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'Report and Proceedings of the Standing Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence on the Persian Gulf' [‎24r] (52/94)

The record is made up of 1 volume (43 folios). It was created in Nov 1911. 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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Enclosure 4.
Consul McDouall to Major Cox.
Lieutenant Wilsons letter on the subject of the Perso-Turkish border near Moham-
merah, I have the honour to inform you that I entirely agree with the statements made
by him. The boundary he shows near Daiaji is that which for some years has to my
knowledge been acknowledged as the border by the two local Governments. I enclose
a translation from the French of Cufnet’s “ Turquie d’Asie,” which confirms this, in so
far that the Persian border is on the limits of the Daiaji district. As a fact, there are
one or two districts between Daiaji and the creek Nahr Yousif. The names also below
that are mcomplete, and not arranged in proper order. Mirza Hamza tells me that
about thirty years ago a dispute occurred as to the ownership of the limestone, which is
found from Daiaji to Mendowan, and is used to make “ gach,” and that the present
border was then fixed by representatives of the Bussorah and Mohammerah authorities,
giving the limestone to Mohammerah.
In 1892 and 1893 the Turks claimed the right to collect duty on goods from, or
for, Mohammerah, saying that they did not recognise Mohammerah as foreign territory,
or that only the town and not the district of Mohammerah were acknowledged as
Persian by the Treaty of Erzeroum. This appears not to have been pressed, and
gradually dropped, for the claim has not been made since 1894.
In 1899 the Bussorah authorities were making an embankment on the Daiaji
border, and were extending it across the border. On a personal protest by the Sheikh
of Mohammerah’s deputy they withdrew, and since then there have been no disputes
as to this border. The Islands of Aghawat and Barin were formerly said to be under
dispute ; but the Turkish flag has occasionally in recent years been down there without
dispute, 'the sheikh or his family own land in Daiaji, and his father, before he became
independent of the Chaab Sheikh, used to reside there at times.
In short, to my knowledge, during the last ten years, there has been no attempt to
dispute the border as shown by Lieutenant Wilson at Daiaji, and both local Govern
ments exercise full authority on their respective sides of that border.
Mezra.
El Dehedji (i.e., Daiaji) (at the limits of this Moukata commence the Persian
possessions as follows):—
Nahr Yousef.
Abou Djedie.
El Tahsin.
El Filieh.
El Dourband.
Hezan.
Kout Cheikh Djaher.
El Djarf. '
El Berem.
El Harthe.
Meyouhi (i.e., Manjuhi).
Kosseibe (i.e., Gusba), situated opposite Fao, residence of the mudir of
the Nahie of the same name.
I have, &c.
w. McDouall.
Enclosure 5.
Extract from the French of Cufnet’s “ Turquie d’Asie,” Bussorah, p. 232, “ Vilayet of
Bussorah.”
are on both banks of the river from Korna on the right bank and from Mezra on the
(Translation.)
THE Moukata, in which are specially and almost exclusively cultivated the date,
left, as follows :—
Side of Kerdellan (left bank Shatt-el-Arab)—•

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The report was printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, November 1911, and approved on 14 December 1911. It concerns the situation in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. regarding the extent to which Turkish claims aligned with British interests, and engagements already made with the Sheikh of Koweit [Kuwait] and other chiefs.

It includes the following:

  • Report - The Standing Sub-Committee advise on the terminus of the Baghdad Railway, control of the navigation of the Shat-Al-Arab [Shatt al Arab], and the limits of Turkish sovereignty in the Shat-Al-Arab and on the shores of the Gulf.
  • Proceedings - minutes of the First Meeting, 24 May 1911; and minutes of the Second Meeting, 15 June 1911.

The following appendices are also contained in the report:

I. Memorandum on Turkish aggression in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , by the Foreign Office.

II. Memorandum on local action in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , by the General Staff, War Office.

III. Letter on the Shat-Al-Arab and Koweit, from the Naval Commander-in-chief, East Indies, to the Government of India.

IV. Report of the Inter-Departmental Conference on the Baghdad Railway terminus, by the Foreign Office, 1907.

V. Foreign Office correspondence on the frontier of Muhamrah (Mohammerah)[Khorramshahr].

VI. Memorandum on the Turco-Persian boundary question 1833-1906, by the Foreign Office.

VII. Foreign Office correspondence on the frontier of Mohammerah, 1906-1911.

Some treaty extracts and agreements are in French.

Also contains three maps:

f 25: 'MAP OF MOHAMMERAH AND DISTRICT PREPARED IN 1850'

f 43: 'Sketch of APPROACHES TO KUWEIT HARBOUR AND SHATT AL ARAB'

f 44: ' PERSIAN GULF The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. AND ADJACENT COUNTRIES'

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1 volume (43 folios)
Arrangement

The file consists of a single report and three accompanying maps. A contents page at the front of the volume (ff 3-4) references the volume’s original printed pagination.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 45; 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. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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English and French in Latin script
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