TRADE BETWEEN IRAN AND GREAT BRITAIN IN THE 1830s-1840s
The subject matter of this article is the trade contacts between Great Britain and Iran in the 1830s and 1840s. The European and Asian countries were connected by the transit trade via Russia. More developed economically, Great Britain supplied the Iranian market with manufactured goods - woolen cloth, luxury. The Iranian market, offering specific and natural goods, attracted Europeans. They were especially interested in silk, Irans major product for export. With the help of customs data and merchants notes one can get a better idea of the type and quantity of goods transported via the Caspian Sea.