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File 1356/1912 Pt 1 'Turco-Persian Frontier:- negotiations at Constantinople.' [198r] (405/885)
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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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government,]
^ PERSIA.
1
[April 15.]
CONFIDENTIAL.
Section 9.
[15749]
No. 1.
Consul Stevens to Sir Edward Grey.—(Received April 15.)
(No. 8 .)
Sir,
Batoum, March 31, 1912.
WHILST reporting the passage through Batoum, in two batches, on the 28th
instant and again this' morning of the recently appointed Turkish commissioner and
his staff to enquire into existing conditions on the Turco-Persian frontier, who left here
by rail for Tiflis and are thence to travel to Urmia, I have the honour to inform you
that the Russian Government do not apparently intend to mitigate the military
measures which have been in course of progress in the Caucasus for the past six or
seven weeks. , _ . , rp n
The immediate cause of the recent strained relations between Russia and 1 mkey
would seem to have been removed by the appointment of the commission, and the
threatened mobilisation of the army of the Caucasus has apparently been temporalily
countermanded ; but I am informed the Viceroy is determined, should present
negotiations fail to bring matters to a satisfactory solution, to be prepared to support
any demands the Russian Government may have to make in connection with luikish
encroachments on territory in the district of Urmia by sending a strong armed force
into Asia Minor. . £ „
In order, at a given moment, to more substantially sustain thn claims of Kussia
on the point at issue, an infantry division is being brought by rail from the Kazan
military district to the Caucasus. My informant tells me these troops aie being
conveyed towards the Persian frontier. The idea would seem to be to relieve axl units
belonging to the army of the Caucasus now in Persia by the freshly imported units
from Russia, so as to have the military forces marked out for service m Turkey intact
and ready to send into Asia Minor at short notice in case of emergency. _
Military stores, principally small-arm ammunition, continue to be dispatched fiom
here to Sarikamish. ^ _ . . rp . .
It is reported several bundles containing revolvers and proclamations, m lurkisli,
callino - upon the Mussulman population of the province of Batoum to rise against
Russia in the event of war with Turkey, have been discovered concealed on the coast
at Sarpi and Makrial, and are supposed to have been smuggled into the district at
night by Turkish felucas.
P. STEVENS.
[2440 p—9]
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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.
- Extent and format
- 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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:22v, 24ar, 25r:73v, 75r:103v, 105r:122v, 124r:145v, 147r:184v, 187r:190v, 196v:203v, 214r:233r, 242r:242v, 244r:244v, 246r:251v, 253r:257r, 258r:261r, 262r:264v, 266r:270v, 272r:273v, 276r:279r, 282r:313v, 315r:324v, 326r:348v, 350r:370v, 372r:436v, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
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