'Middle East Committee. Mesopotamia Trade Report'

IOR/L/PS/18/B275

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The record is made up of 4 folios. It was created in 6 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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Content: This is a printed note prepared by John Evelyn Shuckburgh, Political Department of 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. , dated 6 February 1918, concerning trade in Mesopotamia vis-à-vis consolidating Britain's commercial interests in light of Robert Erskine Holland and John Henry Wilson's 1917 report, The Prospects of British Trade in Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . This note pays special attention to navigation and transportation, banking, irrigation, communication, education, and the establishment of a Commercial Bureau and Department of Agriculture.
Extent and format: 4 folios
Physical characteristics: Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at folio 36 and terminates at folio 39, as it is part of a larger physical 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 also present in parallel between folio 11-158; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
Written in: English in Latin script
Type: Archival file

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Original held at: 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.
Access conditions: Unrestricted
Archive reference: IOR/L/PS/18/B275
Former British Library reference: B275
Date(s): 6 Feb 1918 (CE, Gregorian)
Related primary sources: Robert Erskine Holland and John Henry Wilson's, The Prospects of British Trade in Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (India. Foreign and Political Department: Delhi, 1917)

Subjects: Trade (practice)Colonial administration
Places: Mesopotamia
People & organisations: India Office, Secretary to the Political and Secret DepartmentSir Robert Erskine Holland, KnightJohn Henry Wilson

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Reference: IOR/L/PS/18/B275
Title: 'Middle East Committee. Mesopotamia Trade Report'
Pages: 36r:39v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence