The British Position on the Bahra Conference in 1925 (Documentary study)
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After the British government subjected all Iraqi lands to its direct military control following the occupation of Mosul in November 1918 by its military forces, it sought to secure the Iraqi borders from three main parties that in their view posed a threat to their colonial goals, especially after imposing their mandate on Iraq and Palestine in April 1920, at the forefront of which was the imposition of the Treaty of Sevres in August 1920 on the Ottoman Empire to guarantee the northern borders, even for a temporary period, then the British government concluded an agreement with the French government that was also seconded to Syria and Lebanon to secure the Iraqi-Syrian borders in December 1920, and finally the British government sought to secure the borders between Iraq and we find to get rid of the attacks of followers of Ibn Saud on the Iraqi tribes, especially those that inhabited the border areas between the two parties, by concluding a series of agreements and treaties that ended with the conclusion of a maritime agreement in 1925 Between the Iraqi government and Ibn Saud.
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References
First: Unpublished documents
Untranslated British / London documents
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Fo 406-40-7683 ,papers relating to king Huseins version of his Agrements with his Majeats Government ,August 28th,1918,No.24.
- Fo 371 - 10833 ,Text of Agreement signed by Ibn Saud and ser Gilbirt Clayton the Bahra Agreement , November 1, 1925 ,No.32 .
- The Ministry of Aviation
- Air 3- 37-02006 , Report on middle east conference held in Cairo and Jerusalem,March 12 to 30 ,1921 ,no.1.
- Air 23 -213 -4583 ,Letter from the Iraqi Prime Minister to the Speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives on December 26, 1925,No.3640.
- The Ministry of Colonies
- Co 730-35- 4820, Note by the Lord Kirzn to Turkish Prime Minister Ismet Pasha, December 14, 1922, No. 12.
- Co 730-35-4820 , Report from Percy Cox to the British Ministry of Colonies on, December 20,1922,No.15.
- Translated British / London documents:
- D . K . 0, British Records / London, File No. 542, Report of the Ministry of War on the enemies of the British government in Iraq on April 15, 1920, Document No. 7, p. 12.
- D . K.o., British Records / London, File No. 656, Report from Percy Cox, the British Representative in Iraq to the Foreign Office dated February 24, 1921, Document No. 14,p. 56
- D .K.o, British Records / London, file No. 656, report from Percy Cox, the British representative in Iraq to the Ministry of Colonies, on December 26, 1921, document No. 14, p.58
- D.K.o, British Records / London, File No. 213, Report from the Special Service Officer - Samawah to the British House of Credit on October 8, 1923, Document No. 12, p. 34.
- D . K.o, British Records / London, file No. 146, a report from the British House of Credit in Iraq to the Ministry of Aviation on December 25, 1924, document No. 1, p. 3.
- D . K. o, British Records / London, File No. 146, the report of the British Ministry of Aviation on the events of the Middle East for the year 1924-1925, Document No. 4, p. 6.
- D . K . o, British Documents / London, File No. 119, Report from the Special Service Officer - Baghdad to the Staff on January 19, 1925, Document No. 14, page 20
- Documents of the Iraqi Royal Court / Diwan
- D . K .o, files of the royal court, file No. 883/311, the French-British contract on some general issues of the mandate for Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Iraq on December 23, 1920, document No. 1, p. 38.
- D . K. o, Iraqi Royal Court, file No. 2427/311, a letter from the Secretary of the Council of Ministers to the President of the Royal Court on May 8, 1922, document No. 3, p. 7.
- D . K . o, files of the royal court, file No. 3991/311, a report from the British representative in Geneva to the British Foreign Office on July 4, 1931, document No. 3, p. 5.
- Lecturer of the House of Representatives and Senate:
- Records of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, first session, regular meeting, thirteenth session, discussion of the provisions of the Bahra Agreement, on January 21, 1926, p. 11
- Records of the Iraqi Senate, the first session, the regular meeting, the seventeenth session, discussing the provisions of the Bahra Agreement dated February 15, 1926, p. 34.