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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Department of Overseas Trade, 1918-1953

1. IOR/L/PS/10/368

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/368
Title:
File 1283/1913 Pts 4 & 5 'MESOPOT: - TRADE. TRADE CORPORATION MISSION. TRADE REPORT'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains parts 4 and 5 of the subject ‘Mesopotamia: Trade’. Part 4 (IOR/L/PS/10/368/1) concerns trade missions to Mesopotamia [Iraq] and the Persian Gulf at the end of the First World War (1914-1918) by the British Trade Corporation and others. Part 5 (IOR/L/PS/10/368/2) concerns the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918-1920
Extent:
1 volume (264 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/531/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/531/2
Title:
File 74/1915 Pt 5 'Mesopotamia: Banking Facilities'
Scope & Content:
This part contains papers relating to banking facilities in the occupied (by the British) territory of Mesopotamia [Iraq]. The papers consist of correspondence, and India Office Minute Papers and internal notes. The file includes papers relating to: the views of the Government of India and the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Oct 1918-3 Aug 1920
Extent:
1 item (63 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/737

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/737
Title:
File 1129/1918 'Bushire Trade Reports, (1917- )'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains annual trade reports for the port of Bushire [Bushehr], beginning with fiscal year 1916-17 and ending with fiscal year 1924-25. The reports are authored by the Vice-Consul, Bushire, or by other staff of the Consulate or of the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf. The repo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1917-29 Aug 1929
Extent:
1 volume (314 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/892

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/892
Title:
File 2984/1920 'PERSIA: TRADE WITH EAST PERSIA [REPORTS & NOTES BY MAJOR TEMPLE]'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers relating to Britain’s trade with east Persia [Iran], chiefly comprising reports by Major B Temple, British Vice-Consul, Meshed [Mashhad]. Major Temple’s reports cover various aspects of trade including development possibilities, trade routes, foreign competition (not...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1920-22 Sep 1921
Extent:
1 volume (189 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/1072

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1072
Title:
File 2853/1922 Pt 1-2 'PERSIA: GERMAN TRADE ACTIVITY'
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of two parts: Part 1 (IOR/L/PS/10/1072/1) contains papers relating to economic competition in Persia [Iran] between the United Kingdom, Germany and the Soviet Union; Part 2 (IOR/L/PS/10/1072/2) contains papers relating to British commercial activity in Persia and Iraq includ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1922-1928
Extent:
1 volume (367 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/85

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/85
Title:
PZ 6842/33 'Persia: purchase of cargo steamers'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding a request by the Government of Persia for tenders from shipbuilding firms for three new cargo steamers. The primary correspondents are: Persian Chargé d'Affaires, London; Department of Overseas Trade; Commercial Secretary, British Legation, Tehran; Foreign Office.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jun 1933-7 Mar 1935
Extent:
1 file (23 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/1037

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1037
Title:
Ext 4940/45 'Shipment of goods to Persia'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of correspondence between Clarke & Smith (India) Ltd and the External Department, India Office regarding export and import licenses for shipping goods to Persia [Iran].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Oct 1945-5 Oct 1945
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/2179

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2179
Title:
Coll 7/10 'China (Yunnan): Export of arms to China via Burma'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding a request from the Governor of Yunnan Province to transport arms, ammunition and planes to China via Burma [Myanmar]. The materials consisted of British surplus war stock, and were supplied by Arnhold & Company Limited. The correspondence is between...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Mar 1932-6 Feb 1933
Extent:
1 file (83 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/2958

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2958
Title:
Coll 20/6 'Muscat: Trade: Annual Reports 1924-'
Scope & Content:
The file contains reports on the trade of Muscat for the years 1924-25 through to 1939-40, and for 1942-43. The reports were prepared by the Political Agent, Muscat, and consisted of a short prose introduction followed by tables of trade statistics. Some correspondence concerning the distributio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jan 1926-18 Oct 1947
Extent:
1 file (290 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/2986

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2986
Title:
Coll 20/26 'Muscat: Coinage of Muscat and Oman'
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters from a M Comencini, author of Coins of the Modern World 1870-1936, to the Department of Overseas Trade and the India Office requesting information on the currency and coinage in use in Muscat and Oman and the Indian States. Replies from the two departments are included,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Mar 1938-9 Apr 1938
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)