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Coll 17/15(2) 'Relations with Persia: Persia-Iraq frontier; Persia's claim in the Shatt-el-Arab' [488v] (985/1010)
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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No. 111.
Confidential.
British Legation
Teheran.
Sir,
23rd April, 1927.
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your despatch S. 0 . 715 Con
fidential of March 31st on the question of the validity of the decision of the Turco-
Persian Frontier Commission of 1913-14.
2. I entirely agree with Your Excellency’s conclusions that ratification
was never provided for or even contemplated and my impression is that it has only
quite recently occurred to the Persian Government to attempt to question the
validity of the Commission’s findings.
3 . The only possible justification for the present attitude of the Persian
Government ( they have not, it must be remembered, taken up this attitude
officially ) lies in Article 22 of the Fundamental Law of 1906-7, which runs as
follows: —
In cases where a part of the revenues or property of the State or of the country
is transferred or sold or in cases where it is found necessary to change
the boundaries or frontiers of the country, it shall be done with the
ratification of the National Consultative Assembly
In view however of the fact that the Frontier Commission of 1913 fixed the
details of the frontier in accordance with provisions of the Treaty of Erzerum of
1847 sixty years anterior to the date of the Persian Constitution, I feel extremely
doubtful whether, if the matters were ever submitted to arbitration, a Persian
contention would be upheld that the decisions of the Commission required to be
ratified by the Majlis.
5. The various documents and actions which -Your Excellency cites
strongly support the supposition that ratification was never intended or required,
and I consider that if the Persian Government ever should put forward a request
to discuss the matter we should be justified in refusing to do so.
6 . I am forwarding copies of this correspondence to His Majesty’s Principal
Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and of this despatch to the Government of India.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your Excellency’s most obedient,
humble servant,
Sd/- E. H. Clive.
His Excellency, Sir Henry E.C. Hobbs, K.C.S.I., K.C.M.G., K.C.I.E.,
His Majesty’s High Commissioner for ‘Iraq. Baghdad.
Confidential.
British Legation,
Teheran,
Uth May, 1927.
My dear Hobbs,
I did not send you officially the particulars regarding the' inspection of
frontier posts by Slier Jang in 1920 asked for in the sixth paragraph of your
confidential despatch No. 715 dated 31-3-27, and to which you again referred in youi
confidential lettei No. S. 0. 940 of April 30th, because I thought that our position
regarding the practical ( as opposed to the theoretical ) acceptance by the Persian
Government of the existing frontier hardly required fortification. Perhaps however
4 should have answered your direct enquiry at the time and do so now, as follow
)ws:-
^ L
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:1v, 3r:3v, 10r:17v, 24r:62v, 96r:105v, 107r:124v, 130r:200v, 204r:304v, 311r:327r, 331r:415v, 420r:442v, 447r:449v, 452r:452v, 454r:463r, 466r:469v, 471r:498v, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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