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File 4480/1923 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf: Ownership of the Shatt-el-Arab’ [169r] (348/732)
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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m Purvey,
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appear to have equal rlghta to control the channel
antf the complex problems ana difficult tee efeleh arise
thereby could only be solved satisfactorily by the
appointment of the proposed International Conaervanoy
Board to control the nr.vigation of the Shatt-awrab
and the Hooka Channel.
5. I forward with this despatch a copy of a
brief report by the Port Director containing a
historical susoary of the otwmgef which have occurred
in the estuary, from Which he draws the conclusion
that the course of the otrens is veering and will in
all probability be finally diverted to the Hooka
Channel itself. 2 am sending to Tour Lordship
with the new survey chart a copy of the charts,
•OSMSwwtett* omm mm **• •<* “ • mmm —
.Plan No.5. ) marginally noted, referrod to by Colonel
.Adairelty Chart No. 12555. )
.Plan shoninc the dredged ) Ward In hia report.
6. I have not ce :n .oated t'te moults of the
survey or nny of too infonsaation ooritt V ed n the
report or this despatch to the 1 Iraq Government end 1
request that Your Lordship will inform me In «ae course
of the Information which 1 should co-nunloate to then
to eupple»ent the partloulara eontalned In my letter
of 9th April, 1929, to the Prime Minister, stating
that. His Pritannlo Majesty's Govemaont required
further Information before renOhing an rpinion as
to the noeltlon of the Poo5* Charnel. I forwarded
a cony ef this letter with ny secret despatch dated
the 10th of April, 1929.
7. In sending forward the new survey 1 woild
bring
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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.
- Extent and format
- 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.
- Physical characteristics
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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- Title
- File 4480/1923 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf: Ownership of the Shatt-el-Arab’
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- front , back , spine , edge , head , tail , front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:2v, 6r:8v, 21r:21v, 23r:58v, 62r:130v, 132r:162v, 164r:227v, 230r:261v, 264r:308v, 309v:330v, 330ar:330av, 331r:352r, 355r:357v, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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