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Turkish Arabia: Renewal of Rights of Navigation on the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers by British Vessels [166v] (4/6)
The record is made up of 1 item (3 folios). It was created in 27 Apr 1861. 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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Enclosure no. 3 to dispatch no. 14 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 27 April 1861. The enclosure is dated 27 February 1861. Received 20 May 1861.
The enclosure consists of a letter from James McAdam Hyslop, Officiating Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in 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. , forwarding a translation of a letter (dated 15 January 1861) from the Ottoman Government to the Governor General of Baghdad, confirming the existing arrangement with regard to the rights of navigation of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers by British steam vessels and boats.
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- Turkish Arabia: Renewal of Rights of Navigation on the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers by British Vessels
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- Imperial Government of the Ottoman Empire xx Government of Ottoman Turkey
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