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'Report and Proceedings of the Standing Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence on the Persian Gulf' [32r] (68/94)
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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On the 18th November, 1893, Her Majesty’s Ambassador reported that he
considered the question of Mohammerah as settled, the Minister for Foreign Affairs
having informed him that the Turkish Government laid no claim whatever to that
place.
In November 1893 the Turkish Government informed the Persian Ambassador at
Constantinople that “ they had written to the Customs Agent at Bussorah that
Mohammerah was a Persian possession, and that imports to it were not to be taxed.”
In May IS04 there was an affray between Turks and Persians at Simbar, near
Mendali. The matter attracted some attention on account of the proximity of the
d’Arcy Petroleum Wells.
2. The Present Dispute.
(See Appendices D and E.)
In October 1905 the Persian Government informed His Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires
that Ottoman troops had entered the districts of Vazne and Lahidjan. In making this
communication, they appealed for the support of His Majesty’s Ambassador at
Constantinople in the representations which the Persian Ambassador had been
instructed to make to the Porte.
Sir N. O’Conor was authorised to use his good offices if he thought such a course
desirable.
On the 18th December, 1905, his Excellency reported that the Ottoman Govern
ment, while refusing to withdraw their troops from the territory in dispute, agreed to the
appointment of a Mixed Commission to investigate the claims of the two Governments,
though they contended that Vazne, Lahidjan, and Passova (which had also been
occupied by a Turkish force) indubitably formed part of the Ottoman Dominions. The
Ottoman forces on the frontier had, meanwhile, been considerably strengthened^ and a
conflict might easily follow if the existing situation were prolonged. In these circum
stances, Sir N. O’Conor had co-operated with his Russian colleague in urging the Persian
Ambassador to accept the proposal of the Porte.
The Persian Government were at first only willing to agree to the arrangement
provided the disputed territory was previously evacuated by the Turkish troops; but
His Majesty’s Government recommended that they should accept it without this
stipulation.
Much discussion of a desultory nature took place between the Porte and the
Persian Ambassador, who embodied in two notes the Persian arguments. These
remained for some time unanswered, but on the 30th Apul the Poite replied urging
the appointment of a Persian Commissioner to meet the Ottoman Commissioner on the
fir* O l"! Ij 10 r
The Persian Government finally agreed to this proposal, and appointed a
Commissioner, but expressed the hope that Passova would first be evacuated, as this
place was considerably to the west of the frontier zone, as shown on the Identic
Sir N. O’Conor and the Russian Ambassador repeatedly made representations to
the Ottoman Government and counselled moderation ; but in May, His Majesty’s
Consul-General at Tabreez reported that the Turks had taken complete possession of
the districts of Dasht and Mergawer (which lies midway between Urumia and Ushm) ;
that Turkish soldiers, fully armed, had visited the town of Urumia, and warned the
Governor to cease levying taxes along the frontier ; and that the Turkish troops in the
neighbourhood of Urumia had been reinforced.
Sir F. C. Ford,
No. 96,
Telegraphic,
November 18,
1893.
Sir F. Lascelles,
No. 190,
December 3, 1893.
Sir A. Hardinge,
No. 102,
June 7, 1904.
Sir N. O’Oonor,
No. 411,
May 30, 1904.
Sir C. Hardinge,
No. 333,
July 4, 1904.
Vazn6,
Lahidjan, and
Mergawer.
Mr. Grant-Duff,
No. 217,
October 10, 1905.
To Sir N. O’Conor,
Telegraphic,
October 9, 1905.
Sir N. O’Conor,
No. 214,
Telegraphic,
December 18,
1905.
No. 924,
December 18,
1905.
Q
Mr. Grant-Duff,
No. 181,
Telegraphic,
December 26,
1905.
To Mr. Grant-Duff,
No. 97,
Telegraphic,
December 26,
1905.
Sir N. O'Conor,
No. 188,
March 20, 1906.
Sir N. O’Conor,
No. 294,
may 1, 1906.
No. 324,
May 9, 1906.
Sir N. O’Conor,
No. 353, Secret.
May 20, 1906.
No. 65,
Telegraphic,
April 23, 1906.
No. 70,
Telegraphic,
April 28, 1906.
Mr. Grant-Duff,
No. 134,
May 21, 1906.
Mr. Grant-Duff,
No. 132,
Telegraphic,
May 10, 1906.
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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)
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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.
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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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