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'MEMORANDUM RESPECTING THE NAVIGATION OF THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES.' [50v] (101/284)
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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84
rt of the British dele- ^ S; ! l ' ,or(1,
ing Lynch's company, and had also objected to
paragraph 4 ol^ article 16 granting Ireedom of
navigation to river ports not more t han 15 kilom.
from the sea; but Messrs. Wrench and Block
informed their Turkish colleagues that the article
with its pro-memorid formed one indivisible whole,
and contained the only conditions on which any
modifications of the views held as to the rights
of Her Majesty's Government to coasting trade
in Turkish waters- could be entertained.
Negotiations relative to the commercial treaty
were suspended, but in 1901, when it was pro
posed to resume them, Messrs. Lvnch were asked Sir N. O'Conor,
"Vo G r )
if the pro-memorid attached to article 16 suffi- Commercial,
ciently defined their privileges, and replied that Jul y 25 ' l901 *
in their opinion it did not accurately express the
rights of navigation which they enjoyed on the
Tigris. The text of the pro-memorid was there
fore amended, and inserted under paragraph 11
(subsequently paragraph 3) of the final protocol
attached to the new draft of the treaty (in which
the " cabotage " article became article 18). The
amended text was worded as follows :—
" 11 est entendu que les reserves faites ad referendum
pai les delegues ottomans et aecepteesac? referendum par
les delegues britauniques au sujet de la navigation dans
les fleuves (voir article 18, relatif an cabotage) ne
concernent pas le service effectuc par la compagnie
Lynch entre Bassorah et Bagdad en vertu des autoriea-
tions speciales de la Sublime Porte selon lesquelies la
compagnie maintient un service bihebdomadaire de
bateaux a vapeur remorquant des mahonnes entre les
villes ci-dessus mentionnees."
Negotiations were again susnended. flnrl TTio
Comet" (" in
Sir W. White,
No. 372,
September 3,1891.
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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.'
- Pages
- 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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