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'MEMORANDUM RESPECTING THE NAVIGATION OF THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES.' [90v] (181/284)
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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the time would have come for Her Majesty's 1874—(coni.)
Governraent to state their views.
Meanwhile the launch which had been seized
at Bussorah on the 21st August was released
on the 26th, on receipt of instructions from ^ lr Elll0t '
Badgad, and was allowed to ply between Bus- Commercial,
sorah and Mohammerah without impediment.
October 4.
It was susrorested that the
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.
should To
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.
,
December 28.
for the present suspend action with regard to
the replacement of the " Comet,' permission for #
w r hich had been granted in 1869.
1875. —Sir H. Elliot reported that the Porte, 1875.
in a note dated the 21st February, had demanded Sir H- Elliot,
. , , No. 96,
that the " Comet" should be at once withdrawn February 22,1875.
from Bagdad on the ground that she was in
excess of the number authorised, and had been
metamorphosed so as to. have the appearance
of a ship of war. Sir H. Elliot corrected Aali
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
's misapprehension on the latter point,
and the note was withdrawn. Sir H. Elliot
added that during his conversation with the
Minister for Foreign Affairs, he had been careful
not to claim for Her Majesty's Government a
right to station a man-of-war in inland waters,
but at the same time to let it be understood that
a privilege which had been freely granted for
so many years could not be suddenly withdrawn
without giving cause to Her Majesty's Govern
ment to enquire whether the Porte was animated
by the same friendly feelings towards Great
Britain as formerly.
The Porte in this note stated: " La Com-
pagnie Lynch a etc autoris6e par Jirman Imperial
a employer deux bateaux a vapeur," &c., and
later, "11 ne serait pas inutile d'ajouter que,
pour ce qui est de la navigation sur le Tigre,
la Compagnie Lynch pourrait tout au plus
^tendre son service jusqu'a Mahraene * et non * [Note .—This Doint cannot be identified,
jusqu 'a Bagdad." ^ ' but is evidently below Bagdad.]
In February 1875 the company renewed their The Euphrates
request to be allowed to replace one of their old Steam ^vigation
vessels by a new one, and they again stated that
their company had been formed on the faith of 6
a
firman
A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’).
under which the company was
authorised, with the cognisance of the Foreign
Office, to employ two steam-vessels on the
Euphrates and Tigris."
. A copy of this letter was sent to Sir H. Elliot, To Sir H. Elliot,
and m the draft the following passage occurs March 4.
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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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