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File 1808/1912 'Bagdad Railway. Navigation of the Tigris & Lynch's Agreement with the Company for the transport of railway material.' [‎8v] (21/514)

The record is made up of 1 volume (253 folios). It was created in 27 Mar 1912-15 Apr 1913. It was written in English and French. 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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Article 2.
The expression “ steamships ” includes vessels propelled by electrical or other
motive power.
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Article 3.
The company shall be controlled by a board of directors consisting half of
Ottoman subjects and half of British subjects, approved by their respective
Governments. During the first five years the chairman shall be a British subject
approved by the Imperial Ottoman Government. Thereafter the chairman shall be
elected annually by and from the Ottoman and British groups of directors in alternate
years, subject always to the approval of the other group. The chairman, besides his
ordinary vote, shall have a casting vote.
Article 4.
Subject to the provisions of this convention and to the rights of existing holders
of concessions, the company shall have the sole right of navigating the Tigris or
Euphrates by means of steamships.
Article 5.
The company shall endeavour to come to terms with the Imperial Ottoman
Government, and with the holders of any concession from that Government for the
navigation of the Tigris or Euphrates, for the acquisition of their interests in such
navigation on equitable terms.
Article 6.
All vessels placed on the river by the company shall fly the Ottoman flag, except
the vessels now running under the British flag and any vessels in renewal or in
substitution thereof which shall continue to fly the British flag.
Article 7.
The statutes of the company, together with the “ cahier des charges ” regulating
the minimum service to be maintained, the maximum charges to be levied, and other
matters appertaining to the services to be provided, shall be subject to the approval
of the two Governments.
Article 8.
The Imperial Ottoman Government will not impose any maximum limit on the
number of steamships to be employed by the company.
Article 9.
It is understood that this convention relates to commercial navigation only, and
not to navigation by warships or vessels owned or chartered by the Imperial
Government for the transport of troops or military stores. It is also understood that
nothing in the convention shall apply to any concession already granted to the Bagdad
Railway Company with regard to the importation of materials and stores for the
purpose of the construction of the railway.
Article 10.
This convention shall remain in force for a period of fifty years, and thereafter
for successive periods of ten years, unless notice of termination shall have been given
by either of the (contracting) Governments not more than twelve and not less than
six months before the close of any such period.

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The volume concerns the navigation of the Rivers Euphrates and Tigris, and moves by The Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company (also referred to as Messrs Lynch) to negotiate an agreement with the Baghdad Railway Company for the transport of railway material up the rivers of 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. .

The principal correspondents are senior officials of the Foreign Office, the 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. , and the Board of Trade; and the Secretary of The Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company.

The papers cover: contracts and agreements; Russian concern over the proposed agreement; the formation of a joint company to operate river transport on the Euphrates and Tigris; the assertion by Britain of exceptional rights to navigation on the rivers of Mesopotamia; and papers concerning the general Baghdad Railway question.

The French language content of the volume consists of contracts, agreements and conventions, with English translations.

The volume contains conventions and agreements that are earlier than the man date range, dated 1903-11.

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1 volume (253 folios)
Arrangement

The subject 1808 (Bagdad Railway) consists of one volume only. The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 255; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-254; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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