File 788/1919 Pt 3-4 ‘Mesopotamia: Disposal of Rivercraft (1920/21)’

Content

This volume contains material relating to the disposal of river craft in Mesopotamia from December 1919 to January 1921.

The volume is separated into two parts:

• Part 3 ‘MESOPOTAMIA Disposal of River Craft’ (IOR/L/PS/10/805/1)
• Part 4 ‘MESOPOTAMIA DISPOSAL OF RIVERCRAFT’(IOR/L/PS/10/805/2).

Each part 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.

Extent and format

1 volume (584 folios)

It is grouped into

File 788/1919 Pt 3 ‘MESOPOTAMIA Disposal of River Craft’

929 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/805/1

File 788/1919 Pt 4 ‘MESOPOTAMIA DISPOSAL OF RIVERCRAFT’

240 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/805/2

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

The subject 788 (Mesopotamia: Disposal of River Craft) consists of three volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/803-805. The volumes are divided into four parts, with part 1 comprising one volume, part 2 comprising the second volume, and parts 3 and 4 comprising the third volume.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 584; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. There are also multiple intermittent foliation and pagination sequences.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/10/805

Former external reference(s)

P 788/1919, Pt 3-4

History of this record

Date(s)

27 Dec 1919-6 Jan 1921 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

River craftOil supplyShipping

Places

MesopotamiaBombayBaghdadBasrah

People & organisations

Civil CommissionerSecretary of State for IndiaEuphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation CompanyJames Lyle Mackay

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