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Coll 28/7(2) ‘Persia Diaries: Khorasan and Zahidan Commercial. Jan 1941 –’ [345r] (689/1095)
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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6. jJ-scellaneous .
-At the Deginning of file raonth there -was little ousi**
ness 'being done with the exception of some speculative
act!vi by on the sugar market.
lowaras the of uie month the prices of all
comm: dities hegaiL to fall on receipt of rumour s of
licences being issuea, or to he issuea, coupleu with the
general tightness of money. Profiteers holding stocks of
imported goods are urgent sellers hut can find no buyers
except at prices considerably lower than present (quotations.
, The traders in 2a hi dan were at the end of the month
still awaiting anxiously orders from the Government of
India permitting the export to Iran of a very large
tonnage of tea which has 'been held^trp at N ok Kundi since
October 194n. ^.uch capital which could iasefuliy he invested
elsewhere has been locked up in th^fntea. It i understood
that most of it has since been pe^eh^ed for export to
/ Meshed, 27th Movember 1945
L^l. Kis Majesty's Secretary ox tq tax 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 6 copies
2* The Secretary to the Government cl India,
jfx te m al if fair s Lep t. , H ew Del hi.
•3. The Secrets, y to the Government of India,
hailway Dept., (Hallway Board), Hew Delhi.
4. The Secretary to the Government of India,
Commerce mepart . en g, Hew Delhi. £ copies
5. The jeeretary Go the Government of Indie , finance' Lent,
(Central Board of Revenue), New Delhi.
6. The Hon ‘hie the Agent to the Governor-General,Re aid en t
and Chief Commis ion or, Baluchis tan , Q,uetta.
7. The Commercial secretary, Brit ish Legation,
Te hr an , tin der Ho. is- 2 copies
8. The manager, North /estera Railway, Lahore. “
9. The Senior Assistant Director of Inctelligence,
Government of indie , queita.
10. His Majesty's Consul, 2a* hi dan •
11* The
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
War Trade Bureau, New Delhi.
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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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- IOR/L/PS/12/3402
- 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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- Open Government Licence