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'Lord Curzon's Notes on Persia: About 1889-1890' [572v] (1165/1486)
The record is made up of 1 file (742 folios). It was created in 1889-1894. 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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2
TURKEY.
Shipping.
Firms.
Local
government.
let the annexed statement of imports and exports speak for them
selves. Judging from these, the general improvement and
increase in trade reported in 1887 was more marked in 1888,
which shows an increase in gross value of imports of 303,919^.,
while those of 1889 show an increase of only 118,506J. The
exports for 1888 show an increase in gross value of 36,671/. over
those of 1887, and those for 1889 an increase of 106,887/., or
more than three times the amount of increase in 1888.
The exports from these tables appear to have exceeded the
imports by 168,491/. in 1888 and 156,872/. in 1889., and do not
compare favourably with the exports in 1887, which show an
excess of 462,739/. over the imports.
Of the articles of imports, wheat and rice show a very marked
decrease, while the export in the former in 1889 was nearly
double of that in 1888.
The prohibition against exportation of Arab horses from
Turkey was removed in 1888, and the export table shows an
increase in number of 609. From this it may be presumed that
the prohibition in former years was of practically little effect.
Exportation of Arab mares is strictly prohibited.
The companies which run steamers to Bussorah are, with the
exception of the French company Mennier et Cie, which has
ceased to run, the same as those shown in the last report, and are :—
From Bombay:
1 . British India Steam Navigation Company, weekly, with mails.
2. Bombay and Persia Steam Navigation Company, fort
nightly.
From England:
1. British India Steam Navigation Company, monthly, tran
shipping at Karachi.
2 .
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Steamship Company, monthly.
From Baghdad:
1 . Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company, weekly,
with mails.
2. Turkish Government steamers, weekly, with mails..
The following are the principal houses of business at
Bussorah:—
Gray, Mackenzie, and Co., agents, British India Steam Navi
gation Company ; Lynch Brothers, agents, Euphrates and Tigris
Steam Navigation Company ; Darby, Andrewes, and Co., agents,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Steamship Company;
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Trading Company;
Hotz and Co. (Dutch) ; Asfar and Co. (French); Ilaji Ismail
Haji Alana Maimani (Indian); Agha Muhammed Javad
(Persian), agent, Bombay and Persia Steam Navigation Company;
Ibrahim ul Mandil (Arab); Abdulla ul Shaibi (Arab); Hamad
ul Basam (Arab) ; Sulaiman ul Shubaili (Arab); and Morad
Noah (Jew). The American firm of Arnold, Cheney, and Co.,
established a branch at Bussorah in 1888, but was withdrawn at
the end of 1889.
There is no change in the local administration of Bussorah
since the last report.
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This file is separated into three folders. It primarily consists of George Curzon's handwritten research notes prepared before writing his book, Persia and the Persian Question . The file also contains a variety of printed material that accompanies the handwritten notes. This includes printed research papers by various academics, newspaper clippings, personal letters from other researchers and diplomats, as well as maps and trade reports on various parts of Persia, mainly the southern ports.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the final folio with 742; 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.
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- 'Lord Curzon's Notes on Persia: About 1889-1890'
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- 1r:2v, 37r:52v, 55r:68v, 72r:87v, 92r:109v, 118r:118v, 122r:124v, 258r:264v, 298r:302v, 327r:327v, 329r:329v, 365r:366v, 440r:440v, 490r:490v, 501r:502v, 539r:539v, 541r:550v, 552r:553v, 554ar, 554r:555v, 559r:560v, 562r:595v, 597r:633v, 643r:646v, 718r:742v
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