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File 2984/1920 'PERSIA: TRADE WITH EAST PERSIA [REPORTS & NOTES BY MAJOR TEMPLE]' [32r] (68/404)
The record is made up of 1 volume (189 folios). It was created in 25 Mar 1920-22 Sep 1921. 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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in the presentation of their report After ? ugl ^ t . obe 110 f^her delay
able to make further proposal But rf idea tS ng ^ Iho P e to b «
solution of the transport problem of East Persia de ^ aga * llst 18 tba *
Go van Brothers or their report This firm merel ? en ^ slnail y, wa y u P on Messrs,
field. Others, I have no doubt will t0 b ® tbe firsfc in
make way for them. The opportunity is so sbol ^4 Messrs. Govan Brothers
for exploiters. opportunity is so good that it need not go a-begging
I have no wish to prejudge in haste the aerial transport Question but whil„
preserving an open mind and while rearlv P oni q uestl on, but, while
of our transport problem, I think it desirable + • + 0me 4 . a ^ P ossl ^l e solutions
proportion of the total imports and exports of Ea^t ^ ^+ Ce a larg0
Ls of relatively large bulk and wekh?ld relatS yc u a ° f coml ?odi-
conceivable circumstances bear the cost of aeriaHra 118, V f > * bese could in no
of »vi»tiou. The ,W»„ (iithere ^
aerial transport and motor transport as alternate « i ,. nata ^] 18 ^between
is whether motor “tHoSl
certainly be profitable and successful, could usefully be supplemeSdbv ZiS
transport for the carriage of commodities of very small bulk and verv bivb li
I deprecate any tendency to transfer the problem of commercial tranMb East
Persia from the solid ground to the fleecy clouds. transport in
Bast
(Per.) A Persian custom allowing an individual to seek asylum at a designated location.
M “ : ) ' B. TEMPLE, Major, |
The 28th March 1920, ) H ihBritmnia Majesty’sVice-Comttl, Meshed.
U. M. Ptf&ss, Simla—No. 104FD—14-5-20- 36-M. tS:
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The volume contains papers relating to Britain’s trade with east Persia [Iran], chiefly comprising reports by Major B Temple, British Vice-Consul, Meshed [Mashhad].
Major Temple’s reports cover various aspects of trade including development possibilities, trade routes, foreign competition (notably Russia), local resources, topography and economic geography, types of transport, road and rail networks, telegraph and postal communications, banking facilities, favoured merchants to trade with, merchant and trade conferences, and the political circumstances in Persia and surrounding countries.
The papers including the following:
- ‘Report of a Commercial Survey of the East Persian Trade Route between Quetta and Meshed’ by Major Temple, dated 1919, first proof (ff 166-197) and final version (ff 34-60), plus letters regarding revisions made by the Department of Overseas Trade and comments by 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. officials, and a proposal for possible confidential circulation of the report to a limited number of selected British firms
- ‘Political and Economic Report on Khorasan for the year 1919’, forwarded by HM Officiating Consul-General and Agent to the Government of India in Khorasan, to HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. , Tehran, co-authored by the Consul-General (political section) and Major Temple (economic section) (ff 148-159)
- ‘Trade Notes’ by Major Temple, January-February 1920, forwarded by HM Officiating Consul-General and Agent to the Government of India in Khorasan, to HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. , Tehran (ff 138-146)
- ‘Trade Notes’ by Major Temple, February-April 1920 and June 1920, forwarded by HM Officiating Consul-General and Agent to the Government of India in Khorasan, to the Comptroller-General, Department of Overseas Trade, with related letters and notes concerning the potential establishment of a ‘forwarding agency’ at Meshed (ff 17-32)
- ‘Commercial Survey of East Persia’ by Major Temple, forwarded in December 1919 by HM Officiating Consul-General and Agent to the Government of India in Khorasan to the Director of the Department of Overseas Trade (Development and Intelligence), London (ff 62-135)
- Quarterly Trade Returns for 1920, completed and forwarded by HM Officiating Consul-General and Agent to the Government of India in Khorasan, to the Controller General, Department of Overseas Trade (Development and Intelligence).
Papers comprise: printed reports; 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. Political Department registry dividers including notes by 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. officials on groupings of papers; internal letters and notes by 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. officials; and some letters from the Department of Overseas Trade.
The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (189 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 200; 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: multiple additional printed pagination sequences are present in parallel between ff 35-197.
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- File 2984/1920 'PERSIA: TRADE WITH EAST PERSIA [REPORTS & NOTES BY MAJOR TEMPLE]'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:199v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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