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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎39v] (83/706)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (349 folios). It was created in 1914. 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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AZARBAIJAN
66
amounted to 30 cases, valued at £2,500 a case, but they have been obliged
to give up this import entirely, as now the goods can only be sold at a loss
instead of at a profit of 30 or 40 per cent. As a set off against this,
Indian teas have supplanted Russian. From 1910 to 1912, the figures for
the import of tea from Russia and India respectively were as follows :—

1910-11.
1911-12.
£
£
Russia
930
42,397
India
106,£82
77,367
Russia, however, competes in the import of cottons and inferior cloths
Russian imports. an . d mono P olizes ‘Jf trade in sugar and pet-
roleum. Her cottons reach Tabriz, Kh 5 i
and Urumieh by the Julfa and Shah Takht roads, and trade has been steadily
increasing for the last five years, and had, as early as 1902, obtained a
footing in Azarbaijan as far south as Urumieh. The great advantage of
Russia lies in the nearness of her manufacturing centres, and the encourage
ment given to her trade by drawbacks. In the north-west (in Maku) the
imports are free of custom duties. The chief has always had the right of
free import and so his people are supplied more cheaply than the rest of the
country. English goods, except those Russia cannot manufacture, such
as superior woollens, have no field whatever in Maku, Awajik and Kara
Aineh ; these two latter places do not come directly under the Maku cus
tom rules, but benefit indirectly. Russian trade has been encouraged
to find an outlet in Persia by a system of drawbacks, a certain percentage
being allowed to the importer when the goods cross the frontier. Russian
goods have one great advantage over English in that good dyes are the
rule not the exception.
In the export trade little is done by the European firms, except in car
pets, of which Ziegler & Co. are the chief exporters. The trade in Sultan-
abad carpets is on the increase.
A very large export is done with Russia in raisins, almonds, dried fruits,
plums, and cotton by Persian and Armenian merchants. The export
of cotton is not very great, but Russia has considerably encouraged the
culture and improved the quality by inducing the peasant to grow Ameri
can seed, though, owing to the extra labour and care it demands, it has
not as yet found much favour with the cultivator. The total export does
not exceed 30,000 pounds, though this only represents a part of the out
turn, for much is locally consumed in the manufacture of inferior goods
for the nomads.
Military.
The inhabitants of AzarbaTjan are reported to be a “ bold, hardy race and
ehow a great aptitude for the military profession.” In 1911, however,

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The item is Volume II of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (1914 edition).

The volume comprises the north-western portion of Persia, bounded on the west by the Turco-Persian frontier; on the north by the Russo-Persian frontier and Caspian Sea; on the east by a line joining Barfarush, Damghan, and Yazd; and on the south by a line joining Yazd, Isfahan, and Khanikin.

The gazetteer includes entries on human settlements (towns, villages, provinces, and districts); communications (roads, bridges, halting places, caravan camping places, springs, and cisterns); tribes and religious sects; and physical features (rivers, streams, valleys, mountains and passes). Entries include information on history, geography, climate, population, ethnography, resources, trade, and agriculture.

Information sources are provided at the end of each gazetteer entry, in the form of an author or source’s surname, italicised and bracketed.

A Note (folio 4) makes reference to a map at the end of the volume; this is not present, but an identical map may be found in IOR/L/MIL/17/15/4/1 (folio 636) and IOR/L/MIL/17/15/4/2 (folio 491).

Printed at the Government of India Monotype Press, Simla, 1914.

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1 volume (349 folios)
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The volume contains a list of authorities (folio 6) and a glossary (folios 343-349).

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at inside back cover with 351; 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. Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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