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'MEMORANDUM RESPECTING THE NAVIGATION OF THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES.' [86r] (172/284)
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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1864— (cont.)
Euphrates and
Tigris Steam
Navig-ation
Company, May 27.
Mr. Stuart
(Constantinople),
No. 39, October 10.
To Mr. Stuart,
No. 78,
December 12.
To Mr. Stuart,
No. 63,
November 30.
Mr. Stuart,
No. 162,
December 21.
20 a
arraegemenls of that service made it requisite
that it should remain at the disposal of the
Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Com
pany.
The Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation
Company, who had been granted a subvention
from the Indian Government for the carriasre of
O
mails, proposed to put a second steamer on the
Tigris, but the project was opposed by Namick
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
on the ground that, as the " Comet" and
"City of London" were then on the river, the
new vessel would be in excess of the number
(two) alluded to in the vizierial letter of January
1861. Representations were made to the Porte
on the subject by Mr. Stuart, charge d'affaires
at Constantinople, and a note was received from
tbe Turkish Minister for Eoreign Affairs (dated
the 1st October, 1864) granting permission for a
new steamer to navigate the Tigris in place of
the " Comet," and " repeating the condition
attached to the original grant that no more
than two British steamers should at one time ply
on the river." Mr. Stuart pointed out to the
Porte that it was not intended that the new
steamer^ the " Dijleh," should replace the
" Comet," and obtained permission for the pro
visional retention of the latter until thecompletion
of the line of telegraph between Bagdad and Fao.
Her Majesty's Government were of opinion, how
ever, that tbe "Comet " ought to be allowed to
remain permanently, and Mr. Stuart was so
informed.
With reference to the Porte's note giving per
mission for the employment of the " Dijleh," it
was pointed out to Mr. Stuart that no mention
was made in the arrangement of 1846 of the
number of vessels allowed to navigate the rivers
of Mesopotamia, and that the vizierial letter of
January 1861, confirmatory of that arrangement,
gave permission for two steamers to be stationed
on the Euphrates, but did not state that the
number was to be limited. He was instructed to
report whether the original agreement or any
written agreement could be construed as bearing
out the Porte's contention that the vessels to be
employed w r ere restricted to two or any other
specified number.
Mr. Stuart reported that " Count Pisani (first
dragoman) informed him that there was no trace
in the archives of the embassy of any written
agreement having been signed by Sir Stratford
[163] F*
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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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