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File 1032/1914 Pt 1 'Persia. Trade with Persian Gulf Ports' [245r] (177/196)
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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rapid encroachment of the import via "Russia into the
commercial sphere in Persia up till lately supplied
almost entirely via the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, notwithstanding
the far greater distance to he travelled, is probably
to be found in:-
A e High shipping freights from India to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, as compared with freights from
India to Batoum.
B. High rates of transport hire from the Gulf
and Kirmanshah to Isfahan, which have been
exorbitant and still are far too high*
As regards (A) a considerable check on imports
to Persia via Pussia might possibly be effected if
the principal British shipping line to the Gulf (the
British India Steam Navigation Company) would make
rates of freight considerably lower, at any rate us a
temporary experiment, in order to see if cargoes of
tea from Calcutta and Bombay to the Gulf showed signs
of increasing, and competing better with consignments
to Batoum*
It will be seen from the letter from the Director
General of Commercial Intelligence in India, attached
herewith, that freights on tea by British India Steam
Navigation Company Limited are.-
Calcutta
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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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