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Coll 30/86(3) 'PERSIA. Relations with Iraq: Shatt-el-Arab. Establishment of an International Conservancy Board.' [11r] (28/674)
The record is made up of 1 file, in 2 parts (329 folios). It was created in 14 Apr 1937-5 Mar 1946. 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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Or ganization, financing, | £ y - g ' I "[ 1
_The
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Lighting Zbrvioo nsintairl in the
ian G-ulf and in f.nfi f nf rmAc r A ir.
,j-6rr, A aft uh-ipjoing /OLipaniss Diadg overtures tio C0“*0'0 a r8 , te
in the Service. Thereupon the London Foreign Office
SLV ''Qstari hnat, hVip.c 1 i--rVi+.et ov-i^ ‘Un^T-^. r. _
ver
sup^ested that these lights and buoys should be taken
over at a_valuation by the Government of India and that
obey should arrange for the maintenance of the Service
hLS.o b r^” £ shared equally between British end Indian
revenues, xhis vias agreed to and the service came under
one control of the Government of India, in 1925 it was
dec idea to run. uhe service on a self-supportins basis
ana arrangements were made to levy lighti-dues on all
sniping entering and leaving the'ports of Basra and
iiOa.tian except tnose vessels exempted from the payment
oi uhe dues, xhe Port Director, Basra, was authorised
00 collect the light-dues levied under an let of the
Iraq Government on behalf of His Majestv's Govsrnent
and the Government of India, and Kis I> jestv’s Govern-
menu also agreed to pay a contribution in respect of
Admiralty tankers visiting the Gulf, n Fund known as the
xersian Gulf Limiting Service Fund was created to which
ail lightpoues collected were credited and expenditure
on tne maintenance and development of the Jervice waa
debiosd. The Fund was treated as a local fund and kept
quite distinct from General Revenues of India. The actual
aoministration of the Service was carried out by the
Director, Royal Indian. Marine, till July 1942 with the
assisuance of a non-official Advisory Committee of
Snipping at Bombay and from that date the Nautical
Idviser to the Government of India was entrusted with
the above duties and also appointed as Chairman, of the
I
Advisory/.
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The file concerns the possibility of establishing an international Conservancy Board for the Shatt-el-Arab (also referred to as the Shatt-al-Arab) between the governments of Iraq, Iran (also referred to as Persia), and the United Kingdom.
The board was intended to ensure the efficient maintenance and navigation of the Shatt-al-Arab waterway. The United Kingdom was involved because of the close interests of British shipping in the conservancy of the Shatt-al-Arab.
The papers cover: Perso-Iraqi frontier negotiations; drafts, signing (July 1937), and ratification (June 1938) of the Perso-Iraqi Frontier Treaty; Turkish approval of the frontier negotiations; the signing of the four power non-aggression pact between Iraq, Iran, Turkey, and Afghanistan (the Saad-Abad [Saadabad] Pact), 1937; Abadan anchorage; Foreign Office memoranda and minutes of meetings concerning a convention for the conservancy of the Shatt-al-Arab; the question of British participation in the convention; lighting and buoying; the involvement of Sir John Ward [serving with the Iraqi Government] in the discussions; the opposition of the Iranian Government to British involvement; the involvement of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC); the Port of Basra (including Foreign Office memorandum, folios 77-83); the Rooka Channel; and renewed discussion of the issue in 1945, including the importance of the Shatt-al-Arab for tanker traffic to supply Britain's war needs in the Far East.
The main correspondents are the Foreign Office, the British Ambassador to Iraq, and HM Minister, Tehran.
The French language content of the file consists of approximately twenty folios of diplomatic correspondence and treaties.
There are no papers in the file dated 1941-44.
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, in 2 parts (329 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: this file consists of two physical parts. The foliation sequence commences at the first folio of part one (ff 1-169) and terminates at the last folio of part two (ff 170-329); 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; these numbers are printed, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out. The front and back conservation covers (parts one and two), have not been foliated.
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