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’

Content

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.

Extent and format

1 item (166 folios)

It is part of

File 3104/1915 Pt 9-10 ‘Mesopotamia. Trade with’

720 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/572

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the item.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival item

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/10/572/1

Former external reference(s)

P 3104/1915 Pt 9

History of this record

Date(s)

10 Jun 1918-9 Dec 1920 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Trade regulation

People & organisations

Board of TradeGovernment of India, Foreign and Political Department

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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’, 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_100076920559.0x000002> [accessed 26 April 2024]

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