'Middle East Committee. Mesopotamia Trade Report'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'Middle East Committee. Mesopotamia Trade Report'
- Creator:
- Author: India Office, Secretary to the Political and Secret Department
- Date:
- 1918/1918
- Description:
- Abstract: 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.Physical description: 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.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Trade (practice)
Colonial administration
Sir Robert Erskine Holland, Knight
John Henry Wilson - Geographic region:
- Mesopotamia
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000833.0x0002a6_ar
81055/vdc_100000000833.0x0002a6_en
IOR/L/PS/18/B275
IOR/L/PS/18/B275