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'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [151r] (306/610)
The record is made up of 1 volume (301 folios). It was created in 1922. 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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rise and a franc whicli' used to be worth 2 krans has fallen to
J kran.
The purchasing power of the kran in relation to European
goods has consequently increased, whereas vice versa Persian
products sold abroad, realize a smaller number of krans than
formerly and the profit of the Persian exporter is curtailed.
It is impossible to estimate the proportion of the imports Imports,
passing through the area in transit or their distribution within
it. The relative demand for the different articles imported is
shown by the above Customs Statistics, viz., sugar, textiles,
tea, and various manufactured articles.
Owing to its weight and cost of transport from the Persian Sugar.
Gulf, the sugar used in this area was of Russian origin, hard
loaf sugar being the most popular species and used in great
quantities.
The tea which entered Enzali was about 90 per cent. Indian Xea -
and some 10 per cent. China, conveyed through Russia. Tea
passing Kirmanshah was all of Indian origin. The Persians
are a nation of tea drinkers and a great quantity is consumed,
cheap brands obtaining by far the largest sale.
Owing to their lighter weight, the cost of transport of textiles TextlIes *I
was less prohibitive of import via the Gulf ports, and English
textiles, which were superior in quality to Russian, maintained
competition with textiles of Russian manufacture.
Exports from this area to the British Empire were very small. Exports.’
The principal exports to Russia were:—
Cotton from Kazvin, Mazandaran, and Khorasan. Cotton.
The total value of cotton exported from Persia rose from
46,000,000 krans in 1906 to 85,000,000 krans in 1913. The
Kazvln supplies were obtained from a wide area including dis
tricts as far distant as Isfahan and exported via Enzali. Cotton
cultivation has greatly increased, especially in Mazandaran.
The export of cotton from Meshed-i-Sar in 1912-13 amounted to
12,742,775 lbs., valued at 20,537,920 krans and in 1914-15 to
17,298,001 lbs., valued at 26,266,250 krans.
The export of cotton from Persia to Russia was encouraged
by the preferential tariff given to Persian cotton.
If this is abolished by Russia it is doubtful whether cotton
cultivation in Persia will continue to be profitable except perhaps
See paragraph (a) page 260 above.
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Military report compiled by Captain LS Fortescue of the General Staff of the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force and printed in Calcutta at the Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1922.
The volume begins with a statement defining the geographical area covered by the report. The report is divided into ten chapters, plus appendices, each concerning a different subject, as follows:
- Chapter 1: History
- Chapter 2: Geography
- Chapter 3: Climate, Water, Medical and Aviation
- Chapter 4: Ethnography
- Chapter 5: Administration (including a table of provinces with administrative details (folios 123-30)
- Chapter 6: Armed Forces of the Persian Government
- Chapter 7: Economic Resources
- Chapter 8: Tribes
- Chapter 9: Personalities
- Chapter 10: Communications
- Appendices: Glossary of terms; Weights, measures and coinage; Bibliography; Historical sketch (Chapter 1) continued from June 1920 to the end of 1921
At the back of the volume (folio 302) is a map to illustrate the report.
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- 1 volume (301 folios)
- Arrangement
There is a contents page (folio 5) and list of illustrations (folio 6) at the front of the volume and an index at the back (folios 270-300). All refer to the volume's original pagination. The index also includes map references of all places marked on the map.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 303; 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.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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