The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-18 00:00:00

INDIAN TRADE or PERSIA.

Persia exports to India specie, dried fruits, dates, to-
bacco, wine, drugs, raw silk, carpets, swords, combs, &c.
Horses form a considerable article of export to India.
They are sent by sea from Busbire; whore they are collected
from the breeding districts in the southern provinces of
Persia, and from lihorassan and the north-eastern dis-
tricts by land through Affghanistan and the Punjab ;
and they serve for mounting the Indian cavalry,
and supplying the great private demand for riding
hors 6 by the British in India. The imports from
India are cotton goods, chintzes, and muslins, from
Alasulipatam, Moultan, Luckno‘i, Futtighur, Delhi,
and other places. Persia receives from. India indigo,
which comes chiefly by sea, by the way of Bushire, or
by land through Affghanistan, or Balk, to Bukharia,
and thence by Herat to Persia. Spices are also amongst
the Indian imports. as well as sugar and sugar-candy,
the import of which forms one of the most important
branches of 'trade between the two countries. The
province of Alazanderan yields a coarse sugar, and there
are many parts of Persia fitted for the growth of this
article, yet the country depends chiefly on India for its I
supply.

-7VIITATART POUCE OP PEIESLEI.
There is no regular Body of trained soldiers in Persia,
but merely irregular leVies, fitted for the species of war-
fare in which they are generally engaged. Every pro-
vince ought to maintain a certain number of men, armed
and mounted, and ready to take the field ; this is the_na-
tional force of Persia. The number of the registered
militia is estimated at 150,000 men. The Persians assert
that of the chiefs of tribes the King can command the

this
services of 80,000 of their irregular troops, hut wee's'
assertion is barely borne out by fact. Some proof the
famed for their irregular troops, serve as nurseries ia ja
army. The land-tax of Mazanderan is chiefly pa bad,
military service. and this province, including -Ast oleo,
maintains nominally 12,000 foot and 4,000 bonscoo,
ready at a call. The only permanently embodied co.
liiirwever, is the body-guard of the King, or the 4,000
ht urns; their number amounts to from 3,000 °l,,ioci‘s
men ; they are mounted, and armed with mate-
old ms ords.

CAUBUL. or
POP 1.727,11.17.0 N OF THE KINGDOM
CAUBUL. e ifil'
The diGrent nations who are spread over t.,l' uhtil,
mense tract of .country known as the kingdom of Licoir
amount,
,on•the whole, to about 14 millions, kingdom}
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tribute to the copulation in the following roportielP
p „
Afghans 4,300,00
Beloochees
Tartars of all descriptions 1,200,000
Persians (including Taujiks)
Miscellaneous tribes.
21017:11%1311111M3 0.7 Trzz X= 2Blo' 71g:°0°0°0
Or
CILUBU.L. A Deng
The limits of Caubul are difficult to fix, but 11.-c:lich
the test made use of by the Asiatics themselves,
ver all
considers the King's sovereignty as extendingloir
• the countries in which the Khootba (that part otr for) is
hommeclan service in which the King is prayed ~,,50
read, and the money coined in his name, th. litud.o
kingdom extends from the west of Herat, in loofor
62 deg., to the eastern boundary of Cashmere, jo, ~ in
tude 77 deg. east, and from the mouth of the Dl,_"°-The
lat. 24 deg., to the Oxus, in lat. 37 deg. norta.,l the
kingdom is bounded on the east by Hindustan ; tciesart
south it has the Persian Gulf ; and on the west. lie ritier
extends along the whole of the frontiers. Its north fro hick
maern
it
tudirnebecyfluoutdheedmiOvtittnhtilitiin
tshoef thweeEs
taesrtne rpnarCtauoefa
tshu se: !nu Jo':
(ailsrefo)a,crlinasiiie)e r
frmnteird bayestheinaOrzsit.
enAmcpcorredhienngd
~,,o :hoitin:
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Afig .1
i t t
istan and Se istan, with part of Khorasan and lucanbalf 'i
Balk, with rokarestaun and Kilan ; liuttore, nor.
Candahar, Scinde and Cashmere ; together with Ar - ,3,
tion of Lahore, and the greater part of Moultaa• ..0
naCtnaeubuisl, thethe.
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me
chiefCrrr or CAUBITL.
capital
ofoAf
on the river Caubul, in a 147
plain, filled with villages : low hills surrot!nu,s the
ffthgeh apnrios tvai
three sides, on one of which, to the nortu.,, ',joie
King's palace. Also, on another hill near the cuYbeds of
it ii :sterol
tomb of the Emperor Baber, surrounded by large bow
flowers, and commanding a noble prospect. .-Narn_Yted for
3 ptains
tiful gardens surround the town, which is cileelennlou
if is
its fine climate, though the proximity of t
_..n itself 15
causes great variety of temperature. The w
o houses, t°
not large, but handsome and compact, and the
__kes, are
of ti
i:l;i:ft
ins:at-oend ..
avoid the consequences of the frequent earthgena,,, deg.,
mostly built of wood. Caubul lies in latitud 0'
10. min. east, ion. 71 deg. 43 min.
hick en-
sea,
compass it on three sides are steep, bare;l." is cnr-
laiinsdcliiteys
iins
aathroinuitig6n,loaorOgtf)eregte.abTosileethhielislaciebil
lover
uth;
and are crowned with a long line of wall, 'lieu
triraednetnipwthhieciirl shiedsesb,otsreemeittisi,eazi
talciirsol,ss,ati;
vvalZr,,nr°,,..;cienreitito
by a int, all
ruin. The city itself is surrounded
~:, yr
as a defence against the Ghilzies, but it lia:srhfabitiletuweAk
I,rother
ewinraliln,
enacned,
ilsi a
zsh
en ocitdaidteelh,
:;1
nadb
we;
lah-i-Veringhee, or the European net, and I
don in 1539,
curiously became, during the British occupa
Around Call-
of Post Mahomed built a palace, which hefor }ailed lire°r°s;
the hospital of the 13th Infantry.
within
couritrY' ":
bid, and indeed throughout the .
_,..i„,i
they
of castled houses, the seats of the.privin.,-_Lu they
hethfiosrtrest.
IL
of the eduntry, who, from the insecurity'
.;‘,..°
live? have all their dwellings strongly foal'