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'Report and Proceedings of the Standing Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence on the Persian Gulf' [‎34r] (72/94)

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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Turkish colleague (Dervish Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. ) should pursue a similar course in Bana, Serdesht, Lahidjan
and all portions of the Shall s dominions within the status quo of the actual boundary, until the
mediating Commissioners lay their map and report before their respective Ministers at Con
stantinople and Tehran.”
But in addition to these proofs there should still exist, in the archives of His
Maiesty’s Embassy at Constantinople, the working maps of Sir Arnold Kemball,
indicating in dotted pencil the intermediate line proposed by this officer and Colonel
Zelenoi in 1876, after an exhaustive examination of all the available sources of
information, including the testimony of Dervish Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , who was again the Ottoman
Commissioner. This line would show the fairest boundary, and, in the event of a
further appeal being made for the intervention of the mediating Powers, its adoption
would obviate considerable expenditure and the necessity for much tedious negotiation.
In any case, if it should again become necessary to appoint British and Bussian
Commissioners, it would appear to be highly desirable to establish beforehand such
conditions of negotiation as will render possible a definite settlement of the dispute.
As Sir Arnold Kemball only too truly pointed out in 1875—when his own appointment
was under consideration—if this precaution were omitted, nothing but mischief must
be apprehended, as before, from the revival of conflicting pretensions, followed by
sterile discussions, tending indubitably to create excitement amongst the numerous
tribes inhabiting the frontier regions.
ALWYN PARKED.
Foreign Office, December 8, 1906.
Appendix VII.
FRONTIER OF MOHAMMERAH (MUHAMRAH).
(Foreign Office Correspondence.)
[18938] Lieutenant-Colonel Cox, No. 2, Confidential, May 8, 1906
[ 21652" Foreign Office to Lieutenant-Colonel Cox, June 27, 1910
[31489] Lieutenant-Colonel Cox, No. 5, Confidential August 7, 1910 ..
[31489] Foreign Office to Lieutenant-Colonel Cox, September 15, 1910
[12979] Board of Trade to Foreign Office, April 7, 1911
Enclosure 1.—Draft Articles for an Agreement between the Baghdad Railway
Company and the Company operating the railway connecting
Baghdad and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Enclosure 2. Draft Articles for a Convention between the British and Ottoman
Governments in respect of railways in Asiatic 'turkey
Enclosure 3 .— Memorandum of a meeting at the Foreign Office to draft the
terms of the British reply to the Turkish proposals, March oO,
1911 ..
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[18938] O-)
Lieutenant-Colonel Cox to Sir Edward Grey.— (Received May 28.)
(No- 2 - Confidential.) 8, 1910.
I HAVE the honour to submit, for your information, a copy of a despatch, with
enclosures, which I have addressed to His Majesty’s chargti d’affaires at Tehran on the
subiect of the Turco-Persian boundary on the Shatt-el-Arab.
J I have ventured to forward the papers direct in case, as seems possible, the
question may come into prominence in connection with the current dispute between the
Yah of Bussorah and the Sheikh of Mohammerah which is before Government.
I have, &c.
P. Z. COX, Lieutenant-Colonel,
British Resident in the Rersian Gulf.
[1054]
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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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