Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Iran's northeastern borders: from Sarakhs to Khazar (the Caspian Sea) -- Nomads and commissars on the frontiers of eastern Azerbaijan -- The historical development of the boundaries of Azerbaijan -- The question of Kurdistan and Iran's international borders -- Territoriality and the Iran-Iraq war -- Interpreting a vague river boundary delimitation: the 1847 Erzerum treaty and the Shatt al-Arab before 1913 -- Ethno-linguistic links between southern Iraq and Khuzistan