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Title: Across coveted lands : or, A journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta, overland
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Landor, Arnold Henry Savage, 1865-1924
Subjects: Asia, Central -- Description and travel Iran -- Description and travel
Publisher: New York : C. Scribner's sons
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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efficient brake on the axle ofthe upper wheel to control its speed, and othersallowing the grain to fall uniformly and, whennecessary, preventing its flow. There sweeps over Sistan in the hot weatherwhat is called the Bad-i-sud-o-bist-roz^ or wind ofthe 120 days, which blows from the north-north-west, and, although this may seem unpleasant tothe inhabitants, it has a most undoubtedlysalubrious effect upon the climate of the province,which, owing to the great quantity of channelsand stagnant water, would otherwise be most un-healthy. As it is the climate is now extremelyhealthy. The water of the Halmund is deliciousto drink. The suburb of Husseinabad stretches for aboutone mile towards the south, and contains amongother places of importance the buildings of theCustoms, with a caravanserai—very modest andunsafe—a picture of which is here given. Whatis called Benn Bazaar, or the British Bazaar, isalso found at the south-east portion of Husseina-bad and facing the Consulate Hospital,
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CHAPTER XVII The British Bazaar—The pioneer traders of Sistan—Sistana half-way house and not the terminus of the route—Comfortable route—Protection and redress—Indian tea inPersia—Persian market overstocked—Enterprise of Indiantea traders—Which are the markets worth cultivating—Articles mostly wanted in Sistan and Meshed—Exports—A problem to be faced—Ways of communication needed tocities of central Persia. The entire British bazaar—a modest one sofar—can be taken in at a glance. The snapshotreproduced in the illustration gives a very goodidea of it. Besides this, one or tv^o IndianBritish merchants are established in the mainstreet of Sher-i-Nasrya, w^here, as v^e have seen,they have opened nice shops. The pioneer merchants of Sistan were the firmof Mahommed Ali Brothers, of Quetta, estabhshedin 1900, and represented by a very intelligentman called Seth Suliman. The firm has branches in Birjand and Meshed.They have done good business both in Sistan,Birjand

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