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IOR/L/PS/12/3408
- Record Id:
- 040-000558465
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000558446
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000602.0x0003c1
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100042471728.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/3408
- Title:
- Coll 28/11 ‘Persia; Diaries; Sistan and Kain Commercial. 1931 – – 1933’
- Scope & Content:
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Printed copies of monthly confidential commercial reports for the region of Sistan and Kain [Ka’īn] in eastern Persia [Iran], submitted by the British Consul at Sistan and Kain (Major Clive Kirkpatrick Daly). The reports include:
- details of the demand for, and statistical data of the imports and exports of a variety of, goods, including sugar, tea, carpets, textiles, nuts, motor vehicles and motor spares
- freight rates and seasonal road conditions
- exchange rates
- the general state of trade across the region
- the activities of Indian traders in the region
- smuggling activity on the Persian-Baluchistan [Balochistān] border
- statistical tables covering trade into and out of Persia via Zahedan, trade on the Nushki to Duzdap [Zahedan] railway, and comparative trade figures for goods imported into Persia via Zahedan from the British Empire and other countries
- the impact upon trade in the region of the closure of the Nushki to Duzdap railway, and the imposition of the Persian Trade Monopoly Law
Minute papers are enclosed with each report, which frequently contain handwritten notes made by India Office staff, occasionally making reference to numbered paragraphs from the report.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000558446
040-000558465 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/12 : Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
IOR/L/PS/12/3390-3550 : Political (External) Collection 28: Persia (Iran)
IOR/L/PS/12/3408 : Coll 28/11 ‘Persia; Diaries; Sistan and Kain Commercial. 1931 – – 1933’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0029]/037-000558446[0019]/040-000558465
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (99 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000602.0x0003c1
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1931
- End Date:
- 1933
- Date Range:
- 14 Apr 1931-12 Oct 1933
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 95; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, 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 four leading and ending flyleaves.
An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 13-95; these numbers are also written in pencil and circled, but are crossed through.
- Former External References:
- Coll 28/11
- Arrangement:
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The printed commercial reports in the volume are arranged by subject, with each subject numbered, starting from 1 at the beginning of each report.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)