The Boundaries of Modern Iran

Keith Mclachlan

1. Introduction Keith McLachlan 2. Iran’s Northeastern Borders: From Sarakhs to Khazar (the Caspian Sea) Abbas Maleki 3. Nomads and Commissars on the Frontiers of Eastern Azerbaijan Richard Tapper 4. The Historical Development of the Boundaries of Azerbaijan M.H. Ganji 5. The Question of Kurdistan and Iran’s International Borders Maria T. O’Shea 6. Territoriality and the Iran-Iraq War Keith McLachlan 7. Interpreting a Vague Rive Boundary Delimitation: the 1847 Erzerum Treaty and the Shatt al-Arab before 1913 Richard Schofield 8. Ethno-Linguistic Links Between Southern Iraq and Khurzistan Bruce Ingham 9. Iran’s Maritime Boundaries in the Persian Gulf: the Case of Abu Musa Island Pirouz Mojtahed-Zadeh 10. The Eastern Boundaries of Iran Pirouz Mojtahed-Zadeh