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'Lord Curzon's Notes on Persia: About 1889-1890' [644v] (1309/1486)
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
PEK81A.
of a branch of Messrs. Lynch Brothers of London). The resident
merchants are simply forwarding agents to firms up-country, or at
the town of Koweit, in
Turkish Arabia
A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire.
. The export trade of the
province—wheat, oil-seeds, wool, and cotton—is chiefly in the
hands of Busrah merchants, who purchase produce up the Karun
and convey it to Busrah for sale or export.
Dates, which are grown in large quantities, are chiefly exported
to India in native boats, which come up in the season to purchase
them.
There are a certain number of mules and horses exported to
India; but there being no restriction now on the export of horses
from Turkey, only those from Koweit (by native boat and
Bahmishir river) and a few from the interior of Persia arrive for
shipment.
There are some 30 shopkeepers, who import piece-goods from
Bombay through one or other local merchants. About 10 bales
are opened weekly to supply shops and petty traders from
Howizeh, principally cheap kinds of shirtings and chintz, some of
Indian, but principally of English manufacture.
Exports, as far as I have been able to ascertain, were as
follows :—
Articles.
Quantity.
Value.
To Great Britain—
£
Wheat
Tons
311
1,274
Simsim
Cwt.
399
153
Dates..
Tons
225
2,000
3,427
To France—
*
Simsim •«
Cwt.
313
131
To India—
Dates..
Tons
5,122
25,757
Simsim
Cwt. ..
3,698
1,552
Linseed
99 * *
1,106
464
Wool
Bales
2,080
15,757
Cotton
Cwt.
90
138
Reeds..
Bundles..
320
50
Bugloss
460
140
Horses
% .
465
3,720
Mules.. . •
196
1,960
Total
••
49,538
Gross total
••
53,096
The imports by steamer are as follows, and, in addition, there
is a good deal of Russian kerosine oil, and a few other articles,
imported by native boats and by row-boats from Busrah, the
amount of which I have been unable to ascertain. A large per
centage of imports is for Koweit: some go by caravan to Dizful
and other places up-country, and, after supplying shops, the
remainder goes to Shushter by steamer.
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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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