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File 1356/1912 Pt 1 'Turco-Persian Frontier:- negotiations at Constantinople.' [244r] (497/885)
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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Consul McDouall
(Mohammerah),
No. 65,
June 12, 1909.
Sir C. Ford
(Constantinople),
No. 526 a,
November 14,
1893.
To Sir G. Barclay,
No. 146,
October 27, 1909.
Consul-General
Cox (Bushire),
No. 2, Political,
May 8, 1910.
3
attitude on the part of His Majesty’s Govern
ment would be conducive to the perpetuation,
much to be desired, of the local status quo, the
maintenance of which, moreover, had been agreed
upon—though merely as a temporary expedient
pending a final settlement—in a protocal signed
by Turkey and Persia in 1869.
Lieutenant Wilson’s views were generally
approved by His Majesty’s Minister at Tehran.
His Majesty’s Government, however, did not
feel that it would be prudent to adopt the full
suggestions of that officer; in arriving at this
conclusion they had regard to the complicated
nature of the negotiations which preceded and
followed the ratification of the Treaty of
Erzeroum in 1848, and they were not unin
fluenced by the knowledge that, as recently as
1893, Turkey, relying upon the wording of that
treaty, had attempted to revive claims to the
ownership of the district, as distinct from the
town, of Mohammerah. The reply to His
Majesty’s Minister at Tehran was accordingly as
follows :—
While His Majesty’s Government have no desire to
disturb the frontier status quo as locally observed, and
which, they are well aware, has never precisely
coincided with the line as drawn in 1850 by the
mediating commissioners, and indeed as subsequently
accepted by the Persian Government, they would
hesitate to approve Lieutenant Wilson’s contention
that the line as defined in 1850 was cancelled by any
subsequent declaration of Great Britain and Russia.
That line was, after an exhaustive examination of the
conflicting claims of Persia and Turkey, defined by the
mediating commissioners as an equitable compromise,
and such evidence as there is goes to show that it was
upheld by the later commission which met at Constan
tinople in 1875. His Majesty’s Government could not,
therefore, formally support the Sheikh of Mohammerah,
in claiming that his frontier extends beyond that line,
except after consultation with the Russian Government
. . . . , and as the result of an agreement with the
Turkish Government, who are in possession of a copy
of the map of 1850.
The British Besident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, on
learning the terms of this reply, supported a
representation from Lieutenant "Wilson, urging
His Majesty’s Government to go further and to
disregard the line of the mediating commis
sioners of 1850 and adhere to the boundary as
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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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