Coll 28/7(2) ‘Persia Diaries: Khorasan and Zahidan Commercial. Jan 1941 –’ [134r] (267/1095)
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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sr yard
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inad stationary between
custors tliroughtout the
ted in an increase in its
iO to 27A fur ki}lQ at the close of the
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(a) The price of I
Rials 19 and 20 p
month, Speculati
price from Rials _
month. The spice'Ti’Sli,yrC"Tomalned dull but carraway seeds,
almonds and almond kernels were in great demand and their
prices went up owing to large quantities having been
purchased in the north for shipment to the United otates of
America, The carraway seeds and almond market in India was
, reported to be dull at the close of the month* Price of
i sugar went up to Rials 4C per kilo in the second half of the
month and is likely to increase further if speculation in
gur continues.
(b) _ During the month the local Customs received orders from
Tehran that consignments of hessian, gunny bags and cotton
yarn held in the Customs at 2ahidan should not be released
until receipt of further instructions from Tehran. It is
thought that the '‘oUd-i-Bazargani" payable on these
commodities will be increased.
Zahidan,
Ho. 1014-20/45.
British Consulate, Zahidan.
Dated, the 10th September, 1940.
Copy forwarded, with compliments, to
\j 1. liis Llajesty^ secretary of State 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.
( G copies )
The Secretary to the Government of India
in the External Affairs Department, HEW D2LKI.
The Secretary to the Government of India,
Railway Department, NSW DELHI.
The Secretary to the Government of India,
ggDSMgggg Finance Department, HEW DELHI.
The Secretary to the Government of India,
Commerce Department, HEW D2Liil/
6. The Hon’ble the Agent to the Governor-General
in Baluchistan, QUETTA*
( 2 copies )
7. The Commercial Secretary, British Embassy, TEHRAN. (2 copies)
S. The Manager, North Western Railway, L*SiORE.
9« The Senior Assistant Director of Intelligence, QUETTA*
10. His Lajesty* s Consul-General for Khorasan, IlSSHED.
11. Tho 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)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
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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- Coll 28/7(2) ‘Persia Diaries: Khorasan and Zahidan Commercial. Jan 1941 –’
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- front, front-i, 2r:547v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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