Coll 17/15(1) 'Perso-Iraq Relations: Persia-Iraq frontier; Persia's claim in the Shatt-el-Arab' [‎201v] (413/961)

The line shall then follow the ridge as far as Hill 1948 and shall pass over that v
thence it shall proceed in a southerly direction following the watershed formed hf!’
ridge of the Ayu-Beg mountains as far as the southernmost peak of those mountains v 6
lies 700 metres to the north-west of the bend in the road from Yarim Kaya toGuiio Ivf
bend is situated at a point on the road 3,500 metres to the north-east of Yarim Kav 1Ch
6,300 metres to the south-west of Guijo. yaailc l
Thence the line shall run parallel to and 200 metres to the west of the Yarim K
and Guijo road, as far as the cross-roads situated at 200 metres to the north of Upper Y^
Kaya, the said cross-roads remaining in Persia. Thence the line shall turn down to the^ 11 !
as far as a point situated 600 metres to the west of Yarim Kaya on the Yarim K™
Bulakh-Bashi road ; the line shall then turn down to the south as far as the northernnw
point on the edge of the marsh ; thence, the line shall proceed towards the middle of tf
marsh, which it shall follow as far as its southern edge, 500 metres to the north of Chukh 6
Resh. Then the line shall turn westwards as far as the summit of Hill 1668, Chukhur-Ru
and Sheytan Abad remaining in Persia, and Girberan being assigned to Turkey. ^
From the point thus situated between the Persian village of Sheytan Abad and the
Turkish village of Girberan, the frontier shall ascend the ridge of the hill of Girberan to th
west of Bazyrgan, and shall follow the watershed between the Turkish villages of Gur"
Bulakh, Kazik and Kara Koymaz and the Persian villages of Bazyrgan, Kejot, Bash Kend
and Marokeumu ; it shall then cross the pass situated between Marokeumu and Tawla
(Turkish), and, leaving the ruins of Kasorlu and Sheik Asker on the Persian side shall
proceed to the Khoja Dagh rocks, pass over the Zindo-Dashy ridges from Kanly-Baba and
Ak-Dagh, leaving the village of Jewzar in Persia, and shall pass along the ridges of Ak-Dagh
and Kalender in such a way as to separate the fields of the Persian villages of Yifto. Salman
Abad, and Pir Ahmed from those of the Turkish village of Deushurma, and, still following the
watershed between Bayazid and Avajik, shall proceed to Khezin Geduk.
From Khezin Geduk, the frontier, leaving the village of Kysylkaya in Turkey and the
village of Silowmagul and Lake Kuru-Guel in Persia, shall pass over Mount Kara Guney
cross the River Egrichay at Top Agh Dagh, pass through KalaAgh Dagh, leaving the village
of Kado in Persia and that of Egrichay in Turkey, reach the Kyzyl Ziaret mountains, and
cross the passes of Agh Diak and Khan Geduk, the Sary Chimen mountains, western peak
of Dumanlu, and the pass of Kara Burga, leaving the villages of Sheik Selo in Persian
territory, cross Mount Nawur, leaving the village of Yekmala in Persian territory, and pass
through Rishkan, the hills between Davra and Akhurik, Gevar Bagzadan, Gevri Makhin, and
Khydyr Baba. > & > ’
From Khydyr Baba, the frontier-line shall follow the watershed 2,000 metres to the
east of Lake Dasena Geul in a southerly direction as far as Hill 8000 ; it shall continue
a further 1,000 metres along the ridge in the same direction, whence it shall turn south-east
and follow the ridge in that new direction for a distance of 600 metres ; thence it shall
again turn southwards as far as the top of a hill lying 500 metres aw r ay, leaving in Persia the
elongated hill situated 250 metres to the north-east. Thence it shall follow the line of the
ridge as far as the top of the hill situated 500 metres to the south-east, where it shall turn
down to the south-west as far as the confluence of the Heratil Su (a brook coming from
Heratil) and the Kotur Chay. Thence the line shall reascend the slope in a southerly direction
as far as the submit situated at 800 metres’ distance, whence it shall descend, still in a
southerly direction, to the valley of the Kanireshe, the thalweg of which it shall follow for a
distance of 700 metres westwards and then 500 metres southwards ; it shall then climb the
outlying spur of the ridge which rises towards Molla Mamed Dagh due southwards, passing
through the middle of Molla Mamed Dagh, leaving in Persia the hill situated 250 metres to
the east of Molla Mamed Dagh, which hill it shall leave 250 metres to the east.
From Molla Mamed Dagh, the line shall follow the ridge for a distance of 800 metres to
s ^ ua ^ e< ^ on ^ ie roa( i 200 metres to the east of Qishla, Qishla remaining in Turkey,
ihetrontrer shall then follow the line of the watershed in a south-easterly direction as far as
the hill-top situated at 1,750 metres’ distance, 200 metres to the south of the bend in the
road. Thence the line continues southwards along the ridge, as far as a point situated on the
roa which runs along the ravine 2,200 metres away ; from that point it shall reascend the
s 111 a southerly direction for a distance of 300 metres, striking the ridge lying to the
south-west and continuing as far as a hill situated at a distance of 500 metres; it shall then
aescend southwards along the line of the ridge as far as the ravine 900 metres away, along
winch runs the road between Tarsava and Chelik Ashagha ; it shall then follow the thalweg
vn Sai( raA ? ne a westerly direction for a distance of 500 metres, when it shall rise along
e ridges as far as Hill 8200, 1,700 metres away. The line shall then follow 7 the ridge in a
south-easterly direction as far as Mount Kutch ; from Kutch the line shall follow the ridge,
crossing the pass of Kashkul, as far as Mount Surawu : from the Surawu mountains, the
trontier, still following the line of the watershed, shall pass through Barush Khoran (leaving
the village of Barush Khoran in Persian territory), and shall follow the Haravil mountain,
^ Khanasur, Belako, Sary Chichek (leaving the village of Kalik in Per^
tt- .r ? ^ e PP er , Sonan, Mount Berhebin, the pass of Sultani, Mount Bara Zivan, Penk
Keifaruk, Maidan, and Kotul Dagh.
• The frontier-hne shall leave Kotul Dagh, Hill 2869, and follow the line of the *
to thA " di r c 1 tl0n as far as a l )oint situated on the River Baradost, U 600 “ ie L
fmntiar V ° i n Yv' 1 ’ J eav i n g iu Persia the ridge continuing Hill 1890 to the sou ( .
a ^omn at e sha11 . therefore pass through the ravine). Thence, the line shah P r ^ e
a south-easterly direction, passing over the hill on which are situated frontier-marks Nos.