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036-000544688 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Place Tigris River, Asia

1. IOR/L/PS/10/88

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/88
Title:
File 3531/1905 Pt 1-2 ‘Mesopotamia’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises two parts discussing steamship contracts and concessions on the Euphrates and Tigris rivers in Mesopotamia (also referred to as Irak [Iraq]): part 1 concerns negotiations between India Office officials and representatives of the Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1904-1911
Extent:
1 volume, 2 parts (389 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/333

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/333
Title:
File 342/1913 'Mesopotamia: Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Co; mail contract'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains memoranda, correspondence, telegrams, and minutes of letters between British officials regarding a contract between the India Office and the Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company for mail service and commercial transports on the River Tigris between Baghdad and Basra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
15 Feb 1904-30 Jun 1919
Extent:
1 volume (138 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/367

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/367
Title:
File 1283/1913 Pt 3 ‘Persian Gulf: Trade Commercial Mission’
Scope & Content:
The volume is concerned with commercial possibilities within Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf for British trade. Of particular concern for British officials is ensuring that British firms are placed in the best possible position to counter expected competition from Germany and Japan following th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18 Jul 1916-12 Dec 1919
Extent:
1 volume (285 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/382

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/382
Title:
File 2073/1913 ‘Baghdad Railway: Navigation of the Tigris and Euphrates’
Scope & Content:
The volume is concerned with negotiations with the Ottoman Government over a new navigation concession for the rivers Tigris and Euphrates. These negotiations — facilitated by the Foreign Office and the Board of Trade — are between Ibrahim Hakki Pasha and Lord Inchcape (James Lyle Mackay), and a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
16 May 1913-22 Sep 1913
Extent:
1 volume (281 folios)