‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [‎230v] (467/722)

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and
DciZcirs
the lambskins of the no less
of Baghdad and Constanti-
reach the Bosphorus by this long route
distant Bukhara are thus found in the
nople.
An intelligent merchant of considerable eminence at Tabriz told me,
that if he were about to undertake a speculation to Constantinople, he
would carry with him silk, cotton, tobacco, Cashmere shawls, indigo, coffee,
and money. The coffee he would sell at Erzrum, without expecting great
profit, to pay the expenses of carriage, customs, and other caravan expenses.
It is needless to make many remarks on the exports to Bukhara. The
trade is not inconsiderable ; but it is often interrupted. The only way in
which it could probably affect the trade of Persia and Europe would be by
a demand arising for its black lambskins, which might be paid for,
through the medium of Persian merchants, with European commodities.
I fear it is not a probable event ; and that it is not in this way that
Bukhara and Samarkand must be supplied with our manufactures.
The imports of Persia from various countries are—
EuiiorB.
India.
Tdekbt, Bagh
dad, &c.
Akabia.
Woo'lens as—
Goldlace.
Cotton goods as—
Specie in gold and
Coffee.
Hro'idcloth=, of va-
Spangles.
Chintz, Masuli-
silver.
Pearls.
ri >us qualities.
Metal buttons.
patarn.
European manufac-
Sweetmeats (halwan).
Narrow cloths.
Cutlery.
Ditto, Multan.
tures broughtfrom
Pearls.
Ladies’ ditto.
Firearms.
Ditto, Luc i now,
the ports of im-
Bukhara at^d the other
Cashmeres.
Watches,
&e.
portation in the
Cumblets.
Spectacles.
Muslins, a few.
Levant A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea. .
Uzbak States.
Cotton manufactur-
Spying-glasses.
Thermometers.
Indigo.
Spices, of all sorts.
Black lamb and sheep
ed goods as—
Barometers.
Sugar.
skins.
Chintzes.
Airguns.
Sugareandy.
Curnblet, or cloth of ea-
Printed cottons.
Musical snuffboxes and
Gold and silver
mel’s hair.
Longcloths.
such toys.
stuffs and brocades
Coarse silk handker-
Cambrics.
Leather.
trom Benares.
chiefs.
Muslins.
Earthenware.
Precious stones.
Hides (raw).
Veils.
Glassware.
Earthenware.
Dried plums (prunes).
Medicines (particularly
Shawls from Cash-
Lapis, lazuli from i!a-
Silks as—
patent).
mere.
dakhsh&n.
- Velvets.
Trunks of various sizes.
Iron.
Rubies and other pre-
Satins.
Iron.
Lead.
cions stones from the
Crapes.
Copper.
Copper.
same p i ace.
French brocades &
■embroidered goods.
Shawls, imitation of
Cashmere.
Precious stones and
jewellery.
Enamel.
Tin.
Quicksilver.
A mmonia.
Cochineal.
Cream of Tartar.
Verdigris.
Indigo from India.
Shaw ls and other Indian
produce.
Cochineal from Russia.
Chintzes and other Euro
pean articles brought
from Russia.
Chin aware.
Tea and a few other Chi
nese goods.
Persia, it is true, is a poor country ; and it is hut a small part of its
population that can afford to indulge in superfluities. Still its increasing
. acquaintance with Europe and European commodities has created a desire
to possess the conveniences and luxuries which are brought from thence, so
that the consumption of them is extensive and constantly increasing. The
foregoing table affords a list of the principal imports, some of which merit
particular attention. And first, the woollens, which, not only in Persia, hut
all over the East, have long been admired, and the demand for which is great
and increasing. There is little doubt that if due attention were paid to the
tastes of the various Eastern nations, and if the price of the commodity
could be diminished, either by lessening the charges of transportation or
consumption would be greatly extended.