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Coll 30/86(3) 'PERSIA. Relations with Iraq: Shatt-el-Arab. Establishment of an International Conservancy Board.' [47r] (100/674)
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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Shatt-Al-Arab in His territory in respect of vessels or
classes of vessels normally operating exclusively within
the Shatt-Al-Arab or engaged in lightering, always provided
that such arrangements shall not involve any discrimination
on the ground of the flag or ownership of the vessels, or the
nationality of the owner of the cargoes, or the nationality
of the passengers or between vessels of the same class.
(3) Each High Contracting Party shall communicate his
tariffs of dues and charges to the Cornedfision and shall
publish them and no increase in dues shall be levied except
after six months’ notice to shipping.
(4) War vessels and other vessels used exclusively on
governmental and non-commercial service (exceot oil-Tankers)
shall not be required to pay any dues.
(5) Each High Contracting Party shall communicate to the
Commission and shall publish within six months of the end of
each financial year a full and accurate statement of the
amounts received and expended by Him in the administration o'
the parts of the Shatt-Al-Arab in His territory and shall
give due consideration to any observations which the
Commission may see fit to make thereon.
Article 18.
d) As soon as possible after the entry il&to force of
this Convention an Advisory Commission shall be established
and cshall be known as ’’The Shatt-Al-Arab Advisory Commission.”
( 2 ) The Commission’s duty shall be to facilitate the
greatest possible uniformity of administration of the
Shatt-Al-Arab by the respective authorities of the two High
Contracting Parties in the parts of the Shatt-Al-Arab within
mvxeir. vp. territories. It shall receive and consider
Their respective territories.
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- Coll 30/86(3) 'PERSIA. Relations with Iraq: Shatt-el-Arab. Establishment of an International Conservancy Board.'
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- 41r:50v, 135r:136v, 227r:229v, 279r:281v, 324r:327v
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