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'Report on the British Indian Commercial Mission to South-Eastern Persia during 1904-1905. By A H Gleadowe-Newcomen.' [‎7v] (19/176)

The record is made up of 1 volume (86 folios). It was created in 1906. 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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2 REPORT ON THE BRITISH INDIAN COMMERCIAL
(n\ The examination of the various causes that have tended, or that now
(M) me « prevent a natural and reasonable expansion of trade,
especially with India, and the reasons for any shrinkage of the
(Ui) Th ^consideration of measures which might bring about an expansion
^ 0 f Indo-Persian trade. , „ T
(:„) The introduction to Persians (traders, officials and others) of India
K and Indian manufactures, and the explanation of the interest the
Indian Government take in fostering Indo-Persian trade, and
improving mutually beneficial relations.
The collection of statistics.
Route—
The route of the Mission, as originally sketched by the Government of
India was : Northward, from Bander Abbas to Saiadabad m Snjan, thence to
Bahramabad in Rafsinjan and Kerman. Halts were to be made at these
nlaces the two former being centres of cotton-producing districts, and the latter
the Capital of the province, and the chief trading centre. From Kerman our
route to India was to have been as follows J— Bam-Narmashir, across the
Gishu Pass, through the Bampur Valley and Persian Baluchistan, to Magas,
thence, via Kuhak and the Kej Valley, to Gwadur or Pasni, and by steamer to
Bombay.
From careful enquiries made in India, and on my arrival in Persia, I found
that, especially as I had not the benefit of the co-operation of an Engineer, it
would have been useless for a Mission, constituted as we were, to go into and
tour through the sandy and stony land which grudgingly supports a sparse popula
tion of wild and poverty stricken nomads. The villages are few and far between,
and even the largest of them is unworthy of the name of town^ So far as I
can ascertain there is no trade worth speaking of, or any hope of increasing it,
in these parts.
I therefore decided that it was advisable to make an alteration in the
programme of the tour, with the permission of the Government of India. After
consultation with Major Sykes, this resolution was strengthened and. the
programme altered, with the sanction of the Governments of India and Persia, as
follows:—■ Instead of returning via Bampur through Persian and British
Baluchistan to Gwadur or Pasni, we toured through Narmashir, across the
Gishu PasSj up the Jiruft Valley, visiting Budbar en route. Thence we returned
to Kerman, across the mighty snow-covered Jabal-Bariz Range. After a
second brief halt at the Capital of the province we commenced the return
journey to India, travelling via Yezd and Shiraz to Bushire, where we topk
steamer for Bombay. This changed itinerary enabled me to visit the fertile
valleys of Jiruft and Budbar, also the town of Yezd, an important trade-
centre not visited by Mr. Maclean, thus, as it were, completing the
exploitation of South-East Persia from a commercial point of view. I will
deal in detail with the various places visited under the heading of Tra/ding
Centres.
Journey erom Bombay to Bander Abbas—
> The Mission was to have sailed from Bombay on the 11th October 1904
Owing, however, to difficulties with wind and tide which rendered it impossi
ble to ship the horses, we could not leave till the 13th of that month. Our
voyage in the S.S. Kola to Maskat, where we transhipped to the S.S. Goalpara,
was very comfortable—thanks to Captain. McDiarmid, who was kindness itself.
Messrs. Mackinnon, Mackenzie had also given special instructions to their
Agents at Maskat concerning the transhipment of our horses and goods, which
was effected without trouble. We landed at Maskat and were hospitably
entertained by the British Consul, Major Grey, and I was enabled to gather
some information regarding the trade of this ancient port. During the course
of our visit we went to the neighbouring town of Mattra, where the Banian Merchant of Indian extraction.
Colony mostly lives, and here we witnessed the packing of dates, the chief
article of export.
91 + n" 0 ) 11 ^ as k’ we were landed at Bander Abbas on the evening of the
s ctober, and were put into quarantine at Naiband, The Quarantine Station

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Report by Arthur Hills Gleadowe-Newcomen, FRGS, FSA, President of the Commercial Mission to Persia. Submitted to the Government of India, and the Committees of the Upper India Chamber of Commerce, Cawnpore [Kānpur], and the Indian Tea Cess, Calcutta [Kolkata].

Publication statement: Calcutta: Government of India, Foreign Department, 1906.

The report is divided into the following sections:

  • I. Introduction.
  • II. A General Report.
  • III. Notes on Trading Centres, trade usages and other matters of interest.
  • IV. Imports and Exports, comprising: a) Articles of Commerce. b) Resumé.
  • V. Appendices: A. Tables of Weights, Measures and Currency; B. Statistical Tables; C. Trade routes, description and map [missing]; D. Tables showing cost and time of transport and keep of animals; E. Blank business contact form; F. Itinerary of journey of Mission.
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1 volume (86 folios)
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The volume contains a contents page at folio 5.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 86; 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 file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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