File 3154/1912 Pt 2 ‘Turco-Persian Frontier: Miscellaneous Prints’ [278r] (399/486)
The record is made up of 1 item (242 folios). It was created in 20 Jun 1912-9 Dec 1912. 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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Mr. Marling to Sir Edicard Grey.—(Received July 19, 10'30 p.m.)
(No. 239.) v
TURCO-PERSIAN frontier. [u*V
Your telegram No. 575 of 17tli July to St. Petersburg]!.
Russian Ambassador points out that course proposed still involves undesirable
delay, first, by reference to Tehran and by submission of text to you, and, secondly,
because Turkish delegates could not, without instructions from their Government,
assent to condition it is desired to attach to Persian acceptance of explanatory notes*
and at present there is no Government to give such assent.
On the other hand, if Persian delegates are allowed to accept notes without
condition, treaty of 1847 will be accepted by both parties, and discussion respecting
north part of frontier can begin.
I venture to suggest that our position as regards Mohammerah and Howisa line is
much strengthened since Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs handed to us map
enclosed in Sir G. Lowther’s despatch No. 516. Line therein indicated does not give
all that we require, but it does show readiness of the Turkish Government to renounce
claim based on note.
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Copies of correspondence, memoranda, maps and other papers, relating to diplomatic negotiations taking place between the Turkish and Persian Governments, marshalled by the British and Russian Governments, over the fixing of the boundary line between Persia and Turkish Mesopotamia at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr], Hawizeh [Hoveyzeh] and Zohab.
Papers include:
- correspondence dated June 1912, relating to infringements into Persian territory by Turkish troops, and clashes and fighting on the Turco-Persian frontier;
- several extracts (translated into English) and summaries from Dervish Pasha’s book on Mohammerah, printed in Constantinople in 1868, and describing the negotiations of the Turco-Persian Frontier Delimitation Commission of 1849-1852. The extracts and summaries were prepared by Hammond Smith Shipley, HM’s Consul at Tabriz;
- copies of a number of Procès-verbal (in French) held between members of the Ottoman and Persian delegations sitting on the Turco-Persian Commission;
- correspondence concerning the Shaikh of Mohammerah’s role in boundary negotiations;
- correspondence and maps relating to the British Government’s request for clarification over the position of Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) activity, close to the border at Kasr-i-Shirin [Qaşr-e Shīrīn] and Zohab;
- renewed unrest along the frontier in late 1912, including Russian troop movements, evacuations, and the murder of a Belgian customers inspector and eight of his Persian colleagues at Soujboulak [Qūj Būlāgh?].
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