"مذكرة تتعلق بالملاحة في نهري دجلة والفرات". [و‎‎٧‎٧] (٢٨٤/١٥٤)

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1823— (conf.) resident at Bagdad, which had been going on
since 1820, wrote to Captain Taylor, tbeii acting
as political agent, agreeing that " no tax, except
one previously well defined and arranged, shall
be levied on boats, the property of British subjects
and prote'ges, such, for instance, as pass between
Bussorah and Bagdad ; nor shall their boats be
seized for the public service."
Aitchison's
Treaties, &c.,
1909, vol. xiii,
p. 14,
Malet, p, 119.
1829.
Malet, p. 126.
Chesney'a
Narrative, p. 4,
8vo., 4619.
1830.
1831.
Malet, p. 128.
1832.
Malet, p. 127.
Memorandum,
Sir L. Felly,
Confidential 4838,
p. 15.
1834.
Malet, p. 131.
Chesney's
Narrative, p.-149.
Lord Ponsonby,
No. 17;),
November 17,
1834.
Lord Ponsonby,
No. 211,
December 17,
1834.
Lord Ponsonby,
No. 1,
January 12,1835.
Malet, p. 131.
In 1829 Major Taylor was allowed to reside
in Bagdad if the public interest required it. The
question of the Euphrates route to India was
raised in this year.
1830 —About this date the Vali of Bagdad
endeavoured to establish steam-vessels on the
Tigris, but the intention was not carried out.
On the 2nd October, 1831, the Pasha of
Bagdad issued a booyooroldi adhering to the
previous treaty, &c., granting rights to British
subjects and to the merchants and ships arriving
from Hindustan.
In 1832 the political agent went to reside
permanently at Bagdad, the common duties at
Bussorah being carried out by his assistant, and
ascended the river in a British vessel, flying the
British flag.
1834. —Parliament granted 20,000/. towards
the cost of a trial of the Euphrates route An
expedition was fitted out under the command of
Captain (later Colonel) Chesney with this object,
and two iron vessels, tlie " Euphratesand
" Tigris," were sent out in pieces, transported
overland from the Mediterranean, and put
together and launched on the Euphrates.
The British Ambassador, in pressing the matter
on the Turkish Government, pointed out the
advantages that would accrue to commerce.
On the 16th December, 183^, Lord Ponsonby
announced thnt permission had been given by
the Porte for two vessels to navigate the
Euphrates in turn, with the qualification that it
should only hold good whilst no inconvenience
resulted to either party therefrom, and that, if
such inconvenience should occur, the method of
putting a stop to it should be arranged with His
Majesty's Ambassador.
The Porte was asked to grant permission for
the expedition, and after some delay a firman was
granted on the 29th December, 1834, and sent
to Bagdad, allowing two steamers to navigate
the Euphrates by turns to facilitate com-
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