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Coll 17/15(1) 'Perso-Iraq Relations: Persia-Iraq frontier; Persia's claim in the Shatt-el-Arab' [294v] (600/961)
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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run along the left hank; of the river, thus laaving the
whole of the waterway in what is now Iraq territory.
The Persians regard this frontier as derogatory to their
dignity and have taken up the attitude of refusing to
recognise the validity of the Turfcn-Persian Frontier
Agreement. Several incidents have occurred in the Shatt
owing to the activities of the Persian Customs authorities
and the warships of the Persian Navy, who ignore the River
Navigation Regulations laid down by the Port of Basra
authorities. While the frontier on the Shatt is the
chief bone of contention between the two countries this is
not the only part of the frontier which is in dispute. A
lengthy statement of Iraqi complaints against Persia will be
found in the letter (with enclosure) of 14th August last
from the late Iraqi Minister for Foreign Affairs to the
Persian Minister in Baghdad at P.Z.5847/34. Unfortunately
Tawfiq sued! rather spoilt his case by asserting that the
terms of the 1913 Protocol had been put into force as between
rurkey and Persia, which is/in fact the case. (It appears
indeed that in the negotiations leading up to the Turfco-
Persian Frontier Agreement of 1933 the Persian Government
itself endeavoured to induce the Turkish Government to
recognise the 1913 Protocol but failed to do so.) Also the
Iraqi Foreign Minister, as the Admiralty have pointed out,
S far in protesting against the entry without permission
of Persian warships into the Shatt, since notification is the
most that should have been expected according to international
custom. it appears too that the Iraqis are acting under a
misapprehension of the position in protesting against a violation
of the frontier by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (page S'
of the enclosure to the Iraqi Foreign Minister's letter).
previously been hoped that the Persian grievance
about the Shatt frontier might be satisfied by the conclusion
Conservancy Board Convention in which the Persians would
participate/
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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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- 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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