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Coll 30/86(2) 'Persia. Relations with Iraq. Shatt-el-Arab: Internationalisation of, and establishment of a Conservancy Board.' [383r] (776/944)
The record is made up of 1 volume (468 folios). It was created in 23 Dec 1935-22 Apr 1937. 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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eaa they to maintain that foe tie purpoee of
9 ®tt-ing op a Obmservancy Soar-d it was mmeoessary to mate
pny pronouncement at all on the subject of freedom of
navigation, His Majenty'e Government could hardly deny that
these tjae some force In t ualr point of ■ lew $ eapcc 4 al*y s^nee
the meaon wfey His i'ajeety^ Oovemment would most deeire
^6he article la hastily one vdixch they could e**8CAoee* "
thet sese the poeltion usaer the draft Convention would be
that the Board f while under an obligation to treat all
shipping alike* would h&ve no power to exclude any vessels
the power of exclusion ye saining* «s at present* the prctceatlve
subject tc their treaty CMMaitncats* of the terri fcorlal
Bovareigns® It met be Aoor-sd however that la certain
hypothetical eventualities en Article in tl»e oobvenUon
dedicating the river to t sc shipping of all nations may be
of value to His Majesty’s Government from a naval point of
view as it may afford a g sound for contending that the fftver
hae been placed In an vxc jpt-ional position and that the
territorial powers are not required by the obligations of
neutrality (l.e. aaeumtne a war where It could be held that
the rules of neutrality applied) to Place the use of the river
by the belligerents under the usual restrictions ep»iy*ns
to ordinary rivers,
S. a eopy of the instr tctlons la tinel tom tfl
tranaaitted herewith for *e ini^mfion of Captain CrooksM
together with a copy of t: * despat® un - ’
instructions have been set to Hi® booty’s ^assador at
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The file concerns negotiations over a convention to establish a 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 convention had two main objects: (1) to provide for the conservancy of the Shatt-al-Arab (i.e. its maintenance as a navigable waterway adequate to the needs of international shipping); (2) to control the navigation of the Shatt-al-Arab (i.e. to provide all shipping using the waterway with a uniform system of control, administration, and discipline in all matters necessary for safe and efficient shipping). The board was to consist of Iraq and Iran as the two riparian countries concerned, and the United Kingdom as the state owning over 90 per cent of the shipping using the river.
The papers cover: Perso-Iraqi negotiations; the question of British participation in the convention; the views of the Shah of Iran; negotiations over the frontier between Iraq and Iran; dredging dues; the navigation of the river; Persian violations of Iraqi territory; the anchorage at Abadan; draft agreements on the frontier between Iraq and Iran; the Persian refusal to allow Iraq any say over the waters (the Karun) that flowed into the Shatt-al-Arab (e.g. folios 262-264); the interests of the Government of Turkey in the issue; the view of the Foreign Office that a single authority was required in order to achieve unified control over the whole waterway system (folios 245-246); quarantine and police posts; and the Port of Basra (budget estimates, and dues and charges).
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 ten folios of diplomatic correspondence and treaty drafts.
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 volume (468 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 for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 464; 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. The front and back covers, along with the two leading and two ending flyleaves have not been foliated. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 291-464 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Coll 30/86(2) 'Persia. Relations with Iraq. Shatt-el-Arab: Internationalisation of, and establishment of a Conservancy Board.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:9v, 16r:16v, 23r:68v, 69v:74r, 75r:76v, 77v:78v, 87r:181v, 187r:196v, 199r:199v, 201r:217v, 218v:292v, 299v:311v, 315r:323v, 333r:464v, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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