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‘Persia – especially Seistan’ [41r] (80/949)
The record is made up of 1 file (475 folios). It was created in 7 Nov 1901-23 Aug 1905. 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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PRINCIPAL ARTICLES OF COMMERCE.
47
Number in
Table of
Statistics.
The Tariff of 1903 has doubled the duty on woollen goods,
and may be taken to average 11 per cent, ad 'ddlorein on the
general run of goods imported :—
Broadcloths . . at about 14 per cent, ad valorem.
Cashmeres
Italians
10
10
,1
n
t
f
62
Poplirs
Faijonnes
Half cotton and half
wool goods
Alpacas
,1
,,
10
11
12
5
>>
Goods folded with paper wraps on boards have to pay duty on
the total weight, which in some cases adds largely to the amount
charged.
Textiles Shawls, Kerman.
These valuable tissues are woven in Khorassan as well as
Kerman, and a merchant in Meshed claims that the Khorassan
are better than the Kerman shawls.
He states that Kerman shawls are imported into Meshed,
where bales are made up for the Constantinople market usually
containing 10 Kerman and 20 Meshed shawls.
The trade is all to Turkey, Caucasia, and Transcaspia. A few
are sent to India.
Textiles-.—Other Persian Tissues.
Other Persian tissues are:—
fom (“ gelims”), made of wool, a stout, very durable material
much used in the country as carpeting, and woven in, many
localities. .
Cloaks (“ abbas ”) of cotton, wool, camel hair, or even silk, the
manufactures of Nain, Yezd, and Bushire being well known.
Tobacco.
Tombac {Persian).
This plant (Nicotiana Persica Lindl) is quite a distinct species,
and the Persian name (“ tombac ”)is quite different from that used
for tobacco (“ tetoon ”). Shiraz tombac ts considered in Persia to
be the best, and the crop is largely disposed of inland. ^
Tsnahan tombac, again, is grown for export. The Societe de
Tombac has a monopoly of the trade with Turkish possessions
subiect to an export duty in Persia of 27 shahis. per bag Gay
W per cwt). They take about half the Persian production,
and have an agent stationed at Ispahan.
Bushire merchants have exported to Egypt, and m ^ re ^ r | el y
to Aden where it is resold for other markets and a British firm
has been’ receiving inquiries and orders from America and Brazil.
mp difficultv has been occasioned in clearing tombac for
IT: evenorf a dedaration of saie there, on the ground that
ktay be destined for Turkey. Prices were quoted in Bushire,
March 1903:— _ ,
Ispahan tombac, 1st quality, krs. 7 per Tab. man.
inferior, krs. 2^ to ii per Fab. man.
Shiraz „ I st quality, krs. 8 per Tab. man.
inferior, krs. 3 per Tab. man.
QVnrsr (chiefly Ear), tombac is exported from Lingah to Aden,
and from Bunder Abbas to India. It is quoted in Bunder Abbas,
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This part contains papers mostly relating to British interests in Persia [Iran] and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
It includes a copy of the Board of Trade Commercial Intelligence Committee ‘Report received from Mr. H. W. Maclean, the Special Commissioner appointed by the Commercial Intelligence Committee of the Board of Trade, on the conditions and prospects of British trade in Persia.’
A handwritten note at the front of the file, on folio 5, states ‘Spare copy of notes & correspondence of the “Helmand Control” file (with maps)’. Folio 110 consists of handwritten notes, including one dated 27 April 1904, which states ‘The secret Helmand papers have been printed up, and a set, with necessary maps, is submitted for H.E. the Viceroy to take to England.’ Much of the file concerns the question of controlling the water of the Helmand river and irrigating its whole delta, and the work of the Seistan Arbitration Commission to arbitrate between Persia and Afghanistan on the question of rights to the water of the Helmand in Seistan.
The file also includes reports by W A Johns on reconnaissances of potential railway routes made while he was attached to the Seistan Arbitration Commission, and other papers relating to railways and roads in Persia.
In addition, the file includes copies of the following Government of India Foreign Department Proceedings, which reproduce received Foreign Department correspondence on the following subjects: ‘Selection of a British naval base in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .’, November 1901, Nos. 74-83; ‘Visit of His Excellency the Viceroy to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. during November-December 1903.’, February 1904, Nos. 33-127; ‘Establishment of telegraphic communication with Henjam. Question of the selection of a naval base in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Aggressive action of the Persians at Tamb and Abu Musa; their claim to the Islands.’, June 1904, Nos. 300-388; ‘Reports of the Commercial Mission to Persia.’, June 1905, Nos. 45-111; ‘Question of retaining flagstaffs erected in the neighbourhood of the Musandim Promontory’, August 1905, Nos. 288-307.’
The file also includes: brief handwritten notes written by Curzon on headed paper belonging to the Viceregal Lodge, Simla, relating to Seistan and to Lord Kitchener’s planned reforms for the reorganisation and redistribution of the Indian Army; and a printed copy of the report ‘A Note by Major H.L. [Herbert Lionel] Showers, C.I.E., on the present state of affairs in Kelat and a review of the system of Administration now being pursued.’
The file includes four maps: ‘Map of the Tail waters of Helmand River’ (13 July 1903), f 122; ‘Plan Shewing Proposed Routes for a Railway from Nushki to Afghan Frontier near Robat’ (10 April 1903), f 139; ‘Extract from Admiralty Chart No. 753. (Entrance to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ).’ (October 1901), f 219; and ‘Sketch of route Ram Hormuz to Fellahieh.’ (April 1904), f 230.
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- 1 file (475 folios)
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The papers are arranged in no apparent order, apart from the Government of India Foreign Department Proceedings, folios 231 to 474, which are arranged in chronological order.
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- Title
- ‘Persia – especially Seistan’
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- front, 2r:194v, 195v:196r, 197v:199v, 200v, 201v, 203r:272r, 273v:275v, 277r:405v, 408r:408v, 409v, 411r:413v, 414v:419v, 420v:424v, 425v:432v, 433v:435v, 436v, 437v:443v, 444v:471v, 473r:475v
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