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'MEMORANDUM RESPECTING THE NAVIGATION OF THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES.' [14v] (29/284)
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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tax had been raised by the authorit.es o£ Bagaad
He stated that this duty had been imposed about
twenty years earlier at Bagdad on the riyer craft
in order to supply funds for the repair ot the
bridges. Having been found profitable, it had
been incorporated in the established sources oi
revenue, but British subjects had not been
required to pay it. He then proceeded to explain
that the river boats belonging to British merchants
at Bagdad were employed in two different species
of traffic. During the favourable season they
conveyed produce to Bussorah for exportation
and returned with cargoes of British goods, while
at other times they were made use of to supply
the town with fire-wood, salt, and other articles
of daily consumption which were found upon the
banks of the Tigris.
The kalibiyeh" duty, he said, was applied
in different proportions to every trip which such
boat might make; it was calculated in reterence
to distance and tonnage, and might be assumed,
therefore, to be levied on the cargo rather than on
the vessel j and he pointed out that this tax
differed in principle from the tax levied on boats
ascending the river to secure immunity from
Arab attacks, which has been referred to above.
In writing on the "kalibiyeh" duties Major MajorRawlinson,
Eawlinson, in a later despatch, touched on November 25,
the claim of the Turks to insist upon the 1845, Archives,
vol 237
adoption of the Turkish flag, not only by British- (Appendix VIII).
owned native boats," but by vessels on the British
register; and he said that he considered that the
point appeared to be whether Bagdad could be
considered as a port. He had, he added, on a
previous occasion, referred the question to Consul-
General Cartwright, who had clearly been of
opinion that, if a vessel built and laden in India
could enter the River Euphrates [? Shatt-el-
Arab], pass Bussorah without breaking bulk or
paying duty, and land her cargo at Bagdad, the
latter place might be held to be the port of the
Tigris, as Sook-es-Shukh might be considered
the port of the iiiiphrates and Bussorah that of
the united rivers.
Major Rawlinson, however, admitted that there
had been no instance of a vessel importing cargo
direct from India to Bagdad, nor even of^a
British ocean-going merchant-vessel appearing
on the Tigris.
He concluded his despatch by saying that, not
only was the case ot the " Kerbelai" in question,
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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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