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File 1356/1912 Pt 1 'Turco-Persian Frontier:- negotiations at Constantinople.' [‎253v] (516/885)

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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Early in 1844, the proceedings of the Con
ference were abruptly suspended by the rupture
of negotiations by the Ottoman Plenipotentiary.
It is unnecessary to relate the causes of this
dissension; but, in the deadlock which now
ensued, Sir Stratford Canning addressed the Earl
of Aberdeen in the following terms :—
Confirmed in the persuasion, which I have long Sir Stratford
entertained, that the Conferences at Erzerourn will not 1844. *
terminate in peace without the expression of a decisive
opinion on the part of the mediating Powers, I have
prepared, and have now the honour to submit to your
Lordship, a statement embracing all the points of the
negotiation, and suggesting what I conceive to be the
most practicable mode of settlement.
Sir Stratford Canning’s statement had reference
to the whole frontier, and to other subjects of
dispute, and the suggested settlement was a plan
of compromise, based on concessions in one
direction balanced against corresponding con
cessions in another.
His Excellency pointed out that as the territorial
claims were advanced almost exclusively by
Turkey, while those to indemnity proceeded from
Persia, the most obvious expedient would be to
seek in the one class of claims the means of
forming a set-off against the other. He accord
ingly suggested that the pecuniary claims of the
Persian Government should be entirely relin
quished, and that, in return, Persia should be
allotted the town of Mohammerah ; and, in that
region, a frontier as proposed by Major Rawlinson
(see yellow line on map opposite page 16). By
this arrangement, it was pointed out, the uninter
rupted navigation of the Biver Karun (through
the Bamishere Channel which was then open)
Avould be given to Persia, and that of the Shatt-
ol-Arab to Turkey, whose only sacrifice would be
a doubtful claim to the town of Mohammerah.
If, however, it was added, this plan should
fail, owing to the growing obstruction of the
Bamishere Channel from natural causes, then
both parties might be provided for by the only
remaining expedient of placing the town and
delta of Mohammerah under the administration
of a Chaab sheikh, securing a common right of
access to the town by both parties, and exemp
tion from all duties, but such as should be
separately levied by the authorities of Turkey
and Persia, on goods and shipping destined
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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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