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File 342/1913 'Mesopotamia: Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Co; mail contract'
Catalogue reference: IOR/L/PS/10/333
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This record is a file about the File 342/1913 'Mesopotamia: Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Co; mail contract' dating from 15 Feb 1904-30 Jun 1919.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- IOR/L/PS/10/333
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Title (The name of the record)
- File 342/1913 'Mesopotamia: Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Co; mail contract'
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Date (When the record was created)
- 15 Feb 1904-30 Jun 1919
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Description (What the record is about)
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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 Basrah; the India Office's complaints for their unsatisfactory service from 1912, and the renewal of the contract in 1914. The volume also briefly discusses the British Post Offices in Baghdad and Basra, and the abolition of British Post Offices in Turkey. The main correspondents are: Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company, the India Office, and the Foreign Office. There is a letter in French within the file, a copy of a declaration from Hakki Pacha, Ottoman Ambassador. The volume includes a divider which gives the year that the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in it arranged by year. This divider is placed at the front of the volume.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 342 (Mesopotamia) consists of one volume, IOR/L/PS/10/333.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- P 342/1913
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English; French
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 volume (138 folios)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Unrestricted
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 140; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front cover. A previous foliation sequence between ff 44-138, which is also written in pencil and circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/ccc900dc-6198-4f4d-8432-1b9e8ac2350c/
Series information
IOR/L/PS/10
Departmental Papers: Political and Secret Separate (or Subject) Files
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Political and Secret Department Records
Within the series: IOR/L/PS/10
Departmental Papers: Political and Secret Separate (or Subject) Files
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File 342/1913 'Mesopotamia: Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Co; mail contract'