The British Position on the Bahra Conference in 1925 (Documentary study)

Abstract

       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.