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File 1356/1912 Pt 1 'Turco-Persian Frontier:- negotiations at Constantinople.' [‎7r] (22/885)

The record is made up of 1 volume (436 folios). It was created in 7 Feb 1912-25 Sep 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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ground between Abu Jidiyeh Garni and Diaiji would fall to
Turkey,
It tborotora til# question of tiia ^iribi a tan boundary should
bs oarriod to th© Hague Court, it is oonoidared by legal ox-
parts very doubtful whether Persia would be awarded nearly as
good a frontier as that which now soome to be locally observed,
and it consequently seems of the highest importance to Persia
and more particularly to lour excellency, that all reference
to th© Hague should be avoided by the conclusion of an amicable
compromise in regard to this part of the Frontier.
The above considerations have prompted nis majesty's Go
vernment to do their utmost, in the interests of yourself and
of the Persian Government to get Tux-key to agree, without go
ing to the nague, to a settlement which as far as possible
Confirms th® frontier as-locally observed, and which, as ex
plained above, will be much more favourable to yourself and
to Persia than the line recommended by the Mediating Commis
sioners in 1860.
The boundary line which we hav© put forward rune as fol
lows: -
Coming from that branch of the buvrairij called the Hhor-
©1-huhaisin, it passes Southwards across the wior-ol-As am
until it reaches the main channel of the marsh just west of
th© village of Shuaib. Thence it continues In a southerly
direction down the sain© channel through the Marsh until it
arrives due West of kishk-i-Baari • From that point it breaks
back and passes inja straight line to aishk-i-Basri itself and
from thence again it turns and proceeds due south until it
reaches th© vicinity of Diaiji near th© ^hatt-al-Arab. ^@ra
it becomes til© boundary at present locally observed and ©n-
tering th© xdiaiyin Canal, (the channel running from the Cus
toms post at Diaiji between the islands of nhamubiyah, Do-
war in , Aqawat and Idle mainland as far as the junction of Kahr
B assail eh with the Shat t-al-Arab and sahr Abul Arabid), it
follows the middle line of the xdior xdiaiyin until it reaches
the point wner© the Buhr Dliaiyin and the Aahr Aazailoh meet

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The volume discusses the disputed Turco-Persian Frontier, particularly at Mohammerah, and the negotiations in Constantinople to attempt to settle it.

The correspondence focuses on:

  • the differences of opinion over the actual boundary at Mohammerah, including several maps demonstrating these differences;
  • movements of Turkish and Russian troops;
  • ownership of the Shat-el-Arab and questions of access for navigation;
  • copies of treaties, correspondence and memoranda dating back to 1639 relating to the question of the Turco-Persian frontier.

The principal correspondents in the volume are the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey); the Secretary of State for India (Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe); the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Sir Percy Zachariah Cox); the British Ambassador to Constantinople (Sir Gerard Lowther); the British Ambassador to Russia (Sir George Buchanan); the Viceroy of India (Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst); the British Ambassador to Tehran (Sir George Head Barclay); representatives of the Foreign Office (particularly Alwyn Parker) and the 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. ; and Arthur Talbot Wilson, on special duty in relation to the Turco-Persian Frontier.

This volume is part one 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 (436 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 two parts, with each part comprising one volume.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 436; 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 leading and ending flyleaves.

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