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Coll 17/15(1) 'Perso-Iraq Relations: Persia-Iraq frontier; Persia's claim in the Shatt-el-Arab' [‎139r] (288/961)

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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0rOV3r-.nent were ire erred to a . ee that the mipd-H rmo i- +
^ ia0 bIie questions m diseute
should be referred to eiv^a^ent Court for advisory opinion.
Lis concluded that having found by this means a firm point of
departure for ne 0 o clarions, liaci bovernuient were ready end
anxious r 0 discuss with rersia in a spirit of cordial co-operation
any diflicultios to v/hich alignment might have given rise.
rersian representative observed that Iraqi Government
wished to impose on ‘.'ersien Government the regime for which the
former honed to obtain recognition. For Versia to accede to
thio would be to prejudice her case, he undertook, however,
vithouc prejudice and subjecr to reciprocity to do nothing likely
to coiuolicace solution. Undor .article 11 it ras not necessary
to submit a disoute to other procedure than consideration by the
Council, and he referred to the reservations under which ’ersian
Government had accepted the motional Clause. He considered it
premature to consider question of asking the remanent Court for
an advisory opinion and recent discussion in the Council on the
Question ot such ooinions would lead the Council to appreciate
the rersian Government 1 s hesitation to agree to such a course.
i disclaimed intention to enter into the merits of the
disoute regarding the legal validity of the documents on which
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tne present frontier is based. The arguments presented to the
council were complies ted and. it was right that time be given to
Hie rapporteur to examine them in collaboration with the parties
before making recommendations to the Council 0 Ail I wished to
Say at ere sent was that the friendly feelings of His Hajesty f s
-over menu tow/ards both parties led them to desire a just settl
Gent oi the whole dispute with the least possible delay. Time
' f 'S mow ever imoortant. The question before the Council was a legal
° Iie re lating to the validity of certain documents but it took th
form

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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)
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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 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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Coll 17/15(1) 'Perso-Iraq Relations: Persia-Iraq frontier; Persia's claim in the Shatt-el-Arab' [‎139r] (288/961), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2869, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100074341458.0x000059> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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