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File 283/1912 'Disorders in South Persia: representations from Indian and British firms' [72r] (148/346)
The record is made up of 1 volume (169 folios). It was created in Jan 1912-Nov 1920. It was written in English. 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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respect of the former Tabriz trade, and the Bagdad im
ports which go in a southerly direction, there is, there
fore, nothing incompatible in my previous correspondence
ets to Russian trade.
Concerning the figures relating to the imports into
Culf Ports, put forward by you to prove an increase in
trade despite the unsettled state of the Bouthern roads,
I am to say that although the Trade Returns show an in
crease of such goods, they were to a large extent only
landed at the ports and could not reach their destination
in the interior. Thus, whilst their value was included
in the imports, the goods themselves could not and did
not circulate in the ordinary way of trade, and instead
of proving profitable were, indeed, a source of consider
able loss. In support of this, I am to say that 424
bales landed in Bushire in December 1911 and some 1,800
bales which arrived there between January and June 191k,
were on the 29th December 1912 still lying at that port,
it having been impossible, ov/ing to the insecurity of
the roads, to convey them to their final destination at
Shiraz and Isfahan. The value of these 2,224 bales is
at least £ 26 , 600 , and this is only one of many instances.
I am further instructed to say that the Consular
Report
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The file contains correspondence relating to disruption of Indian and British trade in Persia owing to insecurity. Most of the correspondence consists of representations from Indian and British firms to the British Government asking for protection, and the discussion between the Government of India, Foreign Office, and 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. over how to respond. The volume includes handwritten drafts and minutes.
Most of the representations are from the merchant community of Shikarpur, who had agents in the affected region of Persia. Further correspondence is between the Bombay Chamber of Commerce, Karachi Chamber of Commerce, Calico Printers' Association Limited in Manchester, British Consuls at Bandar Abbas and Kerman, 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , British Minister at Tehran, and Imperial Bank Persia.
Several matters are covered by the volume, including:
- reports of attacks and robberies on the Bandar Abbas-Kerman and Bushire-Shiraz roads;
- claims of compensation made against the Persian Government by the Karachi Chamber of Commerce on behalf of British-Indian merchants;
- representations made by the British to the Persian Government;
- complaints by merchants that banking and telegraphic services between Persia and India are being refused.
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- 1 volume (169 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 171; 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.
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- File 283/1912 'Disorders in South Persia: representations from Indian and British firms'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:18v, 21r:22v, 23v:31v, 32v:35v, 36v:37v, 40r:41v, 42v:50v, 51v:64v, 65v:67v, 68v:78v, 82r:84v, 90r:102v, 105r:105v, 110v, 113r:117v, 122r:122v, 129r:131v, 136r:138v, 139v:143v, 147r:156v, 159r:168v, 169v:170v, back-i
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