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The corsair state of Rabat-Salé
On the Atlantic coast of Morocco are two cities that became one of the most substantial Islamic ports of the 17th Century.
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Ministry of Supply: War Histories (1939-1945): Files
Catalogue reference: BT 131
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BT 131
Copies of documents extracted from registered files by the official historians in the course of their work on the Board of Trade's History of the Second World War - Civil Industry and Trade; and material collected in the Ministry of Supply and...
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BT 131
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Supply: War Histories (1939-1945): Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1916-1952
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Description (What the record is about)
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Copies of documents extracted from registered files by the official historians in the course of their work on the Board of Trade's History of the Second World War - Civil Industry and Trade; and material collected in the Ministry of Supply and subsequently transferred to the Board of Trade, for the preparation of the History ofthe Second World War - The Control of RawMaterials. The former papers include series of minutes of meetings of department and interdepartmental committees; the latter are mainly narratives relating to various commodities.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Ministry of Supply, 1939-1959
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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116 file(s)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3169/
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Ministry of Supply: War Histories (1939-1945): Files
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