Coll 30/86(2) 'Persia. Relations with Iraq. Shatt-el-Arab: Internationalisation of, and establishment of a Conservancy Board.' [390r] (790/944)
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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
[-rpijig Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty’s Government, and should be
returned to the Foreign Office if not required for official use.]
TO
o
5 4 4
, Q *;• o
1 o >
1/77/34).
Cypher telegram to Sir A. Clark Kerr (Bagdad).
Foreign Office. 21st January 1956. 6.30 p.ra.
No 0 16.
++++++++++ -H^,y-^++++++++++++++ ++ ^5
Your telegrams Ifos ^ 12_ Z of January lothj anc.^l5_/of
January 16th - proposedliltt-el-Arah Conservancy Convention^
Recent telegrams from Tehran and from yourself suggest chat
there is novr little or no prospect of speedy conclusion of anyshati
el-Arab Agreement on anything even remotely approaching tne lines
contemplated in British Draft of proposed Conservancy Convention.
Various alternatives recently suggested apparently represent no
more than stages in bargaining process.
2,. Best course, therefore, mill probably be for His
Majesty* s Government to refuse to he drawn into any discussion
of various alternative expedients, at any rate unil position ms
become much clearer and there is evidence of serious proposals
having been worked out in detail with full regard to the facts
and necessities of the situation. Persians and Iraqis nave so
i aoi-itPT'ested advice of His kajesty s
consistently ignored disinteresma auv
4 - +ln+ ■=+ - q nuite time that they were left to una
Government that it
quire
Collection of papers folded in half and stitched together to form a gathering of folios.
emc
XJ . ,vpficulties of situation for themselves,
out practical dmieuimes oi -x
,r no ren^ated to Tehran Ho. cu.
AUnrosscd to Bagdad Ho, lo, rep—nu
About this item
- Content
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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (468 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
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.
- Written in
- English and French in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
Coll 30/86(2) 'Persia. Relations with Iraq. Shatt-el-Arab: Internationalisation of, and establishment of a Conservancy Board.' [390r] (790/944), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3803, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100048894118.0x0000bf> [accessed 27 April 2024]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100048894118.0x0000bf
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100048894118.0x0000bf">Coll 30/86(2) 'Persia. Relations with Iraq. Shatt-el-Arab: Internationalisation of, and establishment of a Conservancy Board.' [‎390r] (790/944)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100048894118.0x0000bf"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x000172/IOR_L_PS_12_3803_0806.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x000172/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/3803
- Title
- 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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence