"ملخّص يحتوي على معلومات بشأن الاتصال الأول لشركة الهند الشرقية مع الجزيرة العربية التركية، طالما أمكن تتبع ذلك من سجلات حكومة بومباي، بالإضافة إلى أسماء العديد من المقيمين البريطانيين والوكلاء السياسيين الذين عُينوا في بغداد والبصرة في الفترة بين ١٦٤٦ و ١٨٤٦ ميلادي، وبمرافقة معلومات أخرى" [و‎‎١‎٥] (٢٢٦/٣١)

[ XXVII ]
Year,
Euphrates Expedition & Flotilla.
Paragraph of
Summary.
Page.
A. D.
1834
His Britannic Majesty's Goverment resolve, with a
view of establishing an overland communication
between England and India vi& the Persian Gulf
and Turkish Arabia, to place two iron steamers
on the Rivers " Euphrates" and " Tigris." Captain
Chesney, of the Koyal Artillery, is appointed to
command this expedition with the Brevet rank
of Colonel. A commission to this effect is issued
under the Sign Manual of His late Majesty on
the 28th November 1834
289
130 & 131
1834
On the 29th December 1834 the Sublime Porte
grants a phirman authorizing the navigation
of the Euphrates River by the above steamers ...
290
131 & 132
1835
On the 11th February 1835 the Pacha of Bagdad
issues a Booyooroldi to the Turkish officers on the
Euphrates, directing them to afford protection to
the expedition under Colonel Chesney, and to ren
der all assistance in their power for the further
ance of its objects
291
132
1835
Colonel Chesney arrives from England on the
banks of the Euphrates, on the 18th July 1835,
and puts together the two iron Steamers Euphra
tes and Tigris, the materials for which had
been forwarded vid the Mediterranean
292
132
1836
On the 19th March 1836 Colonel Chesney reports
that both of the above vessels have been com
pleted, and were then descending the great river...
292
132
1836
On the 21st May 1836 the Tigris steamer is upset
in a squall in the Euphrates River and founders.
By this melancholy accident 14 Europeans (inclu
sive of two officers) and six natives were drowned.
294
133
1837
On the 23rd January 1837 the Euphrates expedi
tion is, by order of His Majesty's Government,
broken up, and the Euphrates steamer is made
over to the Hon'ble East India Company
295
133
1837
The Hon'ble the Secret Committee of the Court of
Directors on the 18th April 1837 appoint Lieute
nant H. B. Lynch, of the Indian Navy, to the
Command of the Euphrates steamer and of any
other steamers they may hereafter send out, for
service on the rivers of Mesopotamia ...
296
133 & 134
1839
In June 1839 the Hon'ble the Secret Committee
sent out from England (in frame work, vid the
Cape) three additional iron steamers for service
on the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers, named the
Assyria, Nimrod, and Nitocris, which arrived at
Bussorah on the 22nd December 1839
297
134