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'Field notes: Mesopotamia. General Staff, India. February, 1917.' [‎45v] (97/350)

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The record is made up of 1 file (169 folios). It was created in 1917. 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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The European firms with offices at Basrah are :—
(i) Lynch and Company. Employed in the carrying trade
up Tigris and Karun rivers.
(u) Gray, Mackenzie and Company. Shipping Agents.
(Hi) Strick and Company. Shipping.
(iv) MacAndrew, Forbes and Company, American firm.
Exporters of liquorice.
(v) Basrah Trading Company, British firm. Exporters of
dates and grain.
(vi) Russian Steamship and Trading Company, of Odessa,
also has an agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. .
In addition several Bombay firms have opened branches in
Basrah since the British occupation.
Three British (European) firms had agencies in Baghdad :—
1. Messrs. Lynch and Co., of the Euphrates and Tigris
There were several German firms.
A branch of the Imperial Ottoman Bank is located in Bagln
dad and there are three steam factories, for cloth, ice and corn,
respectively.
For trade of Kuwait see page 49.

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The file consists of a printed volume regarding the field notes on Mesopotamia. The volume was prepared on behalf of the General Staff, India and printed by the Superintendent Government Printing, India.

The volume is divided into the following chapters:

  • I. History.
  • II. Geography.
  • III. Population.
  • IV. Resources.
  • V. Notes on the Turkish Army.
  • VI. Maritime.
  • VII. Administration.
  • VIII Communications; Routes in Mesopotamia.

The volume also contains a number of appendices: A. Important personages; B. Table of Distances (in miles); C. Weights, Measures, Currency, Chronology; D. Some notes for officers proceeding to Mesopotamia; Glossary of Terms.

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1 file (169 folios)
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The volume is arranged in a number of chapters and appendices listed in the contents page (folio 4).

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 169; 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 file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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