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'Persia. Handbooks prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office - no 80' [47r] (100/164)
The record is made up of 1 volume (78 folios). It was created in 1919. It was written in English and French. 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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Persia]
PORTS
87
Bandar-i-Gaz, situated in the Bay of Astarabad at
the south-east corner of the Caspian Sea, consists of a
few houses and a -pier about 350 yds. long but only 8
ft. wide, and without any conveniences for handling
cargo. The entrance to the bay is well buoyed by the
Russian Government, and ships of the largest size
navigating the Caspian Sea can enter in any weather
by day or night. The harbour is quite sheltered, and
can hold a large number of vessels; there is sufficient
water at the end of the pier for boats drawing several
feet to come alongside. The port has been of consider
able commercial importance in the past, but its trade
has been adversely affected by the opening of the Trans-
Caspian Railway. It still retains, however, a consider
able amount of trade, but no statistics are available. It
is visited every week by the steamers of the Caucasus
and Mercury Steam Navigation Co., coming from Baku
via Krasnovodsk.
Meshed-i-Sar is only a small village with an open
roadstead. There is no pier or wharf, or any con
venience for landing or discharging cargo; steamers lie
out some distance from the Customs house, and pas
sengers and goods have to be transferred to or from
large flat-bottomed cargo boats. Notwithstanding
these drawbacks, a good deal of trade, both export and
import, is done from Meshed-i-Sar, of which, in the
former case, the bulk comes from Teheran, goods being
sent by this route in preference to the Enzeli route, in
order to avoid the tolls charged on the road from
Teheran to Enzeli.
Enzeli, situated in the south-west corner of the
Caspian Sea, stands on the westernmost of two long
sand spits which separate the Murdab—an inland lake
—from the sea. On the opposite or easterly sand spit
stands Gazian. The entrance to the Murdab is between
the two spits, and, though over 200 yds. wide, is very
difficult owing to a bar. At Enzeli the population is
Persian, whereas Gazian is more or less a Russian
settlement, and contains a hotel, steamship offices, and
Russian trading houses. At Gazian there are also two
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This volume concerns the geography, political history and economic conditions of Persia and was published by the Historical Section of the Foreign Office in June 1919.
It is divided into three sections: 'Geography Physical and Political'(folios 4-8); 'Political History'(folios 9-32); 'Social and Political Conditions' (folios 33-36) and 'Economic Conditions' (folios 37-64). In Appendix, extract from treaties, in English and French, and statistic tables regarding trade in Persia 1910-1915.
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- 1 volume (78 folios)
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There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the first folio with text, on number 1, and ends on the last folio with text, on number 78. There is also an original pagination, from 1 to 149.
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- 'Persia. Handbooks prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office - no 80'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:78v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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