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Coll 17/15(2) 'Relations with Persia: Persia-Iraq frontier; Persia's claim in the Shatt-el-Arab' [‎482r] (972/1010)

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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Shatt under previous treaties, ignoring the fact that the
Iraqis have not attempted to interfere with these rights,
though, incidentally, Persia does not recognise the
treaties on which th^r are based. Baron Aloisi proposes
that the Iraqis should agree to his suggestions as to
provisional arrangements in return for Persian agreement
to the appointment of three jurists to assist the rapporteur
to prepare his report and subsequent reference^ to the
Hague if his report should prove unacceptable to either
party. He professes to regard the Iraqi attitude in
refusing to agree to his suggested provisional arrangements
as intransigent and there is a danger that in his report
he may put the blame on the Iraqis in the event of failure
to compose the dispute.
4. The Foreign Office are somewhat disturbed at the
Italian attitude on this question and there are strong
suspicions which are shared by Sir Francis Humphry's that
the Italians are anxious to placate thePersians with a
view to obtaining advantages for themselves, such as a
Persian order for additional warships from Italy and the
reinstatement of Italian officers serving with the Persian
Navy, and that they have ambitions of adopting the role of
mediator in the Shatt by substituting Italy for Great
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Britain as the neutral State which would provide the third
member to any board constituted to control the navigation
of the river. There can be little doubt that Baron Aloisi,
and also the League Secretariat, are aiming at the
permanent internationalisation of the Shatt which would
not be at all in accordance with British interests (see
paragraph 6 of Rome telegram Bo.8.; of 8th .ebru y
P.Z.1109/35). The poreign Office also disapprove o the
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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' [‎482r] (972/1010), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2870, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100045015593.0x0000ad> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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