'Middle East Committee. Mesopotamia Trade Report' [‎38v] (6/8)

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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.

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4 folios

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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.

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