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File 4480/1923 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf: Ownership of the Shatt-el-Arab’ [327r] (664/732)
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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they accordingly regarded the ooaat as being what is
marked on the Admiralty chart by the thick green and red
shading, the mark of the river as lying at that point
and everything beyond as being the sea. This is the
only view which is in my opinion reconcilable with what
they in fact did; and it is confirmed by the fact that
to the green shading and .iarahat Abadan does not
at all; its the words "
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
".
Wi'lAiini ili wAiiiiwif 1 reconsideration were to think
this a view which we ooald uphold, our difficulties
would largely vanish. If the base line of Persian
territorial waters is taken from the thick green shading,
the whole of the Hooka Channel would lie in the open
sea. The Western Channel raight be partly in Persian
territorial waters until It sntered Iraq national waters,
but there would of course be the right of innocent
passage, and it would seem more likely that the limit
between Iraq and Persian territorial waters would be re
garded as running down the middle of it. k possible
modification of this view might be that the base line
for Persian territorial waters la to run not from the
thick green sha ding but from a line so tewhere in the
vicinity of Tforth iiast" (eince the area north-west of
that may have stronger claims to count as land), but even
in that case nearly the whole of the Hooka Channel would
still be in the open ses and the rest in Persian
territorial , not national, waters.
I think that the above repreaente the most defensible
line for us to take, and I suggest that the Admiralty
should
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- Content
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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- 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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