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Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Question by George Curzon, with Inserted Papers [469v] (949/1814)
The record is made up of 2 volumes with inserts (898 folios). It was created in 1892-1924. It was written in English, Urdu and German. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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PERSIA
viii
Landscape—Blind Karun—Kaban canal—Arab camps —Riverain settle
ments—Wild game—Ahwaz—The rapids—The great dam—Main rapid
—Highest rapids—Channel, canal, or tramway ?—Ahwaz, or Aginis—War
of 1857—Bunder-i-Nasiri—Introduction to the Mirza—His wily ways—
His distinguished guests—The Mirza after a night’s rest —Draviatis
personas —The ‘Susa’—The Karun above Ahwaz—Weiss or Oweiss—
Shapur or §haur river—Point of confluence—Bund-i-Kir—The three
confluents—The Ab-i-Diz—The Ab-i-Shuteit—The Ab-i-Gerger—Might at
Bund-i-Kir—Routes to IShushter—The island—Sunrise—Outskirts of
Shushter—History—Population—Modern Features—Cellars—Trade and
Manufactures—Layard and Selby on the people—Modern character—
Appearance and dress—Situation of town—Waterworks—(1) The Ab-i-
Gerger—Dams and mills—(2) The Ab-i-Shuteit—Bund and Bridge of
Valerian—Broken section— (3) The Minau canal—Tradition of Valerian—
Explanation of ancient hydraulics—Construction of the Gerger canal—
Building of the big bund —The citadel—The Nizam-es-Sultaneh—Arsenal
—Civilities—Descent of the Gerger—The Mirza again—Opposition to
British navigation—Prospect in 1889—Subsequent progress—Public
works—Native enterprise—British fortunes ...... 330
CHAPTER XXVI
THE NAVY
Persian dread of the sea—Maritime ambitions of Nadir Shah. (1) The Caspian
- (2) The Persian Gulf—Kerim Khan Zend—Treaties of Gulistan and
Turkomanchai—Occupation of Ashurada—The Shah’s yacht—The Per
sian Gulf—The ‘ Persepolis ’—The ‘ Susa ggg
CHAPTER XXVII
THE
PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Historical interest of the Gulf—Synopsis. Northern coast line Southern
coast line—Bunder Mashur and Hindian—Persian jurisdiction Bunder
Dilam—Bunder Rig—Bushire—Coast landscape—Kharak Island Dash-
tistan and Kangun—Region of historic interest—Lingah—Native craft
—Trade—Town and population—Island of Kishm—British military
settlements—An adventurer’s career—Henjam Island—Ormuz and
Bunder Abbas—History of Ormuz—Portuguese ascendency—Natural dis
advantages—Splendour of city—English merchants—Rupture between
Portugal and Persia—Persian mala fides —Move to Bunder Abbas Its cli
mate—Collapse of the
factory
An East India Company trading post.
at Bunder Abbas—Removal to Bushire
Claims of Muscat—Re-assertion of Persian authority—Modern Bunder
Abbas — Trade — Minau — Jask — Indo-European Telegraph Indian
military station—Modern Jask—Mekran coast—Gwadur—Coast scenery
— History —Survey—History of Oman —Ruling dynasty—Seyid Said,
1801 - 1856 —Muscat and Zanzibar—City of Muscat—Castles—Pano
rama—Climate—City and people—Foreign representatives—Trade—An
old Pretender—Arab warriors—Cape Musandim—English occupation
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These two volumes are George Curzon's own personal annotated copies of both volumes of his book Persia and the Persian Question , which was published in 1892. Alongside the volumes are various loose papers relating to Persia [Iran], consisting of the following: received correspondence; newspaper cuttings; publishers' press releases; cuttings from various booksellers' catalogues; various journal and magazine articles; two items of printed official British correspondence; several prints of photographs and sketches; and a few handwritten notes by Curzon.
In most cases these papers, which range in date from 1892 to 1924, relate to the chapters in the book where they were originally inserted, suggesting that they were kept by Curzon with the intention of using them to inform a revised edition of the book.
Of particular note among the small amount of correspondence are two letters received by Curzon in 1914 and 1915 from retired schoolmaster and Islamic scholar Sayyid Mazhar Hasan Musawi of Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India (ff 5-9 and ff 44-53). These letters, which are written in Urdu and are accompanied by English translations, discuss in detail several inaccuracies found in the Urdu version of Persia and the Persian Question .
The various prints of photographs and sketches, which were originally inserted into volume two, are of different locations in the Gulf region. Several of these appear to have been produced in preparation for the publication of the second volume of John Gordon Lorimer's Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Oman and Central Arabia (i.e. the 'Geographical and Statistical' section) in 1908, as they are identical to the versions found in that volume.
Also of note among the loose papers are an illustrated article from Country Life dated 5 June 1920, entitled 'The People of Persia' (ff 36-37), and a printed family tree of the Shah of Persia [Aḥmad Shah Qājār], produced in preparation of his visit to Britain in 1919 (f 233).
Volume one of Persia and the Persian Question contains a map of Persia, Afghanistan and Beluchistan [Balochistan], which is folded inside the front cover (f 1).
The German language material consists of a publisher's press release for two books authored by German archaeologist Ernst Emil Herzfeld (ff 29-30).
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- 2 volumes with inserts (898 folios)
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Foliation: this shelfmark consists of two physical volumes. The foliation sequence commences at the first folio of volume one (1-463), and terminates at the last folio of volume two (ff 464-898); these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Each volume contains a large number of loose leaves, which have been foliated in the order that they were inserted into the volume; for conservation reasons, these loose folios have been removed from the volume and stored separately. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers of the two volumes.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- Title
- Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Questionby George Curzon, with Inserted Papers
- Pages
- 54r:135v, 147r:149v, 158r:180v, 183r:221v, 224r:224v, 227r:246v, 248r:257v, 259r:260v, 268r:362v, 364r:364v, 367r:388v, 390r:400v, 402r:416v, 419r:432v, 434r:444v, 448r:462v, 464r:471v, 475r:481v, 483r:513v, 516r:525v, 527r:544v, 546r:563v, 566r:598v, 600r:622v, 624r:656v, 658r:665v, 667r:675v, 678r:684v, 687r:688v, 691r:691v, 693r:693v, 695r:708v, 711r:721v, 724r:726v, 728r:729v, 731r:736v, 742r:742v, 746r:757v, 759r:761v, 763r:763v, 765r:765v, 772r:777v, 780r:789v, 793r:794v, 797r:809v, 811r:821v, 825r:840v, 843r:898v
- Author
- Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
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