| Description | Papers relating to the Imperial Ottoman Guaranteed Loan of £5000,000 at 4% guaranteed by the British and French Governments.
Items included are as follows:
- Empty envelope, labelled 'Imperial Ottoman Guaranteed Loan of 1855'
- Convention between Her Majesty, the Emperor of the French and the Sultan, for the guarantee of a loan to be raised by the Sultan, signed in London, 27 Jun 1855.
- Declaration exchanged between the British and French Governments, relative to the Turkish Loan, signed in London 27 Jul 1855.
- Letter from the Ottoman Minister C. Mussurus to the Governor of the Bank of England, proposing that the Bank shall become agent for the loan of £5,000,000 to the Ottoman Government, 10 Aug 1855.
- Letter from the Ottoman Minister C. Mussurus to the Governor and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, on the topic of the Turkish loan and the stock exchange, 14 Aug 1855.
- Letter from the Treasury to the Governor and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, on the subject of the Turkish loan, 18 Aug 1855.
- Letter from the Governor and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England to the Treasury, 20 Aug 1855.
- Agreement between the Turkish Minister and the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, for the management of the loan of 5000,000 sterling for the service of the Imperial Ottoman Government, 20 Aug 1855.
- Translation of an Imperial Firman (a royal mandate or decree) to contract for a loan of five millions sterling under the joint guarantee of England and France, 20 Aug 1855.
- Queen's warrant guaranteeing the payment of the interest of four per cent of the loan of five million sterling contracted for the Sultan [Aug 1855].
- Letter from the Bank to C. Mussurus, acknowledging receipt of the Firman and the general bond.
- Copy of a case submitted by the Treasury Solicitor to the Attorney and Solicitor Gener, as to the engagement and liability of her Majesty's Governmnent as regards the Turkish loan of 1855.
- Memorandum on the Egyptian tribute, covering topics including the guaranteed loan of 1855 and the remittance of tribute to Bank of England or Bank of France, 5 Jun 1877.
- Letter from Eldon Gorst of the Foreign Office to Mr Revelstocke, covering the tribute due from Egypt to Turkey and the Turkish loan of 1855, 2 Mar 1905.
- Letter to Mr Revelstocke, from unclear sender, making reference to the Egyptian tribute and the Ottoman loan of 1855, 7 Mar 1905.
- Un-translated document [in Ottoman script]. |