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'Report and Proceedings of the Standing Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence on the Persian Gulf' [‎27v] (59/94)

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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which was now appointed, to the mere acquisition of topographical and statistical
information. _ „
In order to appreciate the extent to which the “Explanatory rsote anected the
terms of the Treaty, and the conflict of pretensions which ensued, it is necessary to
contrast the provisions of either instrument, in so far as they relate to frontier
claims : —
“ Treaty of 1848 (Extract).
“ Article XL
“ The Persian Government engages to abandon to the Ottoman Government all the level
lands, that is to say the lands of the western part of the Province ot Zohab ; and the Ottoman
Government engages on its side to abandon to the Persian Government the eastern portion, that
is to say, the mountainous districts of the Province of Zohab, with the Valley of Kerrind.
“ The Persian Government gives up all pretension to the city and the Province of bulie-
manieh, and engages formally to exercise no interference in, or in any way to encroach on, the
right of sovereignty of the Ottoman Government over the said province.
“The Ottoman Government engages formally that the Persian Government shall have full
jurisdiction over the town and the roadstead of Mohammerah, the Island of Khizr, the anchorage,
and also over the districts on the eastern bank, that is to say, on the left blank of the Schatt-ul-
Arab, which are in the possession of tribes recognised as owing^ allegiance to Persia, or in the
the possession of the Persian Government in full sovereignty. Besides this, Persian vessels shall
have full liberty to navigate the Schatt-ul-Arab from the spot where the river throws itself into
the sea to the point of contact of their respective frontiers.
“ Article III.
“The two Contracting Parties, having by the present Treaty abandoned their other
territorial claims, engage respectively to nominate immediately Commissioners and Engineers,
in order that they may determine the frontier of the two States, in conformity with the preceding
Article.
“ Article VIII (Extract).
“The two High Powers will, once for all, leave the tribes about whom, owing to the fact of
their Suzerain being unknown, there is a dispute at liberty to choose and elect the places where
they shall henceforward always reside ; and it is agreed that those tribes whose dependence is
known shall be obliged to return to the territory of the State to which they belong.
“Article IX.
“ All the points and Articles of former Treaties, and particularly those of the Treaty
concluded at Erzeroum in 1238 (1823 A.D.), which are not specially altered or annulled by the
present Treaty, are confirmed in all their force, and in every stipulation, the same as if they had
been inserted word for word in this document. It is agreed between the two High Powers that,
after this Treaty shall have been exchanged, they will accept and sign it, and that its ratifications
shall be exchanged within two months or less time.
Lord Cowley,
No. 41,
February 2, 1848.
^ Explanatory Note (Extract).
“ Les points sur lesquels la Sublime Porte
reclame des explications sont les suivants :—
“ 1. La Sublime Porte suppose qu’en aban-
donnant d’apres Tune des clauses du II e Article
du Traite la ville, le port, et I’ancrage de
IMohamara, ainsi que ITle de Khyzr, a la Perse,
cette disposition ne pent comprendre ni les
terres de la Sublime Porte qui sont situees hors
de la ville susdite, ni les autres ports de la
Sublime Porte situes dans ces endroits-la.
“Les Representants declarent en reponse : —
“ Ad l mu,u - Que le mouillage de Mohamara
est 1’endroit situe vis-a-vis de la ville de ce
nom en dedans du Canal de Haffar, et que
cette definition n’est susceptible d’aucune
autre interpretation. Ils adherent, en outre,
a I’opinion du Ministre Ottoman qu’en aban-
donnant a la Perse dans les localites dont il
est ici question la ville, le port, et I’aucrage
de Mohamara, aussi bien que I He de Khyzr,
la Sublime Porte ne cede dans ces memes
endroits nulles autres terres, pas plus que
d’autres ports qui pourraient y exister.

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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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English and French in Latin script
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