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File 3104/1915 Pt 2 ‘German War: conquered territory: status: question of trading; looting, etc., of goods by Turks’ [‎114r] (232/493)

The record is made up of 1 volume (241 folios). It was created in 12 Mar 1915-30 May 1918. 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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t/illo was cl landed to t iat of Controlloi*^ Ilostllo TT*r,ddLncf Con**
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corns by Force Routine Order No. ISP of Perth le iuary this
enabled Uiajto deal with several other Hostile Trading Concerns
which had cone to notice during his Investigations. Mr. A.T.
Banco loft for lattgltanA In April and was replaced by £nd Llcutcn-
aiit fiMSn T*C» lli>on 9 I«A*IUO«^wl:o still occuiilos tbo y^st rlth
effect trwn the 27rli ;uaPcb #
Little could bo done In 1915 towards liquidation the aoseto
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of tlio various concerns or towards winding tlion up, the collect-
Ion of the necessary Information fron the books of the various
concerns, the valuation of their stock otc.# absorbing the whole
time of tli© various officers concerned; but during the current
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year stops have been taken to wind up all firms concerned as co
mpletely as circumstances permit. Cash assets have been collected
and banked under the Itont signature of tlmt officer and the
Deputy Chief Political Officer, All merchandise and all dead
stock/as furniture, boats, barges etc,, have been definitely dis
posed of by sale unless^as in the case of articles required for %
the use of H,U,*s Forces j tlioy have boon previously requisitioned.
During September the r^nenzy Trading Act 1919 cacao into operation >4
In India; and as its provisions seemed generally applicable to
the the conditions under which the liquidation of these firms
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had been effected in the Occupied Territories, the Act In quest
ion, together with the Foreigners Ordinance 1914, the Hostile
Foreigners Trading Order 1614 and the Enemy Trading Act 101% has
boot; applied by Army Cotnwan&er to the Occupied Territories under
the provisions of bectlou G(r>) of the Iraq Occupied Territories
code, with tl:e uacoauury siibsiuarj- netifioatlon^ applying these
acta to specified !:oatile Plivin, thu:; jjuttdUi^ the business of ^
tli<* Centro 11 or u on os regular a bitSis as tljit of any otlier
adciinlutratavc or judicial official In the Occupied Terrlferlos,
4, Tlie attadiod balance sti&ot allows the ;>ositioxi of the various
accounts in the| hands of the Contriller, tVuzn wltloh it will be
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seen that some 74 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. oush and 3 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of unsold
itoodid arc in our hands, excluding scrao Us, 30,000 worth of ppods
which have been requisitioned for use of Forces but not
paid for. This, however, includes considerable suns from places
outside the Occupied TerrlMfelM, llenwn Hebert v/onckhaus & Co,V

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Correspondence and papers concerning trade in those parts of Mesopotamia [Iraq] under British military administration during the First World War. Subjects covered include: the resumption of trade between Britain and traders at Basra; claims by British firms for the losses of goods looted or destroyed at Baghdad and Basra by Turkish troops during the initial British invasion of Mesopotamia in 1914; the British Government’s response to claims made by British firms in Mesopotamia over losses incurred during the War; correspondence concerning the seizure and consequent liquidation of enemy (i.e. German and Austrian) commercial interests in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , with specific reference to the German firm Robert Wönckhaus & Company; statements of balances of enemy commercial concerns seized by British forces for September 1916 (ff 116-117) and December 1916 (ff 79-80); the payment of funds from the assets of Robert Wönckhaus & Company, to employees of the firm interned as prisoners of war at Ahmednagar, India; representations made by the French ambassador to London on behalf of a French firm that had 180,000 Francs held in the Ottoman Bank, Baghdad.

The file’s principal correspondents include: the Chief Political Officer of Indian Expeditionary Force D, Percy Zachariah Cox; the Foreign Office; 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. ; the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India.

Several items of correspondence in the volume are written in French.

The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 volume (241 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

The subject 3104 (German War: conquered territory, Mesopotamia: trade) consists of 9 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/564-572. The volumes are divided into ten parts, with parts 1 to 8 comprising one volume each, and parts 9 and 10 comprising the last volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 243; 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.

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File 3104/1915 Pt 2 ‘German War: conquered territory: status: question of trading; looting, etc., of goods by Turks’ [‎114r] (232/493), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/565, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100069992449.0x000021> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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