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Coll 28/56 ‘Persia. Perso-Turkish & Perso-Russian Frontier Affairs. Rowanduz Trade Route.’ [10r] (19/154)
The record is made up of 1 file (74 folios). It was created in 12 Feb 1926-27 Oct 1933. 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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March, 1932.
A/651/
DO
To
Ministry of Economics and Communications,
Baghdad (3 copies).
Memorandum.
ROWAMDUZ HAYAT ROAD.
Reference your memo No. E.C.1863 dated 14th
March, 1932.
The import and export trade between f Iraq and
Persia has been fostered and financed for many years by
the merchants of Baghdad. The easiest and cheapest route
for this business was by the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
to Basra, by rail
or river to Baghdad, and thence, via Khanaqin, to the main
distributing centres of Kermanshah, Hamadan and Tehran.
The merchants of Baghdad had their connections in the
principal centres of trade of the world and were thus in a
position to supply the imports and sell the exports to the
best advantage.
This position was maintained for many years, to
the mutual benefit of both countries, but in recent years
other routes to Persia have been developed. Those to and
through the northern provinces of Persia have had most
influence to the disadvantage of the merchants of Baghdad.
The Soviet Government of Russia, which had the advantage of
distance and nearness to the source of supplies augmented
by a great system of Railways established a hold on the
trade of iersia at great advantage to itself and to the
disadvantage of Persia. Northern and Western Persian
trade
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Correspondence and other papers concerning the development of trade routes in northeast Persia [Iran], on the Iraq border, with particular focus on routes through Rowanduz (also spelt Rawanduz [Ruwāndiz]) and in Azerbaijan. HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. in Tehran, Percy Loraine, and the (Acting) High Commissioner in Iraq, Bernard Henry Bourdillon, discuss the Persian Government’s desire to facilitate exports in its northern and eastern provinces, in response to Russia's embargo on all goods except cotton from Persia. The correspondence also concerns British-administered Iraq’s desire to encourage greater trade between Iraq and Persia. The file includes: a memorandum dated 2 November 1926 on Persian exports and inland transport, written by the Acting Secretary in Charge of Commercial Affairs at the British Legation in Tehran, Eric Ralph Lingeman (ff 43-46); a report dated 29 June 1931 on the Rawanduz road and other main roads in Azerbaijan, written by the British Consul at Tabriz, Clarence Edward Stanhope Palmer (ff 19-39); a memorandum dated 30 March 1932 on the Rowanduz Rayat road, written by the Director of the Iraq State Railways, Joseph Ramsay Tainsh (ff 10-15).
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (74 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 (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 76; these numbers are written in pencil 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.
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- Coll 28/56 ‘Persia. Perso-Turkish & Perso-Russian Frontier Affairs. Rowanduz Trade Route.’
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- front, front-i, 2r:76v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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