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'MEMORANDUM RESPECTING THE NAVIGATION OF THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES.' [91r] (182/284)
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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29
1875— {cont.) " They (Messrs. Lynch) would not he exceed- 1
ing the terms of the
firman
A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’).
whereby permission
was granted to them to employ two vessels in the
company's service on the Euphrates."
Sir II. Elliot,
No. 169,
March 31.
Sir H. Elliot,
No. 186, April 8.
To Euphrates and
Tigris Steam
Navigation
•Oompany,
April 24.
Euphrates and
Tigris Steam
Navigation
Company,
April 26.
Euphrates and
Tigris Steam
Navigation
Company,
June 11.
Enclosure in
Sir H. Elliot,
No. 61, Consular,
May 29.
Sir H. Elliot reported that the Porte had
agreed to the replacement of the " City of
London/' and had also granted permission to
Messrs. Lynch to employ their steam-launch
under exceptional circumstances and when the
water was low.
In its note the Porte said :—
" La Porte consente a ce que Tun des deux
bateaux que Messrs. Lynch emploient en vertu
d'un ,
firman
A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’).
Imperial pour le service des
passagers et des marchandises sur le Tigre soit
provisoirement remplace par un autre sans que
le nombre des navires autorise par le susdit
firman
A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’).
puisse etre augmente."
Sir H. Elliot stated that he was informed that
the Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation
Company had ordered a steam-tug and two iron
lighters for the service between Bussornh and
Mohammerah, and he thought this was im
prudent on their part, in view of the fact
that their passenger launch only ran on
sufferance. Thereupon the company were told
that Her Majesty's Government were not
prepared to ask for further privileges for them
than those which the Porte had already accorded,
but in this letter it Avas assumed that the inten
tion was to put the lighters on the Tigris and
Euphrates.
The report, however, was stated by the
company to be entirely without foundation, as
they " had no intention of placing either an
additional steamer or lighter on those rivers,"
nor, as they subsequeutly stated, on the river
between Bussorah and Mohammerah.
At the same time Colonel Nixon, consul-general
at Bagdad, complained that the vice-consul at
Bussorah was supporting Messrs. Lynch Brothers,
of that town, " in encroachments upon the
Turkish prerogatives respecting the navigation
of the Tigris and Euphrates." Various com
plaints had been put forward by that firm
against the Government of Bussorah, including
O
two relative to the seizure of their boats at
Amarah and to the detention of their steam-launch
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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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