"مذكرة بشأن الحدود بين المحمرة وتركيا". [ظ‎‎٣‎٠] (٨٢/٦٠)

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Consul-General Cox to the Sheikh of Mohammerah,
(After compliments.) Mohammerah, October 15, liMO.
I have the honour to intimate personally and in writing that I am authorised to inform
your Excellency that whatever change may take place in the form of the Government of Persia,
and whether it be Royalist or Nationalist, 1 lis Majesty's Government will be prepared to afford
you the support necessary for obtaining a satisfactory solution in the event of any encroachment
by the Persian Government on your jurisdiction and recognised rights or on your property in
Persia. In like manner they will safeguard you to the best of their ability against an unprovoked
attack by a foreign Power or against any encroachment by such Power on your said jurisdiction
and recognised rights or on your property in Persia. These assurances are given for yourself, and
are intended to extend to your male descendants so long as you and they shall not have failed to
observe your obligations towards the Central Government, and shall continue to he accep/ahle to
your tribesmen, to be guided by the advice of His Majesty's Government, and to maintain an
attitude satisfactory to them.
P. Z. COX, Lieutenant-Colonel, British Resident
in the Persian Gulf.
Consul-General Cox to the Sheikh of Mohammerah.
(After greeting.)
Your Excellency, Mohammeroh, October 15, 1910.
With reference to my official letter of to-day's date, I attach a duplicate of that letter and
the assurances contained therein, with this exception, viz., that the words "to be acceptable to
your tribesmen " are in the attached document omitted.
This is sent you in response to your Excellency's request for the assurances in a form
which you could, if necessary, show to the headmen of the tribes under your control. May you
be preserved.
Your sincere friend,
P. Z. Cox.
Consul-General Cox to the Sheikh of Mohammerah.
''After greeting.) Mohammerah, October 15, 1910.
I have the honour to intimate personally and in writing that 1 am authorised to inform your
Excellency that whatever change may take place in the form of the Government of Persia, and
whether it be Royalist or Nationalist, His Majesty's Government will be prepared to afford you
the support necessary for obtaining a satisfactory solution in the event of any encroachment
by the Persian Government on your jurisdiction and recognised rights or on your property in
Persia. In like manner they will safeguard you to the best ot their ability against an unpro
voked attack by a foreign Power or against any encroachment by such Power on your said
jurisdiction and recognised rights or on your property in Persia. These assurances are given
for yourself, and are intended to extend to your male descendants so long as you and they
shall not have failed to observe your obligations towards the Central Government, and shall
continue to be guided by the advice of His Majesty's Government, and to maintain an attitude
satisfactory to them.
P. Z. Cox, Lieutenant-Colonel, British Resident
in the Persian Gulf.
EDWARD PARKES.
Foreign Office, April 1912.
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