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'MEMORANDUM RESPECTING THE NAVIGATION OF THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES.' [8r] (16/284)
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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Part I,
List of Marine
Kecords, p. 3,
folio 1571.
List of Marine
Records,
Introduction,
p. 4, folio 157L
Encyclopaedia
Britannica,
vol. viii, p. 835.
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
Records
p. 22, folio 1571.
Malet, p. 4.
Malet, p. 4.
HISTORICAL MEMOEANDUM KESPEOT-
ING THE NAVIGATION OE THE
MESOPOTAMIAN RIVERS.
THE origin and early history of British trade
in
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.
is so intimately connected with
the history of the East India Company that a
few details concerning that company may be of
interest.
It was in 1579 that Queen Elizabeth, through
the
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
of an English merchant, William
Harburn, obtained permission for English mer
chants to resort to, and trade with, Turkey as
freely, in all respects, as French, Venetians,
Germans, and Poles then did.
The company was founded at the end of the six
teenth century, and received a Royal charter from
Queen Elizabeth on the 31st December, 1600.
Eor many years it carried on the Indian trade
subject to the attempts of various other English
merchants to obtain a share in it; at length these
endeavours culminated in the formation of a
second company. In order to overcome the
disadvantages of this competition steps were taken
by the tw T o companies to come to terms, and they
were united in 1709 under the title of the East
India Company.
This company continued until 1858, when the
administration of India was transferred to the
Crown, and the company ceased to exist.
The first attempt to trade with Bussorah
appears to have been made by the East India
Company in 1639, when a voyage was undertaken
to that place, and permission was obtained from
the
Bashaw
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
" to land goods under more favour
able circumstances than any other Europeans
enjoyed."
Shortly afterwards a
factory
An East India Company trading post.
appears to have
been successfully established there, as in 1644 it
was described, in a minute by Mr. Garden, a
member of the Government of the company, as
44 one of the most important centres of exchange
which the company at that time enjoyed."
[163—1] " B
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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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- front, back, front-i, 2r:123r, 124r:125v, 126v:127v, 129r:130r, 133v:137r, 138r:138v, 139v:141v, back-i
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