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PRINCIPAL ARTICLES OF COMMERCE.
Ill—The Principal Articles of Commerce in Persia.
Number in
Table of
Statistics.
3
Animals, Living.
Camels.
Import —Baggage camels from Mesopotamia, Transcaspia,
and India. Price krs. 200 to krs. 500 (4/. to 8/.) per head.
Horses.
Import. Draught and carriage horses are imported from
Russia Tabriz, Enzeli, and Meshed, and pack horses from
Afghanistan. A pair of good carriage horses will fetch from 80/.
upwards.
Export. Up to 1 895 there w’as a steady export to Bombay from
Bushire of country-bred horses, known as Gulf arabs, collected by
dealers operating from Shiraz and Ispahan. This trade has
almost ceased, perhaps bn account of a long period of drought and
locust ravages in Southern Persia, and also from the higher prices
ruling in the country. A smaller trade still continues from the
Kermanshah region, perhaps 150 to 200 horses yearly to Bagdad,
to form part of the now much more important trade from Busreh
to Bombay. This Busreh trade was for some time smuggled
through Muhammerah to escape the Turkish duty of ^5 per head.
Consignments have been tried from Khorassan by the Seistan
route to India, but there is difficulty in obtaining forage for horses
on that route.
Mules.
Mules are bred and used in the country. Kermanshah, Luristan,
Burujird, Khamsa, and the Bakhtiari country are important breed
ing districts. There may be 3,000 or 4,000 mules sold out of these
districts annually. Usual type that of small transport animal
averaging 12 to 13 hands, 53 or 54 inch girth. Average price
10 ) ears ago krs. 300 to krs. 400 (8/. to 11/.). Prices now range
from krs. 400 to krs. 1,000 or more, average being krs. 600 to krs
700 (ul. to 13/.).
Sheep and Oxen.
Export.— Sheep and oxen are sent to Transcaucasia from
Azerbaijan, sheep being brought down even from Kurdistan. At
least 45,000 to 60,000 head of sheep are exported, of a value of not
less than 25,000/. to 30,000/. Transcaspia also is supplied from
Khorassan with live-stock to the value, say, of 30,000/. per
annum.
Animal Intestines.
Export— These are chiefly sheep and goat. A small trade
exists from Bushire to Germany. Tabriz market disposes of
somewhat larger quantities. The demand for this article is
chiefly from America and Germany. Value at Tabriz is about
krs. 750 (13/. 13s.) per 1,000 (of 28 metres). Freight and charges
to Constantinople are, say, 4/. per 1,000.