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1. IOR/L/PS/12/3722

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3722
Title:
Coll 30/11 'Basra-Karachi Fast Mail Service - Proposal to Discontinue: Request to Government of Iraq for a Contribution Towards Cost'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials that discusses whether or not the fast mail ship service from Karachi to the Persian Gulf (that terminated at Basra) should be kept in operation. The correspondence discusses the commercial and political aspects of such a decision as we...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1931-15 May 1933
Extent:
1 file (52 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/18/B25

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B25
Title:
Contract between The Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company Limited and the Secretary of State for India
Scope & Content:
A contract for operating a weekly shipping and mail service between Bussora [Basra] and Baghdad.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1884
Extent:

3 folios

3. IOR/L/PS/18/B195

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B195
Title:
Navigation on the rivers of Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
The file provides an account of the navigation of the rivers of Mesopotamia from 1640, with a series of extracts from despatches, letters, reports, a diary, a treaty, and an order. It details agreements between England and Turkey; the movements of British steamers within the region; the question...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
22 Aug 1883
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/1097

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1097
Title:
File 3/14 III Arrival and departure of ships and B.I.S.N. sailings
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the arrrival and departure of mail ships and British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd. Steamships for transport of slow mail included the Barala and the Barjora. One letter describes how the Government of India commandeered deck space for a thousand returning Shia pil...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1944-3 Aug 1949
Extent:
1 volume (44 pages)

5. IOR/R/15/5/97

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/97
Title:
'1/C Volume IV Miscellaneous'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to a variety of miscellaneous topics in the period December 1923 to July 1924. The principal topics discussed are: A proposal to replace the Iraq Post Office in Kuwait, 1924. Purchase of land in Iraq by ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Dec 1923-22 Jul 1924
Extent:
1 volume (312 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/6/408

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/408
Title:
File 12/3 I MAIL SERVICE - MUSCAT & GWADUR
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the operation of mail services to and from Muscat and Oman. The papers include: correspondence concerning the Muscat Political Agency launch; proposals for an air mail service between Muscat and India via Bahrain; the operation of a commercial contract for carrying mail by lau...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Jan 1945-6 Dec 1948
Extent:
1 file (181 folios)