File 2853/1922 Pt 1 'Persia: German Trade Activity. Influx of German industrialists etc, Growth of Russian competition.'

Content

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.

Extent and format

1 item (289 folios)

It is part of

File 2853/1922 Pt 1-2 'PERSIA: GERMAN TRADE ACTIVITY'

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/1072

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival item

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/10/1072/1

Former external reference(s)

P 2853/1922 Pt 1

History of this record

Date(s)

19 May 1922-20 Jun 1928 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Economic competition

People & organisations

Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

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