File 352/1912 'Persia: travel in South; conditions on the Bushire-Shiraz road; Russian commercial competition in South Persia'

Content

The volume contains parts 1 and 2 of the subject 'South Persia'. Part 1 (IOR/L/PS/10/86/1 is entitled 'Persia Trade in South: Conditions on the Bushire-Shiraz Road; Russian Commercial Competition in South Persia'. It includes correspondence discussing trends in trade between the southern region of Persia including caravans of trade to be bartered. The volume includes statistics of products (including beer, cigarettes, dates, nails, tamarind, tea) taken inland from Gulf ports by caravans of mules.

Part 2 (IOR/L/PS/10/299/2) concerns conditions of trade in South Persia and German documents relating to this including a copy of a book La Perse et la Guerre Europpeene and another book Behind the Veil in Persia: English Documents. Other visual items of interest in Part 2 include a 'Map of Persia' (folio 299) depicting the Russian and British zones of influence along with project railways, frontier lines and provincial boundaries.

The title on the spine reads '1912 3852 Pts 1 and 2. South Persia: Conditions in Trade in South. German documents.'

Correspondents include: Foreign Secretary to the Government of India (Sir Hamilton Grant); Vice Consult, H B M Vice Consulate, Ahwaz; British Consul, Batoum; Deputy Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Arthur J Balfour); and H B M Consul, Shiraz (W F T O'Connor).

Extent and format

1 volume (324 folios)

It is grouped into

File 3852/1912 Pt 1 'Persia: Trade in South. Conditions on the Bushire - Shiraz Road. Russian commercial competition in S. Persia'

368 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/299/1

File 3852/1912 Pt 2 'Persia. Conditions in South Persia. German Documents'

280 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/299/2

Arrangement

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

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 324; these numbers are written in pencil, 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.

Written in

English and French 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/10/299

Former external reference(s)

P1 3852/1912 P2 3852/1912

History of this record

Date(s)

1912-1919 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Trade (practice)

Places

AhwazShiraz

People & organisations

Secretary of State for Foreign AffairsBritish Consul, ShirazBritish Vice-Consul, BushireGovernment of India, Foreign SecretaryC.L. Van Langenhuysen, publisherÉdition de la Librairie Nouvelle de Lausanne, publisher

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