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PERSIA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[September 27.]
Section 22.
^35732] No. 1.
Sir G. Barclay to Sir Edward Grey.—(Received September 27.)
(No. 169. Confidential.)
gi r Gulahek, September 9, 1909.
’ WITH reference to my telegram No. 157 of the 17th March, I have the honour to
forward herewith copy of a despatch from His Majesty’s consul-general at Bushire,
transmitting correspondence regarding the question of the Perso-Turkish boundary-line
so far as it concerns Mohammerah territory.
In the interesting despatch from Mr. Wilson which forms part of this corre
spondence, that gentleman points out that the boundary laid _ down by the Mediating
Commission differs considerably to the disadvantage of the Sheikh of Mohammerah, from
the frontier locally recognized by the Bussorah and Mohammerah authorities. _
To raise the question of this portion of the Perso-Turkish frontier at this moment
would be to do so unnecessarily, but I presume that when it is raised His Majesty s
Government would be prepared, in view of Mr. Wilson s information, to reconsider the
ruling recorded in your despatch No. 75 to the late Sir Nicholas O’Conor of the 25th
February 1908, which was made, I take it, with a view to be used if necessary for the
prevention of possible Turkish encroachments, and was, I believe, never brought to the
notice of the Porte.
I have, &c.
G. BARCLAY.
Inclosure 1 in No. 1.
Major Cox to Sir G. Barclay,
(No. 60. Confidential.) Bushire, July 4, 1909.
lr ’ T HAVE the honour to refer to your telegram No. 49, dated the 17th March, 1909,
addressed to His Majesty’s Secretary of State and repeated to India and to me and
W to forward, for yom information in that connection, copies of the correspondence
cited in The Appended list dealing with the vexed question of the Perso-Turkish
boundarv-line so far as it affects Mohammerah territory. • u /i
The Bushire records do not enable me to supplement the information now furnished
except to the extent indicated in my memorandum, and I therefore confine myself to an
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Mohammerah territory and g simultaneously to the Government of India,
who liT doTtlets” be 00 pleased to examine their records for any maps or documents
bearing on the question. j haTe; &c ,
P. Z. COX, Major, British Resident in the
Persian Gulf, and His Britannic Majesty's
Consul-General for Ears, fyc.
Inclosure 2 in No. 1.
Lieutenant Wilson to Major Cox.
Mohammerah, May 26, 1909.
I HAVE the honour to address you on the subject of the Arabistan portion of the
Perso-Turkish boundary-line. ^
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