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'MEMORANDUM RESPECTING THE NAVIGATION OF THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES.' [80r] (160/284)
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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Malet, pp. 136-
137.
1844.
Malet, p. 137.
1845.
No. 8,
February 28,
1845.
No. 36,
September 3,
1845,
Archives, vol. 237.
1843 1843 Major Uawlinson was appointed
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.
in
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 reached
Bassorah on the 25th November.
On the 5th March Major Hawlinson was
appointed Her Majesty's Consul at Eagdad.
1845. —Major Rawlinson early in 1845, when
referring to the movements of Persian troops
near Mohammerah, refers to the monthly trip of
the u Nitocris " to Bussorah.
In September 1845 Colonel Rawlinson, refer
ring to a Turkish demand, described the Qalibiyeh
as a tax imposed about twenty years before upon
river craft to supply funds for the repair of the
bridge, and he stated that, being remunerative,
the tax was incorporated in the established
sources of revenue.
Later, in the same despatch, he refers to this
question in the following passage :—
44 The river boats belonging to British mer
chants at Bagdad are employed in two different
species of traffic. During the favourable season
they convey native produce to Bussorah for
exportation and return with cargoes of British
goods, while, at other times, they are made use
of to supply the town with firewood, salt and
other articles of daily consumption which are
found on the banks of the lliver Tigris.
" The Qalibiyeh (Kalibiyeh) duty is applied in
different proportions to every trip which such a
boat mav make, it is calculated in reference to
distance and tonnage and may be assumed,
therefore, to be levied on the cargo rather than the
vessel"
Major Rawliuson,
No. 46,-
November 12,
1845.
See Letter Book,
Foreign Office,
Archives, No. 196,
vol. xxvii, p. 202.
Major Ravvlinson,
No. 47,
November 25,
1845 '
Appendix VIII.
The dispute over dues appears to have con
tinued, and Major Bawlinson, acknowledging
the receipt of a despatch from the Ambassador
(No. 2, October 20, 1845), which transmitted
a vizierial letter directing the discontinuance
of the Kalibiyeh duty, said that the Vali
of Bagdad intended to defend the kalibieh duty.
He added that he heard that the iurkish.
authorities intended to demand that the iurkish
flag should in all cases be substituted lor the
British flag on boats and vessels belonging to
British merchants. (See Appendix VII.)
On the 25th November, 1845, Major llawlinson
informed Sir S. Canning that a schooner, the
<c Kerbelai," had been built at Bombay by a
merchant of that place expressly for the naviga-
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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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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.
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