Contract between The Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company Limited and the Secretary of State for India
IOR/L/PS/18/B25
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The record is made up of 3 folios. It was created in 1884. 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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A contract for operating a weekly shipping and mail service between Bussora [Basra] and Baghdad.
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- 3 folios
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at folio 50, and terminates at folio 52, as it is part of a larger volume; 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 5-152; 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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- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/18/B25
- Date(s)
- 1884 (CE, Gregorian)
- Related primary sources
For a new agreement dated 6 Aug 1896 see IOR/L/PS/7/341 pp 1151-61, Political Despatch to India No 96 of 3 Sep 1896
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- Mail steamers
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- Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation CompanySecretary of State for India, United Kingdom
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- IOR/L/PS/18/B25
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- Contract between The Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company Limited and the Secretary of State for India
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- 50r:52r
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- IOR/L/PS/18/B25
- Title
- Contract between The Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company Limited and the Secretary of State for India
- Pages
- 52v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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