"بلاد فارس والشأن الفارسي بقلم جورج ناثانييل كرزون، عضو البرلمان." [‎١‎٠] (٧٤٨/١٩)

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PERSIA
Part II. The Modern Trade of Persia
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Change in the scene—Russian ascendency in the North-^British ascend
ency in the South—The middle ground—Total of Persian exports-
Character of imports—Foreign feeders—Total value—Estimate from
Custom-house returns—Persian trade arteries—North-western zone.
(1) Trebizond-Tabriz line—(2) Tiflis-Tabriz line—(3) Astara-Tabriz line
—(4) Alexandretta-Tabriz line—Northern zone. The Teheran market—
(5) Resht-Teheran line—(6) Meshed-i-Ser-Teheran line—North-eastern
zone. (7) Gez-Astrabad line—(8) Ashkabad-Meshed line—Transit routes.
(9) Meshed to Khiva and Bokhara—(10) Meshed to Afghani^tan—(11)
Afghan transit route from India—Southern zone. (12) Bunder-Abbas-
Kermah-Yezd-Meshed line—(13) Lingah-Laristan line—(14) Bushire-
Shiraz-Isfahan line—Rapid increase of trade—Trade of Shiraz and
Isfahan—Western zone. (15) Mohammerah-Shushter-Burujird line—(16)
Baghdad-Kermanshah line—Pigures of transit trade—(17) Baghdad-
Persian Kurdistan line—Summary—Volume of An^lo-Indo-Persian trade
—Volume of Kusso-Persian trade—Obstacles to foreign merchants^—The
future .554
CHAPTER XXX
BRITISH AND RUSSIAN POLICY IN PERSIA
Foreign policy of Persia. Afghanistan—Turkey—Russia and Great
Britain—Preface to discussion of rival policies—Russian absorption of
Persian soil—Ascendency on the north and north-west—Position in the
north-ea-st—Conquest of Turkomania—Effect of the Transcaspian Rail
way-Synopsis of Russian position—Aggressive designs—Evidence of the
'Npvoe Vremya '—Russian services to Persia—Official corroboration—An
eye on the Gulf—Russian tactics—Former Persian opinion—Russian
attitude towards interna], reform—No justification for territorial aggres
sion—Or for designs on the Gulf—Persian weakness—English interest
in Persia—Mercantile—Imperial—History of Anglo-Persian relations—
Fourfold division—Indo- European Telegraphic schemes. (1) Turkish line
—(2) Persian line—(3) Russian line—(4) New Indo-European line—(5)
Submarine cable—Indo-Persian section — Staff and business —Influence
upon Persia—Consolidation of royal authority—Friendly relations—
Suggested employment of telegraph officials—Work for the statesman
and the merchant—Policy of Great Britain—British ascendency in the
centre and south—British influence at Teheran : —Russian influence—
British hold oyer Southern Persia—Question of the Legation establish
ment—Impediments to reform—Omens of good cheer—Progress already
made—The succession—Persian character— lente . . . 585
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