PROTOCOL OF CONFERENCE between the British and Russian Commissioners respecting the Delimitation of the Territory of Khotour, with the object of fixing the Frontier Line of that Territory in conformity with Art. 60 of the Treaty of Berlin. Sary Kamish, 4th July, 1880. * (Translation.) Present: For Great Britain Major-General Sir Edward Hamley, K.C.M.G., C.B. For Russia Major-General Zelenoy. Colonel Koulberg (Assistant). General Sir Edward Hamley and General Zelenoy, after having exchanged their powers, carefully examined that part of the labours of the mixed Anglo-Russian Commission which concerned the territory of Khotour alone. Those labours consisted in tracing the frontier line laid down upon two maps on the scale of 1 233110, an English reduction from the great official map by the hands of the Commissioners of the AngloRussian Mixed Commission; General Kemball for Great Britain and Colonel Zelenoy (actually the same General Zelenoy, the signer of this Protocol) for Russia. 50 344 General Sir E. Hamley and General Zelenoy declare, General Zelenoy from his own knowledge, and General Sir E. Hamley from evidence shown by the said maps and the precise explanations given by General Zelenoy, that the two delegates of the said former Commission were agreed with regard to the definitive frontier line of Khotour, of which the tracing made by them is shown on the two English reductions above mentioned from the official map. The task of the former Commission being, not the partial delineation of the Valley of Khotour, but the entire TurcoPersian frontier, of which the delineation of Khotour only presented a very small part, it naturally followed that, in this continuity of the entire frontier, it was sufficient to determine alone all the frontier west of the Valley of Khotour, and the two extremities by which this frontier of Khotour was connected with the rest of the entire Turco-Persian frontier. However, considering the question of Khotour from its history as a separate question, the said Commission is also agreed upon the frontiers north and south of the Valley of Khotour. Consequently all the frontier line of the territory of Khotour traced by General Kemball and Colonel Zelenoy upon * Art. 60 of Treaty of Berlin of 13th July, 1878: "The Sublime Porte cedes to Pérsia the Town and Territory of Khotour, as fixed by the mixed Anglo-Russian Commission for the delimitation of the frontiers of Turkey and of Persia." [A Boundary Line was suggested by the British and Russian Commissioners, General Sir A. B. Kemball and General Želenoy, in July, 1879.] the said English reduction of the great official map follows the following line actually described by the undersigned on the map annexed to the present Protocol. The frontier on the north, starting from the Ber-i-Kurgin Mountains, proceeding in a general direction towards the west, reaches the mountains Guerdi-Béranan and Bere Gevran, and continues as far as the summit of Mount Khydyr-Baba, where the northern frontier joins the western frontier of the territory of Khotour. During the whole of its course, the frontier to the north joins the water parting of the left affluent of the Khotour-tchai, afterwards the waters of Beledgik to the west, as far as the waters of the Bere-i-Kurgin Mountains to the east, with the right affluent of Tchewentchyk over the same space. The western frontier starts from the same summit of the Khydyr-Baba Mountains, proceeds in a general direction towards the south, by the Kemarouk, Guedouk, and Tépé Avristan Mountains, as far as the left bank of the Khotour-tchai, leaving to Persia all the dale of Beledgik, and to Turkey the dale of Kan-i-man-Yourl, then remounting the left bank of the Khotour-tchai to the north of the main road, the frontier crosses this road and this river opposite to the mountains which stand on the left bank of the Schiwa-resl stream; follows the crest of these mountains, and rejoining, by the line of the water parting of Khotour and of the Alback-tchai, the MirOmar Mountains, leaving to Persia the defile and village of Razi, the village of Gharatil, and the village of Panamaik, and to Turkey the village of Kevlik. The frontier to the south starts from the Mir-Omar Mountains, proceeds in a general direction towards the east by the summit of Mount Srurowa, as far as the extremity next of the Kerpilay Mountains, following from west to east the water parting of Khotour and of Alback-tchai, and then of Khotour-tchai and of Dere-dishivan. LIST OF BRITISH AMBASSADORS AND ENVOYS TO THE COURT OF PERSIA, 1800-1890. A.D. 1800. Nov. Captain (afterwards Colonel Sir John) Malcolm (sent by Lord Wellesley, Governor-General of India, to Fat-h 'Aly). (Concluded Treaties of January, 1801.) 1807. 5th June. Sir Harford Jones, Bart. (afterwards Sir Harford Jones Brydges), Envoy Extraordinary (sent by George III to Fat-h 'Aly). (Concluded Treaty of 12th March, 1809.) 1810. Sir John Malcolm (sent by Lord Minto, Governor-General of India, to Fat-h 'Aly). 6th March. Sir Gore Ouseley, Ambassador (sent from England). (Concluded Treaty of 14th March, 1812.) A.D. 1814. 18th April. Mr. James Morier, Minister Plenipotentiary, ad interim. 18th April. Mr. Henry Ellis (afterwards Right Honourable Sir Henry), Minister Plenipotentiary, ad interim, in the event of Mr. Morier's absence. (Treaty of 25th Nov., 1814, concluded by Mr. Morier and Sir Henry Ellis.) 1815. 30th June. Mr. Henry Willock, Chargé d'Affaires. 1826. 29th July. Colonel (afterwards Sir John) Macdonald, Envoy Extraordinary from the Supreme Government of India. (Concluded arrangement in 1828 for cancelling Subsidy Articles of Treaty of 1814.) 1835. 30th June. Right Honourable Sir Henry Ellis, Ambassador. (To bear the King's congratulations to the Shah of Persia, on his accession to the Throne.) 1836. 9th February. John M'Neill (afterwards Sir John), Minister Plenipotentiary. 25th May. The same, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. (Concluded Commercial Treaty of 28th October, 1841.) 1844. 17th September. Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil (afterwards Lt.-General Sir Justin), Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. (Concluded Slave Trade Agreement of August, 1851.) (Died 17th April, 1871.) 1848. Lt. Colonel Farrant, Chargé d'Affaires. [Diplomatic relations were suspended from 4th November till 26th November, 1853, but the Mission was not withdrawn from Tehran.] 1854. 3rd September. Honourable Charles A. Murray (now Rt. Hon. Sir Charles), Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. [In December, 1855, a letter was addressed by the Shah to the Sahr Azim, which contained most insulting remarks respecting Mr. Murray. Diplomatic relations were in consequence suspended, 5th December, 1855, and War was declared by Great Britain against Persia at Calcutta, 1st November, 1856; a Treaty of Peace was signed at Paris, 4th March, 1857, the ratifications of which were exchanged at Bagdad, 14th April, 1857. The Honourable Charles A. Murray (now Sir Charles) was then sent back to Persia by the British Government, when the Shah received him with great state, and apologised for the insult which had been offered to him in December, 1855. The insulting letter which was withdrawn was annexed to the Treaty of Peace.] |