File 3104/1915 Pt 4 ‘Mesopotamia: Trade with Baghdad & Export of wool’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- File 3104/1915 Pt 4 ‘Mesopotamia: Trade with Baghdad & Export of wool’
- Date:
- 1916/1918
- Description:
- Abstract: Correspondence and papers concerning the export of wool from Baghdad in Mesopotamia [Iraq] during Britain’s military occupation of the country in the First World War. Subjects covered include: enquiries from commercial firms seeking to export wool from Mesopotamia; shipping arrangements for the export of wool from Baghdad to various destinations, including Britain and Marseilles in France; arrangements for the shipment of consignments of wool to the United States of America, and the War Office’s opposition to such plans, insisting that all available wool should be reserved for Britain’s military requirements. The file’s principal correspondents are: the India Office; the Foreign Office; the Director of Raw Materials, War Office; the Indian Munitions Board, Government of India; Selim Homsy & Company; Gulbenkian Brothers.The file includes a single item in French: a copy of a memorandum received by the Foreign Office from the French Ambassador to London (f 230).The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 245; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Wool trade
Mesopotamian Campaign (1914-1918)
International trade - Geographic region:
- Mesopotamia
Baghdad - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000419.0x0001ce_ar
81055/vdc_100000000419.0x0001ce_en
IOR/L/PS/10/567
IOR/L/PS/10/567