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File 1356/1912 Pt 1 'Turco-Persian Frontier:- negotiations at Constantinople.' [228v] (466/885)
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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1
telegraphed on the 25th May, 1877, that he ha
induced the Porte to give orders that the island
should not be interfered with, provided the
Persians engaged not to raise any buildings upon
it until the question of ownership was decided
Lord Derby (then Minister for Foreign Affairs)
thereupon instructed Mr. Thomson, Her Majesty’s
Minister at Tehran, to inform the Persian Govern
ment that this appeared to Her Majesty’s
Government to be a fair and reasonable settle
ment, which Persia would do well to accept until
the question was formally decided. r Ihe proposed
arrangement was accepted by the Persian Govern
ment, who informed Her Majesty’s Minister at
Tehran that the Porte had agreed “that the
island of Shallah shall remain in the possession
of Persia as formerly, only that she is neither ^ to
cultivate it nor erect any fortifications upon it.
Her Majesty’s Ambassador at Constantinople
pointed out, however, that the Turkish Govern
ment did not consent to the island remaining
in the possession of Persia, but that the pioposal
made by him, and accepted by the Poi te, v as
that the claims of Turkey and Persia to the
island should be held in suspense until they
could be decided by the Boundary Commission,
or in some other satisfactory way, and that m
the meantime neither Turkish nor Persian
authorities should take possession of the island
and build upon it.
In July 1877 the British consul-general at
Bagdad reported that Nassir
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
,* Governor
of Bussorah, had withdrawn his
fellahs
Arabic for ‘peasant’. It was used by British officials to refer to agricultural workers or to members of a social class employed primarily in agricultural labour.
or
cultivators and evacuated the island.
In June of the following year the Persian
Governor of Arabistan telegraphed to Tehran for
authority to occupy the island, but was instructed
not to do so.
The Persians were apparently cultivating the
island when, in 1884, the Turkish claim was
revived, and a demand for its evacuation was
made to the Governor of Bussorah. Repre
sentations on the subject of this demand were
made to the Porte, and the Ottoman Minister
for Foreign Affairs informed Her Majesty’s
Ambassador at Constantinople that, according to
his information, the island had been purchased
Mr. Layard,
So. US,
Telegraphic.
May 25, 1877.
To Mr. Thomson,
No. 38.
May 28, 1877.
Mr. Thomson,
No. 83, June 8,
1877 ; No. 92,
June 13, 1877.
Mr. Layard,
No. 753,
July 11, 1877.
Consul-General
Nixon, No.
P.D., July 19,
1877.
Mr. Thomson,
No. 55,
June 5, 1878.
Mr. Thomson,
No. 15,
January 25, 1884.
Lord Dufferin,
No. 3<»,
January 26, 1884.
* Nassir
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
was hereditary chief of the Muntefik
tribe. He was private proprietor of the right bank of the
river opposite Shallah.
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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.
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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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