File 1889/1916 ‘Mesopotamia; Export of dates’

Name: File 1889/1916 ‘Mesopotamia; Export of dates’
Author: Ministry of Food (correspondent) | War Office (correspondent) | Foreign Office (calligrapher) | Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, Chief Political Officer (correspondent) | Government of India, Foreign and Political Department (correspondent)

İsim	File 1889/1916 ‘Mesopotamia; Export of dates’
Yazar	Ministry of Food (correspondent) \| War Office (correspondent) \| Foreign Office (calligrapher) \| Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, Chief Political Officer (correspondent) \| Government of India, Foreign and Political Department (correspondent)
Basım Tarihi:	1916/1920
Basım Yeri	- Qatar National Library
Konu	First World War (1914-1918) \| Mesopotamian Campaign (1914-1918) \| Date trade \| Trade regulation \| more \| less
Tür	Kitap
Dil	eng,fra
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Hayır
Sayfa Sayısı	350
Fiziksel Boyutlar	1 volume (350 folios)
Kütüphane:	Ortadoğu Dijital Kütüphanesi
Demirbaş Numarası	81055/vdc_100000000419.0x0001eb_ar \| 81055/vdc_100000000419.0x0001eb_en \| IOR/L/PS/10/596
Kayıt Numarası	81055%2Fvdc_100000000419.0x0001eb_dlme
Lokasyon	British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
Tarih	1916/1920
Notlar	Correspondence and other papers relating to the export of dates from Mesopotamia [Iraq] during Britain’s military occupation of Mesopotamia in the First World War. The file includes: correspondence dated 1916 relating to the lifting of a general prohibition on the export of dates from Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] and Basra (as well as from Muscat), in view of Mesopotamia’s status as enemy territory; in 1917, proposals to prohibit the export of dates from Mesopotamia to destinations other than Britain or its wartime allies; in 1917, the supply of dates to British troops in France, including arrangements for purchase and freight by the War Office; a copy of a printed British diplomatic and consular report entitled ‘Turkey. Report for the Year 1913 on the Trade of Basra’, edited at the Foreign Office and Board of Trade (ff 293-303); reports in early 1918 that the demand for dates in Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf exceeded supply, leading to the Foreign Office’s initial decision to decline a request from the Government of the USA for the Hills Brothers Company of New York to export dates from Mesopotamia, a decision that was reversed in March 1918; price controls on dates for export, arranged in 1918; correspondence dated 1919 on the future policy of restrictions on dates exported from Mesopotamia.The volume’s principal correspondents are: the Chief Political Officer of the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, Percy Zachariah Cox; the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India; the Foreign Office; the War Office; the Ministry of Food.The volume contains a single item in French, being a note from the French Ambassador in London (f 69).The volume 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. \| 1 volume (350 folios) \| The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. \| Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 348; 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 and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out. \| more \| less
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File 1889/1916 ‘Mesopotamia; Export of dates’

Yazar Ministry of Food (correspondent) | War Office (correspondent) | Foreign Office (calligrapher) | Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, Chief Political Officer (correspondent) | Government of India, Foreign and Political Department (correspondent)

Basım Tarihi 1916/1920

Basım Yeri - Qatar National Library

Tür Kitap

Dil eng,fra

Dijital Evet

Yazma Hayır

Sayfa Sayısı 350

Fiziksel Boyutlar 1 volume (350 folios)

Kütüphane Ortadoğu Dijital Kütüphanesi

Demirbaş Numarası 81055/vdc_100000000419.0x0001eb_ar | 81055/vdc_100000000419.0x0001eb_en | IOR/L/PS/10/596

Kayıt Numarası 81055%2Fvdc_100000000419.0x0001eb_dlme

Lokasyon British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers

Tarih 1916/1920

Notlar Correspondence and other papers relating to the export of dates from Mesopotamia [Iraq] during Britain’s military occupation of Mesopotamia in the First World War. The file includes: correspondence dated 1916 relating to the lifting of a general prohibition on the export of dates from Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] and Basra (as well as from Muscat), in view of Mesopotamia’s status as enemy territory; in 1917, proposals to prohibit the export of dates from Mesopotamia to destinations other than Britain or its wartime allies; in 1917, the supply of dates to British troops in France, including arrangements for purchase and freight by the War Office; a copy of a printed British diplomatic and consular report entitled ‘Turkey. Report for the Year 1913 on the Trade of Basra’, edited at the Foreign Office and Board of Trade (ff 293-303); reports in early 1918 that the demand for dates in Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf exceeded supply, leading to the Foreign Office’s initial decision to decline a request from the Government of the USA for the Hills Brothers Company of New York to export dates from Mesopotamia, a decision that was reversed in March 1918; price controls on dates for export, arranged in 1918; correspondence dated 1919 on the future policy of restrictions on dates exported from Mesopotamia.The volume’s principal correspondents are: the Chief Political Officer of the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, Percy Zachariah Cox; the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India; the Foreign Office; the War Office; the Ministry of Food.The volume contains a single item in French, being a note from the French Ambassador in London (f 69).The volume 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. | 1 volume (350 folios) | The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. | Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 348; 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 and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out. | more | less

Parçası Olduğu British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers