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Coll 17/15(1) 'Perso-Iraq Relations: Persia-Iraq frontier; Persia's claim in the Shatt-el-Arab' [‎383v] (778/961)

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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{b) From note dated the 2nd December. 1931 : £! The Imperial Persian
Government do not deem the said agreement to have at any time
acquired a formal character. They maintain their previous objection
until such time as the question has been laid under discussion between
the two States and the differences in question have been settled.”
I should, however, invite attention to the fact that the frontier delimitation
question was among the questions discussed in the course of the meeting between
Nuri Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. A1 Said and the Minister of Court, Teymourtache. which took place
on the 30th September, 1932, when other questions relating to the conclusion of
treaties and agreements with the Persian Government were discussed. On this
subject Nuri Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. said, among other things: £C I would invite the attention
of the honourable Minister of Court to the necessity of avoiding any arrangement
or settlement calculated to result in a modification of the existing frontier, because
such arrangement or settlement would be impossible for the Iraqi Government to
accept for a variety of reasons and considerations." In a letter received by Nuri
Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. from the Minister of Court on the 3rd November, 1932 (of which a copy was
sent to you with our letter dated the 12th November, 1932) the Minister of Court
did not say anything to suggest non-recognition of the Frontier Delimitation
Protocol. In a letter addressed by us to the Persian Minister, Bagdad, of which
a copy was forwarded to you with our letter dated the 2nd May, 1933, we referred
to the above understanding reached between Nuri Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. and the Persian Minister
of Court, and asked that the Persian Government should confirm their willingness
to enter into negotiations on the bases over which understanding had been reached.
The Persian Government have up to now rendered no reply to this letter. Hence
their recent declaration signified that there was no definite frontier line separating
the two countries. We have, therefore, prepared a reply( 3 ) for communication
to the Persian Government through our Tehran Legation, in which we insist on
our point of view concerning the protocol and the proces-verbaux of the meetings
of the International Frontier Delimitation Commission, and on the fact that the
frontier determined by the said protocol and described in the proces-verbaux of
the meetings is final and definite, pointing out that a revision or rectification of
the frontier cannot be entertained and expressing our willingness to resume
negotiations concerning the treaties and agreements already discussed with the
Persian Government, providing that this shall not ultimately lead to an infringe
ment of the sovereign rights of Iraq in any part of her territories or territorial
waters as determined by the above-mentioned delimitation.
It is requested that the matter should be laid before the Council of Ministers
for approval of the draft reply referred to above and the determination of the
Iraqi Government s view r s as to the policy to be adopted in this connexion.
( 3 ) Enclosure 2 in May 16, 1934, Section 4.

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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' [‎383v] (778/961), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2869, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100074341460.0x0000b3> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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