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'MEMORANDUM RESPECTING THE NAVIGATION OF THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES.' [12r] (24/284)
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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Malet, pp. 132-
133.
Chesney's
Narrative, p. 275.
Chesney's " lshEb '
Narrative, pp. 153,
275.
May 26, 1836.
Lord Ponsonby,
No. 125,
July 26, 1836.
Chesney's
Narrative,
pp. 305 and 314,
&c.
Malet, p. 133.
Malet, pp. 133-
134.
Memorandum:
Mr. Plowden,
March 28, 1881,
Confidential 4438,
p. 2.
In spite, however, of 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 " booyoo-
roldi," and letters, Colofiel Chesney met with
much obstruction, which he eventually overcame.
He left England with the two vessels, the
"Tigris" and "Euphrates," on tbe 10th Feb
ruary, 1835, and on the 19th March, 1S36, he
announced to the East India Company that
the steamers were descending the great river, both
vessels being completely armed and equipped.
On the 21st May the " Tigris " was wrecked, and
on the 18th June, 1836, Colonel Chesney arrived
at Kurna, 43 miles above Bussorah, and was
about to enter the Shatt-el-Arab, which he
described as rather a branch of the sea than
a river.
The commercial character of the expedition
was indicated in the above-quoted documents,
and also by the fact that goods were supplied to
the expedition, partly for presents to the Arabs,
but principally to facilitate commercial dealings
with them.
It is also shown by a private letter to Consul
Werry from Lieutenant Cleveland, Tv.N., of the
" Euphrates," and also by Chesney's narrative
(p. 24i), that the vessels did trade with the Arabs,
though it is not said in W'hat the trading consisted,
or whether it was merely a question of exchanging
goods for provisions or for fuel for the steamers.
On the 4th June, 1836, Colonel Taylor, the
political agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
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.
, residing at
Bagdad, informed Colonel Chesney that the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of Bagdad had sent " booyooroldis"
directing the Governor of Bussorah and the
Sheikh of the Montefik Arabs to allot him a
space at Kurna for his dep6t.
In September 1836 the "Euphrates" ascended
the Tigris to Bagdad, and, later, the Elver
Euphrates to the Lamlun marshes.
Having attained its object the expedition was
broken up in January 1837, and the surviving
vessel, the " Euphrates," was handed over to the
East India Company.
In April of the same year Lieutenant
Henry Blosse Lynch, an officer of the Indian
Marine, was appointed to the command of the
" Euphrates," and "of any other vessels that may
be employed on the Tigris or the Euphiates.
He was instructed to establish such relations
with the Arab tribes frequenting the rivers of
Mesopotamia as might be serviceable to the
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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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