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Coll 30/4 'Shatt-El-Arab Conservancy Board Convention' [8r] (20/1392)
The record is made up of 1 volume (692 folios). It was created in 5 Feb 1931-11 Aug 1932. 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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PHOM : The senior IIaval officer,
E.M.S.
L
Persian Gxaf Pi vision,
THIJJD at Basrah.
BATS ; 6th June 1932.
TO : The secretary of the Admiralty.
(Copy to : The Commander-in-Chief,
Bast
(Per.) A Persian custom allowing an individual to seek asylum at a designated location.
indies station (ho. 120/468),
The Honourable 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.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
(Ho. 16/468).
PBRSIAH GULP L1GHTIRG ARP BBOYIHG SBRYIQB.
ith reference to Admiralty letter dated 1st April 1932,
Ho. M. 0620/32, I beg to submit to the consideration of Their
lordships the following remarks on the letter addressed by the
port Director, Basrah, dated 21st November 1931, Ho. F.O.C.XI,
to the Flag officer Commanding, Ro^al Indian Marine, on the
above mentioned subject.
2. In paragraphs 4 and 5 of hie letter Colonel ward
states that he has already advocated that a light vessel be
placed so as to mark the approaches to Bahrein, and he now
suggests a light vessel on the parur shoal and another oft
Ras Mutaf. I was given to understand that the reason why
no light vessel has been placed at Bahrein was that funds
not available. It seems therefore to be out of the
question to propose two additional light vessels although
r nuite a-ree with Colonel ward's view that light vessels in
these twolosltioL wcuia be an ff t to the interests serred
by the Persian Utilf lighting aaministration.
g t wot Id take this opportunity also of bringing to
the notioe Of Their tor i 8h ^V ^^e^^e^uif'theif Ls been
to the the part of the 'Iraq'Authorities,
* issue by raising questions relative to toe
efficiency f a buoys
olfi« a to W e i xercise P e 1 X ^us e fve P oontrol over the lighting ana buoj
ing of their own coasts.
, « it is more important first to
4 . it seems to me that it peraien Governmentj
solve the political P rob l em ; nf .!ed to exercise exclusive
make good their claim an“ P tafce s toofc of the position
control, it will be time enoug o ^ ^ qxie8 tion of
as it affects pipping ^/experience gained , funds
efficiency in the lignt oi.
available, etc*
t rHd not give a direct reply to
5 . For this reason 1 , l5i “ “ +/n UO tea in the port
the Flag Offl« er fned myself to pointing out that
?he political problem divorced from questions involved
thing and that lt . W8 ® preaent lighting service (vide
by proposals for dated £8rd August 19sl, HO. 192/
enclosures t0 ra f////bander-in-Ohief and previous
468, addressed to the U n u.
c xrreseondenoo • 4
, in Article 5, psragr^pn ,
6 . It is also observed that in - u of/
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This volume contains correspondence between British officials regarding negotiations with the Governments of Iraq and Persia to establish a board to improve and maintain the conservancy of the Shatt el-Arab [Shatt al-Arab] waterway.
The primary correspondents in the file are officials from the Admiralty, the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the High Commission in Iraq, the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office and the Air Ministry.
In addition to correspondence, the file also contains several iterations of a draft of a tri-partite agreement between Britain, Iraq and Persia to set up a 'board to improve and maintain the conservancy of the Shatt el-Arab' and minutes from a series of meetings concerning the content and wording of this agreement that were held at the Colonial Office in London. These meetings were attended by representatives of the Colonial Office, Treasury, Foreign Office, Admiralty, Air Ministry, 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. and the Board of Trade.
The file also contains accounts of negotiations that took place between British officials and Persia's First Minister, Abdolhossein Teymourtash (written as Teymourtache in the file). A telegram in French that was sent by Teymourtash to Francis Humphrys, Britain's High Commissioner in Iraq in April 1932 can be found on folio 106.
Also enclosed in the file is a draft of a 'Treaty of Residence and Neighbourly Relations' between Iraq and Persia (folios 400-402). This copy is in English, translated from the original Arabic.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 volume (692 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 694; 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.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:33v, 49r:105v, 107r:206v, 219r:292v, 304r:399v, 403r:514v, 516r:527v, 540r:593v, 609r:613v, 616r:668v, 685r:693v, back-i
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