"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎١‎٣‎٧‎٧] (١٧٨٢/١٥٣٢)

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The Treaty was ratified subject to certain explanations of its meaning
furnished by the Ambassadors of the mediating- powers at Constantinople,
Lord Cowley and M. de Titow, at the request of the Porte, which were ac
cepted both by the Turkish Government and by a Persian plenipotentiary.
These explanations were embodied in a joint note of the mediating* represent
atives to the Porte and were not without significance. The most important
were to the effect : that by the " anchorage of Muhammareh 33 was meant
the place opposite to that town and within the Haffar Canal (i.e., the
Kiirun River); that in leaving to Persia, in the region in question, the town,
port, and anchorage at Muhammareh, as also the island of Khidhar [i.e.,
Abbadan), the Porte did not give up, in the said region, any other lands
or ports which might exist there; that Persia could not, under any
pretext, lay claim to the countries situated on the right bank of the
Shatt-al-'Arab, nor to land belonging to Turkey on the left bank, even in
the event of Persian tribes being settled, wholly or partially, on the bank
or lands mentioned; and that all claims for indemnification by State
against State were at an end, the claims of private individuals only being
cognisable by the Joint Commission which was to deal with recent losses
and pasturage dues. By means of the Ambassadors"' explanatory note
a more detailed assurance regarding the reciprocal treatment of Turkish
Consuls and subjects in Persia was conveyed to the Porte as having been
accepted by Persia; and the Porte were at the same time informed of the
Shah's having agreed that, so long as Turkey did not build fortifications
on the right bank of the Shatt-al-'Arab opposite to Persian territory,
Persia on her part would refrain from constructing any on the portion of
the left bank assigned to her by the Treaty.
We may now examine the state of affairs which existed locally, on
certain parts of the frontier, during the period which intervened between
the accession of the Sultan 'Abdul Majid and the conclusion of the Second
Treaty of Erzeroum.
We have seen that the Turks, on withdrawing their troops from Affairs on
Muhammareh after the expedition of 1837, left Thamir, the Shaikh of the the Basrah -
Ka'ab, in possession of his domains, but as a dependent of Turkey. mareh^ fron-
As is more fully related in the history of 'Arabistan, however, the IsTl 839 " 46,
Ka ab Shaikh Thamir was obliged in 1841, by a Persian demand for arrears
of revenue coupled with the movement of Persian troops against him, to
withdraw from Fallahiyeh to Muhammareh, whence he proceeded to
invoke Turkish support. The Persian Governor of 'Arabistan then
notified the Turkish Governor of Basrah of his intention to follow the
absconding Shaikh to Muhammareh and invited the co-operation of the
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