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'Lord Curzon's Notes on Persia' [436v] (873/1386)
The record is made up of 1 file (692 folios). It was created in c 1880-1891. 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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unsound quality.
Whilst the English goods imported have deteriorated, Russian
prints and chintzes have immensely improved in quality, &c. The
width required in the country, viz., 30 inches to 32 inches, is now
made at Moscow, and unless English importers cease from importing
their unsound goods, it is only reasonable to suppose that Russia will,
in a few years, succeed in ousting us altogether from the northern
markets of Persia, especially if the road at present talked-of is made
from Ardebil to the Caspian.
General Remarks.
General
remarks. In a former report (No. 18 Commercial, 1886) I showed that the
money actually received by the “ farmers ” of the customs, as far as
could be calculated, amounted to about 312,0001. Taking 4 per cent,
ad valorem as the mean of the customs paid, the value of the total
commerce might be ascertained by multiplying the above by 25, which
would give a result of 7,800,000l. Of this fully three-quarters, or say
• 5,000,000/., would be between this country and England and India.
I have seen it stated that British trade in the
Levant
A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
consists of the
following items, viz.:—
£
Trade with Turkey, annnnl average 14,000,000
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This file consists of letters, notes, and printed material on Persia compiled by George Curzon in the course of conducting research prior to the writing of his book: Persia and the Persian Question . The papers' contents and type vary considerably, but consists primarily of handwritten notes, some of which are organised roughly for individual chapters of the book. The rest of the file includes newspaper clippings, official reports, printed maps, and other published material on the history and geography of Persia. The official government reports are primarily government of India balance of trade reports, while published material consisted mainly of academic and non-academic papers on Persian archaeology by members of the Scottish Geographical Magazine and the history of the telegraph published by the Indo-European Telegraph Department.
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- 1 file (692 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 692; 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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- Mss Eur F112/611
- Title
- 'Lord Curzon's Notes on Persia'
- Pages
- 1r:1v, 3r:6v, 10r:12v, 15r:15v, 21r:21v, 38r:41v, 43r:43v, 47r:57v, 59r:60v, 62r:67v, 70r:191v, 194r:286v, 410r:442v, 446r:466v, 471r:504v, 594r:599v,
- Author
- Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
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