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'Memorandum on the Attrek, or Northern, Frontier of Persia' [127v] (30/50)
The record is made up of 1 file (25 folios). It was created in Sep 1877. 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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May, 1874, that the Russian General had recently
landed with a number of soldiers at a place called
Shah Kadem, which was 8 stages distant trom
Asterabad, and had encamped there; that he had
addressed a Circular to the Chiefs of the different
tribes of the Yomoud Turkomans, saying that,
from the Jerjan (Goorguri), which was 3 fursakhs
distant from Asterabad, as far as Khiva belonged
to Russia; that, therefore, each tribe must send
several persons to him that he might arrange
matters with them, as, in future, Russian merchants
and carriers would travel by this route ; and that
arrangements ought to be made for their safety.
The Turkomans, it would appear, took this letter
to the Governor-General of Asterabad, who referred
the matter to Tehran, from whence he received an
answer stating that, from the other side of the Attreh
which was 8 fursakhs distant from Asterabad, was
Russian territory, but that the Russians had no right
to interfere with such tribes as resided on the banks
of the Goorgun. The Governor-General, however,
was instructed not to stir up matters, but to see
what course events would take ; but subsequently
the Governor-General received another telegram
from Tehran, instructing him to proceed with troops
to Akkaleh and sympathize with the Turkomans,
assuring them that the Russian Government had
nothing to do with them.
General Lamakin endeavoured to persuade the Mr. W. Thomson, No. 137;
Governor-General and other Persian authorities at June 30, 1874,
Asterabad that they had greatly exaggerated the
scope and purpose of his letters to the Turkoman
Chiefs, and stated that his intention was simply to
give them good advice, with a view to the preserva
tion of peace and tranquillity on the frontier, but
his language failed to produce any impression either
at Asterabad or Tehran, his announcement having
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.
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been so explicit that he was appointed by the Grand October 2 , 1874.
Duke Michael, under order of the Emperor, to be
Supreme Commander (Sahib Jkhtiar) over the Tur
koman tribes of the Attrek and Goorgun.
Mr. Thomson again drew attention at this time Mr. W. Thomson, No. 136;
to the great importance of the district of Merve, in
a strategic point of view, in connection with the
routes leading from the south-eastern corner of the
Caspian through the valleys of the Attrek and
Goorgun, and having in view how powerful these
June 25, 1874.
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The memorandum concerns Persia's northern frontier with Russian Turkestan along the Attrek [Atrek] River valley. It outlines Russian activities in the region (e.g. troop movements, fort construction, and meetings with local chieftains), along with British and Persian diplomatic responses to these activities; this includes British efforts to prevent Persia from ceding the region to Russian control. It covers British suspicions that the Russians are encroaching on Persia's northern border, and attempting to draw the local Turkoman tribes away from their relations with Persia.
The memorandum is illustrated with a number of map sketches, which show a number of different interpretations of the Persian-Russian frontier:
- Captain George Campbell Napier's Map 1876. Denoting supposed Persian border line (f 116);
- Arrowsmith Map. 1834 (f 117r);
- Zimmerman's Map. 1841 (f 117v);
- Vambery's Map 1863 (f 117v);
- Russian Map 1863 (f 119r);
- Arrowsmith Map 1872 (f 119v);
- Walker's Turkestan. 1873 (f 120r);
- Russian Map 1873 (f 122r);
- Kiepert's Turkestan 1876 (f 135v).
The memorandum includes a number of brief insertions in French; these insertions consist of recollections from diplomatic conversations, which have occurred in relation to Persia's northern frontier.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (25 folios)
- Arrangement
The file consists of a table of contents (folios 114-115), followed by a map (folio 116), which is in turn followed by the body of the memorandum itself (folios 117-137).
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at f 113, and terminates at f 137, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'Memorandum on the Attrek, or Northern, Frontier of Persia'
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- 113r:115v, 117r:137v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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