‘Persia – especially Seistan’ [‎426r] (850/949)

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Woolen fabrics .—There seems to he small deimnrl ™ i * ^ .
" e little W ° rn ’ aDd the S I' eCimeas of woollen gotSw^ere 0 ?
^a.—Almost entirely Lamsars. 15,000 to 20,000 ft annuallv
No. 2, 35 krans} y ‘
„ 3, 30 „ C per batman.
„ 4, 27 „ )
Sugar. —Loaf, some 50,000 batmans yearly, at to 5J krans
Crystal, about 40,000 batmans yearly, at 3 1 to
batman. s
per batman.
4 krans per
Kerosine oil .—500 to 600 cases, at 35 krans per case.
Candles. About the same amount, at 35 krans per box of 30 ft
Silks.-tl’ersinn), Glassware (Austrian), China (Persian and English!
enamelled ware (Russian), spines (Indina), iron, copper, and tin sheets (English)
cutlery (English and Helgian) umbrellas (Indian), and cheap flash ornamente
(mostly Austrian and Crerman), are imported also in quantity to fill the stalls
of a fairly large bazar.
No samples of these last, or of tea, sugar, candles, kerosine oil, &c., are bein»
sent.
In conclusion, I would suggest that any firm wishing to correspond with
merchants at Bahramabad should do so, in the first instance, through His
Britannic Majesty’s Consul at Kerman, who knows them all intimately, and I
am sure he w ill be only too pleased to do all he can to encourage trade with
India.
{Enclosure A.)
Houte from Saiiadabad to Kerman.
Saiiadabad to Z<ndabad .—16 miles, N. W. by N., over rolling country.
Good road, water plentiful. Supplies obtaiuable at Zaidabad, a village of
2,000 inhabitants. Good caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). .
Zaidabad to Pariz .—25 miles, N. E. by E. Road good, first over steadily
rising ground, and then into the hills to Pariz, 8,000 feet. At Pariz water-
supplies plentiful. The village of about 800 inhabitants is well situated and
surrounded by trees. So great centre for the collection of Manna.
Pariz to Gaud-i-Aihmer.—'lk miles, N. E. by N., over a high pass, the
Gaudar-i-Surakh, over 10,000 feet, then down the reverse slope to a tiny hamlet
and garden situate in the Gaud-i-Aihmer, the Red valley.
Gaud-i-Aihmer to Oraf .—16 miles, N. by N. W. Pair road through ravines
Oraf is a very tiny place, a few huts clustering round some ponds and an
old fort. Scant supplies, water ample.
Oraf to Bahramabad .—16 miles W., down into Rafsinjan valley. Good
road. Bahramabad is the biggest of a group of villages, and contains the
residence of the Governor. Supplies and water plentiful.
Bahramabad to Eabutar Ehan .—28 miles E. Good road along valley.
At Kabtar Khan supplies scant, water plentiful.
Kabutar Khan to Baghim.—32 miles. Good road. E. along valley.
Water and supplies good at Baghim. At Robat, a village half-way between
these two places, there are also plentiful supplies and a particularly fine caravan
serai.
Baghim to Shahabad.—\0 miles. Good road, small supplies, fair water
The soil here changes from the stone strewn clay of the Rafsinjan valley to the
sand of the Kerman valley.
Shahabad to Kerman .—9 miles. Road good, supplies of all kinds plentiful
at Kerman, which is a city with a population fixed variously at from 9,000 to
10,000, and the residence* of the Governor-General and of the British and
Russian Consuls; also the head-quarttrs of Director of Customs as well as the
Church Mission Society. There is a branch of the Imperial Bank of Eeraia
under the Yezd office.