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'Report and Proceedings of the Standing Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence on the Persian Gulf' [‎24v] (53/94)

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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When the fortifications of Fao were commenced the Ottoman engineers wished
also to construct at Kosseibe, in order to defend both banks of the Shatt-el-Arab, but
they were surprised to learn that the territory situated on the left bank^ belonged to
Persia. The fortifications of Fao, which gave place in 1890 to a political incident,
promptly and happily settled, are to-day nearly finisned. In connection with the
same incident the question relative to the territory from Nahr Youset to Kosseibe has
been settled by a commission ad hoc, which has definitely attributed this territory to
Persia.
Enclosure 6.
Lieutenant Wilson to Major Cox.
gi r Mohammerah, June 12, 1909.
WITH reference to my letter of the 29th May, 1909, I have the honour to^ state
that the Survey of' India have since informed me that the boundaries on all maps issued
by them are inserted by the Foreign Department, and that the Survey of India have no
responsibility in the matter.
2 . 1 enclose one copy of a tracing,* sent to me by the Survey of India, of a map
bearing on the Turco-Persian boundary claims. I was unfortunately vouchsafed no
information as to the authorship'j' of source of the original; its value lies in the fact that
it corroborates the opinion previously expressed, that the Mediating Commissioners line
ran direct from Failiyah to Hawizeh.
I have, &c.
A. T. WILSON.
Enclosure 7.
Memorandum by Major Cox.
IT will be noticed that His Majesty’s Consul at Mohammerah in his despatch
dated the 12 th June last, and addressed to the Political Pesident, Bushire, states that,
to his persona] knowledge, the boundary shown on Lieutenant Wilson’s map at Daiaji
has been for some years acknowledged as correct by the two local Governments, while
in his letter to Idesident dated the 29th December, 1904, of which the purport was
forwarded with Besidency letter dated the 29th January, 1905, to the Government of
India, he stated that the Khayen Creek was the boundary acknowledged by local
authorities on both sides. The apparent discrepancy between these two statements is
to be explained thus :—
If the boundary-line is taken from the embouchure of the Karun River, it follows
the centre of the deep-water channel of the Shatt-el-Arab, passing between the Islands
Umam-ul-Rassis, Umm-al-Khassasif, and the Persian mainland until it reaches a point
opposite the mouth of the Khayin Creek ; it then leaves the Shatt-el-Arab, and for
about 5 miles follows a small creek running parallel to the left bank of that river
between the Persian mainland and Agawat and Barin Islands until the village of Daiaji
is reached- From that point the boundary-line turns almost due north, passing between
Daiaji and Saiyid Gharib (vide map marked “ B ”).
His Majesty’s Consul, in his letter dated the 29th December, 1904, was writing on
the subject of Turkish and Persian jurisdiction on the Shatt-el-Arab, and therefore
quoted the Kayin Creek as the boundary, since west of that creek the frontier-line
leaves the Shatt-el-Arab. In his despatch dated the 12 th June, 1909, however, the
question was not as to the point at which the frontier-line left the Shatt-el-Arab,
but as to the western land frontier of Persia, and he agrees with Lieutenant Wilson
that the southern and western frontier-lines should meet at, or in close proximity to,
Daiaji.
P. Z. COX, Major,
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. .
July 4, 1909.
* Not printed.
f The authors of this map were the Mediating Commissioners who defined the frontier as shown in
1850.—A. P.

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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'

Extent and format
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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