Abstract: Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 10 October 1871.The Despatch concerns a prohibition by the Persian Government on the export and storage of grain and provisions, as a result of a grain shortage. The correspondence shows that British officials felt that the measure was likely to deter the import of provisions into the country.The papers include a letter from the Persian Minister of Foreign Affairs.The Enclosures are dated 8 July - 27 September 1871.Physical description: There is an Abstract of Contents on folio 118, numbered 1-6.