Coll 17/15(1) 'Perso-Iraq Relations: Persia-Iraq frontier; Persia's claim in the Shatt-el-Arab' [‎195v] (401/961)

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Article 2.
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The Persian Government undertakes to cede to the Ottoman Government all n
lowlands — that is to say, the land in the western part of the province of Zohab • and \h
Ottoman Government undertakes to cede to the Persian Government the eastern - that
is to say, all the mountainous — part of the said province, including the Kirind Valley
The Persian Government abandons all claim to the city and province of Suleimani
and formally undertakes not to interfere with or infringe the sovereign rights of the Ottoman
Government over the said province.
The Ottoman Government formally recognises the unrestricted sovereignty of the
Persian Government over the city and port of Muhammara, the island of Khizr the
anchorage, and the land on the eastern bank that is to say, the left bank — of the
Shatt-al-Arab, which are in the possession of tribes recognised as belonging to Persia
Further, Persian vessels shall have the right to navigate freely without let or hindrance
on the Shatt-al-Arab from the mouth of the same to the point of contact of the frontiers
of the two Parties.
Article 3.
The two Contracting Parties, having by the present Treaty waived their other territorial
claims, undertake forthwith to appoint commissioners and engineers as their respective
representatives for the purpose of determining the frontiers between the two States in
conformity with the preceding article.
Article 4.
Both Parties are agreed as to the appointment forthwith, by both Parties, of
commissioners for the purpose of adjudicating and making a fair settlement in all cases
of damage suffered by either Party since the acceptance of the friendly proposals drawn
up and communicated by the two Mediating Great Powers in the month of Jemaziyyu-’l-
evvel, 1261, together with all questions of pasturage dues since the year in which the arrears
in the payment of the latter began.
Article 5.
The Ottoman Government undertakes that the fugitive Persian Princes shall reside at
Brussa, and shall not be permitted to leave that place or maintain secret relations with
Persia. The two High Contracting Powers further undertake that all the other refugees shall
be handed over in conformity with the earlier Treaty of Erzerum.
Article 6 .
Persian merchants shall pay the Customs dues on their goods, in kind or in cash,
according to the current present value of such goods, in the manner specified in the article
relating to trade in the Treaty of Erzerum concluded in 1238. 1 No additional charge
whatsoever shall be levied over and above the amounts fixed in the said Treaty.
Article 7.
The Ottoman Government undertakes to accord the requisite privileges to enable
Persian pilgrims, in accordance with the former treaties, to visit the Holy Places in the
Ottoman dominions in complete safety and without vexatious treatment of any hin ■
Further, the Ottoman Government, being desirous of strengthening and consolidating c
bonds of friendship and concord which should subsist between the two Mussulman Poweis
and between their respective subjects, undertakes to adopt such measures as may he mos
appropriate to ensure the participation, not only of Persian pilgrims, but of all other Persi
subjects, in all the said privileges in the Ottoman dominions, in such manner as to P r ®, e ,
them from any sort of injustice, molestation, or incivility, whether in respect o
commercial activities or in any other respect. ,
Furthermore, the Ottoman Government undertakes to recognise Consuls o .
appointed by the Persian Government in places in the Ottoman dominions where m
presence may be required on account of commercial interests, or for the P ro t ec ^ 0 ^ r ° .
merchants and other Persian subjects, save only in Mecca the Bevered and Me 1
Besplendent, and to respect in the case of the said Consuls all the privileges due m
of their official character and accorded to Consuls of other friendly Powers. f foment
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Besplendent, and to respect in the case of the said Consuls all the privileges due i
leir official character and accorded to Consuls of other friendly Powers.
The Persian Government, for its part, undertakes to accord reciprocity of tre.
m every respect to Consuls to be appointed by the Ottoman Government in places! ^
m which the latter may consider the appointment of Consuls to be necessary, as
Ottoman merchants and other Ottoman subjects visiting Persia.
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