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File 1889/1916 ‘Mesopotamia; Export of dates’ [123r] (254/709)
The record is made up of 1 volume (350 folios). It was created in 17 May 1916-9 Sep 1920. 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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this. Bequirements from Basrah of civil population in Baghdad Vilayat are
not less than 5,000 tons baskets dates, and of Basrah Yilayat probably same
amount.
Director of Local Besources is unable to defer purchase until these require
ments have been met and may be unable to grant licenses to shippers even for
Pood Controller’s requirements unless quantities to be exported are settled
in advance with him.
Serial No. (56).
This is with reference to your telegram of
October 31st.
58
59
*
Telegram P., No. 5014, dated the 10th (received 11th) November 1S17.
From—The
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, Baghdad,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Delhi.
Secretary of State for India sent following, November 2nd. Begins.
Pood Controller wishes licenses to be granted to following firms at Basrah to
export quantities stated :—Strick Scott 2,280 tons, Andrew Weir 4,560 tons,
Gray Makenzie 3,440 tons, Bashayan 960 tons, S. N. Garibani 250 tons, T. N.
Messayeh 54 tons. Communication will follow regarding balance 416 tons
which completes total amount of 12,000 tons Pood Controller has purchased.
Bnds.
60
Telegram P., No. 5015, dated the 10th (received 11th) November 1917.
From—The
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, Baghdad,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Delhi.
(Addressed Secretary of State, London.)
While consenting to grant licenses as requested for a total of 12,000 tons
military authorities wish it to be understood that this is limit of export of
dates which can be allowed from this country, the balance being needed for
local military and civil requirements. This should please be explained to
Pood Controller and Minister of Shipping, the Pood Controller being requested
to make no further arrangements for dates and the Minister of Shipping not to
grant shipping licenses in respect of dates for the United States or other destina
tions as export from Basrah cannot be permitted. It would be convenient if
War Office were to address to General, Baghdad, all further communications
(at present addressed to ?) Directorate, Local Besources, Mesopotamian
• ne /kqv Expeditionary Porce. This is with refer-
em °' ( ence to your telegramf November 2nd.
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Correspondence and other papers relating to the export of dates from Mesopotamia [Iraq] during Britain’s military occupation of Mesopotamia in the First World War. The file includes: correspondence dated 1916 relating to the lifting of a general prohibition on the export of dates from Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] and Basra (as well as from Muscat), in view of Mesopotamia’s status as enemy territory; in 1917, proposals to prohibit the export of dates from Mesopotamia to destinations other than Britain or its wartime allies; in 1917, the supply of dates to British troops in France, including arrangements for purchase and freight by the War Office; a copy of a printed British diplomatic and consular report entitled ‘Turkey. Report for the Year 1913 on the Trade of Basra’, edited at the Foreign Office and Board of Trade (ff 293-303); reports in early 1918 that the demand for dates in Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. exceeded supply, leading to the Foreign Office’s initial decision to decline a request from the Government of the USA for the Hills Brothers Company of New York to export dates from Mesopotamia, a decision that was reversed in March 1918; price controls on dates for export, arranged in 1918; correspondence dated 1919 on the future policy of restrictions on dates exported from Mesopotamia.
The volume’s principal correspondents are: the Chief Political Officer of the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, Percy Zachariah Cox; the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India; the Foreign Office; the War Office; the Ministry of Food.
The volume contains a single item in French, being a note from the French Ambassador in London (f 69).
The volume 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 (350 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 348; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Title
- File 1889/1916 ‘Mesopotamia; Export of dates’
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:10v, 15r:22v, 25r:62v, 64r:68v, 70r:105v, 108r:141v, 145r:156v, 157ar:157av, 157v:199v, 202r:214v, 216r:243v, 248r:289v, 291r:294v, 296r:349v, back-i
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