The Position of Atabat-e Aliat in Iran - Ottoman Relations during Qajar Period

After the second Treaty of Erzurum, which was signed in May 1847 / 1263 hijri, it was expected that the signature of the treaty will be an end to conflict between Iran and Ottoman on the 'Atabat-e 'Aliat issue.But, the continuous flow of caravans of pilgrims and transfer of corpses to 'Atabat-e 'Aliat has created new problems in Iran - Ottoman relations.The behaviors of Ottoman agents and officials with Iranian caravans of corpses transfer in the borders were always strict and annoying.The pretext of Ottoman administration for response to the objections of Iranian government for such behaviors was referred to its concerns about Cholera outbreak and its threat for the population of the Ottoman territory. In this paper, it has been tried to analyze the problems those have been emerged in Iran - Ottoman relations on the issue of caravans of pilgrims and corpses transfer those have been in frequent traveling from Iran to the holy cities of Iraq. The authors tried to evaluate the effects of those problems on the political relationship between the two countries.