Reports and Correspondence Relating to Persia, Including Trade and Trade Routes in Persia [‎35v] (70/252)

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REPORT ON TRADE OF PERSIA.
.. . thu , employed in kran currency has not
that the loss in exchange «P' ta of fitSi a nd that for this reason capital is
in every case been wn e u ama dan trade.
now less willingly invested me rchants working the import trade
The united capitals of the Ham least evident that they work
has been estimated at over 40,000/. ^ profit _
on fine margins and trus y ^ i arg e business in Hamadan
There are few native banke [ s ( sa , o bta i n ifg advances. Consequently he
and the merchant ^.3° ^'jfon an adverse market, and is often obliged
rs ^»•* i ' “f » h '' e ” d • “ teei -
Trade Routes.
Exports all go by the Kermanshah and Bagdad route ^ Nuvera
Trade with Teheran ^f^igh SuCab^ ani Kom.
^ A Russti concession is held fora road to Kazvin, but no work, beyond
"'XiandS^Arfebil, Tabriz, and Azerbaijan is sent by caravan through
Zanjan or Bijar.
Teheran.-
British firms do not import direct to this market.
• • 1 / ' .wo i-iovf* aapnries but only for banking business, and
The r'h'a've hTtherto considered that safes made in Teheran would
apparently have hitherto , Tabriz A Russian institution is now
flooding lehe [ an , „ h :„ tra( ie and unlimited means command. It
^"be^worth^hile for the British trader to consider whether his g® 0 ^ 3 can
Xd even one, though probably in most cases two, intermediate profits before
competing with these Russian goods.
Tpheran as capital of Persia, is the residence of the court and the wealthy
clasles.and’consequently is the best market for costly goods and articles 0
luxury ‘ Trade Routes.
A Russian Company (in which the Russian Government has a large
interest) owns the carriage road through Kazvin to Resht and Enzeh, unde
concession bom the Persian Government. The tolls charged on caravan
animals are Camels, krs. 5 ; mules, krs. 4 ; donkeys, krs. 2.
The road is now being widened between Kazvin and Kudum to nearly
double its former breadth. The last .6 miles from Kudum to Resht ^
rendered almost impassable for some weeks this autumn (1903) after unusua V
heavy rains. It has been partially repaired at much expense, bu ‘ ' s st
difficult for wheeled traffic, and is much too narrow to accommodate tne
heavy local traffic.
The Company lease the passenger posting service to a contractor, a
Russian subject.
The carriage roads to Kom and on from Kom to Sultanabad are concessions
held by the Imperial Bank of Persia, and the monopoly of wheeled trattic on
them is leased to the Post Office and sublet by them to a contractor,
Persian subject. # .
The Imperial Bank of Persia also holds concessions for the continuation o
the road through Kom and Sultanabad to Khoremabad, Dizful, ^ hust ^ r . a ^
Ahwaz, and from Kom to Ispahan. These enterprises up to the present ti
have not been entered upon.
The traffic contractor for the Kazvin-Resht road carries the Post 0 ^
mails to Resht. The contractor on the Kom road carries the mails over t
Kom road to Sultanabad and Hamadan by fourgon. He also holds the ros