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File 1356/1912 Pt 2 'Turco-Persian Frontier:- negotiations at Constantinople. (Mohammerah Boundary)' [‎182r] (372/680)

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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March 31.]
Section 4,
[14476] . No. 1.
Sir 0. Lowther to Sir Edward Grey,—(Received March 31.)
(No. 242.)
Sir, • Constantinople, March 25, 1913.
WITH reference to your despatch No. 75 of the 6th instant, I have the honour to
report that I have been in consultation with the Russian Embassy on the subject of the
cession of territory in the neighbourhood of Zohab, which it may be found advisable to
make to Turkey in connection with the settlement of the Turco-Persian frontier question,
and M. de Giers has informed me as I reported in my telegram No. 152 of the 18th
instant, that he sees no objection to the adoption in principle of the hue which you
consider might be recommended for that purpose to the two interested Governments.
His Excellency, however, considers, and I am quite in agreement with him, that the line
must be adopted as only approximative and as liable to modifications to suit the local
tribal conditions. I was also informed that information in the possession of the Russian
Embassy showed that the inhabitants of the plain of Serkala belong to the Shia sect of
Islam, and it was therefore suggested that it might be advisable to deflect the line as
proposed by Messrs. Orloff and Soane, so as to leave the Serkala Plain in Persian
territory. It was pointed out in reply to this suggestion that if this was the case it
would certainly have been known to Messrs. Orloff and Soane, who in their proposals
had given due weight to religious considerations and wmuld not therefore in this instance
have disregarded them without adequate reason. M. de Giers, however, was anxious
to set the matter at rest and said that he would ask M. Orloff, who was about to proceed
to Russia overland, to go via the Zohab district to examine the question on the spot if
the state of his health permitted. M. Orloff has now replied that he will start on the
proposed journey in a very few days and M. de Giers sent to inform me yesterday that
he desires to reserve his final observations on the proposed line until he has received
M. Orloff’s report. Hence the delay in sending the despatch promised in my above-
mentioned telegram.
I have not suggested that Mr. Soane should accompany M. Orloff as the points to
be ascertained appear to be of very small importance.
I venture to suggest that in the interests of accuracy Mr. Soane should be invited
to lay down the line provisionally adopted on the reduction of the Identic Map.
I have, &c.
GERARD LOWTHER.
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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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