Abstract: Genre/Subject Matter:The album contains historical landscape, maritime and architectural snapshot views at Udaipur, Mount Abu, Bombay, Aden, Suez Canal, Boulogne, various locations in England, Sialkot, Jammu and Marala [Murala].Elements:1 ‘Udaipur: Fateh Sagar.’2 ‘Mount Abu: Plains from “The Crags”’3 ‘Mount Abu: Residency & Lake.”4 ‘Mount Abu: Lake & Residency.’5 ‘Mount Abu: from Cart Road’6 ‘Mount Abu: Road to Dilwara’7 ‘Mount Abu: Dilwara temples’8 ‘Mount Abu: Dilwara Temples (Adinath).’9 ‘Mount Abu: Dilwara Temples(Adinath).’10 Mount Abu: Dilwara Temples (Adinath).’11 ‘Mount Abu: Dilwara Temples (Nemnath).’12 ‘Mount Abu: Dilwara Temples (Nemnath).’13 ‘Mount Abu: Dilwara Temples (Nemnath).’14 ‘Bombay: S.S. “Ranchi”’15 ‘Arabian Sea: S.S. “Ranchi”’16 ‘Aden: Steamer Point’17 ‘Aden: S.S. “Ranchi”’18 ‘Aden: S.S. “Mantua”’19 ‘Suez Canal’20 ‘Boulogne: Eastern Cemetery. L.A.S.F.’21 ‘Boulogne: Eastern Cemetery. L.A.S.F.’22 ‘Boulogne: Eastern Cemetery. L.A.S.F.’23 ‘Boulogne: Eastern Cemetery. L.A.S.F.’24 ‘Boulogne: Eastern Cemetery. L.A.S.F.’25 ‘Boulogne: Eastern Cemetery. L.A.S.F. (1st grave)’26 ‘Boulogne: Eastern Cemetery.27 ‘Boulogne: Eastern Cemetery. L.A.S.F. (1st grave)’28 ‘Boulogne: Eastern Cemetery. L.A.S.F.’29 ‘Glaisdale: I.E.S.F., P.M.S.F., W.E.S.F., M.F., E.S.F.’30 ‘Sandsend: P.M.S.F., W.C.S.F.’31 ‘Saltersgate: E.S.F., M.F., I.E.S.F., P.M.S.F., W.C.S.F.’32 ‘Saltersgate: W.C.S.F., E.A.S.F., E.S.F., M.F., I.E.S.F.’33 ‘Lilla Cross: I.E.S.F.’34 ‘Fountains Abbey: P.M.S.F., I.E.S.F., W.C.S.F.’35 ‘Sialkot: Soldier’s Home & W.C.S.F.’36 ‘Sialkot: Holy Trinity Church’37 Sialkot: E.C.B. and “Amy”’38 ‘Sialkot: Holy Trinity Church’39 ‘Sialkot: Holy Trinity Church’40 ‘Sialkot: Holy Trinity Church’41 ‘Sialkot: Holy Trinity Church’42 ‘Sialkot: 4th/7th Dragoon Guards’43 ‘Sialkot: 4th/7th Dragoon Guards’44 ‘Sialkot: 4th/7th Dragoon Guards’45 ‘Jammu.’46 ‘Jammu.’47 ‘Jammu.’48 ‘Marala: River Chenab’Distinctive Features:Each window mount is formed of a two-tone card and paper cut out: the dark brown paper of the album is laid over a cream-coloured mounting card, which forms a c. 2-4 mm frame around each image.Inscriptions:Brief handwritten captions in English, including dates, accompany each print.In pencil a consecutive numbering system (1–48) is written alongside each image, usually near the lower right corner of the image. An alternative image sequence (a–b only, sequence repeats on each page) is indicated in pencil near the upper left corner of each image.This has been crossed out, also in pencil.Pagination – since crossed out – is indicated in the upper right or left corner of each page in pencil.Labels:A gold, stamped design appears in the lower right corner of the front cover of the album with a sun-like symbol and the words ‘PHOTO’ GRAPHS’Physical description: Dimensions:243 x 163 mmMaterials:Mid-brown cloth, dark brown paper, cream-coloured card, silver gelatin prints, black ink and pencil.Condition:The album is in good condition except for minor surface dirt throughout. Several images are buckling and rising out of their mounts due to incorrect mounting.Foliation:‘a–b’; ‘1–48’; ‘1–24’Process:Silver gelatin print
Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 136 of 1842, dated 29 November 1842. The enclosures are numbered 3-16 and are dated 7 October to 30 November 1842. They consist of papers, mainly correspondence, relating to the steam ship flotilla on the River Euphrates.The correspondence discusses matters including:The approval of the Government of India and the Government of Bombay to the proposal of the Superintendent of the Indian Navy, Captain Robert Oliver, that the single steamer which is to be left on the Euphrates should be placed under the orders of the Commodore in the Persian Gulf, and be placed by him at the disposal of the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq]The Honourable Company’s steamers
Assyriaand
Nimrod, brought down to Bombay [Mumbai] from the Euphrates, being fitted out for service on the IndusA report of the proceedings of the Honourable Company’s flotilla on the Euphrates and Tigris for the months of August and September 1842The Government of Bombay informing Commander Henry Blosse Lynch (commanding the steam flotilla on the Rivers Euphrates and Tigris) in response to his report on the depot at Marghill [Al Ma‘qil], that it is not necessary for it to either purchase or rent the buildings at the depot as the Euphrates Flotilla has been disbandedThe Government of Bombay requesting the removal of the stores at Marghill and at other places on the River Euphrates to the Bombay Presidency, with the exception of those which are required by the steamer
Nitrocris, ordered to be retained for service on the Euphrates.The correspondence is between the following: the Secretary to the Government of Bombay, John Pollard Willoughby; the Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General, Thomas Herbert Maddock; the Superintendent of the Indian Navy; the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Taylor; the President and Governor in Council of Bombay, Sir George Arthur; and Commander Lynch.Physical description: 1 item (30 folios)
Abstract: This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 89 of 1840, dated 30 October 1840.The enclosure consists of a memorandum by John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, regarding the Euphrates Expedition, including: discussion of the advantages of Margeil [Al Ma‘qil] as a station for sea and river steam vessels; and matters related to the employment of boiler makers, engineers, artificers, and officers on the Euphrates Expedition.Physical description: 1 item (12 folios)
Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of India Secret Department to the East India Company Secret Committee, Number 2 of 1838, dated 7 February 1838. The enclosures are dated 17 July-29 November 1837.The item relates to Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq] and covers the following matters:The arrival of Lieutenant Henry Blosse Lynch at Bagdad [Baghdad; this spelling is also used in the item] to take command of the steam vessels in the rivers of the Pachalic [Pashalik] (the Euphrates and Tigris) and to put them in condition for effective service. The correspondence chiefly discusses the officers, men and stores considered necessary to equip the
Euphratessteamer for service, including the indent (request) submitted by Lynch to the Superintendent of the Indian Navy (ff 15-18), and which Presidency (Bombay or Bengal) will be liable for the expenses incurred and the personnel requiredThe arrival of ‘Indian Agents’ deputed to supervise the restoration of the canal of Kerbela [Karbala], including a meeting of the Political Agent in Bagdad with the Pacha [Pāshā], and his expectation that complications will arise due to the involvement of various interested parties (f 8)The proposal of the Governor-General of India to send a Mr Eliot to provide assistance to Colonel Robert Taylor, the Political Agent at Bagdad, and the suggestion that since there is no actual need for an assistant, Eliot could be employed ‘collecting information on the political and commercial condition of the countries in the neighbourhood’ (f 26).The correspondents are: Lynch; the Government of Bombay; Government of India; the Controller of the Government Steam Vessels, Calcutta [Kolkata]; and Taylor.Physical description: 1 item (24 folios)
Abstract: This item comprises a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 35 of 1856, dated 10 May 1856. The enclosure is dated 20 March 1856.The enclosure comprises a copy of a despatch from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], to Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, HM Ambassador at the Porte [Government of the Ottoman Empire], Constantinople [Istanbul], and to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, forwarded for the information of the Government of Bombay and Government of India. The despatch concerns the following matters:The plan of the Governor of Baghdad, Reshid Pasha [Muḥammad Rashīd Pāshā Gözlüklü] to purchase two iron steam vessels to be employed on the rivers of Mesopotamia, including: the Pasha’s levy on the inhabitants of Baghdad and its dependencies in order to finance the purchase, preference for French and Belgian suppliers and personnel over English ones, and employment of a Belgian agent to visit Europe; and Kemball’s opinion that the steamers would improve communications with Bussorah [Basra] and promote the authority of Ottoman local government only if they can be maintained and resourcedThe purported plan of Prince Abbas Meerza [‘Abbās Mīrzā Mulk Ārā Qājār] to visit Nejjef [Najaf] and Kerbellah [Karbala], and the improvement of his relations with Kemball following news of a peace soon to be concluded between Britain and RussiaIntelligence received by Kemball from Bussorah that alleged Persian aggression on Turkish territory around Mohamrah [Khorramshahr, formerly Mohammerah] has been exaggerated; and Reshid Pasha’s plan to send troops to Bussorah ostensibly in retaliation but in reality, it is reported, to control the recusant ‘chiefs’ of Montifik [al-Muntafiq] who threaten his authority on the lower banks of the Euphrates River.Physical description: 1 item (9 folios)
Abstract: This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding freight charges, ports of call and other administrative matters related to shipping routes in - and through - the Persian Gulf.Specific matters discussed include a request by Kalat State for the British India Steam Navigation Company to arrange for their ships to call at Jiuni [Jiwani] port, a proposal to open a post office in Sharjah, and whether shipping routes should go via Henjam, Bahrain and Lingah.In addition to correspondence, the file contains a document entitled 'Report on Steamship Lines Calling at Basra' that was written by the Department of Overseas Trade in December 1934 (folios 52-56).The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 79; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: Part 2 of the volume is comprised of copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the proposed merger of the Turkish-Government-operated Hamidieh Steamship Company and the British company, the Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company (also referred to as the Lynch Company, ETSNC). The item’s principal correspondents are: representatives of the Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company (hereafter ETSNC, chiefly the Company Secretary, H W Maclean), the Director of the ETSNC (Henry Finnis Blosse Lynch); the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey); the Private Secretary to Sir Edward Grey (Louis Du Pan Mallet); the British Ambassador at Constantinople [Istanbul] (Sir Gerard Augustus Lowther); the Political Resident for Turkish Arabia (Captain John Gordon Lorimer).The majority of the correspondence is dated 1909 to 1910, and focuses on the controversial nature of the proposed merger of the two steamship operators, which bore more of the character of a takeover by the British concern of its Turkish counterpart. While many Turkish commentators understood the prospect of a likely British monopoly of navigation rights on the Tigris and Euphrates in Irak [Iraq], the British Government feared having their commercial activities in Iraq diminished, possibly to the advantage of competing German commercial interests. The controversy, which acquired the sobriquet the ‘Affaire Lynch’ in the British press, precipitated a local popular uprising in Iraq, and in part led to the resignation of the Grand Vizier Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha, who had supported the merger, in December 1909. The correspondence is thus split between the contractual negotiations over the navigation concession, and the political consequences of its controversy, including cuttings of articles published in the press in Britain (
The Times,
The Morning Post) and copies of articles published in Ottoman Turkey (
Tanin,
Truth).Physical description: 1 item (315 folios)