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Coll 17/15(1) 'Perso-Iraq Relations: Persia-Iraq frontier; Persia's claim in the Shatt-el-Arab' [‎362r] (735/961)

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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brin^r to your notice one unfortunate error which occurs in
it and which may give the Persians an opportunity to
sidetrack the main issue. Tawfiq a! Suwaidi states in
his note that effect has bean given by Turkey and Persia
to the Protocol of ,1913 so far as the present Turco-
Persian frontier is concerned* This is, of course, incorrect
since in the Turco-Persian frontier agreement of 1932
mention of the protocol of 1913 and of the delimitation
Commission of 1914 was studiously avoided and the frontier
as delimited in 1914 was considerably altered in three zones.
In this connexion I would refer you to Sir Reginald Eoare's
despatch No. 302 of the 1st July. 1932. i'rom Angora
despatch No. 166 of the 16th April. 1929, it would appear
that, in the negotiations leading up to this agreement, the
Persian Covemment endeavoured to induce the Turkish
Government to recognise the 1913 Protocol, _bui fall*?- to
do so®
4. In the memorendu. enclosed In hie note, Tcwllq
Suwaldl entrlted the odtetcndlnj ..... » ■“«>■ “>*
t A-f frontier violation by the
Government have had to complain of non
„ naarlv all ol d grievances
Persians. The cases mentioned are ne.
to my despatch No.303 of the 30th Uay. He did. however
r -rt which is of some interest. He stated
make one new complaint win- '
that the W lo-..r.l» dU C.,. M had .nor.aeh.d »
,.„ito W and laid »» I ~ 1 ” 1M ‘
n.lv assume that the reference is to the
frontier. I oan only as^un
, • ■ • ,h the Anglo-Persian Oil Company have been
pipe-lxne which the Angl /ooM truoting

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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' [‎362r] (735/961), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2869, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100074341460.0x000088> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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