"كتيّب بلاد الرافدين. المجلد I. ١٩١٨" [‎٢‎٠‎٢] (٥٦٨/٢١١)

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COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Diarbehr
It is stated that in 1913 the United Kingdom, India, and Egypt
had altogether 44-7 per cent, of the total import trade, and were
followed by Austria-Hungary, France, and Germany. The total
value of imports to Diarbekr in 1913 was estimated at ,£557,060.
The Port of M
The following lines ran from Europe before the war:
Ellerman and Bucknall.
The Anglo Algerian Steamship Company (Messrs. Strick).
The Hamburg-Amerika Line (from Hamburg to Antwerp).
The Russian Steamship Navigation Company (from Odessa).
The following lines ran from Bombay :
The British India Steam Navigation Company.
The Bombay and Persia Steam Navigation Company.
The Arab Steamers, Ltd.
Karun S
Between Mohammareh and Ahwaz foreign merchant shipping
might navigate under regulations (in practice partly obsolete)
which were framed by the Persian Government in 1890. Messrs.
Lynch and the German firm of Messrs. Wonckhaus had each a
steamer on this part of the river.
Above Ahwaz the Karun was closed to foreign shipping ? but
Messrs. Lynch worked a steamer flying the Persian flag.
Arahistan
Total Value of Imports 1
Uflited Kingdom .
India 2 . .
Germany
France
Turkey .
Other Countries
1 Exclusive of the import of plant and materials for the Anglo- Persian Oil
Company. These came mostly from the United Kingdom, and partly from Indm.
2 A part of the goods included in this estimate for India (e. g. the sugar, which
accounted for 10-20 per cent of the ' Indian' imports) was of Continental (chieny
Austro-Hungarian) origin.
Imports
1910-11 1911-12 1912-13
£560,822 £457,105 £513,488
Percentage of Percentage of Percentage of
Total Imports, Total Imports, Total Imports,
1910-11 1911-12 1912-13
41 38
33 41 43
7 5*6
12 8 7
3 3 2
4 5^