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1. IOR/L/PS/10/88/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/88/1
Title:
File 3531/1905 Pt 1 ‘Mesopotamia:- Euphrates + Tigris S. N. Co.; Mail contract’
Scope & Content:
Part 1 of the volume comprises correspondence relating to, as well as draft copies of (ff 325-327, ff 338-341, ff 384-386) an indenture for the renewal of the concession agreed between the Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company (ETSNC) and the British Government, for the conveyance of mai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904-1905
Extent:

1 item (72 folios)

2. 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)

3. 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

4. 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)