File 352/1912 'Persia: travel in South; conditions on the Bushire-Shiraz road; Russian commercial competition in South Persia'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- File 352/1912 'Persia: travel in South; conditions on the Bushire-Shiraz road; Russian commercial competition in South Persia'
- Date:
- 1912/1919
- Description:
- Abstract: The volume contains parts 1 and 2 of the subject 'South Persia'. Part 1 (IOR/L/PS/10/86/1 is entitled 'Persia Trade in South: Conditions on the Bushire-Shiraz Road; Russian Commercial Competition in South Persia'. It includes correspondence discussing trends in trade between the southern region of Persia including caravans of trade to be bartered. The volume includes statistics of products (including beer, cigarettes, dates, nails, tamarind, tea) taken inland from Gulf ports by caravans of mules.Part 2 (IOR/L/PS/10/299/2) concerns conditions of trade in South Persia and German documents relating to this including a copy of a book La Perse et la Guerre Europpeeneand another book Behind the Veil in Persia: English Documents.Other visual items of interest in Part 2 include a 'Map of Persia' (folio 299) depicting the Russian and British zones of influence along with project railways, frontier lines and provincial boundaries.The title on the spine reads '1912 3852 Pts 1 and 2. South Persia: Conditions in Trade in South. German documents.'Correspondents include: Foreign Secretary to the Government of India (Sir Hamilton Grant); Vice Consult, H B M Vice Consulate, Ahwaz; British Consul, Batoum; Deputy Political Resident, Persian Gulf; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Arthur J Balfour); and H B M Consul, Shiraz (W F T O'Connor).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 324; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Trade (practice)
- Geographic region:
- Ahwaz
Shiraz - Publisher:
- Publisher: C.L. Van Langenhuysen, publisher
Publisher: Édition de la Librairie Nouvelle de Lausanne, publisher - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000419.0x0000bf_ar
81055/vdc_100000000419.0x0000bf_en
IOR/L/PS/10/299
IOR/L/PS/10/299