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'MEMORANDUM RESPECTING THE NAVIGATION OF THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES.' [63r] (126/284)
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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Euphrates and
Tigris Steam
Navigation
Company,
December 20,
1909 [46347, File
322/09].
Law Officers,
April 15, 1910,
[13244, File
189/10].
r ihe paid-up capital of the company was fixed afc
t3*22,000/., half to be in British hands and half to
be held by the Ottoman Government, but the
company could raise the capital to 500,000/., and
in case of necessity to 1,000,000/. The Ottoman
Government were to receive 101,000/., in fully
paid-up shares, for the steamers, plant, goodwill,
&c., of the Hamidieh company, and the other
moiety was to go to the shareholders of the
Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Com
pany, who were to provide the working capital.
Article 1 of the draft convention provided that
les droits de I'exploitation de bateaux a vapeur
dans le perimetre de la concession, conferes a
Mr. Lynch par les firmans en date du 1831- et
1841 et autres lettres grand-vizierielles, sont
confies, cedes et transferes a la Societe anonyme
ottomane" (the proposed new company). The
Turkish Government insisted upon the insertion
jot an additional article (article 29), in virtue of
which, a§ soon as the
firman
A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’).
confirming the
convention should be promulgated and the
official transfer to the new company completed,
the privileges formerly enjoyed by the Euphrates
and Tigris Steam Navigation Company would be
completely annulled. This article stipulated that
a declaration of annulment should be made by
Mr. Lynch and confirmed by the English
authorities. The Euphrates and Tigris Steam
Navigation Company did not object to the
inclusion of the article in the convention
provided that, in the event of the concession to
be given to the new company being at any time
withdrawn, they should not be precluded from
recovering their existing rights ; but the Porte
refused to modify the annulment clause.
Counsel's opinion was taken on the point
whether, in the event of the withdrawal of the
proposed concession, the company could demand
a revival of the status quo ante and restoration of
the position and rights then being enjoyed.
Mr. W. E. Hamilton, K.C., who was consulted,
considered that, in the contingency contemplated,
they would be entitled to claim a restitutio in
integrum or equivalent compensation. The com
pany thereupon asked for an assurance that,
should occasion arise, His Majesty's Government
would adopt and support the view expressed by
Mr. Hamilton. It was considered desirable to
refer the matter to the Law Officers, who advised
that, if asked to assent to the annulment article,
[163—11 2 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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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