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'MEMORANDUM RESPECTING THE NAVIGATION OF THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES.' [75v] (151/284)
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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September i5.— Capitulations granted to the
' ' Their merchants allowed to trade on ^ t ^ 1>ap ^ r 6 ^
~ then in Ottoman territory.
1680.
Dutch,
the Hiver
Don,
1709.
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
Records,
p. xxii, fol. 1571.
1718.
1727.
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
Records,
p. xxn.
1728.
(Article 56).
Union of the two East India Companies.
July 777(5.—The Turco-Austrian Treaty of
Passarovitz, giving Austria the right of carrying
on commerce " par terns par mer, et par les
fleuves," was signed. (Appendix I.)
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
at Bussorah withdrawn but soon after
wards re-established.
In 1728 we find allusions to " the boats from
Bagdad,"' to the existence of a
factory
An East India Company trading post.
at PP^ 15
0 ^ and 16.
Bussorah, and to consulage, &c.
Firman
A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’).
fixing duty on British goods at 3 per 1731.
cent, obtained from
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, and an additional Malet, p. 16.
duty of 1 per cent, on British goods was imposed
by the company.
Firman
A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’).
removing anchorage dues at Bussorah
issued by
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
.
It was not, however, till 1759 that a general
firman
A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’).
was obtained from Suleiman
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, of Malet, p. 36.
Bagdad, on the occasion of the visit of the resident
at Bussorah, Mr. Shaw, to Bagdad, with regard to
the English balios, or chief of the merchants at
Bagdad. In this
firman
A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’).
the
pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
alludes to the
Capitulations of the Porte, to which he enjoined
strict obedience, whether with regard to the
customs or to " favouring, assisting, or pro
tecting the English balios. AJr. Shaw considered
that this conferred certain privileges on our trade
with Bagdad.
Gombroon (Bunder Abbas)
factory
An East India Company trading post.
moved to
Bussorah.
1756.
Malet, p. 33.
1759.
1763.
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
Records,
T p. xxii.
In 1/64 Mr. Robert Garden was constituted 1764.
consul at Bussorah by an Imperial
firman
A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’).
in Aitchison,
which, among other things, it is stated that, vo1 xiii 'P* 7 -
44 without his express written order, no English
vessel shall be permitted to come to Bussorah. ,,
Resident first appointed at Bagdad, 15tk
JanuaiT. „ , '
Malet, p. 47.
Betueen 1701 and 1769 the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of Bagdad 1761-1769
" """• com ' ,a ^"
help him with his ships "on the and 51.
river" against the Arabs and others.
the COmpany with two teasels Malet, p. 52
sailed 300 rmles up the Euphrates and met the
pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
at U m-el Abbas in 1769.
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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.
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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