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Coll 17/15(1) 'Perso-Iraq Relations: Persia-Iraq frontier; Persia's claim in the Shatt-el-Arab' [30r] (70/961)
The record is made up of 1 volume (476 folios). It was created in 1 May 1933-15 Mar 1935. 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 l ess opposed to Baron n ■^•i
proposals than have we ourselves and to any suggestion « t "
beyond arrangements to avoid frontier incidents h. e has st^H' t
e has „„ instructions. in i»t,r,i„ Baron il0151 ^
lie could not but call mv attpn+ior, + t x
my aitentl0n to what he termed Nuri's
intransigeanoe and though I did my Best to di
L teciPj begin to regard iraois
ssuade him he nay,
with impatienee, Nuri's so
called intransigeance arises from hio ^ ri r,^ +
6 curses iron ms insistence on obtaining
submission of dispute to juridical settlement while rejecting
all proposals for Persian participation in river administration
oiil such settlement Is obtained. He has written a letter to
rapporteur to this effect. Baron nloisi is equally anxious to
bring dispute before The Hague but his difficulty is to offer
some inducement to Persians to agree to The Hague, it being
j common ground that Persia oannot be forced against her will to
the Permanent Court. Baron Alois! hopes that his draft
proposals may constitute this inducement* When I pointed out
to him that means employed were entirely disproportionate to the
end and would lead to grave practical difficulties he stated
that he would be ready to make substantial modifications in
these proposals; I fea^-, however, it will be almost impossible
to shift him from principle that some representation should now
be given to Persia on river administration, whether by a mixed
commission or otherwise. He told me for instance that he was
prepared to extend membership of proposed commission to five so
as to include British representative. (Your view that Italians
intend to reserve one place for an Italian member is there foie
almost certainly correct;. Further that he uouid oe prepared uO
propose that Commission should only function, if and when incident
arose or a modification of exis ting naviga
tion was introduced
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The volume contains papers regarding relations between Persia [Iran] and Iraq. It primarily concerns the frontier delineated by the 1913-1914 Boundary Commission, in particular Persian claims over areas of the Shatt el-Arab, and rights to oilfields in the Naft Khana [Naft Khāna] or Khaniqin [Khāniqīn]area. The papers document renewed negotiations over the border, and include discussion of the following topics: Iraqi concerns over Persian military activities conducted in Iraq; Persia's refusal to recognise the validity of the 1914 Frontier Delimitation Protocol; attempts to redraw the frontier at the Shatt el-Arab along the thalweg [valley way], as opposed to the medium filum aquae ; proposals to revive the Shatt el-Arab Conservancy Board Scheme; and proposals for an agreement to regulate the exploitation of the oilfields in the transferred territories on the frontier near Khanqin, including the proposed creation of a special zone. These papers primarily consist of correspondence between the following: HM Ambassadors at Baghdad, Teheran and Italy; 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 Foreign Office (principally Sir John Simon, and J C Sterndale-Bennet); the Iraqi Minister for Foreign Affairs; and the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs.
In 1935 the Iraqi Government formally raised the question of the frontier with the Council of the League of Nations, and sought a Court ruling as to the validity of the 1914 Boundary Protocol. The Italian delegate to the League (Baron Pompeo Aloisi) was designated Rapporteur to the negotiations, and the volume contains correspondence between the Foreign Office and HM Ambassador in Rome, regarding a proposed Italo-Iraqi Treaty of Friendship, proposals regarding the frontier made by Aloisi, and general Italian influence over Iran and Iraq. The volume also includes copies of memoranda and minutes circulated by the League, in addition to correspondence regarding the negotiations in Geneva and Italy, and documents from the Committee of Imperial Defence Standing Official Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East.
The volume includes a divider giving a list of correspondence references found in the volume by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 1).
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- 1 volume (476 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 472; these numbers are written in pencil 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 front and back covers, along with the two leading and two ending flyleaves, have not been foliated.
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- Title
- Coll 17/15(1) 'Perso-Iraq Relations: Persia-Iraq frontier; Persia's claim in the Shatt-el-Arab'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:47v, 50r:71v, 76r:116v, 131r:148v, 152r:161v, 163r:186v, 204r:206v, 208r:219v, 231r:233v, 240ar, 240r:248v, 252r:257r, 258r:258v, 261r:318v, 320r:364v, 375r:381r, 384r:395v, 401r:402v, 404r:460v, 464r:464v, 470r:472v, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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