Trade Reports on Bagdad and Bussora
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Trade Reports on Bagdad and Bussora
- Date:
- 1781/1805
- Description:
- Abstract: This item contains two trade reports compiled by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad]:1. Tables displaying goods imported to Bagdad from Bussora [Basra], other parts of the Ottoman Empire, and Persia [Iran] and their approximate annual value in piastres.Attached are notes concerning import duties, exchange rates of gold and silver, the approximate customs revenue earned by the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad], and the population of Bagdad.2. Tables displaying goods imported to Bussora from India, Mocha, Muscat, Bahreen [Bahrain] and Zibara [Zubarah], Bushire [Bushehr], Bagdad, and Aleppo, and their approximate annual value in piastres.Attached are notes concerning import duties, the approximate customs revenue earned by the Pashaw, and the population of Bussora.Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Imports
Customs duty
Trade (practice)
Governor of Baghdad - Geographic region:
- Bagdad
Bussora - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100109378739.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100109378739.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/9/76/102
IOR/L/PS/9/76/102