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File 2853/1922 Pt 1 'Persia: German Trade Activity. Influx of German industrialists etc, Growth of Russian competition.' [158r] (311/582)
The record is made up of 1 item (289 folios). It was created in 19 May 1922-20 Jun 1928. 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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This part contains papers relating to German and Soviet trade activity in Persia [Iran]. Topics discussed include:
- An influx of German industrialists into Persia
- An attempt by Captain Detlef Schmude to establish an agricultural colony with a group of Germans in the north of Persia
- The growth of Anglo-Russian commercial competition such as the import of Russian sugar to Persian ports
- Plans for an all-water route from Germany to Persia via the Volga to the Caspian Sea
- Control of the Marynski [Mariinskiii] Canal System linking the Volga River with the Baltic Sea
- The operation and financial position of the Russian trade organisations in Khorasan
- Progress of Russo-German schemes for commercial enterprise in Persia
- Discussion of an Anglo-Persian Commercial Agreement.
Correspondents include: HM Consul-General Shiraz; HM Consul-General Meshed [Mashhad]; HM Consul-General and Agent of the Government of India in Khorasan; HM Minister, Tehran; Commercial Attaché/Secretary, Tehran; the Comptroller-General, Department of Overseas Trade, London.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/1072/1
- Title
- File 2853/1922 Pt 1 'Persia: German Trade Activity. Influx of German industrialists etc, Growth of Russian competition.'
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- 4r:74v, 81r:88v, 94r:140v, 142r:148v, 148ar:148av, 149r:194v, 196r:255v, 255ar:255av, 256r:292v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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