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File 1032/1914 Pt 1 'Persia. Trade with Persian Gulf Ports' [‎170r] (27/196)

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The record is made up of 1 item (97 folios). It was created in 11 Feb 1913-26 Oct 1916. 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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In any further communication
on the subject, please quote
No.
Vi.146017/16.
and address—
The Under-Secretary of State,
Foreign Office,
London.
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Sir:-
With reference to your letter, No. P.2518, of
the 1st ultimo, relative to the restrictions hitherto
imposed hy the Government of India on trade in
Southern Persia, I am directed hy Viscount Grey of
Pallodon to state, for the information of Mr.
Secretary Chamberlain, that he has again been
approached by the Imperial Bank of Persia with the
request that all trade restrictions shall now be
removed.
The Imperial Bank of Persia observe that as far
as 'their information goes these restrictions have
been imposed by the Government of India apparently
with the object of punishing the Tangedstani Khans
for their detention of the British subjects captured
at Shiraz, and now detained at Ahram, and they call
attention to the fact that the measures now in force
have caused considerable public indignation in
South-Western Persia, while it is open to question
whether, in effect, the action taken has in any way
secured the object in view.
Moreover, the present position of financial
exchange in Persia, which is a cause of considerable
anxiety both to His Majesty’s Government and the
Russian
The Under Secretary of State,
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. .

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Part 1 relates to trade with Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ports, specifically the tea trade, and the impact of trade restrictions imposed by the Government of India in Southern Persia. It includes the following subject matters:

  • concerns about the increase in imports of tea into Persia from Russia, in contrast to a decrease of the same from India, and suggestions of how the British might reverse this trend (e.g. by securing a reduction of the duty on tea at Persian ports);
  • reports of tea and other goods being smuggled into enemy hands;
  • discussion of appeals, both from the British Minister at Tehran, and from the Imperial Bank of Persia (both of which are supported by the Foreign Office), for the Government of India to remove its trade restrictions in Southern Persia (specifically by reopening the Bushire-Shiraz road to traffic), which is reported to be having a damaging effect both on the exchange rate and on the financial situation in Persia generally.

The principal correspondents are the following: the British Minister, Tehran (Sir Walter Beaupré Townley, succeeded by Charles Murray Marling); the 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. ; the Foreign Office; the Government of India's Commerce and Industry Department; the Viceroy of India; the Imperial Bank of Persia.

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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the part.

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