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File 3104/1915 Pt 9 ‘Mesopotamia: Trade with- Payments from enemy assets in England to firms in Mesopotamia; payment of dividends of British companies, legacies, &c to residents in Mesopotamia; Messrs. Selim Homsy’s claims against clients in Mosul district; Messrs. Andrew Weir & Co’s claim against Idara Nahrieh’ [‎317r] (259/334)

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The record is made up of 1 item (166 folios). It was created in 10 Jun 1918-9 Dec 1920. 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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[ ‘^ n y further communication should he
'addressed to—
BOARD, !Ot£> TRADE
(COMMERCIAL RELATIONS AND TREATIES
DEPARTMENT),
GWYDYR HOUSE,
T HE ASSISTANT SECRETARY,
< a t the address given opposite.
The following letter and number should
be quoted :
gK.R.T. 8837.
Telegraphic Address:
WHITEHALL,
LONDON, S.W.1,
GOLASTA, LONDON.
Telephone No.: 3840 Victoria.
6th December 1913
Sir,
With reference to your letter No* 19Q114/c/l4o of
the 3rd December enclosing a copy of a telegram from His
Majesty 1 a Charge d’Affaires at Washington respecting a
shipment of goods from Bagdad to New fork, I arri directed
by the Board of Trade to state, for Mr. Secretary Balfour's
information, that they are aware of no objection to the
delivery of the documents to the consignee in Bev. York,
seeing that Bagdad has been certified to be in effective
military occupation, but that the matter would appear to be
mainly for 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. to which Department a copy of
this letter is being sent.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
'’’he Under Secretary of Sta*e,
Foreign Office.

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Part 9 comprises correspondence and other papers relating to the lifting of restrictions on trade between Baghdad and Mesopotamia [Iraq], under the Trading with the Enemy (Occupied Territory) Proclamation of 1915: the issue of certificates by the Board of Trade declaring that the wilayats [vilayets] of Baghdad and Basra are to be regarded as ‘territory under friendly occupation’ (f 324); the lifting of restrictions on trade in other areas of Mesopotamia, including Mosul and Anah; enquiries from commercial firms in Britain, relating to the resumption of trade with firms in Mesopotamia, and payments to be made to traders in Mesopotamia.

The 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 Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India; the Board of Trade.

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File 3104/1915 Pt 9 ‘Mesopotamia: Trade with- Payments from enemy assets in England to firms in Mesopotamia; payment of dividends of British companies, legacies, &c to residents in Mesopotamia; Messrs. Selim Homsy’s claims against clients in Mosul district; Messrs. Andrew Weir & Co’s claim against Idara Nahrieh’ [‎317r] (259/334), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/572/1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100076899422.0x00002b> [accessed 17 August 2026]

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Reference: IOR/L/PS/10/572/1
Title: File 3104/1915 Pt 9 ‘Mesopotamia: Trade with- Payments from enemy assets in England to firms in Mesopotamia; payment of dividends of British companies, legacies, &c to residents in Mesopotamia; Messrs. Selim Homsy’s claims against clients in Mosul district; Messrs. Andrew Weir & Co’s claim against Idara Nahrieh’
Pages: 188r:189v, 191r:194v, 196r:206v, 208r:209v, 215r:223v, 225r:227v, 229r:231v, 233r:237v, 250r:261v, 263r:263v, 266r:274v, 279r:290v, 292r:303v, 305r:354v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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