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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎332r] (668/706)

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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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YAZD
651
Yazd is a great trade centre and forwards goods to very many place*
in Persia. Tea, principally Indian, finds its way through Yazd to Kazvln,
Tehran and the cities of Mazandaran and Khorasan. Thus there are two
classes of traders in Yazd, the one importing merchandise from Bombay
and the south, the other buying from the former and continuing the trade
to Khorasan. There are in all about 250 merchants with a very consider
able trading capital for Persia, of whom 150 import only, 75 export only,
and the remaining 25 do both.
During the year 1910-11, the trade conditions were similar to those pre
vailing in the Isfahan district, the outstanding feature being the general
insecurity on the roads. This insecurity being more marked in the southern
roads, traders were in some instances driven to supply themselves with
Russian goods from the north in place of British or other goods usually im
ported by the south.
Imports .—The main imports are Manchester cotton goods, Russian
prints, cotton twist, wheat, black and green teas from India, so-called
white tea in small quantities from China, sugar mainly from Mauritius
and Marseilles (the Yazdis do not like Russian sugar and very little is
imported), cheaper qualities of indigo, minerals, iron and tin, mainly from
Russia. Petroleum, also from Russia, is quite taking the place of candles.
Among minor imports may be mentioned spices, crockery, glassware
and cutlery. Henna and silk will be mentioned later under industries.
Of the total imports about one-half is imported by British subjects. The
largest and most important is cotton cloth in its various forms. Man
chester is the chief source of supply, but some is brought from Bombay,
mainly white sheeting. Small quantities of Indian hand-printed goods are
also imported, and the greater quantity of cotton twist comes from Bombay.
Russian Trade.—Russia is now trying to find a market in Yazd, and
a small quantity of her prints are sold annually, mostly Turkey red
twills. The Russian cloth is stronger, more durable and better than the
English, and in consequence is greatly preferred. So far the Russians
have not printed especially for the Persian market; when they do so, a far
stronger rivalry to British trade may be expected than there is at present.
In 1912 very few caravans reached Yazd from Bandar ’Abbas, and British
goods were being displaced by Russian goods from t he north.
The trade with Afghanistan, formerly considerable, has been killed by the
prohibitive duties imposed by the Amir. Kirman is supplied with English
piece-goods from Yazd to the extent of some 5,000 lbs. annually.
Every native merchant with a fair capital deals direct with Bombay.
Russia has a commercial and political agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. here, who has his agents and
correspondents at Sabzawar, Meshed, ’Ashkabad for Bokhara and at
various places in the south. The demand from Khorasan during 1899
fell off considerably.

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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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