Abstract: This file is a short memorandum that summarises the legal situation regarding the right of English mail ships to sail on the Tigris River. The memorandum was written by Foreign Office Librarian, Edward Hertslet.On folio 106 the file contains an extract from a letter (from an Ottoman Government official) that is in French.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 105, and terminates at f 106, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
Abstract: This file is a Foreign Office memorandum regarding the rights of British Ships of War to sail on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers written by Foreign Office Librarian, Edward Hertslet.The file contains a simplified map of the Tigris, the Euphrates, the Shatt el-Arab [Shatt al-Arab] and the northern part of the Persian Gulf on folio 93r.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 93, and terminates at f 96, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
Abstract: This file contains a selection of correspondence related to the right of British Merchant-Vessels to use the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. This correspondence is primarily between British officials but also includes copies of letters between Ottoman officials including one letter in French (ff 110r-111).Physical description: Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 107, and terminates at f 112, as it is part of a larger physical volume, these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 5-128; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
Abstract: Genre/Subject Matter:View of the junction of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers at Kurna. Smoke fills the sky area from right to left as a result of reed-burning in the marshes. A single boat with two standing figures carrying poles is visible in the background.Inscriptions:Ink, alongside image, at right: 'Junction of Tigris and Euphrates at Kurna. The smoke is the result of extensive reed-burning in the marshes.'Physical description: Dimensions:176 x 128 mmCondition:The print is in good condition throughout with minor toning/fading at all edgesFoliation:‘29’
Abstract: This volume is
A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Corrections and Additions to Volume III: Central Mesopotamia with Southern Kurdistan and the Syrian Desert(Naval Staff Intelligence Department: June, 1918). It supplements Volume III (IOR/L/MIL/17/41/4) which includes routes along the middle Tigris and Euphrates from Baghdad to Fellūjeh [Fallujah] up to Mosul and Meskeneh [Maskanah]. The volume was prepared on behalf of the Admiralty and the War Office. These corrections and additions are based partly on information dating from before the Mesopotamian Campaign and partly on intelligence from 1917-1918.The volume contains a note on confidentiality, title page, 'Note', and 'Abbreviations'. There is a page of contents which includes 'Corrections and Additions to Itineraries' for River Routes and Land Routes, 'Corrections and Additions to Gazetteer of Towns', and 'Corrections and Additions to Appendix'. Several pages have been left blank for convenience of use with interleaved copies of the original edition.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio (except for the front cover, where the folio number is located on the verso).Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: This secret summary was compiled by the Army Department, War Section Case and printed in Simla in September 1919. It contains letters and telegrams sent from 11 December 1915 to 14 August 1916 between the officers of the Government of India and the Director-General of Port Administration and River Conservancy on the administration of the Port of Basrah [Basra].The summary also contains 'Report of Major-General G F MacMunn's Committee on the Organization of the River Service in Mesopotamia' (folios 58-66), with recommendations for the Royal India Marine Services, on the method of employing existing and forthcoming vessels, and measures for the control of the shipping traffic on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.Physical description: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: This secret summary was compiled by the Army Department, War Section Case and printed in Simla in September 1916.It contains letters and telegrams sent from 10 February 1915 to 16 May 1916 between the officers of the Government of India, the Director of the Royal India Marine and the Director-General of Port Administration and River Conservancy, Basra. The main subject is a Survey of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers by the Royal Marine and other surveys, to determine river conservancy work.Physical description: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
"par le Sr. d'Anville ; Guill. De La Haye."'Covers portions of JordanSyriaLebanonIsraelTurkeyAzerbaijanIran and Iraq.'Relief shown pictorially.Colored in outline.In French with many place names also given with Roman-era Latin forms.
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: Created by Ordnance Survey. Covers a forty-five-mile length of the River Tigris from Kut [Al-Kut] eastwards to Sheikh Saad [Shaykh Sa'd] in present-day eastern Iraq. Sheet extends approximately five miles to the north and fifteen miles to the south of the river. Created to support the Allied relief of Kut and against Turkish forces. Portrays hydrology, vegetation, roads and tracks, telegraphs, canals, settlements, isolated buildings, place names and the position of defences, and includes topographical and strategic notes. The margin bears the series designation 'G[eographical].S[ection].,G[eneral].S[taff]. 3233', a designation 'T[igris].C[orps]. 18' and date '18.3.16'.Manuscript additions show a railway, additional hydrology, and British and Turkish positions.Physical description: Materials: Printed, with manuscript additions in ink and crayonDimensions: 357 x 560mm, on sheet 458 x 656mm
Abstract: Volume containing correspondence related to the Euphrates expedition of 1835-36, a survey of the navigability of the Euphrates River as part of a possible overland route between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean. The correspondence covers: the overland journey from Sovedia [Samandağ] to Bir [Birecik]; the journey down the Euphrates to Bussora [Basra]; delays to the expedition caused by the obstructionism of various Ottoman officials, particularly Mehmet Ali, Pasha of Egypt, and his son Ibrahim Pasha; the sinking of the steamer
Tigrisduring a storm, with the loss of 23 men; exploratory journeys along the Tigris and Karoon [Karun] rivers; and analysis of the results of the expedition.The primary correspondent is the commander of the expedition Colonel Francis Rawdon Chesney. Other correspondents include: Chesney’s second-in-command Lieutenant Henry Blosse Lynch and other officers of the expedition; the Board of Control; the Government of Bombay; the British Consul, Aleppo; the British Consul, Baghdad; and HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire.Lists of the expedition’s personnel in March and October 1836 are included on folios 130 and 414, respectively. A list of the men lost in the sinking of the
Tigrisis on folio 227.A breakdown of the distances and fuel consumption for each leg of the journey down the Euphrates is provided on folio 240, and for the return journey along the Tigris to Baghdad on folios 416 and 418. The dimensions of the steamer
Euphratesare on folio 415.Lists of the contents of the
Euphratesat the end of the expedition, including valuations, is provided on folios 503-515. The final accounts of the expedition are on folio 525.The bulk of the correspondence dates from 1834-1838, the later dates cover a request for a picture and short biography of Colonel Chesney for an article in the
Dublin University Magazine(folios 551-568).The volume includes a table of contents on folios 1-8. Separate contents pages appear on folios 340-341, covering folios 342-403, and on folio 500, covering folios 501-526.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 568; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file contains papers mostly relating to the following: the objections of HM Government to Article 6 of the draft Iraq Salaries and Allowances Tax Law of 1930; and the liability of British aircraft and shipping companies operating in Iraq to income tax under Article 29 of the Iraq Income Tax Third Amendment Law of 1933 (these papers mainly concern shipping companies).The file also includes papers relating to matters including: the right of the Euphrates Tigris Steam Navigation Company to navigate the rivers Tigris and Euphrates; alleged excessive freight rates on Iraqi exports; and the status of the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited.The papers largely consist of India Office minute papers, and correspondence and copy correspondence between the following: the India Office and the Colonial Office; the Foreign Office and the Colonial Office; the High Commissioner for Iraq and the Secretary of State for the Colonies; and HM Ambassador to Iraq (HM Representative at Baghdad) (with enclosures) and the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.The file includes three documents in French: copies of Vizierial letters of 2 April 1846 and 20 June 1862, and a copy of a firman issued on 29 December 1834.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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 182; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-182; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.