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File 1356/1912 Pt 1 'Turco-Persian Frontier:- negotiations at Constantinople.' [263v] (536/885)
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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of the mission entrusted to him by his Govern
ment,” and that the British and Bussian
Representatives should embody them in an
“Explanatory Note.”
One of these assurances was to the effect that,
beyond the places specifically named in the
treaty, Turkey did not cede in the Mohammerah
district any lands or ports.
Another of the assurances was to the effect
that Persia could not in any case put forward a
valid claim to lands situated on the right bank of
the Shatt-el-Arab, nor to lands belonging to
Turkey on the left bank of the Shatt-el-Arab,
even if those lands w r ere occupied in w T hole or in
part by Persian tribes.
The upshot of all this seems to be that the
treaty allotted to Persia such lands on the left
bank of the Shatt-el-Arab as were in possession
of Persian tribes : the “ Explanatory Note,” or
assurances, provided explicitly that the mere fact
of occupation by Persian tribes did not, per ac
propter se, and in the absence of some territorial
right of ownership, confer upon Persia a valid
•claim.
There were certain lands, above Mohammerah
and on the left side of the Shatt-el-Arab, which
were cultivated and dwelt upon by Persian tribes;
but Turkey maintained that rent for such lands
was paid to the Government of Bussorah ; and
that they were accordingly Turkish territory.
The British Representative at Constantinople,
in commenting on the assurances subsequently
embodied in the “ Explanatory Note,” asserted,
in a despatch to Lord Palmerston, that they
were nothing more than a repetition of what was
already in the treaty. “We have” he wrote,
“ not specified which is Turkish territory: w r e
have merely declared that what is Turkish
territory is to remain so; but it will be the
business of the Commission to be appointed
hereafter to settle the exact spot where Turkish
property ends and Persian begins.”
(It may be thought that Lord Cowley w r as
rash in stating that the “ Explanatory Note ” was
a mere repetition of what was in the treaty:
indeed Sir S. Canning, who had been absent at
the time it was drawn up, was compelled to
admit that the terms of it, taken literally, did
imply a limitation of the treaty which it was
equally difficult to reject on clear grounds of
right, or to admit with any degree of satisfaction ;
Mr. Wellesley
(afterwards Lord
Cowley), No. 115,
April 2, 1847.
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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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