"مذكرة تتعلق بالملاحة في نهري دجلة والفرات". [ظ‎‎١‎١‎٦] (٢٨٤/٢٣٣)

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determined that the ri^lit to ply on the two 1911 (con/.)
rivers should be rigidly confined to (Htomans.
Just as His Majesty's Embassy was powerless
to prevent the infringement of \hr stains quo by
the orant of permits to private Ottomans, so any
other foreign embassy was equally powerless to ^ Uwthar,^
obtain for a foreign subject the right to navigate March 2 and
under a foreign flag or as a non-Ottoman com-
pany. JSavigation permits issued to Ottoman 14119/11].
sub jects— AghaJaffer in respect of the Euphrates,* • [Note .—PermigBion was eubsequently
, , , , rv , -pii -it-i i ariven to transfer Agha Jaffer'g steamers to
and Abdul Kader Pasha El Khedery to run ^ TigriB j
steamers between Bussorah and Bagdad —stipu
lated that the vessels must carry the Turkish
flasr, and that the owners must be Ottoman
subjects; and, further, it was distinctly stated
in the documents that the permits carried no
monopoly or concession, and could not be trans
ferred to foreigners. Consul Crow (Bussorah)
saw nothing in the wording of them to prevent
foreign capital being employed, although it might
be the intention of the authorities to exclude it,
provided the nominal owners of the steamers
registered as Turkish subjects.
British engineers were engaged for the construe-.
tion of the l.Iindieh barrage,and the Euphrates and
Tigris Steam Navigation Company contracted to
transport their materials up the Euphrates; but
difficulties were placed in the way of the execution
of this arrangement by the local Turkish officials,
who apparently feared that the company would
refuse to take their special steamers off the river Euphrates and
after the work of transport had been completed X igr . i8 s ! >eam
. Navig-ation
An undertaking was given by the company to Company,. *
withdraw the steamers on completion of their
contract, and the contracting engineers (Sir J. Sir G. Lowther,
Jackson (Limited)) instructed their agent at ^vember 3
Constantinople to communicate this assurance to [43944/11].
the Porte.
Temporary permission was given by the Porte
in September for the Euphrates and Tigris Steam
Navigation Company's steamers to tow two
barges each between Bussorah and Bagdad in
order to deal with an accumulation of cargo at
the former place. Exception was taken by Sir sir G. Lowther,
G. Lowther to a statement in the notice of per- ^ 08, 645 ^ 831,
mission that when the accumulation had been November 17 ** هذه التواريخ تقريبية *
disposed of the steamers were not to employ
barges at all. As a result of his representa
tions the notice was amended by the omission
of the objectionable statement. The company
also desired to obtain permission to run a fourth