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IOR/L/PS/18/B275
- Record Id:
- 040-000563412
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000562855
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x0002a6
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023608698.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/18/B275
- Title:
- Middle East Committee. Mesopotamia Trade Report
- Scope & Content:
- This is a printed note prepared by John Evelyn Shuckburgh, Political Department of the India Office, dated 6 February 1918, concerning trade in Mesopotamia vis-à-vis consolidating Britain's commercial interests in light of Robert Erskine Holland and John Henry Wilson's 1917 report, The Prospects of British Trade in Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf. This note pays special attention to navigation and transportation, banking, irrigation, communication, education, and the establishment of a Commercial Bureau and Department of Agriculture.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000562855
037-000563103
040-000563412 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/18 : Political and Secret Department Memoranda
IOR/L/PS/18/B : Political and Secret Department Memoranda: Section B
IOR/L/PS/18/B275 : Middle East Committee. Mesopotamia Trade Report - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0018]/036-000562855[0002]/037-000563103[0299]/040-000563412
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
4 folios
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x0002a6
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1918
- End Date:
- 1918
- Date Range:
- 6 Feb 1918
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
-
Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at folio 36 and terminates at folio 39, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between folio 11-158; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
- Former Internal References:
- B275
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Holland, Robert Erskine, Knight, administrator and political agent, 1873-1965
Wilson, John Henry, 1862-1932 - Subjects:
- Colonial administration
Trade (practice) - Places:
- Mesopotamia, Asia Minor
- Related Material:
-
Robert Erskine Holland and John Henry Wilson's, The Prospects of British Trade in Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf (India. Foreign and Political Department: Delhi, 1917)
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- IOR/L/PS/10/367
Mss Eur F235/2
