Coll 17/40 'Iraq. Basra Consulate-General Monthly Summaries'

IOR/L/PS/12/2902

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The record is made up of 1 file (10 folios). It was created in 1 May 1947-28 Jun 1947. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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The file consists of copies of monthly summaries from the British Consulate-General at Basra, for March, April, and May 1947, which were sent to the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. by the Foreign Office.

The summaries cover the following: the political and tribal situation in Basra; labour; the press; personalities who had visited Basra; finance, oil, commerce and industry; communications; naval and military matters; and foreign activities.

The file includes a divider, which gives lists of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

Extent and format
1 file (10 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 14; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-13; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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English in Latin script
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British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
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IOR/L/PS/12/2902
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Coll 17/40

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1 May 1947-28 Jun 1947 (CE, Gregorian)

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Coll 17/40 'Iraq. Basra Consulate-General Monthly Summaries', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2902, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000602.0x0001bd> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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