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'File 82/17 I (F 90) A.P.O.C. Port of Basra and Shatt al-`Arab Water-way' [60v] (133/224)
The record is made up of 1 volume (108 folios). It was created in 8 Nov 1922-5 Nov 1929. It was written in English. 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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moor alongside the jetty without coming withm Persian jurisdiction. This will, I trust
meet the main point raised in Sir H. Dobbs's telegram to the Colonial Office of the
19th April.
6. In conclusion, I must add that i am strongly of the opinion that we can no
longer make an exception in the case of Persia to the normal rule by which the visits
of warships to a foreign port are notified beforehand to the Government involved
Persia will no longer submit to be treated cavalierly and on a different footing from
other countries in such matters, and I am convinced that it is bad policy to attempt to
continue such practices. I have therefore addressed to you to-day my telegram No. 107
suggesting that the senior naval officer in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
should be instructed to
inform me in advance of any visits of British warships to Persian ports in order that
I may notify the Persian Government.
Copies of this despatch and of its enclosure are being sent to the Government of
India, His Majesty's High Commissioner at Bagdad, His Majesty's consul-general at
Bushire and His Majesty's consul at Ahwaz.
I have, &c.
R. H. CLIVE.
Enclosure in No. 1.
Sir R. Clive to the Acting Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs.
(No. 86.)
M. le Gerant, Tehran, April 20, 1928.
HIS Majesty's consul at Ahwaz has reported to me that when H.M.S. " Enter
prise," of whose visit to Abadan I had the honour to notify your Excellency in my
semi-official letter of the 15th April, reached the neighbourhood of that port, a Persian
customs launch was despatched to stop her in mid-stream.
2. I must emphatically protest against this action of the Persian authorities.
Since, under treaty, the low-water line on the Persian side of the Shatt-el-Arab
constitutes the frontier-line between Iraq and Persia, the Persian authorities have no
kind of right to interfere in any way with shipping on the Iraq side of this line, and
the action of the customs launch constitutes a direct infringement of the rights of Iraq.
I understand that the Customs acted under direct orders from the Minister of Finance.
3. I take this opportunity of pointing out that, in consequence of the position of
the frontier at low-water mark, any jetty at Abadan or elsewhere on the Persian bank
of the Shatt-el-Arab projects into Iraq territorial waters. Any ship therefore lying
at any such jetty is incontestably within Iraq territorial waters, and the Persian
authorities have no jurisdiction over her nor right to interfere with her mooring in
such a position.
I avail, &c.
R. H. CLIVE.
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The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Department, the Colonial Office and the Secretary of State at 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. in London, the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. at Bushire, the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Kuwait, the British Legation at Tehran and Anglo Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives regarding the port of Basra and the disputes for the Shatt al-`Arab water-way between Kuwait and Iraq.
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- 1 volume (108 folios)
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The documents in the volume are mostly arranged in chronological order. There are notes at the end of the volume, (folios 99-101). The notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the volume; they give a brief description of the correspondence with reference numbers, which refer back to that correspondence in the volume.
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The foliation is written in pencil, not circled, and can be found 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 numbering commences at the title page with 1, 1A, 1B; and terminates with 102, which is the last number given to the fourth folio from the back of the volume.
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- 'File 82/17 I (F 90) A.P.O.C. Port of Basra and Shatt al-`Arab Water-way'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:1v, 1ar:1av, 2r:2v, 2br:2bv, 3r:55v, 59v:70v, 76v:102v, ii-r:iv-v, back-i
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