IOR/L/PS/10/291/2

Copies of correspondence, memoranda, maps and other papers, relating to diplomatic negotiations taking place between the Turkish and Persian Governments, marshalled by the British and Russian Governments, over the fixing of the boundary line between Persia and Turkish Mesopotamia at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr], Hawizeh [Hoveyzeh] and Zohab.

Papers include:

• correspondence dated June 1912, relating to infringements into Persian territory by Turkish troops, and clashes and fighting on the Turco-Persian frontier;
• several extracts (translated into English) and summaries from Dervish Pasha’s book on Mohammerah, printed in Constantinople in 1868, and describing the negotiations of the Turco-Persian Frontier Delimitation Commission of 1849-1852. The extracts and summaries were prepared by Hammond Smith Shipley, HM’s Consul at Tabriz;
• copies of a number of Procès-verbal (in French) held between members of the Ottoman and Persian delegations sitting on the Turco-Persian Commission;
• correspondence concerning the Shaikh of Mohammerah’s role in boundary negotiations;
• correspondence and maps relating to the British Government’s request for clarification over the position of Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) activity, close to the border at Kasr-i-Shirin [Qaşr-e Shīrīn] and Zohab;
• renewed unrest along the frontier in late 1912, including Russian troop movements, evacuations, and the murder of a Belgian customers inspector and eight of his Persian colleagues at Qūch Bolagh.