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File 4480/1923 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf: Ownership of the Shatt-el-Arab’ [‎102r] (214/732)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (361 folios). It was created in 21 May 1928-28 Nov 1930. 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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* ii&vy waa depandQQt upon the
froraian oilfields for a lar^e proportion of Its oil
supplies, and It was essential therefore, in order that
the necessary etepe slight be taken to ensure the safety
of those supplies in the event of war, that His Majesty 1 s
ships should be aooorded freodoia of aiovement in tlie
^hat t-al-Arab not only in time of war or menaoe of war,
but at all times, and that ifc should not be necessary
for Hia Majesty 1 a Governiiient to obtain pemiasion from the
Iraq Government whenever it was desired that one of His
Majesty*® ships should eater the 3*aU-al-Arab. 30 lon^
as that fnedom of movement was aooorded to His Majesty , s
ship«| it *./as not material by what instrument it was
aoeorded, but, having regard to the attitude whioh too
Iraq Government hud adopted towards the negotiation of /
revised finanoiai and tailitary agreements, and to the
faot that it was almost certain that during the course | J|
of the forthcoming negotiation© between Persia and Iraq
the Persian Government would press for the extension of
their existing rights in the ^hatt-al-Arab to Include the
right of Persian warships or preventive vessels to operate
in those waters, the Admiralty were disposed to think that
the facilities whioh His Majesty*o Government desired might
more easily be obtained by means of a tripartite agreement
between Great Britain, Iraq, and 3 ersia, whioh would secure
for Great Britain the same facilities in the 3 hatt-al-Arab
as were thereby aooorded to Persia, than by means of a
bilateral treaty between Great Britain and Iraq
Moreover, It appeared to the Admiralty
that if provision for thos* facilities were included in a
tripartite treaty of that nature, the Iraq Government v/ould
be more likely to agree to the inclusion of provision for

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The volume contains papers relating to the right of navigation in the Shatt-el-Arab (also referred to as the Shatt-al-Arab).

It includes correspondence relating to the following: the alignment of the Perso-Iraq frontier at the mouth of the Shatt-al-Arab; the right of Persian [Iranian] vessels to navigate the Shatt-al-Arab and to anchor in Iraq waters; the proposal that the Shatt-al-Arab should be treated as an international waterway, and that an international commission should be appointed to look after it; the proposed establishment of a Conservancy Board to control the navigation in the Shatt-al-Arab, and the proposal that the Conservancy Board should also be charged with the superintendence of lighting and buoying throughout the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

The main correspondents are as follows: 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; Sir Robert Henry Clive, HM Minister, Tehran; the Admiralty; the High Commissioner for Iraq; the Colonial Office; the Air Council (Air Ministry); and the Government of India Foreign and Political Department.

The volume includes correspondence in French between Sir R H Clive and Mirza Abdul Hussein Khan Taimourtache (also spelled Teymourtache in the file) [Abdolhossein Teymūrtāsh], Minister of Court, Persia, dated 19 April 1928 (folios 353-354) and 26 July 1930 (folio 31).

The volume includes a map and three charts of the Shatt al-Arab [IOR/L/PS/10/1098, f 131; IOR/L/PS/10/1098, f 163; IOR/L/PS/10/1098, f 262; and IOR/L/PS/10/1098, f 263].

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 (361 folios)
Arrangement

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

The subject 4480 ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/1098 and IOR/L/PS/10/1099. The volumes are divided into two parts, with each part comprising one volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 357; 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 foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.

A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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