Coll 30/79 'Persian claim to 10 mile limit for Persian territorial waters.'
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The record is made up of 1 file (229 folios). It was created in 19 Jan 1929-3 Aug 1938. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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The file concerns the extent of territorial waters claimed by the Government of Persia (also referred to as Iran). The British Government held that in the absence of international agreement, three miles was the extent of territorial waters, but the Persian Government claimed distances of up to twelve miles at various times. The issue is discussed by various British officials, especially the Foreign Office, Admiralty, and HM Minister, Tehran. Folios 84-120 discuss Persian jurisdiction over the outer anchorage in Bushire. Folios 9-79 discuss the concession area held by the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, in view of the fact that potential oil fields lay under the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , partly beyond the three-mile limit, but within the twelve-mile limit claimed by the Persian Government.
The French language content of the file consists of six folios of diplomatic correspondence between British and Persian officials.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (229 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 230; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-229; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- English and French in Latin script
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- British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
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- 19 Jan 1929-3 Aug 1938 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3796
- Title
- Coll 30/79 'Persian claim to 10 mile limit for Persian territorial waters.'
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- 9r
- Author
- Elkington, Edward Henry Ommaney
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3796
- Title
- Coll 30/79 'Persian claim to 10 mile limit for Persian territorial waters.'
- Pages
- 13r, 15r, 16r
- Author
- Mylles, Charles Clark
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3796
- Title
- Coll 30/79 'Persian claim to 10 mile limit for Persian territorial waters.'
- Pages
- 80r:83v, 164r:166v, 174r:176v
- Author
- Shafaq-e-Surkh
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- Coll 30/79 'Persian claim to 10 mile limit for Persian territorial waters.'
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- 80r:83v, 164r:166v, 174r:176v, 224v:226r
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- Government of Iran
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- Coll 30/79 'Persian claim to 10 mile limit for Persian territorial waters.'
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- front, front-i, 2r:8v, 9v:12v, 13v:14v, 15v, 16v:79v, 84r:163v, 167r:173v, 177r:224r, 226v:230r, back-i, back
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