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Coll 28/7(2) ‘Persia Diaries: Khorasan and Zahidan Commercial. Jan 1941 –’ [‎96r] (191/1095)

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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nonth. Holders tried to sell their stocks but buyers hesitated
efi?h% Were * 1 the f i £ 0r ? weak * There was sor.e demknd for Indian
ner^eS e w i ^ te ^ lo:: ' a ^ d . Price increased^ Hials 22-24
P-i jard c.i„f. CusLons at z,aluLdan. Prices of sugar and ~ur
non?h aS ^h^ Kial ® 50 , a ? d ,? ia i S 30 P er kil ° «al close of the
* ®“- s >,as l ' iU ® chiefly to rur,lours that auantities of Hong
iuong su^ar were on the way to IChorramshahr and that licences had
1 ^? ued ^ government of India permitting export of gur
by ^abidan "r J ° ^ aL;3 ° f J' i0ng Kong su S ar haVe been purchased
but'arp f h ? ^° r i mportat i on lnt0 Persia v ia Xhorranshahr
H trans P ort - Xn Sxport licence for gur
captured "'at Sndi. 3 f ° rgery ^ the figment of gur was J
2. Tea was decontrolled by the Government of India during the
oT °, f a ^““ed quantity is being permitted" S 3 one
2ahidan traders have already purchased quantities of black
hot ah ^ d® 1 t a ,, f0 r sxport to Persia against the limited
3 U0 , S^ a ;' lo , tted ,jy “he Government of India for the ouroose It is
aoubtful, nowever, whether the Persian Government vAli release tills
tea to the importers on its arrival at Zahidan. The news of the
price of ta^inhersia? India haS lead t0 a substant ^ W ^ the
anh P r^Tf°£i^^
No. 251/20/45
Dated, the 20th February, 1947.
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His majesty*s Consul,
Xahidan.
Copy forwarded, with compliments, to :-
1. His majesty* s Secretary of Sfo-te for India
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. , LONDON. sS
( 6 copies )
The^Secretary to the Government of India
m the External Affairs Department, NEW DELHI
3. The Secretary to the Government of India
Railway Department, NEW DELHI.
4. The Secretary to the Government of India
Finance Department, NEW DELHI
5,
6.
The Secretary to the Government of India
Commerce Department, NEW DELHI.
The Hon* ble the Agent to the Governor-General
m Baluchistan, QUETTA*
( 2 copies )
7. ..’he Commercial Secretary, British Embassy, TEHRAN. (2 copies)
8. The I'anager, North Western Railway, LAHORE.
9. The Senior Assistant Director of Intellicence
Government of India, QUETTA.’
d0 * ' ds Majesty's Consul-General for Khorasan, LUSHED
11. iiie Indian Government Trade Commissioner, TEHRAN.

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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)
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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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