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File 1356/1912 Pt 1 'Turco-Persian Frontier:- negotiations at Constantinople.' [‎209r] (427/885)

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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13
i
No. 5.
1 reinstation of the Treaty concluded between Nadir Shah and Sultan Mahmoud Khan
in the year of the Hegira 1159 (a.d. 1746).
IN the great meeting of the plain of Moghan, the people of Persia having agreed
to the sovereignty of the successful Prince, whose Court is splendid as the heavens, of
the exalted and distinguished race of Turcomania, the thunderbolt destroying by the
assistance of God the existence of all rebellions, the bestower of the lloyal Crowns of
the Sovereigns of the Kingdoms of India and Turan, the King of the country of Iran,
wise as Dara, the exalted and glorious Emperor, the shadow of God, the King of the
Kings of the world, His Majesty the King Nadir, may his sovereignty and greatness
be everlasting.
But, as from the first rise of Shah Ismail Suffaveeah, reproach and execration
were divulged in Persia with reference to the religion of Haneefeh, one of the orthodox
creed, who was the chosen of the dear predecessors of that Boyal person (Nadir Shah),
and were the cause of producing and giving rise to strife and enmity between Turkey
and Persia, and of causing to him horror of the sovereignty. After that great
supplications had been made by that tribe (the Persians), they (Nadir) commanded
that whenever that tribe should by sincere profession abandon its faith and foolish
speeches, and acknowledge the justice of the rule of the Caliphs, the instructors in
religion, to all of whom be the paradise of God, they would obtain their wish. They
(the people of Persia) also consented to the Boyal order, and from the present time
retract what had previously passed.
As His Majesty, exalted as the heavens, whose face is splendid as the sun, the
most exalted of the Sovereigns of the earth, the most distinguished of the Emperors of
the globe, the Sovereign possessing the world, the Prince exalted as Feridoon, the
Emperor of the two seas, and the ruler of the two continents, second to Alexander the
Great, the Caliph the shadow of God, the Sovereign the refuge of Islam, the Hanifeh
of the people of the faith, the light which illuminates the world of the Turcoman race,
the victorious Sultan Mahmoud Khan (may God ever protect his Caliphate and State)
and the Imperial Prince Nadir Shah have had their extraction from the race of
Turcomania; in order that friendship might be increased between the two Princes,
and to put an end to the evils of enmity and reproach between the two parties, five
demands were made, namely, the acknowledgment of the truth of the religious sect
of the lahree, and the particular appropriation of one of the pillars in the house of
God to the pilgrims of Persia, and the fixing of a chief for the pilgrims from the State
of Nadir by the way of Egypt and Syria, and the release of the captives of both sides,
and the residence of an agent in the capitals of both Governments.
After the repeated arrival and departure of Ambassadors and agents from Turkey,
the refuge of the faith, the three last articles were agreed to, but in regard to the
division of religion into five (sects) and the appropriation of the pillar, they (Turkish
Government) excused themselves by committing (these articles) for decision to the
court of law, and by evasive excuses broke the agreement, being desirous of putting
an end to these claims. Although His Majesty the Shahinshah was the originator of
these demands, he had no other desire than to put an end to enmity and to abolish
strife, and to secure friendship among the people of Islam, yet, by the decree of God,
the completion of the desire did not have effect. At the time that the door of peace
seeking was knocked at he had no other view than being free from machination, and
from pure friendship, and solely in order to please the Boyal mind of the King, the
shadow of God, the occupier of the place of Alexander (the Sultan), and the preserva
tion of the renown of Islam, he employed himself in knocking at the door of
friendship and abandoned the demand of what had been established and took the road
of peace. The happy news of the granting of peace was sent by a messenger to the
King (the Sultan), whose horse is as the heavens. But as a part of Irak and Azerbaijan,
which in former times was dependent upon the State of Turcomania, passed over to
the Ottoman Government in consequence of the hostilities of Shah Ismail, in the
contents of that message it was made known that if it should not appear a hard
condition to the King (the Sultan), the refuge of the faith, and opposed to the rules
of friendship, he should present by way of present one of those two provinces to be
annexed to the possessions of the kingdom of the Shahinshah, and the choice was left
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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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