Constantinople Convention of 1888

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The Constantinople Convention of 1888 was an international treaty that guaranteed the neutrality and free passage of ships through the Suez Canal in both peace and wartime under the supervision of major European powers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century treaty ⓘ
international treaty ⓘ
multilateral convention ⓘ
aimedTo prevent unilateral closure of the Suez Canal ⓘ
secure free and open navigation of the Suez Canal ⓘ
allowed passage of merchant ships in wartime ⓘ
passage of warships of belligerent powers under certain conditions ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Convention of Constantinople ⓘ
Suez Canal Convention of 1888 ⓘ
appliesIn time of peace ⓘ
time of war ⓘ
cameIntoForceIn 1888 ⓘ
category 1888 in international relations ⓘ
Treaties concerning the Suez Canal ⓘ
Treaties of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Treaties of the United Kingdom ⓘ
countrySignatory Austria-Hungary ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
guaranteed free passage through the Suez Canal ⓘ
neutrality of the Suez Canal ⓘ
hasArticleCount 17 articles ⓘ
historicalContext British occupation of Egypt ⓘ
European imperial rivalry in the late 19th century ⓘ
influenced international law of straits ⓘ
language French ⓘ
legalStatusOf international waterway ⓘ
limited fortification of the Suez Canal zone ⓘ
placedUnder international guarantee ⓘ
predecessor informal arrangements on Suez Canal navigation ⓘ
recognized territorial sovereignty of the Ottoman Empire over the Suez Canal zone ⓘ
regulated navigation of the Suez Canal ⓘ
relatedTo Suez Canal Company ⓘ
signedIn Constantinople ⓘ
signedOn 1888-10-29 ⓘ
stated Suez Canal should never be subjected to blockade ⓘ
linked to: Suez Canal

Suez Canal should not be subject to acts of hostility ⓘ
Suez Canal should not be subject to any act having for its object to obstruct free navigation ⓘ
linked to: Suez Canal

Suez Canal should not be subject to the exercise of the right of war ⓘ
subject Suez Canal ⓘ
successorInfluenceOn later Suez Canal agreements ⓘ
supervisedBy major European powers ⓘ

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Suez Canal Company → regulatedBy → Constantinople Convention of 1888 ⓘ
Constantinople Convention of 1888 → alsoKnownAs → Convention of Constantinople ⓘ
linked to: Constantinople Convention of 1888
Suez Canal Convention of 1888 → alsoKnownAs → Convention of Constantinople ⓘ
linked to: Constantinople Convention of 1888
Suez Canal Convention of 1888 → alsoKnownAs → Constantinople Convention of 1888 ⓘ
Suez Canal should not be subject to the exercise of the right of war → establishedBy → Convention of Constantinople ⓘ
linked to: Constantinople Convention of 1888