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'File 23/15, 19 I (D 89) Mesopotamia - General' [‎102r] (221/455)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (219 folios). It was created in 18 Oct 1918-9 May 1933. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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[This Document it the Property of His Britannic Majesty^ Government.]
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P ERSIA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[October 13, 1925. J
S ection 3.
E 6248/2164/34] No. 1.
Sir P. Loraine to Mr. Austen Chamberlain.—{Received October 13.)
(No. 499. Confidential.)
Sir, Tehran, September 26, 1925.
I HAVE the honour to transmit herewith copies of a despatch from
the High Commissioner at Bagdad, together with my reply thereto, on the
subject of the arrest of Persian Kurdish chiefs of the Urumia district.
I have, &c.
PERCY LORAINE.
Enclosure 1 in No. 1.
Sir H. Dobbs to Sir P. Loraine.
^Secret)
Sir, Bagdad, August 17, 1925.
I HAVE the honour to invite your attention to paragraph 15 of Intelligence
Summary No. 20 of the British military attache, Tehran, wherein it is reported that
some of the Persian Kurdish chiefs of the Urumia district have been arrested by the
Persian authorities and deported to Tabriz on suspicion of assisting the Turkish
Kurds.
2. In view of the failure of the Persian Government to take similar action in
regard to the Persian Kurds who have been assisting the Irak Kurds against the
Government, it would appear that the Persian Government shows greater readiness
to assist Turkey than Irak in this respect.
I have, &c.
H. DOBBS,
Hiqh Commissioner for Irak.
Enclosure 2 in No. 1.
Sir~P. Loraine to Sir H. Dobbs.
(No. 291. Confidential.)
Sir, Gulhek, September 26, 1925.
THE apparently invidious action of the Persian authorities in arresting and
deporting some of the Persian Kurdish chiefs of the Urumia district owing to their
being suspected of giving assistance to the Turkish Kurds, to which you refer in your
secret despatch of the 17th August, would appear to be explained by the fact that
the Persian Government has forces at its disposal in Azerbaijan at the present time,
but not further south, where operations of any kind on the part of the Persian
military would be very considerably more difficult.
2. Even though friction may unfortunately at times exist between the Persian
and the Irak Governments, it hardly follows that Turkey is at the moment favoured
in Tehran at Irak's expense. Indeed, owing to the traditional and deep-rooted
antagonism which has long been in existence between Persians and Turks, and may
be counted on in the long run to survive ephemeral political manceiu res, rather the
reverse would seem to be the case.
3. I trust that if the contemplated visit of the Air Officer Commanding to
Tehran materialises, this and similar questions may be tne subject of fiank and
friendly discussion between Sir J. Higgins and the Persian Prime Ministei, ending
in a more complete understanding of mutual difficulties and opening the way to
co -operation in their solution. It must also be remembered that the whole position
as between Irak and Persia, since the institution of the British mandate, has been
anomalous, and that this anomaly can only be removed by the recognition of Irak
by Persia and the placing of the relations between the two neighbouring countries
[1097 n—3]

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Content

All the contents of this file relate to Irak [Iraq] between 1918 and 1933.

The file includes:

  • A report of the killing of Mr J.H Bill (Indian Civil Service) and Captain K.R Scott (31st Punjabis, Indian Army) by a Kurdish tribal force near Aqrah in 1919 (f 7).
  • A copy of a telegram sent to King Hussein of Mecca requesting one of his sons to be sent to occupy the throne of Iraq (f 27b).
  • A letter from P.Z Cox, the British High Commissioner for Iraq to Winston Churchill, Secretary of State for the Colonies regarding the borders of Iraq (ff 50-52).
  • A rough sketch map of the Nerva and Raikan districts of Iraq (f 54)
  • A map of the Turco-Persian frontier (f 55)
  • A cutting from al awqaat al iraqiyya (The Times of Mesopotamia) containing full text (in English) of the Anglo-Iraq Treaty 1922 (f 64).
  • A detailed report concerning the practicalities of travelling from Baghdad to London via Aleppo and Beirut (ff 79-83)
  • A copy of the Anglo-Iraq Treaty of 1926 (f 104)

Other matters discussed in the file include a proposed visit to Kuwait by King Faisal of Iraq, an idea for Iraqis to be sent for training to British consulates in the region and reports concerning the activities of 'anti-British' Persian clerics ( mujathids ) in Iraq.

Extent and format
1 volume (219 folios)
Arrangement

File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.

Physical characteristics

A bound correspondence volume. The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled and can be found in the top right of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A second foliation sequence which is also written in pencil, but not circled, runs between ff 5-207. In addition to this, a very short sequence runs between ff 2D-4. Circled index numbers written in red crayon are also present in the volume.

Foliation anomalies: 2A, 2B, 2C and 2D; 27A and 27B; 88A and 88B; 159A, 159B and 159C; 163A and 163B

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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