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Coll 30/86(2) 'Persia. Relations with Iraq. Shatt-el-Arab: Internationalisation of, and establishment of a Conservancy Board.' [431r] (872/944)
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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I finally put "before His Excellency following
assurances.
c'° If he could first assure me that Persian Government
were prepared to accept principle of tripartite conservancy
convention and to agree to negotiations on that "basis and
signature "by His Majesty's Government I would arrange that it
should "be suggested to Iraqi Government that they should enquire
of Persian Government whether latter were prepared to accept
principle of tripartite convention and negotiate as above. In
return for this Iraqi Government would he prepared to accept
principle of Abadan anchorage and negotiate necessary agreement.
I said that I was convinced that if progress were made on these
two points the rest would he easy.
9. His Excellency expressed view that he should further
he assured that negotiations would proceed on all the other
points and that nothing that had already been agreed upon
should he re-opened. He stated that in earlier negotiations
much ground had "been covered 5 a non—aggression and pacific
settlement of disputes treaty had been initialled, 5 out ol 1/
articles of treaty of friendship had been agreed upon, and
drafts had been put forward by Persian Government on other
matters such as
bon voisinage
An agreement or treaty based on principles of 'good neighbourliness', often signed between countries which share borders.
, posts and telegraphs, consular
matters etc. If Persian Government agreed to tripartite
conservancy convention, then let all treaty questions oe
settled. His Excellency hoped that His Majesty's Government
would lend active assistance though he realised that we must
he impartial. I said on that basis I was sure His Majesty s
Government would do all they could to assist.
10. I then said that if I was to put forward this
proposal it was essential that I should he certain beforehand
that
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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.'
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- 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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