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IOR/L/PS/12/3722
- Record Id:
- 040-000558792
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000558776
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00011e
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100043949323.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- 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:
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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 well as broader details concerning regional transport developments.
In addition to correspondence, the file contains itineraries of the Bombay-Persian Gulf (via Karachi) fast and subsidiary mail boat service (folios 7-10). It also contains statistics for the number of passengers that travelled on these routes between 1927 and 1931 (folios 35-40).
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000558776
040-000558792 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/12 : Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
IOR/L/PS/12/3709-3976 : Political (External) Collection 30: Persian Gulf
IOR/L/PS/12/3722 : Coll 30/11 'Basra-Karachi Fast Mail Service - Proposal to Discontinue: Request to Government of Iraq for a Contribution… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0031]/037-000558776[0016]/040-000558792
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (52 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00011e
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1931
- End Date:
- 1933
- Date Range:
- 16 Mar 1931-15 May 1933
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 54; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- Coll 30/11
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)