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2. 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)
3. 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)
4. 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)
5. 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)
6. IOR/L/PS/12/2886
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/2886
- Title:
- Coll 17/24 ‘Iraq. Internal. New Iraqi Income Tax Law. Effect on British aircraft and shipping.’
- Scope & Content:
- The file contains papers mostly relating to the following: the objections of HM Government to Article 6 of the draft Iraq Salaries and Allowances Tax Law of 1930; and the liability of British aircraft and shipping companies operating in Iraq to income tax under Article 29 of the Iraq Income Tax ...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English and French
- Date Range:
- 29 Dec 1930-9 May 1935
- Extent:
- 1 file (182 folios)
7. IOR/L/PS/18/B75
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/18/B75
- Title:
- Memorandum as to the Right of British Ships of War to go up the Tigris and Euphrates
- Scope & Content:
- This file is a Foreign Office memorandum regarding the rights of British Ships of War to sail on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers written by Foreign Office Librarian, Edward Hertslet. The file contains a simplified map of the Tigris, the Euphrates, the Shatt el-Arab [Shatt al-Arab] and the nort...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 24 May 1883
- Extent:
-
1 volume (4 folios)
8. IOR/L/PS/18/B76
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/18/B76
- Title:
- Memorandum respecting the Claim of the Euphrates and Tigris Steam-ship Company to use Barges on those Rivers as a matter of "right"
- Scope & Content:
- This file is a Foreign Office memorandum regarding the right of the Euphrates and Tigris Steam-ship Company to sail their barges on those rivers, written by Foreign Office Librarian, Edward Hertslet. The file contains a summary of negotiations between the British and Ottoman Governments and as...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English and French
- Date Range:
- 5 May 1881
- Extent:
-
1 volume (8 folios)
9. IOR/L/PS/18/B77
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/18/B77
- Title:
- Memorandum respecting the Conveyance of English Mails on the River Tigris
- Scope & Content:
- This file is a short memorandum that summarises the legal situation regarding the right of English mail ships to sail on the Tigris River. The memorandum was written by Foreign Office Librarian, Edward Hertslet. On folio 106 the file contains an extract from a letter (from an Ottoman Governmen...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English and French
- Date Range:
- 1 Aug 1883
- Extent:
-
1 volume (2 folios)
10. IOR/L/PS/18/B78
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/18/B78
- Title:
- Navigation of the Tigris and Euphrates by British Merchant-Vessels
- Scope & Content:
- This file contains a selection of correspondence related to the right of British Merchant-Vessels to use the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. This correspondence is primarily between British officials but also includes copies of letters between Ottoman officials including one letter in French (ff 11...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English and French
- Date Range:
- 5 May 1881
- Extent:
-
1 volume (5 folios)









