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File 1356/1912 Pt 2 'Turco-Persian Frontier:- negotiations at Constantinople. (Mohammerah Boundary)' [‎163r] (334/680)

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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CONFIDENTIAL.
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Sir Edward Grey to Sir G. Lowther (Constantinople).
(No. 220.) R. Foreign Office, May 21, 1913, 6*45 p.m.
YOUR Excellency’s despatches Nos. 271, 352, and 360.
Hakki Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. stated to-day that, having himself been the first to recommend to
the Grand Vizier the procedure of direct negotiation with Great Britain and Russia
on the Turco-Persian question, he had now been asked by his Highness for his
observations and advice regarding the line proposed by your Excellency and the
Russian Ambassador for the Zohab region. He said he was sincerely anxious to reach
a final settlement, and he therefore proposed to telegraph advising the Grand Vizier
that he should offer, as an equitable compromise, to accept the Turkish line down to
a point about 4 miles below Mount Sengler (where the Turkish and Anglo-Russian
lines converge), and, as regards the line thence to the south, the proposed Anglo-
Russian line, with the sole proviso as to this portion of the frontier that, while it should
be accepted as the recognised basis of settlement, it should be subject to such minor
rectifications as might be recommended by the Commission of Demarcation ; and he
further said that he trusted that Russian and British officers would be attached to the
commission, and accompany it along the whole frontier from Mount Ararat to the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
His Excellency seemed anxious to know how this compromise would be viewed
here. He was informed that, since the negotiations were being conducted at Con
stantinople, it would be preferable to avoid any expression of opinion here as to its
merits, but that no harm could be done by making the suggestion at Constantinople.
Hakki Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. then urged very strongly that the compromise might be favourably
considered ; it was, he said, very moderate, and it represented the abandonment of
very considerable Turkish claims and a genuine effort to reach a final settlement of
the whole frontier question.
I think, for this reason, that it would be prudent to adopt this compromise, as it
merely involves making the concession to Turkey which your Excellency and your
Russian colleague have, I believe, considered possible in the last resort. You should
furnish Russian Ambassador with a copy of this telegram and discuss the subject
fully with him.
The need for an early settlement was again impressed on Hakki Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. .
(Repeated to St. Petersburgh, No. 417.)
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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)
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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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