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Coll 30/86(2) 'Persia. Relations with Iraq. Shatt-el-Arab: Internationalisation of, and establishment of a Conservancy Board.' [‎429r] (868/944)

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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Minister for Foreign Affairs sent tor me today for a
general discussion as to position of Perso-Iraqi negotiations.
2. After spending some time in laying all the blame on
.hiap to.T delay and suggesting that Iraqi Government were not
desirous oi a settlement (a point which 1 contested vigorously)
he came down to more substantial considerations.
3. lie expressed great anxiety at delay and desire for a
settlement and enquired whether I could assist. It was almost
impossible to negotiate with Nuri Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. and Yasin Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. who
did not seem in agreement with each other. He wished His
rajesty’s Government could take a more active part.
4. I said that it seemed to me that it was question of
conservancy board which as holding things up and that in my
opinion Persian Government were responsible for delay owing to
their refusal to agree to tripartite convention and signature
of His majesty's Government. A long discussion ensued during
which minister for Foreign jfairs reproduced views expressed
by Soheily as reported in my telegram No.19. He asked, had
I thought that it was legally possible for Pis majesty's
Government to sign convention seeing that they were not a
riparian state.
5. I said that this was a narrow view. Persia and
Iraq as neighbours would of course sign treaties, and all
conventions

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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)
Arrangement

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.' [‎429r] (868/944), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3803, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100048894119.0x000045> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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