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'MEMORANDUM RESPECTING THE NAVIGATION OF THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES.' [14r] (28/284)
The record is made up of 1 file (42 folios). It was created in 24 Apr 1913. 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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imported goods beyond those which are stipu
lated in our commercial treaty. But it appears
fioiTi youi statement (and there is nothing in the
letter of Messrs. Hector and Co. to contradict it),
that the additional charges they complain of are
levied not upon the goods, but upon the boat;
not upon the freighter, but upon the owner of
the boat; that they are levied equally when the
goods are native as when they are foreign, either
in origin or in ownership ; and that the object of
their imposition is to secure the goods from
plunder on their passage up the river. If all
this be so, and there is no reason to doubt it,
m e are not only without just ground of com
plaint, but we have a strong motive in policy
tor not seeking to disturb the existing arrange
ments. In order to avoid the payment of the
contribution in question the British merchant
must either deprive the Arab chiefs of their
customary profit, or he must obtain an
equivalent for them out of the import duties
payable on his goods to the Turkish custom
house. In the latter case the Porte would not
obtain the amount of duty secured to her by
the treaty. In the former the Arab chiefs
w 7 ould be unable to restrain their tribes from
plunder, and a loss far heavier than the amount
paid to them would probably devolve upon the
British merchant. It is therefore my opinion
that resistance to the payment of these estab
lished dues, besides being equivocal, in point of
right, would probably be unsuccessful, and that
even if it were to succeed, to say nothing of the
injustice done thereby to the native merchant, a
greater evil than the one avoided would be
incurred."
In reporting the matter to Lord Aberdeen
Sir S. Canning eaid that he understood from the
consul that the addition of the charge in question
to the 2 per cent, and 3 per cent, import duties
w 7 ould not be more than the trade to Bagdad
could reasonably bear.
With the concurrence of the Board of Trade
To Sir S. Canning-, Sir S. Canning was informed that he had taken
No. 76, a correct view of the different points brought
under his consideration by Consul Taylor with
reference to the charge in question.
In September 1845 Colonel Eawlinson reported
that the question of the payment by British
merchants of the " qalibiyeh " (" kalibiyeh ")
[163—1] E
July 4, 1842.
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Memorandum, written by Richard William Brant and Edward Parkes of the Foreign Office, Apr 1913 regarding navigation on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The memorandum is divided into four parts:
- Historical Memorandum respecting the navigation of the Mesopotamian rivers. The memorandum describes the history of British relations with Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. and the progress of their relations in order to determine the rights that Great Britain possesses which allow it to participate in the trade and navigation of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The memorandum covers both the period where rights were acquired by the East India Company (1579-1859) and from 1860s onwards where rights and special privileges were acquired and maintained on behalf of the Tigris and Euphrates Steam Navigation Company (folios 8-66);
- British rights by treaty with regard to the navigation of the Tigris and Euphrates, which looks at the rights accrued by Great Britain through treaties with the Ottoman Government and through the Ottoman Empire's treaties with other nations (folios 67-70);
- Conclusions, which summarises the conclusions that can be drawn from the information provided in both the historical memorandum and the treaties sections (folios 71-74);
- Chronological Table covering the period 1759 to 1912, with annual entries from 1873 onwards (folios 75-119) ;
- Annex: Instances where the employment of British steamers in the navigation of the Tigris and Euphrates has been asserted or admitted to be limited by the Firmans of 1834 and 1841;
- Appendices: 34 items which are listed on folio 122, and include extracts and copies of Treaties, Firmans, Memorandum, Circulars and other relevant documents covering the period 1718 to 1912.
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- 1 file (42 folios)
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Foliation: The main foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; 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 (except for the front cover where the folio number is on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. ). An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between folios 4-139; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'MEMORANDUM RESPECTING THE NAVIGATION OF THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES.'
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- front, back, front-i, 2r:123r, 124r:125v, 126v:127v, 129r:130r, 133v:137r, 138r:138v, 139v:141v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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