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'MEMORANDUM RESPECTING THE NAVIGATION OF THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES.' [20r] (40/284)
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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25
To Messrs. S.
Lynch and CoJ,
June 6, 1860.
Messrs. Lynch,
November 12,
1860.
To Law Officers,
November 13,
and from
Law Officers,
November 17,
1860. •
there stating that the vizierial letter issued in
1846, relative to the arrangement then concluded
by Sir 8. Canning, could not be considered as
conferring any permanent right, but was regarded
by the Ambassador at Constantinople (Sir' H.
Bulwer) as a document merely giving a temporary
permission which might be revoked at any time
by another document of a similar character. It
further appeared from this letter that Sir H.
Eulwer did not consider it to be safe for Messrs.
Lynch to engage capital in the navigation of the
Mesopotamian rivers until they had obtained
special sanction from the Porte. As regards this
sanction the Ottoman Minister for Foreign Affairs
informed Sir II. Eulwer that, if a
firman
A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’).
of
concession were applied for, the Porte would
probably agree to an arrangement for the estab
lishment by Messrs. Lynch of a line of steamers
to run between Eussorah, and Bagdad.
s. 1^ nch were informed, in reference to
the foregoing, that there was nothing in the
Foreign Office to show that the arrangement of
1846, or the vizierial instructions concerning it,
bore the limited construction indicated in Actino-
Consul-General Hyslop's letter.
Messrs. Lynch feared that the local authorities
would oppose the navigation of the Tigris and
Euphrates by their steamers, and in the course of
an interview with Colonel Kemball, consul-
general at Bagdad, were recommended by him to
apply for the special sanction of the Porte.
In reference to the steamers which Messrs.
Lynch proposed to send out from England in
pieces and to put together at Bussorah, Colonel
Kemball raised the question whether they could
rightly be regarded as British vessels. This
question was submitted to the Law Officers, who
reported that a steam vessel having been built
and registered in England and afterwards carried
out to Eussorah in pieces and reconstructed there
would be rightly held to be a bond fide British
ship. In addition to Messrs. Lynch s letter (the
12th November) relative to their interview with
Colonel Kemball, the previous correspondence
with the firm (February and June) and the
library memorandum of the 14th February were
communicated to the Law Officers, but they stated
in the final paragraph -of the report referred to
above that " whether British ships have a right
to navigate the Tigris is a matter on which we
have no means of forming an opinion."
[163—1] II .
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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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