Coll 28/38(5) ‘Statistique commerciale de la Perse; Tableau General du commerce avec Pays Etrangers pendant l’année du 1er Tir 1311 au 31 Khordad 1312 (23 Juin 1932 – 21 Juin 1933) publié par l’Administration des Douanes’

Content

Printed volume (in French) of statistics and texts illustrating trade between Persia [Iran] and foreign countries, for the period 1 Tir 1311 to 31 Khordad 1312 in the Iranian calendar (equivalent to 22 June 1932 to 21 June 1933 in the Gregorian calendar). The volume was published by the Persian Customs Administration in Tehran, 1934. Key chapters in the volume cover:

• Comparative tables and graphs, showing imports and exports between Persia and its principal trading partners, covering the Iranian calendar years 1302-1312 (ff 9-12).
• Commodity import and export totals, arranged alphabetically by commodity (ff 25-74).
• Imports and exports, expressed by quantity and value, and arranged by origin (imports) and destination (exports) (ff 79-93).
• Trade at key customs offices, expressed in quantity (weight) and value (ff 94-108).
• Shipping activity at ports in the Caspian Sea (ff 109-110), the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (ff 111-112) and on the Karoun river [Rūd-e Kārūn] (f 113).
• Details of maritime services operating in the Caspian Sea and Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (ff 114-118).
• Details of routes used for cargo and passenger transport (ff 119-128).
• Air services in Persia (f 129).
• Movements of foreigner travellers into and out of the country (ff 132-138).
• Miscellaneous information: telegraphs, post, telephones, railways, roads (ff 139-144).
• Lists of granted export subsidies (ff 145-149).
• Texts of laws passed by the Persian Government, relating to trade, monopolies, weights and measures, prohibited goods, and currency control (ff 150-154).
• A list of customs offices, shown with their various branches and locations (ff 155-160).

Extent and format

1 volume (159 folios)

Arrangement

The volume’s contents are arranged into 30 chapters (numbered I-XXX). A contents page (f 4) lists the chapters, but does not refer to any page numbers. The chapter number and page of the chapter is indicated at the top of most pages, for example ‘XI 17’ indicates the seventeenth page of chapter XI.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 161; 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.

Written in

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/12/3439

Former external reference(s)

P.Z. 5063/1934 E4041/34/34 Coll 28/38/5

History of this record

Date(s)

1934 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Trade statisticsImportsExportsMerchant shippingLegislationmaritime transportHarbours

Places

PersiaPersian GulfCaspian Sea

People & organisations

Government of Iran, Pahlavi dynasty

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Coll 28/38(5) ‘Statistique commerciale de la Perse; Tableau General du commerce avec Pays Etrangers pendant l’année du 1er Tir 1311 au 31 Khordad 1312 (23 Juin 1932 – 21 Juin 1933) publié par l’Administration des Douanes’, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3439, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000602.0x0003e1> [accessed 14 May 2024]

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