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File 3104/1915 Pt 4 ‘Mesopotamia: Trade with Baghdad & Export of wool’ [152r] (308/494)
The record is made up of 1 volume (243 folios). It was created in 21 Dec 1916-10 Aug 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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W62S9—Hill 8 75,000 8/17 HWV(P632) H16/591
Anif further communication on this
subject should be addressed to —
The Director of Army Contracts,
Imperial House,
Tothill Street,
Westminster,
London, S.W.l.
and the following number quoted :—
Contracts A/ool/ 271 .
(Contracts Department),
Imperial House,
Tothill Street,
Telepraphic Address :—
“Army Contracts, London.
Telephone Victoria 8540.
sir,
Westminster, S.W.l.
22nd October, 1917
I am desired to acknowledge receipt of your favour
enclosing copy of despatch. I:•1487/21 and also your fur Hier
communication dated 18th instant in reference to Y/ool.ex
Baghdad, It is understood that the Ministry of Shipping
are writing you direct in reference to this matter, and are
making arrangements to load the 6,000 odd bales now lying at
Bombav in one of the regular liners sailing to the United
Kingdom. If the 7,000 bales previously referred to in
despatches cannot be found, I suggest that it would seem
probable the 6,000 odd bales now lying at Bombay together ^
with the 8,200 Cubic Feet privately owned Bool at Basra
comprises the 7,000 bales referred to.
I shall be glad to receive further information
from you on this point Yihen you have completed your enquiries.
I am
Sir
Your obedient Servant
he Under Secretary of State for India,
Political Department,
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.
,
Whitehall,
S .1 .
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Correspondence and papers concerning the export of wool from Baghdad in Mesopotamia [Iraq] during Britain’s military occupation of the country in the First World War. Subjects covered include: enquiries from commercial firms seeking to export wool from Mesopotamia; shipping arrangements for the export of wool from Baghdad to various destinations, including Britain and Marseilles in France; arrangements for the shipment of consignments of wool to the United States of America, and the War Office’s opposition to such plans, insisting that all available wool should be reserved for Britain’s military requirements. The file’s principal correspondents are: 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 Office; the Director of Raw Materials, War Office; the Indian Munitions Board, Government of India; Selim Homsy & Company; Gulbenkian Brothers.
The file includes a single item in French: a copy of a memorandum received by the Foreign Office from the French Ambassador to London (f 230).
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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (243 folios)
- Arrangement
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.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 245; 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 4 ‘Mesopotamia: Trade with Baghdad & Export of wool’
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:13v, 16r:25v, 28r:42v, 44r:46v, 48r:49v, 51r:56v, 58r:69v, 71r:81v, 83r:85v, 87r:96v, 98r:105v, 108r:111v, 114r:123v, 125r:126v, 128r:128v, 131r:137v, 139r:149v, 151r:161v, 163r:170v, 172r:173v, 175r:179v, 182r:183v, 185r:197v, 199r:215v, 218r:230v, 232r:239v, 243r:244v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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