File 2764/1904 Pt 5 'Baghdad Railway: Anglo-Turkish negotiations; concessions proposed in respect of Kowait; negotations with Hakki Pasha in London; Anglo-Turkish agreement.' [‎180r] (372/536)

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No. M. 19.
Sir, At Sea,
» / M ha ;; ‘ he h0n0Urt0 a copy of the marginal
No. M. 18, dated 6th May 1912. wlucli 1 have addressed to the Govern-
Persian boundary in the neighbourho^of Hawi^eh . 3 regai ' dillg the Turc °-
separate cover. ^ forniS ‘ U1 acoom Paniment thereto is being sent under
I have, &c.,
The Political Secretary Pobtie.l L Z 'i C A Ll ' eUt A olone1 '
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. . ' 1 obtical Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
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From the 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. to the Secretary to the
Government of India in the Foreign Department, Siiha h
Sir,
No. M. 18.
At Sea,
In continuation of my telegram No. M 9 dated fith Me^Fh.! 912 ;!
honour to advise despatch by this mail to your address and to ft I H
ffice of copies of a plane table sketch showing the Turco Persian fro ,i ' 13
west of Hawizeh, as locally observed and occupifd at present “ ^
fo each copy I have attached a memorandum, of which I also enclose a
duplicate herewith, explaining the status of the sketch and the date 0 n
which it has been compiled and executed.
I now beg to offer the following further observations.
?. Position of Hawizeh. It will be seen from the remarks recorded in
my memorandum above mentioned that some doubt is aroused as to the
accuracy of the position of Hawizeh as indicated in the map of the
SoutLnptoffiin 1873 ary C ° mmlSSIOn P ubIished ^ Ordnance Survey,
This doubt is emphasised by the fact that the position also of Kut Nahr
Hashim which was determined by surveys in 1910 with reference to Nasiri
(Ahwaz), was found by Lieutenant Wilson to be considerably north of the
position shown on the Commissioners’ map.
For this reason, in the event of any formal demarcation of the boundarv
on the Hawizeh side being contemplated, it would appear to be hmhlv
esirable to get that important point accurately fixed astronomically and bv
triangulation, with reference to some fixed point, and this is now rendered
the more feasible by the fact that the position of Nasiri (Ahwaz) has
recently been determined by Mr. G. B. Scott (Survey of India retired)
whose results have, J understand, been examined and accepted as correct bv
the Surveyor-General to the Government of India. J
In my telegram above quoted I have ventured to invite Government to
consider whethei or not such a survey can advisedly be put in hand.
o. I now pass on to the details of the sketch submitted. As one pro
ceeds from Nasiri to Hawizeh extensive wheat and barley cultivation by
hamlet communities, dependent on Hawizeh, commences some 15 miles east
of that place and extends intermittently up to it.
Similar cultivation extends, again intermittently, from Hawizeh to
Shu’aib ; in fact, the whole country comprised approximately in a triangle
formed by lines joining Hawizeh, Shu’aib and Kishk-i-Basri is regularly
occupied and cultivated, in patches more or less frequent and extensive in
proportion to the rainfall, by the Arab tribes of Bani Salih and Bani Sakain,
dependent on Hawizeh and Shn’aib.
S. 158.—2. A