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'MEMORANDUM RESPECTING THE NAVIGATION OF THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES.' [22r] (44/284)
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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29
geneial de Bagdad a re^u I'ordre de ne pas s'opposer k
1 arrivee du nouveau bateau, a condition que celui
qii^il est destine a remplacer qmtte immediatement le
fleuve, et que sous aucun pretexte aueun bateau a
vapeur sous pavilion etranger en dehors des deux
qui sont autorises ne puissent [sic] stationner ou
circulerdans les eaux du susdit fleuve."
Enclosure in
Mr. Stuart,
No. 115,
November 28,
1864.
Sir H. Bulwer,
No. 6,
March 14, 1864.
A copy of the Porte's note was communicated
to Colonel Keraball, consul-general at Bagdad,
who reported that, " presuming the resolution of
the Porte restricting to two the number of river
steamers of whatever denomination bearing the
English flag which may be permitted to navi
gate the rivers of Mesopotamia has been
admitted by His Majesty's Government," lie
would communicate with the Government of
Bombay to arrange for the withdrawal of the
" Comet" and of the " Satellite," which had.
been sent to Bussorah to relieve the " Comet."
He pointed out, however, that the Porte's
assumption that the company's new steamer
(the " Dijleh") was intended to replace the
" Comet" was erroneous,* and the charge
d'affaires at Constantinople thereupon obtained
permission from the Porte for the provisional
retention of the latter vessel for the transport of
materials, &c., until the completion of Ihe line
of telegraph between Bagdad and Fao.
Mr. Stuart did not explain why it bad been
assumed by the Embassy that the new vessel
which the company wished to send out was
intended to replace the " Comet/' but it appears
that earlier in the year (1864) Namick
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
on
behalf of the Turkish Government offered to
purchase the steamer, which had been condemned
as unserviceable, with the intention of maintain
ing it as an armed vessel. The Euphrates and
Tigris Steam Navigation Company were appa
rently trying to secure the vessel by private
purchase in order to prevent it being brought
into competition with their own steamers,f but
Colonel Kemball thought they would not object
to the vessel falling into the hands of the Turkish
authorities, and suggested that it should be
* The Embassy seem to have been responsible for the
misapprehension.
f Colonel Kemball remarked later that, " as under existing-
restriction the company could not possess a third vessel,"
they would only purchase the .vessel to break it up.
(Enclosure in Mr. Stuart's No. 154, December 20, 1864.)
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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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