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1. IOR/L/PS/10/271

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/271
Title:
File 1808/1912 'Bagdad Railway. Navigation of the Tigris & Lynch's Agreement with the Company for the transport of railway material.'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns the navigation of the Rivers Euphrates and Tigris, and moves by The Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company (also referred to as Messrs Lynch) to negotiate an agreement with the Baghdad Railway Company for the transport of railway material up the rivers of Turkish Arabi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
27 Mar 1912-15 Apr 1913
Extent:
1 volume (253 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/272

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/272
Title:
File 1846/1912 Pt 1-2 'Turkey in Asia: Shatt al Arab Riverain Commission'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence and draft agreements relating to the establishment of the Shatt al Arab Riverain Commission in Ottoman Iraq. The files discuss the Commission's proposed functions on regulating trade and traffic at the Shatt al Arab estuary, but mostly discuss the governing conv...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1912-1914
Extent:
1 file (321 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/382

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/382
Title:
File 2073/1913 ‘Baghdad Railway: Navigation of the Tigris and Euphrates’
Scope & Content:
The volume is concerned with negotiations with the Ottoman Government over a new navigation concession for the rivers Tigris and Euphrates. These negotiations — facilitated by the Foreign Office and the Board of Trade — are between Ibrahim Hakki Pasha and Lord Inchcape (James Lyle Mackay), and a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
16 May 1913-22 Sep 1913
Extent:
1 volume (281 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/414

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/414
Title:
File 4030/1913 Pt 1-2 'Baghdad Railway'
Scope & Content:
This volume comprises two parts that contain correspondence that relates to the same topic, namely a concession that was granted to the shipping magnate, Lord Inchcape (James Lyle Mackay), by the Ottoman Empire for the formation of a company to facilitate the transportation of goods on the Tigri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
3 Sep 1913-21 Jul 1914
Extent:

1 volume (237 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/3802

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3802
Title:
Coll 30/86(1) 'PERSIA. RELATIONS WITH IRAQ. SHATT-EL-ARAB: INTERNATIONALISATION OF, AND ESTABLISHMENT OF A CONSERVANCY BOARD.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the drafting of a convention to establish a Conservancy Board for the Shatt-el-Arab (also referred to as the Shatt-al-Arab). The papers include: negotiations with the governments of Iraq and Persia [Iran]; the involvement of British shipowners in discussions; numerous drafts o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
23 Jul 1932-10 Jan 1936
Extent:
1 volume (592 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/3803

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3803
Title:
Coll 30/86(2) 'Persia. Relations with Iraq. Shatt-el-Arab: Internationalisation of, and establishment of a Conservancy Board.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns negotiations over a convention to establish a Conservancy Board for the Shatt-el-Arab (also referred to as the Shatt-al-Arab) between the governments of Iraq, Iran (also referred to as Persia), and the United Kingdom. The convention had two main objects: (1) to provide for the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
23 Dec 1935-22 Apr 1937
Extent:
1 volume (468 folios)

7. 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)

8. 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)

9. 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)

10. 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)