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Coll 28/95 ‘Persia. Relations with H.M.G. Private claims against H.M.G.: case of the S.S. “Kara Deniz”.’ [212r] (423/691)
The record is made up of 1 file (343 folios). It was created in 29 Oct 1927-10 Feb 1938. 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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ia 59—2
10
15
“ A.”
In the name of H. I. M. the Shah of Persia.
!, the Consul General for Persia at Constantinople, declare that the
requisite documents to prove that the steamer ex “ Karadeniz,” 3,161 tons
August 1330 g nq 1890 ’ Ca P tain Tahir Bey, has been bought on the 2 nd
g st 1330 (1914) according to the documents delivered by the office of the.
Ottoman Maritime Trade at Constantinople, by Mr. Socrates Atychides, owner,
property 8U ^ eC ^’ residm g Constantinople, and the steamer is now a Persian
. That this steamer can henceforth sail under Persian Flag and will be
registered at Bunder Abbas according to the law.
,, Consequently, all the Sovereign States, friends and Allies and also all the
Maritime authorities, Civil or Military, and all the Persian Public Officials are
warned and required to allow the steamer to sail freely and surely without
require^ ^ aDy afford to her every facility, help she may
Given at Constantinople, the 2nd/15th August 1914.
(Signed) A LI AKBAR KHAN,
The Persian Consul General.
20
“B ”
British Embassy,
31st October 1914.
Consul General (of Persia).
Sir,
25 ^ ^ eference t0 your request made through your Dragaman relative to
me deed of sale of S.S. “ Hamadan,” lam instructed by the Ambassador of
His Britannic Majesty to inform you that the said deed had been transmitted
to this Embassy by His Majesty’s Consul General with the object that a
telegraphic correspondence on the subject of the boat in question should be
30 commenced with my Government.
As the deed in question is actually amongst the archives of this Embassy
which for reasons unforeseen have been packed up, it is impossible to place it at
your disposal till such time as the archives in question are again unpacked.
Whilst His Excellency the Ambassador regrets on being unable to restore
•35 to you for the above reason the deed in question, I have the honour to address
you the present letter, in order to testify of its existence, and to certify that
same deals with the transfer of S.S. “ Hamadan ” to the name of S. Atychides,
Esq., Persian subject, in August 1914, transfer which in accordance with
contents of this deed had been duly carried out at the time before the Consul
40 General of Persia in this city.
Endorsement in Persian.
I have the honour to remain,
(Signed)
Secretary to H. E. Britannic Embassy.
“ It should be recorded, Ali Akbar. Since this has reference to the
Company, the original letter should be given to the Persian Company.
ALI AKBAR.”
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Correspondence, reports and other papers relating to the case of the SS Kara Deniz , a Turkish-owned steamship that was claimed as prize by the British Government at the moment of the Ottoman Empire’s entry into the First World War, while the vessel was moored at Bombay [Mumbai]. The papers focus on a financial claim made against the British Government by the vessel’s Greek owners, Socrates Atychides and Theodore Vahratoglou, based on the argument that the vessel had been sold to Persian owners before it was claimed as prize.
The file includes: correspondence beginning in 1927 and exchanged between the Foreign Office, 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. and Government of India, responding to the Government of Persia’s desire to conclude the claim being pursued by Atychides against the British Government; discussion of whether the Kara Deniz was detained prior to or after the Ottoman Empire’s entry into the War; accounts detailing the seizure of the Kara Deniz , including a 1928 note entitled ‘A brief account of the circumstances attending the alleged detention at Bombay of the S. S. “Kara Deniz” prior to her capture as a prize vessel in 1914’ (ff 323-330), and another note entitled ‘Diary of certain events relating to the detention of the S. S. “Kara Deniz” at Bombay in 1914” (ff 151-152); copies of correspondence (some in French) from Atychides; a printed copy of the court proceedings at the High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Admiralty and Vice-Admiralty Jurisdiction, entitled ‘Case No. 3 of 1914. In Prize. Steamship “Kara Deniz.”’ (ff 189-246); discussion of the claim in relation to other outstanding claims and disputes to be settled between the British and Persian Governments; a report prepared by HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. at Tehran, Reginald Hervey Hoare, dated 1935, entitled ‘British claims against Persia’ (ff 84-109).
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- 1 file (343 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 345; 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.
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- Coll 28/95 ‘Persia. Relations with H.M.G. Private claims against H.M.G.: case of the S.S. “Kara Deniz”.’
- Pages
- 328r:329v, 326r:326v, 212r:212v, 213v, 139r:140v
- Author
- Khan, Mirza Ali Akbar
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