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'MEMORANDUM RESPECTING THE NAVIGATION OF THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES.' [21v] (43/284)
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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28
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, in view of his opposition to the navigation
of the Mesopotamia,! rivers hy vessels sadmg
■under a foreign flag and register. this v mem
letter, dated the 2nd July. 1862, was idenhcal m
terms with the earlier letter of the loth Januarv,
1861, and was described by the Ambassador at
Constantinople as "repeating the directions
already given to bis Excellency (tao \.i i)
throw no obstacles in the way of British steamers
navigating the Tigris and Euphrates." . . w
Two years later the Euphrates and Tigris Euphra^and
Steam Navigation Company, who had been Navigation
granted a subvention by the Indian Government
51^27^1864.
for the carriage of mails, proposed to employ a
second steamer on the Tigris, but met with
opposition from Namick
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
on the ground
that further permission from the Porte was
necessary before they could do so. Ihe vali
contended that the vizierial letter of the 15th
January, 1861, alluded to the employment ot
two vessels only, and this number was complete
as the " Comet" and 41 City of London " were
then on the river. The company asked that the
matter should he referred to the Ambassador at
Constantinople in order to prevent any difficulty
being made in regard to the employment on the
Tigris and Euphrates of another vessel, or
several others when required by their service.
Sir H. Bulwer was directed to apply to the To Sir LL Bulwer,
Porte to instruct the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
not to put any im- j une 2,1864.
pediment in the way of the company placing a
second steamer on those rivers, and a note Mr. Stuart
(dated the 1st October, 1864) was received from
the Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs grant- October 10, 1864.
ing permission for a new steamer to navigate
the Tigris in the place of the " Comet," " un
des deux bateaux sous pavilion anglais qui ont
Tautorisation de naviguer sur ledit flcuve."*
The note proceeded;—
" Vous savez, M. le charge d'affaires, que I'autorisa-
tion accprdee k cet effet comporte, outre la reserve
stipuMe pour le cas ou des inconv^nients locaux
seraient signales dans sa mise a execution, la condition
expresse que le nombre des bateanx k vapeur destines
k cette navigation sera d^fmitivement fix6 k deux.
Comrae il s'agit aujourd'hui de remplacer un des
deux bateaux qui font dejk le service, lo Grouverneur
Ihis description and the statement that the company's
new steamer was intended to replace the "Comet" were
apparently contained in the application addressed to the Porte
by Mr. Stuart.
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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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