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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”.’ [‎220v] (440/691)

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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ADVOCATE GENERAL—
Turkish Government commandeered all steamers in the beginning of
August (see p. 51). See Government Communique, 3rd November, as to
intention of Turkey.
Turkey preparing for war from the time Goeben and Breslau arrived in the 5
Straits.
Theodore Bachrato. Besides partner in agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. business, had a share in
the 3 of the ships of which documents have been produced.
Kirman, Teheran, Shiraz, Ispahan.
Government Gazette, 20th January 1915, p. 24. 10
Claimant says he is a Persian subject. Lived and carried on business in
Constantinople.
Prize Court will look to the substance of a transaction free of technicalities.
1854 English Prize Cases, Vol. II, 313. A transfer must be bond fide, whatever
the documents may show. 15
Do. Vol. II, 511, also Spinks, 257.
Tommi, p. 7 (15th October 1914).
Claimant cannot be regarded as a Persian subject,’[for the purposes of
Prize Law.
(*Sic.)
Cannot be said this ship entitled to fly the Persian Flag.
To all intents and purposes a Turkish concern.
Turkish partner in the agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. .
6 or 7 ships, a Turk or a German have a share.
In any event Court will more carefully scrutinize transaction.
Ships trade in Black Sea. . Used for transport of troops.
TT150,000 or <£T200,000 earned from Government.
■£ 20,000 or £30,000 due in August.
Ship had been sent from Constantinople to Bombay. Must have left
before war broke out. Probably in June.
15th August war on the horizon.
o A ^“ 8 d er tl i e i pr i5 e 5 , years busineS9 * cost £15,000. Cost claimant £15,00
and £3,500 paid to Huckey Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. . £10,000 by way of set off.
Can t say whether £5,000 paid in cash. But admitted Turkish crew were
to remam on board and take the ship to Busrah. Wages due to crew before
otn August. . Claimant sends money which would be applied towards arrears.
How is he going to get that back ? Ship not insured. Claimant did not even
know she was afloat.
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15th August must have been known that vessel had left Hodeidah, and was
hnM^w 013 ^? 7 *^ I , su ?s est that nothing was paid. But the Court need not
d that, only that circumstances are suspicious. Nothing to show that 40
ReTelt pL H e , C ° Uld > Ve g °‘ hlS pa P ers fr01 “ Constantinople 4 °
had left Bombay for Busrah 6 C ° Uld ^ ^ th0Ught then that shi P '
(tSic.) L3, 1st October telegram, shows ship still stopped.!
on J 1 ® wu ¥ thou g ht the shi P would sail. Inactivity
the part of the claimant. What was done from August to November was
tTnet th 0116 ^' 7 ?°Tf ul K te a u d Bachrato ' No doub t strenuous efforts made
hefets Cnn«n P l n f P Bomba L b ^ not by claimant till 16th November when
e gets Consul at Piraeus to wire to Bombay. Nothing to show that claimant
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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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