File 1356/1912 Pt 2 'Turco-Persian Frontier:- negotiations at Constantinople. (Mohammerah Boundary)' [‎317v] (643/680)

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™“ 0 n 6 fc date when Abu Gha'direh AH Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. was Vali of Bagdad, the Sinjaby tribe,
who still come to wintering grounds situated between Mendeh and Khamkm used to
kvy on the flocks and herds of others who came there, and to pay to Bagdad the followmf
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For every fifty sheep : one sheep, or its equivalent in money, which, according
to the present rate, was 25 piastres.
For every horse : 20 piastres.
In addition for the officials’ services :
For every flock consisting of 100 head : one sheep.
For every house : 1 abassi (67 paras).J
Chapter XXX.
If the frontier be taken as running through the places referred to above, Gilan,
Gulein and Aivan remain within the Turkish boundary, and the places called Deira
(Direh-Dereh) and Kala Shahin (or Gavravan) are left on this side too. Until 1220 a.h.
(1806) Deira and K.ala Shahin were under the administiation of t ie mutessanfs of
Zohab, and were subject to no interference or attack on the pait of the Persians, but
in 1220 a.h. (1 806), after Mohammed Ali Mirza had invaded Bagdad from Mendeli,
and returned to Kermanshah, a man named Hadji Mohammed Khan, one of the khans
of the Kelhur, a Persian tribe, went to the late Fetah Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , a mutessarif of Zohab, and
presented to him a shawl he had brought. On his request for leave to cultivate Deira
and Kala Shahin, on payment of the tithe to Fetah Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , the latter granted the
required permission, but when the ground was tilled and^ the crops reaped, and betah
Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. sent officials to collect the tithe according to their contract, Hadji Mohammed
Khan retained the officials’ horses, saying that he had given letah Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. a shawl but
had not received the price, and that until the shawl or its value were sent he would
not give up the horses. When this was announced to letah Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. he sent the shawl.
Part of it was missing, however, and the Khan said that unless the missing piece were
sent he would not give up the horses. Fetah Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. sent the piece, but as it was a
little worn, the khan became insolent, and although he obtained the value of the shawl
as well, all he did was to give back the officials’ horses, and not only did he not pay the
tithe on the two places mentioned, but he would not restore these places, and they have
subsequently remained in his usurping hands.
Chapter XXXI.
When the frontier ends at Ser Mil, as explained in Chapter XXII, the old frontier
of the Ottoman Empire runs from Ser Mil to a place called Kala Zinjir, which was
demolished in accordance with the treaty of 1049 a.h. (1639), leaving on this side the
grasslands which are situated on the great mountains called Dalhu, and have been
dependent on the sanjak of Zohab ab antique*; and on the Persian side, the mahal,
known as Biveh Nij. From Kala Zinjir it runs to the Zimkan River, and the natural
bed of the stream known as the fountain of Kala Zinjir. From the point where the
Kala Zinjir joins the Zimkan, the line goes to the pass named Haft Gej or Haft Gezh,
situated in the Shighla mountain-chain, which lies to the north-east of the point above
mentioned. Then, leaving on this side the Mirava plain and the spring known as
Seravishuy, at the head of that plain, and on the other side the other plain, which is
situated to the south-east of the Mirava plain, the frontier runs to a hill situated
in the locality called Narav, and belonging to the Bendiniz (Bendi Ghez ?) range.
Thence it runs along the heights to the east of Kudibilala, and, after passing along
the highest peaks of the great range named Saravand, reaches Mount Bizel. Thence
it touches the peak of Mount Sari Suraban, and reaches Mount Kuweila, which stands
to the east of Mount Sari Suraban ; and it finally ends at a point on the River Sirvan,
which is on the line of a hill called Kavtieh, on the right bank of the Sirvan.
This interpretation makes the old frontier of the sanjak of Zohab duly clear.
Chapter XXXII.
By ttm provisions of the last treaty concluded a.t Erzeroum, it was decided that
the mountain lands, i.e., the eastern portion of the said sanjak, should be left to Persia,