File 1356/1912 Pt 1 'Turco-Persian Frontier:- negotiations at Constantinople.' [‎15v] (39/885)

, r. e a-,, Persian Frontier Commissioners,
Barkiri (?), also to Bahjat Ra f q Maw ana, Chihariq (?), Ushnu, Sulduz,
and to the Administrative Officials ot M o{ ^ be dellvered t0 the
Pashwah and Banah J and “P A who wi ll be appointed,
officers of the General Staff of the Army s in question are sent
It is requested that all the offic ‘ als o [°" n afte/they have filled them m,
may be asked not to give them to a y P h Ministries mentioned,
but to return them to the Commission througn me
(IV)
have, at different times, been encroached ° n V p ers i an s. The question
belonging to Turkey are now wrongfully held by the rersians. 4
Wil1 T^rt Places belonging tO f TurW and now in the
Records ptffited i^ookltts to which sketch-maps have been
annexed.
These places lie between a general line (running from th ® ras bj the
western side of the Qarah Dagh, Tabriz, Afshar Hama4an Kirmanshah,
and Shushtar to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and the WHayats of Erz ~ u ™* ^
Baghdad and Basrah. The treaties in force and the old records ° f *e ^d Re
cords office show that these places belong to Turkey and that at different
the Persians have usurped them.
The said booklets and sketch-maps have been made for the P^P^es of
proving the facts in question, as between the Ottoman and the Persian D e J e S
or at the Court of The Hague, and also for the purpose of fixing the said front
precisely.
1. As there are no maps available, the requisite investigations should be
made, especially on the Persian side, and the geographical position or situation
of the places named in the booklets should be ascertained and entered in the
maps as correctly as possible. They should be written very clearly and legi y •
and any information which may be obtained should be written in the column ot
remarks.
2. The direction of important mountain chains and their spurs and of rivers
and their valleys in the said places, especially between Liwas and Nahiyahs,
should also be shown by best approximation. This might help the work of deli
mitation. It should be done as soon as possible.
3. If any old records and Farmans or Boyourouldis can be obtained in regard
to the names in the booklets, numbers should be put in the columns of remarks
and the same numbers should be put on copies of them, and the copies should be
annexed to the booklets.
4. If any old Farmans, etc., are found in the hands of private individuals,
these should be copied and the originals returned to the holders ; but it should
be noted on the margin of each Farman in whose possession it is. Special care
should be taken in copying them correctly and in writing their dates.
5. If the new information obtained discloses names of villages, etc., which do
not exist in the booklets, these names should be written in the empty spaces in
the pamphlet and the information regarding them should be entered in the column
of remarks.
6. If no information can be obtained in regard to some of the names men
tioned in the pamphlet, it should be noted in the column of observations,
opposite to each name, that no information could be obtained relating to that
item. Special care should be taken in distinguishing the frontiers of the two
Powers and in ascertaining the boundaries of Liwas and Nahiyehs.