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Coll 17/15(2) 'Relations with Persia: Persia-Iraq frontier; Persia's claim in the Shatt-el-Arab' [‎305r] (620/1010)

The record is made up of 1 volume (502 folios). It was created in 21 Feb 1935-15 Jan 1936. It was written in English and French. 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 IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BR ITAN NIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT
CON FIDENTIAL.
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Memorandum on the Iraqi-Iranian Boundary Dispute.
Communicated by Mr. C. J. Edmonds, Second Adviser in Iraqi Ministry of the
Interior and Unofficial Adviser in Iraqi Ministry for Foreign Affairs .—
{Received June 11.)
(A)— Narrative of Events.
I ARRIVED in Geneva on the morning of the 17th May. Nuri Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. and
Muhammad Zaki Beg had already been there since the i5th. The Persian
Minister in London, Ala, arrived on the 16th; Kazimi did not come until
the 20th.
2. On the morning of the 17th it was understood that the secretariat now
contemplated procedure whereby the juridical question should be submitted to a
body of jurists in three stages : (1) Are the instruments laying down the boundary
valid and, if so, to what extent ? (2) In the light of the answer to No. (1), where
should the line of the boundary run ? (3) In the light of the answers to Nos. (1)
and (2), what are the rights and obligations devolving upon each of the two parties
in the matter of transit navigation, &c.
3. Nuri Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. saw Signor Pilotti at 11-30 that morning. The procedure
outlined above bore a certain resemblance to the suggestion thrown out by
Signor Pilotti when I saw him in Rome (see my Narrative of Events at Rome,
Appendix F, paragraph 11). Surprisingly, however, he made no reference to
it, but pressed upon Nuri Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. what was known to be the Iranian idea of a
settlement, viz., that a navigation and conservancy arrangement for the Shatt-el-
Arab should be pushed forward, and that the juridical issue should, in fact, be
allowed to lie dormant—the boundary was there, so why worry ?
4. Nuri Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. and Zaki and Muzahim Begs met the new representatives of
the rapporteur, Signori Soragna and Scaduto, at the secretariat that afternoon,
the 17th May. M. Fachiri and I joined them later. M. Lisicky was present
throughout, Signor Pilotti for a time. Neither of the methods of procedure
referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 was discussed. Nuri Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. emphasised the
essentially juridical nature of the dispute, and described the Tehran arrangement
of 1932 which had been announced to the public in a communique drafted in his
own hand by Feroughi, then Minister for Foreign Affairs and now Prime Minister
of Iran (Appendix A); he also described how attempts to deal with current
questions frequently broke down owing to the fundamental difference of opinion
as to the existence of the boundary. Signor Soragna asked for details which
Nuri Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. promised to furnish later.
5. The 1932 draft Conservancy Board Agreement had, it appeared, never
been approved by any Iraqi Cabinet. It was therefore considered necessary to
telegraph to Bagdad for authority to negotiate with a view to obtaining
simultaneously a settlement of the juridical issue (by Iranian recognition or a
decision of the Permanent Court) and the conclusion of three agreements on
questions arising out of the boundary, i.e., three of the six discussed at Tehran.
6. On the 18th May a note (Appendix B) was prepared summarising the
principal provisions of the three agreements regarding the Shatt-el-Arab, the
Naftkhana oil-field and neighbourly relations (covering the division of the waters
of minor streams).
7. On the 19th May a telegram was received from Bagdad asking for
further explanations. It was therefore not considered possible to communicate
this summary to Signor Soragna at the meeting held that day. Translations of
letters exchanged in February between the Iraqi Ministry for Foreign Affairs and
the Iranian Legation in Bagdad (Appendix C) were, however, handed to him,
and Nuri Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. described verbally the main lines of the proposed conservancy and
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This volume is a continuation of Collection 17/5, and contains papers regarding negotiations between Persia [Iran] and Iraq at the League of Nations in 1935, mediated by Italian delegate Baron Pompeo Aloisi. The papers primarily consist of communications regarding the negotiations submitted to the Foreign Office by HM Ambassadors at Rome, Teheran and Baghdad, as well as comments by the 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. Political Department, the Admiralty, and representatives of the Governments of Persia, Iraq, and Italy.

The negotiations concerned the frontier line along the Shatt el-Arab, the possibility of granting a Persian anchorage at Abadan [Ābādān], the rights of Persian and British warships to traverse and refuel on the river, and the proposed establishment of a Conservancy Board. Following negotiations in Geneva, Rome and Tehran, the Persian and Iraqi Governments had practically agreed on three instruments: a pact of non-aggression, to be signed by Iraq, Persia and Turkey; a treaty for the peaceful settlement of international disputes between Persia and Iraq; and a treaty of friendship, which would settle the frontier question and establish the Conservancy Board.

In addition to the correspondence, the volume contains: documents circulated by the Council of the League of Nations; Reports on the Sessions of the Council submitted to the Foreign Office by C J Edmonds, Second Adviser to the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs; multiple drafts of the treaty of friendship and non-aggression treaties; and copies of notes exchanged by the Iraqi and Persian Ministers at the League of Nations. A number of these documents are written in French.

The volume includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 1).

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1 volume (502 folios)
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The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 498; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-498; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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Coll 17/15(2) 'Relations with Persia: Persia-Iraq frontier; Persia's claim in the Shatt-el-Arab' [‎305r] (620/1010), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2870, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100045015592.0x000015> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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