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File 1356/1912 Pt 2 'Turco-Persian Frontier:- negotiations at Constantinople. (Mohammerah Boundary)' [‎152r] (312/680)

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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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Matiesty’s Government.]
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^ PERSIA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
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[May 3.]
Section 3.
[20331]
No. 1.
Sir G. Loicther to Sir Edward Grey.—(Received Mai/ 3.)
(No. 360.)
Sir, Constantinople, April 29, 1913.
I HAAE the honour to transmit to you herewith, for your approval, draft of a note
to the Ottoman Minister for Foreign Affairs, communicating to the Sublime Porte the
An glo-Russian counter-proposals with regard to the modifications of the Turco-Persian
frontier in the Zohab district, as laid down in the draft identic memorandums
forwarded to you in my despatch No. 352 of the 25th instant.
The substance of the main part of this draft note is, mutatis mutandis, the same as
that of the corresponding Russian note, the draft of which will be in your possession
before this despatch reaches you ; but I should point out that, as reported in my
telegram No. 208 of the 28th instant, M. de Giers has agreed to modify the sixth
paragraph of his note, so as to provide for the insertion in the final instrument of
agreement as to the frontier of an article stipulating for the recognition by Turkey of
the rights of the Anglo-Persian Oil Syndicate in the territories that may be ceded to
her by the readjustment of the frontier. The end of this paragraph now runs as
follows:—
“ H est evident que cette cession doit etre preceded d’un arrangement garantissant
le maintien des droits et des privileges appartenant a la compagnie anglaise etablie a
Tchia-Sourkh, maintien qui serait stipule dans Facte definitif a conclure au sujet de la
delimitation.”
This wording leaves it open to us to add a paragraph at the end of the note
defining our requirements in this matter with more precision ; but in view of the
opinion expressed in the last paragraph of your despatch No. 405 of the 29th August,
1912, that it is desirable to take legal opinion as to the formula to be employed,
I have not attempted to draft it.
I have, &c.
GERARD LOWTHER.
Enclosure in No. 1.
Draft Note verbale.
M. le Ministre, Constantinople, , 1913.
AU cours des negociations qui depuis quelques semaines sont poursuivies a
Londres au sujet de la delimitation de la- frontiere turco-persane dans sa partie
meridionale, son Altesse Hakki Pacha a communique au Gouvernement du Roi les
revendications que la Sublime Porte se croit justifiee a formuler quant a la rectification
de la frontiere dans le voisinage de Zohab en faveur de la Turquie. C’est pour faire
reponse^ a cette communication que je viens par la presente note faire, sur les
instructions de mon Gouvernement, les observations suivantes :—
En 1852 les commissaires mediateurs, apres de laborieuses etudes sur les lieux,
proposerent une ligne qui avait le double avantage d’etre basee sur Farticle 11 du
traite de 1848 et de representer un compromis equitable entre les pretentions des
commissaires des deux Puissances limitrophes. Or, le Gouvernement de la Grande-
Bretagne. est persuade que le trace susmentionne est le plus indique pour servir de
base a Felaboration de la ligne definitive adantee aux conditions actuelles.
[2913 c—3]
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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.

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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.

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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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