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'MEMORANDUM RESPECTING THE NAVIGATION OF THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES.' [79v] (159/284)
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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Colonel Taylor,
ho. 18,
Confideutial,
February 26.
10
On the 21st October, 1842, Colonel Taylor 1842— (corrt.)
reported that:— Colonel Taylor to
Sir S. Canning,
"The single steamer .... is just returned Qrtobtr21, 1842,
from a periodical trip to Hussorali, in which, at
the request of the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, she conveyed to his
destination the new Governor of Bussorah."
Messrs. Hector (a British firm established
at Bagdad) complained that Arab sheikhs
at different points on the banks of the river
levied dues on boats which they had hired from
native owners; these dues were a species of black
mail. This complaint raised again the question
of the dues to be paid on shipping on tbe rivers
of Mesopotamia (see Library memorandum
No. 10090, Confidential, of July 25, 1912.)
Colonel Taylor, in reporting this complaint,
stated that Messrs. Hector had a country boat
of their own, which was subject to this exaction,
and in this connection he asked for the Ambas
sador's views of the right of British subjects to
purchase or own native boats in the pashalic,
" as the present is the first instance of the fact."
Colonel Taylor added that Messrs. Hector ex
pected a steamer from London at Bussorah and
desired it to ascend the river as far as Bagdad,
and he also requested the Ambassador's instruc
tions as to the course he should pursue if this
were prohibited.
^ir 8. Canning replied at length respecting
the subject of the dues, and added that he
conceived that, by virtue of the most-favoured
nation clauses in existing treaties with the
Porte, no exception could justly be taken to the
navigation of the river above Bussorah by British
merchant steam-vessels.
Sir S. Canning added, "On the whole I do
not see how we are to escape from the con
clusion that, although a British merchant-vessel
whether navigated by sail or steam, is entitled
to ascend the river above Bagdad, no native-built
vessel is exempt from payment of the dues
re . t ! rr ! d . t0 in consider ation of its being laden
with British goods or owned by a British subject
so long as the existing demand is levied equally
upon all loaded boats, nor do I think we could
with prudence advance such a claim to exemp-
rr:. m faV0Ur 0f a vessel navigating
Enclosure in
Sir S. Canning 's
No. 97, May 2.
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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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