File 4880/1913 Pt 1-2 'Turco-Persian Frontier Commission'

Content

Correspondence, reports and maps concerning the Turco-Persian Frontier Commission of 1913.

Part 1 concerns arrangements for an Anglo-Russian loan to the Persian Commission, to provide for the cost of erecting boundary pillars.

Part 2 concerns negotiations over and arrangements for the Turco-Persian Frontier Commission, and the eventual production of the Protocole relative à la Délimitation turco-persane, signé à Constantinople le 4 (17) Novembre, 1913. It also contains maps of the Turco-Persian frontier at Hawizeh [Howeyzeh], Shatt-Al-'Arab, Bahmanshir [Rūdkhāneh-ye Bahmanshīr], Muhammareh [Khorramshar] and Abbádán I [Ābādān].

Each part includes a divider which gives the subject, part number, the year the file was opened, subject heading, and a list of correspondence references found within that part, listed by year. These are placed after the last piece of correspondence.

Extent and format

1 volume (314 folios)

It is grouped into

File 4880/1913 Pt 1 'Turco-Persian Frontier Commission: proposed joint Anglo-Russian loan; Persia to meet expenses'

137 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/430/1

File 4880/1913 Pt 2 'Turco-Persian Frontier Commission: protocol of 1913'

499 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/430/2

Arrangement

The subject 4880 (Turco-Persian Frontier Commission) consists of one volume, divided into two parts.

Papers within each part are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 316; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-313; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

Written in

English and French in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/10/430

Former external reference(s)

P 4880/1913

History of this record

Date(s)

1913-1915 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

BoundariesCartography

Places

HawizehMuhammarehShatt al ʻArabAbbádánBahmanshirZohāb

People & organisations

Foreign OfficeHM Ambassador to IranHM Ambassador to the Ottoman EmpireMinister for Foreign AffairsAmbassador of the Russian Federation to the United KingdomBritish Vice-Consul, Kasr-i-Shirin, PersiaRussian Consul General, BaghdadTurco-Persian Frontier Commission (1913)HM Treasury

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