File 1356/1912 Pt 1 'Turco-Persian Frontier:- negotiations at Constantinople.'
IOR/L/PS/10/266
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The record is made up of 1 volume (436 folios). It was created in 7 Feb 1912-25 Sep 1912. 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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The volume discusses the disputed Turco-Persian Frontier, particularly at Mohammerah, and the negotiations in Constantinople to attempt to settle it.
The correspondence focuses on:
- the differences of opinion over the actual boundary at Mohammerah, including several maps demonstrating these differences;
- movements of Turkish and Russian troops;
- ownership of the Shat-el-Arab and questions of access for navigation;
- copies of treaties, correspondence and memoranda dating back to 1639 relating to the question of the Turco-Persian frontier.
The principal correspondents in the volume are the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey); the Secretary of State for India (Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe); the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Sir Percy Zachariah Cox); the British Ambassador to Constantinople (Sir Gerard Lowther); the British Ambassador to Russia (Sir George Buchanan); the Viceroy of India (Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst); the British Ambassador to Tehran (Sir George Head Barclay); representatives of the Foreign Office (particularly Alwyn Parker) and the 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. ; and Arthur Talbot Wilson, on special duty in relation to the Turco-Persian Frontier.
This volume is part one 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 (436 folios)
- It is grouped into
- 2 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/10/266, f 232 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/10/266, f 742 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/10/266, f 1042 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/10/266, f 1232 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/10/266, f 2432 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/10/266, f 2452 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/10/266, f 2521 imageRef: IOR/L/PS/10/266, f 2571 imageRef: IOR/L/PS/10/266, f 2612 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/10/266, f 2652 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/10/266, f 2712 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/10/266, f 3492 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/10/266, f 24
- 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 two 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 436; 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 leading and ending flyleaves.
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- English and French in Latin script
- Type
- Archival file
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- 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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- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/10/266
- Former external reference(s)
- P 1356/1912 Pt 1
- Date(s)
- 7 Feb 1912-25 Sep 1912 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Boundary disputesFrontiers
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- TurkeyPersiaMohammerahShatt al ʻArab
- People & organisations
- HM Ambassador to the Ottoman EmpireSecretary of State for Foreign AffairsSecretary of State for India, United KingdomViceroy and Governor-General of India in CouncilHM Ambassador to RussiaHM Ambassador to IranForeign OfficeArthur Talbot WilsonAlwyn Parker
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- File 1356/1912 Pt 1 'Turco-Persian Frontier:- negotiations at Constantinople.'
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- Ahmet Tevfik Pasha
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- 274r:275v
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- Layard, Sir Austen Henry
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- File 1356/1912 Pt 1 'Turco-Persian Frontier:- negotiations at Constantinople.'
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- File 1356/1912 Pt 1 'Turco-Persian Frontier:- negotiations at Constantinople.'
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- 186r:186v
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- Emir of Mohammerah xx Amir of Mohammerah
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- File 1356/1912 Pt 1 'Turco-Persian Frontier:- negotiations at Constantinople.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:22v, 24ar, 25r:73v, 75r:103v, 105r:122v, 124r:145v, 147r:184v, 187r:190v, 196v:203v, 214r:233r, 242r:242v, 244r:244v, 246r:251v, 253r:257r, 258r:261r, 262r:264v, 266r:270v, 272r:273v, 276r:279r, 282r:313v, 315r:324v, 326r:348v, 350r:370v, 372r:436v, 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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- Open Government Licence
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- IOR/L/PS/10/266, f 23
- Title
- 'SKETCH MAP OF COUNTRY IN NEIGHBOURHOOD OF HAWIZEH'
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- 23r:23v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- IOR/L/PS/10/266, f 74
- Title
- 'ROUGH SKETCH SHOWING PROBABLE RIVER SYSTEM NEAR MOHAMMERAH ABOUT 1750.'
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- 74r:74v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- IOR/L/PS/10/266, f 104
- Title
- 'MOUTH OF THE SHATT AL ARAB RIVER'
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- 104r:104v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- IOR/L/PS/10/266, f 123
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- 'THE SHAT-AL-'ARAB'
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- 123r:123v
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- IOR/L/PS/10/266, f 243
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- 'SKETCH MAP OF MOHAMMERAH AND DISTRICT PREPARED IN 1850'
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- 243r:243v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- IOR/L/PS/10/266, f 245
- Title
- Map Illustrating the Two Differing Lines of the Turco-Persian Frontier at Muhammerah
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- 245r:245v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- IOR/L/PS/10/266, f 252
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- Map Illustrating the Differing Lines of the Turco-Persian Frontier at Mohammerah
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- 252r:252v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- IOR/L/PS/10/266, f 257
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- Diagram of the Shatt-el-Arab and Mohammerah showing the differing lines of the Turco-Persian Frontier
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- 257v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- IOR/L/PS/10/266, f 261
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- Diagram of the Shatt-el-Arab and Mohammerah showing the differing lines of the Turco-Persian Frontier
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- 261v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- IOR/L/PS/10/266, f 265
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- Map Illustrating the Two Differing Lines of the Turco-Persian Frontier at Muhammerah
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- 265r:265v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- IOR/L/PS/10/266, f 271
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- 'EXTRACT FROM MAP OF PERSIA'
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- 271r:271v
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- IOR/L/PS/10/266, f 349
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- Map Illustrating the Two Differing Lines of the Turco-Persian Frontier at Muhammerah
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- 349r:349v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- IOR/L/PS/10/266, f 24
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- 'SKETCH SHOWING TURKO PERSIAN FRONTIER'
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- 24r:24v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence