Abstract: A copy of a memorandum, submitted on behalf of the non-official British community in Constantinople [Istanbul], and printed and published by Page & Thomas Limited, London. The capitulations referred to in the volume’s title were grants made by successive Sultans of the Ottoman Empire to other nations (including Britain), that conferred rights and privileges upon the subjects of those nations living or trading in the Ottoman dominions.The volume includes a definition of the capitulations, with paragraphs marked with pencil annotations in the margin (author unknown) describing their impact on trade, judicial matters, educational establishments, banks, public debt, customs tariffs, insurance, and war reparations. The volume also contains nine annexes, including: the text of the abrogation of the Capitulations, 1914; a description of the present civil and criminal judicial systems in Turkey; a description of the first commercial court in Constantinople, and its functions under the Capitulations; a description of a proposed reformation to the Turkish judiciary; and a description of insurance laws in Turkey.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 14, these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
"According to Thomas Xavier Bianchi (1783-1864)he and C. de Lasteyrie were tasked with printing the Turkish texts of the Capitulations with the newly introduced lithography techniqueca. 1817. The text was printed in an edition of 500 copies. (See: BianchiT.X. Notice sur le premier ouvrage d'anatomie et de médecine. Paris : De l'Imprimerie de L.-T. Cellot1821pages 31-33)."'In one column14 lines per pagein black. Beginnings of the articles overlined. Catchwords.'Thick unglazed laid paper. Water stains. Pale green-blue paper board. Torn on edges. Spine held together with paper. First two folios loosely attached to the others.33.5 x 25.5 cm (20 x 13.5 cm).In Ottoman Turkish; Naskh script
Abstract: An extract from the records of the Bagdad [Baghdad] Residency, consisting of correspondence of Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad, with Soliman Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] and Jean-François Rousseau, French Consul in Bagdad, dated 5-10 February 1802.The correspondence concerns the placing of seals [locks] by the Government of Bagdad on the house of the late Giuseppe Leoni, a subject of the Emperor of Germany [Holy Roman Empire], which is protested by Jones and Rousseau. The correspondence includes an extract of the Capitulations between Britain and the Porte [Government of the Ottoman Empire].The extract was enclosed in Jones’s letter to Charles Mills, Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, dated 19 February 1802 (catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/218).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)