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File 4480/1923 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf: Ownership of the Shatt-el-Arab’ [‎200r] (410/732)

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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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to me T nresume however, that such legislation would be liable to be
Persian Government. I should be glad if I could
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n e arly intimation of your opinion upon these points, which appear likely
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the Government of India.
and to
I have, &c.
H. DOBBS,
High Commissioner for Iraq.
Enclosure 6 in No. 1.
Sir H. Dobbs to Sir R. Clive.
Bagdad, January 12, 1929.
Ur ’ T HWE the honour to inform you that on the night of the 9th November, 1928,
thp Persian Government steam yacht “ Ivy ” passed out of the Shatt-el-Arab through
h(> Ro oka Channel. She is reported to have ignored all signals and to have taken
no notice of the channel regulations, thereby causing considerable danger to herself
and to other vessels in the channel at the time.
' 9 The channel referred to is the new channel which has been dredged bv the
Iran Port Directorate through the Shatt-el-Arab bar, and dredging is still m
progress. I should be grateful if you would call the attention of the Persian
Government to this incident, and suggest to them in their own interests, and their
vessels should make a practice of conforming to the regulations for navigating the
Shatt-el-Arab and its approaches. The Basra port authorities will provide a y
information which the Persian authorities may require. ^
H. DOBBS,
High Commissioner for Iraq.
[E 1048/58/34]
Enclosure 7 in No. 1.
Admiralty to Foreign Office.
^Confidential.) 4 February 25, 1929.
I AM commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to
letter of the 28th December, 1928, relative to the Perso-Iraq fron ie J .
of the Shatt-el-Arab, and to put forward the following o serve
consideration of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. P wt
2. Since the Admiralty letter of the 10th December was wri n, . i m
cutting which formed the enclosure to that letter prepared, t e ? ri § & , J er
showing the boundary line as fixed by the Delimitation Commission 1 P ,
the 1913 protocol, and also the minutes of the meetings of the commission have been
borrowed from your Department and the question given further consi . y ,
3. The above-mentioned chart cutting was prepared from ^ P . , Qm ce
with the 1913 protocol, which had previously been borrowed from t . , tha j.
and wrongly assumed to show the boundary as finally settled. ^PP^ , . + 0 f {.fie
the boundary line was only roughly drawn on this map to i us ra p ]j ne
protocol, and that no importance is to be attached to the con inu<
seaward from the southern termination on the Persian bank. , t ti ie
4. The minutes of the commission and the original
commission fixed the starting-point of their work at a pom o ^ p pr v s i an side
below a fort (shown on the map and also on the Admiralty char ) ,, easterly
opposite, but a little below, Fao. There is also drawn on the map in a ty
direction from this point a line in yellow (the frontier Ime is s - n to
does not appear to be explained in the minutes. It is sugges c , t v e r i V e r
show what appeared to the commissioners, when they P^ oce .^ e p j map [ n
(possibly at high water), to represent the coast line, they havi g

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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.

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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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