Delimitation of The Ottoman-Iranian Frontier: Tahir Pasha and The Ottoman Frontier Commission 1905-1908

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Fatih Karlıoğlu

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Engin Akarlı

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June 2015

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MASTER

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Mehmet Deniz Karakışla

Güncelleyen:

Yağız Fatih Nazlıer

Özet:

The Ottoman-Iranian frontier in the early twentieth century consists of two separate
categories: (1) the disputed lands, where a status quo was declared between the two states, and (2) the undisputed lands, where the Ottoman-Iranian boundary had been already shaped. This study concentrates on one of the last Ottoman frontier
commissions, led by Tahir Pasha between 1907 and 1908, and illustrates the
historical trajectory that shows how Tahir Pasha, as an experienced Ottoman
statesman, who lived more than thirty-three years in various eastern frontier
provinces, was involved in the boundary making process. The study introduces not
only Tahir Pasha to historical studies, but also it exposes the anatomy of the
commission that he led, so the study presents insightful data regarding the salaries, previous tasks, and tenures of its officials, and conditions under which Ottoman
commissioners served in a limited financial situation that restricted the activities of
the Ottoman bureaucratic and military elites. Paradoxically, the expenditures of the
commission and the cost of keeping alert the additional Ottoman troops in the
frontier zone deteriorated the situation. Providing this data, this study shows how the commission interacted with British, Russian, and Iranian officials diplomatically in a period where the Ottoman military began to occupy parts of the contested lands between 1905 and 1908, and explains the possible reasons of the invasion by cinsidering the international power relations that was strained with the Ottoman
intervention. Considering the impacts of the international conjecture, the study
discusses how Ottoman and Iranian governments and commissioners held
negotiations, what kind of procedures were applied, how negotiations were
conducted, what the results were, and how all developments led both commissions to reach a deadlock regarding the fate of the boundary in 1908. During this process, Tahir Pasha's individual initiatives, research methods, and concluding remarks are analyzed by evaluating official reports he sent to Istanbul

The Ottoman-Iranian frontier in the early twentieth century consists of two separate
categories: (1) the disputed lands, where a status quo was declared between the two states, and (2) the undisputed lands, where the Ottoman-Iranian boundary had been already shaped. This study concentrates on one of the last Ottoman frontier
commissions, led by Tahir Pasha between 1907 and 1908, and illustrates the
historical trajectory that shows how Tahir Pasha, as an experienced Ottoman
statesman, who lived more than thirty-three years in various eastern frontier
provinces, was involved in the boundary making process. The study introduces not
only Tahir Pasha to historical studies, but also it exposes the anatomy of the
commission that he led, so the study presents insightful data regarding the salaries, previous tasks, and tenures of its officials, and conditions under which Ottoman
commissioners served in a limited financial situation that restricted the activities of
the Ottoman bureaucratic and military elites. Paradoxically, the expenditures of the
commission and the cost of keeping alert the additional Ottoman troops in the
frontier zone deteriorated the situation. Providing this data, this study shows how the commission interacted with British, Russian, and Iranian officials diplomatically in a period where the Ottoman military began to occupy parts of the contested lands between 1905 and 1908, and explains the possible reasons of the invasion by cinsidering the international power relations that was strained with the Ottoman
intervention. Considering the impacts of the international conjecture, the study
discusses how Ottoman and Iranian governments and commissioners held
negotiations, what kind of procedures were applied, how negotiations were
conducted, what the results were, and how all developments led both commissions to reach a deadlock regarding the fate of the boundary in 1908. During this process,  Tahir Pasha's individual initiatives, research methods, and concluding remarks are analyzed by evaluating official reports he sent to Istanbul