations in Constantinople between the Ottoman, British and Russian Governments through 1912 and 1913 regarding the Turco-Persian Frontier. Also discussed is the decision in July 1913 to establish a delimitation commission to which Albert Charles Wratislaw and Arnold Talbot Wilson are appointed as representatives of the British Government.
Also discussed in the volume is the region of Kermanshah and in particular Qasr-i-Shirin [Qaşr-e Shīrīn], along with the Anglo-Persian Oil Company's concerns over the rights accorded to them in their 1901 concession should some of that territory be ceded to Turkey.
Further discussion relates to the movements of Russian and Turkish troops near the frontier and the withdrawal of Turkish troops from certain places along the frontier.
This volume is part two of two. Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (334 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 1356 (Turco-Persian Frontier) consists of 2 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/266-267. The volumes are divided into 2 parts, with each part comprising one volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 334; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the two leading and ending flyleaves. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/267
- Title
- File 1356/1912 Pt 2 'Turco-Persian Frontier:- negotiations at Constantinople. (Mohammerah Boundary)'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:12r, 15r:29v, 30v:57v, 59v:77v, 79r:79v, 81r:84v, 87r:101v, 104r:105v, 106v:116v, 117v:138v, 140r:146v, 147v:154r, 156r:157v, 158v, 159v, 160v:164v, 165v, 167v:173v, 174v, 175v:216v, 219r:220v, 222r:222v, 223v:229v, 231r:232v, 234r:263v, 264v:295v, 296v:301v, 302v:303v, 304v:312v, 314r:323v, 324v:332v, 333v:334v, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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