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File 4480/1923 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf: Ownership of the Shatt-el-Arab’ [326r] (662/732)
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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on quite a different idea. They regard the mouth of the
river hein$? not between th© and ^>uth]B eao0J[li3
but as jo ying between the pointa of the two peninoulaa
called SiaraJcet Abadan and karaket Abdulla. They regard
the ahorea of these two peninsulas as the base llnoo from
which the territorial waters of Persia and Iraq are «o
be drawn and have shown the limits of those waters
accordingly on their chart. On this assumption the
eastern half of the Hooka Channel ia clearly in Persian
territorial waters and the western half is in leraiun
national waters on the assumption that the Comniisolon a
line ia to be continued to the point where the terri
torial waters interoept. On this assumption theWestern
dhKtmol r.light or might not ho Ir«H national aatero. It
depend* on whore o*aotXy th* ond of tho Como.iaalon'.^
lino oomeB on ( the Adalralt;; chart,an* it iB Tory mBtorlal
to ohaervo that on the AdHralty chart the «nd of the
line 00 d»a not in in .hat the Admiralty are
treating for tho pnrpoueo of the haee line as land.
How it la Plain, 1 think, that thla Tlo* of the
altuatlon lo (juite inoonalatert with tho work 0 ■
OOBtlaalon> If lie mouth of the river really Ilea te-
t.ocn the pomta of theao two peninaulaa and “la mt«
only bogina at that point, the Oomdi.alonera had no
baaineaa to atop tha.if Une *here thay did; they ought
to have carried It right down the reralan hank to tho
point of Uaraket Abadan haoauae it la plain that if the
river continued down to that point the whole of It under
the Protocol wae lurklah. In point of foot the Oom-
ml.Bion.re- lin. as ahown on the Admiralty chart g..»
right aoroaa the atream and flniahaa up in what the
Admiralty r.gard aa •furklah territory, with the roeult
that Turkey, and now Iraq, goto none of tho atreao at all.
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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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- 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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