'Middle East Committee. Report of Mesopotamia Trade Commissioners (Messrs. R E Holland and J H Wilson)'
IOR/L/PS/18/B274
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The record is made up of 1 volume (3 folios). It was created in Feb 1918. 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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This printed note is the summary of recommendations to the Report of Mesopotamia Trade Commissioners, Robert Erskine Holland and John Henry Wilson. These recommendations start from the premise that German commercial competition in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. was ultimately aimed at controlling the railway route to the East and exerting pressure on the British Empire. There follows, therefore, recommendations for a number of measures to consolidate British commercial interests in Mesopotamia.
The summary pays special attention to shipping, navigation and transportation, banking and currency, irrigation, communication, education, and the establishment of a Commercial Bureau and Department of Agriculture. Also discussed are the prospects for the development of cotton, oil and silk industries as well as openings for trade and foreign competition.
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- 1 volume (3 folios)
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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the last folio; 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. Pagination: The booklet also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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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/18/B274
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- Feb 1918 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/PS/18/B274
- Title
- 'Middle East Committee. Report of Mesopotamia Trade Commissioners (Messrs. R E Holland and J H Wilson)'
- Pages
- 1r:3v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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