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'The Middle Eastern question or some political problems of Indian defence' [‎57r] (118/616)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (306 folios ). It was created in 1903. 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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A LETTER TO THE BOARD OF TRADE 79
The technical details of the Russo-Persian tariff it is
hardly within the competency of a layman to discuss.
But one of the leading British firms in the Persian
trade subjected it to a careful analysis immediately after
its publication, and embodied some of the results in a
letter to the Board of Trade, from which I cannot do
better than quote the following extract:—
Under the most-favoured-nation clause British
goods are subject to the provisions of the Treaty of
Turkman Chai (1828), fixing the Persian duties, both
import and export, at 5 per cent, acl valorem. We
have endeavoured to estimate the nature of the change
which would be introduced by the present tariff. For
this purpose we propose to deal in the first place with
imports into Persia, and next with exports from Persia.
Our calculations are based upon the value of the
various articles at the Karun ports :—
Table I.—IMPORTS INTO PERSIA
Some Leading Articles of Export to Persia from Great
Britain, Continent (excluding Russia), and India.
Description.
Average
Value at
Port of
Entry.
Present
Rate of
Duty.
Proposed Rate
of Duty.
Equivalent
of Proposed
Rate calcu
lated ad-
valorem.
Increase
under
present
Tariff.
Piece Goods {Cot
£\o
S%ad
12 krans per
9%
4%
tons of various
per cwt.
valorem
lobatmans,
descriptions) .
or 7s. \od.
per cwt.
Sugar—Belgian.
14s. 9^.
per cwt.
5/<**
^valorem
'
3 shahis per
batman, or
il|rf.percwt.
6i%
Ii%
Sugar—French .
165.
per cwt.
Sfad
valorem
CI
3 shahis per
batman, or
1 ifrf.percwt.
6i%
li%
Tea
Id.
per lb,
5f% ^
valorem
1 toman 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. for 1
batman, or
^jd. per lb.
100 %
95 %

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The volume, written by Valentine Chirol and printed in London by John Murray in 1903, is based on a series of letters written by Chirol during a journey through Persia and the Persian Guf, that appeared in The Times in 1902 and 1903.

The main topics are: the concept of 'Middle East'; the Baghdad Railway; the British role in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the Russian influence over Persia; the border of Afghanistan; the North-East Frontier of India, and Tibet. An appendix at the back of the volume contains copies of international treaties, and documents in French on the Baghdad Railway.

The volume contains numerous illustrations and three maps:

  • 'Sketch Map of the Borderlands of India';
  • 'Sketch Map of Asia showing railway expansion';
  • 'Sketch map of Persia and adjoining countries'.
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1 volume (306 folios )
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The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; 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. The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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