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Coll 28/7(2) ‘Persia Diaries: Khorasan and Zahidan Commercial. Jan 1941 –’ [76r] (151/1095)
The record is made up of 1 file (546 folios). It was created in 19 Feb 1941-27 Sep 1948. 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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Most sections of the local commodity market were moderately
active and prices of some of the imported commodities rose during
the first half of the month but on the cancellation of the recent
regulations requiring importers to obtain Movafqetnamahs (import
permits) before placing orders abroad for goods to be imported
into Persia (para 5 of last month*s commercial diary refers) the
market became inactive and prices generally shov/ed a downward
tendency®
SjFt goods.
The cloth market remained active and price of Indian cloth
increased to Rials 25-26 per yard c®i.f. Customs, Zahidan, at the
close of the month* Prices show an upward tendency*
The holders of Chinese tea were anxious to dispose of their
stocks but there were no buyers* The price of Indian tea lying
in the Customs at Sahidan increased to Rials 50 per half kilogramme
c*i*f. Customs, Zahidan, ^nd several consignments changed hands
during the month. As a fair proportion of the capital of several
traders both Persian and Indian of Zahidan is locked up at present
in the Indian tea imported by them during the last three months
which is held up in the Customs, the Manager of the Bank Melli,
Zahidan, has telegraphed to his head office at Tehran to make
suitable representations to the appropriate quarters there to
permit the release of this tea to the importers as trade is suffer
ing generally. He has been informed from Tehran that the question
is receiving attention of the Persian Government.
The price of sugar remained steady at Rials 48 per kilogramme
throughout the month.
The spice market remained moderately active during the month
and with the exception of cinnamon of which large quantities have
recently been imported into Persia via Zahidan, prices of all
other items showed a slight Increase*
Dried fruits
Owing to the disturbed state of affairs in northern India the
dried fruit market remained dull during the month.
Old tyres and tubes
A large number of tyres and tubes from army surplus stocks in
India continue to be imported into Persia vi ~ ’ * ' *nd prices
are falling.
ea
Zpices
His Consul
Zahidan.
No. 577/20/45
Dated, the 15th May, 1947.
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Copies of monthly commercial reports for the Khorasan [Khorāsān] district of Iran, submitted by Britain’s Consul-General for Khorasan at Meshed [Mashhad]. The file is a direct chronological continuation of Coll 28/7 ‘Persia. Diaries: Meshed/Khorasan Commercial: Jany 1931–Dec. 1940 (Inclusive.)’ (IOR/L/PS/12/3401).
Papers for each monthly report include:
- Cover sheets, with lists of recipients of copies of each month’s report.
- The report, containing lists of the chief items of imports and exports with quantities and prices, average wholesale prices at Zahedan for principal commodities (imports and exports), miscellaneous notes on trade, exchange and freight rates, low and high temperatures.
- Statements of imports into Iran via Zahedan, exports from Iran via Zahedan, and comparative statements of imports of British origin and from foreign sources into Zahedan.
The file also includes:
- A report entitled Annual Report Economic “A” written by the British Vice-Consulate at Zahedan (Major R P Watts), dated 15 June 1942, containing summaries on finances, foreign trade, agriculture, industry, transport, and state undertakings (ff 451-453).
- A report entitled E conomic Report “A” written by the Consul-General at Khorasan (H A N Barlow, f 450).
The reports provide evidence of the impact upon trade in the region of significant contemporary events, including: the Second World War; the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in August 1941; changes to Iranian economic policy; deteriorating relations between Russia and the United States in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War; events in the Punjab and Pakistan in the wake of Indian Independence.
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- 1 file (546 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 547; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Title
- Coll 28/7(2) ‘Persia Diaries: Khorasan and Zahidan Commercial. Jan 1941 –’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:547v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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