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File 342/1913 'Mesopotamia: Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Co; mail contract' [38r] (82/286)
The record is made up of 1 volume (138 folios). It was created in 15 Feb 1904-30 Jun 1919. It was written in English and French. 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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15836. I. 756.
A
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.
, London,
28th April 1905.
Political,
No. 35.
To His Excellency the Right Honourable the Governor
General of India in Council.
My Lord,
With reference to the letter from your Excellency’s Government
Renewal of Baghdad-Basrah
mail contract.
in the Eoreign Department, No. 10
(External), dated 14th January
1904, on the subject of the renewal of the contract under which the
* Contract, dated 30th March 1905 (six
copies).
From the Secretary, Euphrates and Tigris
Steam Navigation Company, dated 15th
February 1901.
To Foreign Office, dated 2nd March 1904.
From ditto, dated 22nd March 1904.
To Secretary, Euphrates and Tigris Steam
Navigation Company, dated 25th March
1904, with enclosure.
From Foreign Office, dated/9th April 1904,
with enclosure.
From Secretary, Euphrates and Tigris
Steam Navigation Company, dated 15th
June 1904.
To ditto, dated 9th September 1904.
From ditto, dated 9th November 1904.
To ditto, dated 14th December 1904.
From ditto, dated 24th December 1904.
Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navi
gation Company maintains a mail
service between Basrah and Bagh
dad, I forward herewith copy of a
new contract* which has been con
cluded with the Company, together
with copy of correspondence
relating thereto.
2. Your Excellency will observe that, under the terms of the
agreement, the contract takes effect from the 1st May 1901, and will
continue in force up to 13th April 1914.
I have the honour to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship’s most obedient humble Servant,
(Signed) St. John Brodrick.
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This volume contains memoranda, correspondence, telegrams, and minutes of letters between British officials regarding a contract between 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. and the Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company for mail service and commercial transports on the River Tigris between Baghdad and Basrah; 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. 's complaints for their unsatisfactory service from 1912, and the renewal of the contract in 1914. The volume also briefly discusses the British Post Offices in Baghdad and Basra, and the abolition of British Post Offices in Turkey.
The main correspondents are: Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company, 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. , and the Foreign Office.
There is a letter in French within the file, a copy of a declaration from Hakki Pacha, Ottoman Ambassador.
The volume includes a divider which gives the year that the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in it arranged by year. This divider is placed at the front of the volume.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (138 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 342 (Mesopotamia) consists of one volume, IOR/L/PS/10/333.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 140; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front cover. A previous foliation sequence between ff 44-138, which is also written in pencil and circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- File 342/1913 'Mesopotamia: Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Co; mail contract'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:9v, 11r:15v, 19r:34v, 37r:38v, 40r, 43r:54v, 57r:57v, 59r:61v, 64r:71v, 73r:75v, 77r:79v, 81r:87v, 89r:101v, 105r:134v, 136r, 139r:139v, back-i
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