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File 4259/1912 'Persian Gulf: Turks and lighting and buoying' [116v] (237/242)
The record is made up of 1 volume (119 folios). It was created in 1912-1914. It was written in English. 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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(ii) The arrangements proposed by His Majesty's Government for maintaining
full freedom of navigation on the river, and for its conservancy, to be accepted by
the St and anchorage of Mohammerah, which is in the main stream ^
of the Shatt-el-Arab above and below its junction with the karun, to be recognised as
within Persian jurisdiction. (See Map No. 2.) ^
(iv) No interference to take place with existing fishing rights and usages on or
from the Persian bank of the Shatt-el-Arab, that phrase being understood to comprise
all land on the left bank of the Shatt-el-Arab or on the Persian islands therein
(y) Turkish jurisdiction not to extend to land on the Persian bank, defined as
above which is only temporarily covered with water in time of flood or from any
accidental cause, and Persian jurisdiction not to extend to land which is temporarily
or accidentally uncovered below normal low-water mark. t .
(vi.) The Sheikh of Mohammerah to continue m full enjoyment ol his existing
'proprietary rights in lands situated in Turkish teiritoi}.
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to lighting and buoying installed by the Turkish Government in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
Correspondence discusses concerns over the erection of a Turkish lighthouse in Fao and the basis upon which a protest could be lodged. Also discussed is the deployment of a Turkish lightship in the Shatt al-Arab, through the replacement of the old Turkish vessel ( Kilidi Bahr ) by a new lightship ( Jaffari ) and the ramifications of the correspondence with the Turkish Government about this matter. Dredging of various marine navigation channels by the Turkish Government is discussed. Part of these discussions and negotiations involved the creation of a Shatt al-Arab Navigation Commission.
The principal correspondents include the Viceroy (Charles Hardinge), the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; HM Ambassador to Constantinople (Sir Gerard Lowther); and HM Consul at Basrah (Francis Edward Crow).
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- 1 volume (119 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 119; 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.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/305
- Title
- File 4259/1912 'Persian Gulf: Turks and lighting and buoying'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:98v, 101r:118v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence