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File 815/1917 Pt 13 'Persian Gulf: lighting and buoying service; Shatt al-Arab Conservancy Board' [‎50r] (104/686)

The record is made up of 1 volume (338 folios). It was created in 15 Jun 1928-9 Dec 1931. 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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CONFIDENTIAL.
From: The Senior Naval Officer. Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Division
H.M.S. TRIAD at Basrah.
Date: 27th May, 1931. No. 116/468
To The Commander in Chief, nast Indies Station.
LIGHTING AND BUOYING - PEH3IAN GULF.
With reference to Admiralty Letter dated 19th March
1931, M.0515/31 ? I heg to transmit for the information of the
Commander-in-Chief a copy of Bus hire despatch No.237-S of 6th
May, 1931, containing certain criticisms of the arguments put
forward by the port Directorate of Basrah.
2. I think it must be conceded that the political
Residents criticisms are sound. It is hoped that the question
of the transfer of the lights and buoys on the Persian Coast
to Persian control will not be raised, but if it is, then the
British representatives must be careful not to weaken their case
by presenting figures or proposals which bear no relation to
existing facts.
3. I am entirely in agreement, too with Colonel Biscoe,
who is on sound ground when he points out that the approaches to
Bahrein are inadequately lighted. In point of fact, so far as
navigational facilities are concerned, the Persian Coast is m
a much better way than Bahrein. 4 * 6
4. In my view it is essential that in any negotiations
with Persia the line to be taken should proceed upon the
assumption that if the lights on the Persian Cpast are run a.
separate organisation, then the costs of administration should
be kept as low as will be consistent with such a cnange. Ihe
Persian Government should be given no encouragement to embaru
on a programme of extravagant expenditure the only result ^oi
which J would be to increase the light dues. They are not above
increasing the dues for their own benefit on the pretence of a
development programme, without proceeding with the programme
itself!
5 Yfith regard to para. 10 of the Bushire despatch, the
Commander-in-Chief has haa my letter dated 16th Qctober LdO,
No.74/157, which treats of the lighting and buoying question
from the naval point of view.
6. As the political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. is shortly proceeding to
England and hopes to discuss this question wi send a
at home within the next fortnight, _he has ask e ^
copy of his despatch to the Admiralty air ecu. A accor( ^ r ;iy #
communication together with the enclosure ha
(3gd.) L.E. CRABBE.
Captain,
Senior Naval Officer,
PERSIAN GULF The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

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This volume is composed of interdepartmental correspondence relating to the future administration of the lighting and buoying service in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

The correspondence discusses the possibility of control of buoying and lighting in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. being transferred to the Government of Persia. At this time the service was being maintained by the Royal Indian Marine, with its financing being shared between the British Imperial Government (specifically the Foreign Office) and the Government of India. The correspondence includes the point of view of the Government of India on the suggestion that the Shatt-Al-Arab Conservancy board should also be responsible for lighting and buoying along the Gulf coast. Furthermore, it discusses the major point to be settled in the present negotiations with Persia during 1928-30, which is the international boundary in the Shatt-el-Arab, as defined in the Treaty of Erzurum of 1847, and the Persia-Turkish Frontier Delimitation Agreement of 1913. The correspondence then moves on to cover the organisation and discussion of the tripartite conference taking place in Iraq regarding the future administration of the lighting and buoying service on the coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , with the participating countries being Iraq, Persia and Great Britain (with India).

Notable correspondents include the following: the Viceroy of India; the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the High Commissioner Iraq; the Director of the Royal Indian Marine; officials of the 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. , the Foreign Office, the Admiralty, the Treasury, and the Government of India's Marine Department; the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Navy, East India Section; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iraq; the Government of Iraq; the Council of Ministers, Iraq; the Port Directorate in Basra.

In addition to correspondence, the volume contains the following: minutes of an interdepartmental conference held at the 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. in 1931 (ff 26-28), copies of an 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. memorandum entitled 'Memorandum on the Lighting and Buoyage of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ', dated 1931 (ff 62-64).

The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 volume (338 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

The subject 815 ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ) consists of 6 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/659-664. The volumes are divided into 13 parts, with part 1 (A-G) comprising one volume, part 2 comprising the second volume, parts 3-9 comprising the third volume, part 10 comprising the fourth volume, parts 11-12 comprising the fifth volume, and part 13 comprising the sixth volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 340; 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 volume has one foliation anomaly, f 89a.

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