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File 1032/1914 Pt 1 'Persia. Trade with Persian Gulf Ports' [211r] (109/196)
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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and shonld be returned to 1 the Foreign Office when done with
, unless required for official use,] POLIT ICAL
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rsC 2 y te enrpiiry from his Beard he has asked for £50,000
of silver from China tat ha admits tint this sum is
quire
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inadequate and he eiLl.y mentioned this sum as na believes
his Bo srd would he eriiurr is sad to ^ind mo*e.
Financial situ diicn is gb&tin^; worse and worse. Trade
is almost as a slaadct-ill and even with exchange at 43 it
is aif :iculb to seiri cn London.
It would be some relief if Iiussisn Government would
ccnseuu to open frontier to trade (a measure .inter con
sider alien for some tima). But is is -oeo.te -oa._li^»ti/e _n
viovtci laig-s sums ?n rouble notes hr ought in uy hue si an
Q-r. considaretl^ quantity of oilier
say slDO.OOO oo oagin VJith is imperative 0
Bir P.Cox has urged on the Government of India that
ie put rest-yainb on tiio provinces where eneny intluonce
is paramount, a. species of partial hlockacie by prenioiling
iuperts of luxuries vis tea $tc,, from Inala bo Gulf i or jS
except to approved persons, should be instituted e
As all tea and many other articles wliich might be
equally described as luxuries non reach north Persia only
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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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- 1 item (97 folios)
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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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- Title
- File 1032/1914 Pt 1 'Persia. Trade with Persian Gulf Ports'
- Pages
- 157r:178v, 180r:254v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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