'Hajee Ahmed, Residency Arabic Moonshee's, Statement of Trade carried on at Koweit, Busreh, Mahomereh, Felahieh, Bushire, Bahrein, Bunder-Abbass and Lingeh. The goods exported and imported and the duties levied on them.'
Mss Eur F126/50, ff 1-12
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The record is made up of 12 folios. It was created in 1860s. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the 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. .
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Detailed statements by Hajee Ahmed [Haji Ahmed], in Arabic and English, of trade carried out in the towns of Koweit [Kuwait], Busreh [Basra], Mahomereh [Khorramshahr], Felahieh, Bushire, Bahrein [Bahrain], Bunder-Abbass [Bandar Abbas] and Lingeh [Lengeh]; the goods exported and imported; and the duties levied on them according to information received by Hajee Ahmed from people acquainted with the business.
Each town is allocated its own page and gives details of the type of items being traded, their values and the various trade routes into and out of the town as well the customs duties levied on them.
A note at the end of the statement records that no trade is carried out at any other Persian seaports from Lingeh to Kangoon [Kangān] as they receive their trade from other large towns.
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- 'Hajee Ahmed, Residency Arabic Moonshee's, Statement of Trade carried on at Koweit, Busreh, Mahomereh, Felahieh, Bushire, Bahrein, Bunder-Abbass and Lingeh. The goods exported and imported and the duties levied on them.'
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- 1r:12v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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