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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/18/B Language French Subject River navigation

1. IOR/L/PS/18/B76

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B76
Title:
Memorandum respecting the Claim of the Euphrates and Tigris Steam-ship Company to use Barges on those Rivers as a matter of "right"
Scope & Content:
This file is a Foreign Office memorandum regarding the right of the Euphrates and Tigris Steam-ship Company to sail their barges on those rivers, written by Foreign Office Librarian, Edward Hertslet. The file contains a summary of negotiations between the British and Ottoman Governments and as...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
5 May 1881
Extent:

1 volume (8 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/18/B77

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B77
Title:
Memorandum respecting the Conveyance of English Mails on the River Tigris
Scope & Content:
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 Governmen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1 Aug 1883
Extent:

1 volume (2 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/18/B78

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B78
Title:
Navigation of the Tigris and Euphrates by British Merchant-Vessels
Scope & Content:
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 11...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
5 May 1881
Extent:

1 volume (5 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/18/B195

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B195
Title:
Navigation on the rivers of Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
The file provides an account of the navigation of the rivers of Mesopotamia from 1640, with a series of extracts from despatches, letters, reports, a diary, a treaty, and an order. It details agreements between England and Turkey; the movements of British steamers within the region; the question...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
22 Aug 1883
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)