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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [259v] (523/706)
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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506
RASHT
and the Rasht bazaars were burnt the same year, but the depression follow ing
these two calamities was very short and 1900 was a record year, proving the
vitality of Rasht trade. Russia, thanks to her proximity and predominance
has obtained a commanding position here which she carefully maintains
by all her usual wiles, she has a large number of subjects residing in Rasht
and Gilan, mainly Armenians and Caucasians, and by right of mortgage has
obtained possession of several villages in the neighbourhood.
Report on the trade of the Persian Caspian Provinces (Consular District of
Rasht and Astarabdd) for the years March 21, 1909, to March 20 1910
and March 21,1910, to March 20,1911.
By Mr. Vice-Consul Rabino.
Total trade. The total trade of Persia via the Caspian during the last three
years was as follows :—
1908-09.
1909-10.
1910-11.
£
£
£
528,775
322,682
414,521
263,351
385,157
298,566
1,557,524
2,012,753
1,633,660
2,302,238
1,722,827
2,490,226
529,705
451,449
868,931
620,323
496,335
560,227
271,786
295,161
352,162
395,164
347,466
499,747
48,772
23,263
371,916
39,987
822,458
40,998
2,936,562
3,105,308
3,641,190
3,621,063
3,774,243
3,889,764
Province.
Astara—
Imports
Exports
Gilan—
Imports
Exports
M&zandaran—
Imports
Exports
Astarabad—
Imports
Exports
Tehran—
Imports
Exports
Total imports
„ exports
o f coin d to. Which tend to alter the ba^e of
be lost sight of when study,ng the trade of Northern Persia. Details o these
imports and exports are given on page 511 1
Administration.—The Governor of the province usually resides at
St:
Communications .—There is now a good road from PTr.i
Rasht, and thence to Tehran via Kazvin Thp rln ' Zar ’
the Societe de la route Enzali-Tehran a Russian Comm WaS const * uctecl %
in Moscow and its chief Persian offi^at KaX ?he k g “n ef ^
at various points on the road When the rZ 7 Com P a y collects tolls
»-o it c
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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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- 'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:350v, 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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