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Coll 28/78 ‘Persia. Economic and trade conditions in Kermanshah’ [‎11r] (21/134)

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The record is made up of 1 file (65 folios). It was created in 6 Sep 1928-10 Jun 1936. 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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1933/1934 and 1938/1939, the year ending Hareh 81et;-
gxtorte from Iran to Iraq imyorte from Iraq into ir n
1934/1935. 1938/34. 1932/33. 1934/1936 41933/34. 1932/88.
£509,<m S441,009 SMS ,000 £264,00 S208,000 Sit1,000.
franeit to Iraq. Traneit from Iraq.
1934/1986. 1988/84. 1982/88 1984/1986. 1938/84. 1982/1938
SI,535,000 1,868,000 1,088,000 1,690,000 1,419,000 S808,000
d. Comtaring these figures with the totals given
under the headings •Imports - and "Extorts" respectively in
the next two sections of this report, covering only nine
months and three of which overlap with the last three of the
ye.jr 1934/1935, it will be seen that while exports from Iran
have remained at about the same relative level, imports have
fallen off considerably.
e. The figures are as followst-
Exports from Iran. Imports into ir n.
1935. 1934/85. 1938/84. 1985. 1984/1986.
9 months. 9 months.
£1,491,500 £2,0M ,000 S2,809,000 1,014,000 £1,954,000
1962/1988. 1963/34. 1882/1966.
£1,536 ,00C *1,627,000 £969,000
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Note. In the section aider "Imports" no reference has been
iCTTto imiertt of packed oil by the inglo-lranian Oil Oompany.
These imports, to a value of £261,500 during the nine months
January - September, 1986, having been exported from Iran at
Abadan mid passed through Iraq in transit cannot fairly bo
considered in Iran's foreign trade. As, however, they are
included in the Iraqi oustoms figures for the other years
nacted they have been added to the total figure for Iran's
"real" imports - £775,500. Similarly, sugar imports, to a
value of £87,000 hare also been laft out In the rubric "Imports
xxxatX since they preeuBably enter Iran by the Bewanduz route, ,
there no quota for sugar at genoinshah. This figure haq,
therefore, also been aduod to the "real" import fig urea of
£775,500 end with the figure for packed.oil gives the total
of £1,074,000 quoted auove as being the total value of Iranian
imports for the period January - September, 1936.

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Correspondence and reports relating to economic conditions in the province of Kermanshah in Persia [Iran]:

  • Correspondence dated 1928 relating to a complaint made by the Ottoman Bank, regarding alleged misstatements it had made, as reported by HM’s Consul at Kermanshah, Noel Patrick Cowan, in his commercial report for May 1928 (ff 59-66)
  • Miscellaneous correspondence relating to reports on the economic conditions in Kermanshah, and the distribution of these reports (ff 46-58)
  • A typewritten copy of a report on the economic conditions in the province of Kermanshah, with a mention of Hamadan, for the Persian year 1314 (corresponding to April 1935 to March 1936 in the Gregorian calendar), prepared by the Acting Consul at Kermanshah, Charles Alexander Gault (ff 5-45). The report contains chapters on imports and exports (including those between Iraq and Iran), agriculture, industry, opium production, British trade and foreign competition, Russian interests, Iranian Government monopolies, tax and finances, smuggling, transport, and communications.

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 (65 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 main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 67; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-66; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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