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Arap Tabya = Arab Redoubt (Turkish)

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After the Peace Congress of Berlin (1878), serious differences occurred regarding the delimitation of the northern border of the autonomous Principality of Bulgaria. According to the art. 2 of the Treaty of Berlin (1/13 July 1878), the town Silistra was awarded to Bulgaria, which produced discontent at Bucharest, the more so as this town had a great strategic importance. The commission for delimitation of the border, whose deliberations were opened on 11 October 1878, decided to award Silistra and a fortified point, known as the Arab-Tabia, to Romania, a verdict that has been bitterly contested by the Russian representative for almost a year. Arab Tabia was subsequently occupied by Romanian troops, which led to serious tensions between Romania and Russia. There was even the possibility of an outbreak of military conflict between the two sides. After lengthy debates and controversies, the Commission decided that the border between Bulgaria and Romania was to pass east of Silistra, awarding Arab-Tabia to Romania, however Romania lost a strip of territory of 4-5 km2, which make impracticable the idea of the Romanian authorities to build in this area a bridge over the Danube. The new frontier was recognized by the Ottoman Empire by July 1881.