Correspondence and Papers on Persia, Mainly concerning Persia and the Persian Question

Content

This file consists entirely of correspondence received by George Nathaniel Curzon, mainly on the subject of his recently completed book, Persia and the Persian Question.

The letters are from friends, acquaintances and other correspondents, including a number of senior political figures, army officers, diplomats, writers and travellers with an interest in Persia, most of whom compliment Curzon on his new book and, in some cases, offer suggested revisions or corrections.

Notable correspondents include the following: Albert Houtum-Schindler of the Imperial Bank of Persia and the Persian Bank Mining Rights Corporation Limited, William Ewart Gladstone, Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil (Lord Salisbury), Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Ármin Vámbéry, Sven Hedin, Katherine Lucy Graham Smith, Edward Granville Browne, Henry Lake Wells, Guy le Strange, Sir Edgar Vincent, and a number of British consuls and consul generals, including those at Isfahan and Meshed.

The German language material consists of one letter, which is from Sven Hedin to Curzon.

Extent and format

1 file (105 folios)

Arrangement

The papers proceed in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 67, and terminates at the inside back cover with 173, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 67-173; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

Written in

English and German in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Mss Eur F111/59

History of this record

Date(s)

14 Jan 1892-26 Dec 1892 (CE, Gregorian)

People & organisations

Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne- Cecil, 3rd Marquess of SalisburyCharles Edward StewartSven Anders HedinHenry Lake WellsEdward Granville BrowneWilliam Ewart GladstoneAlbert SchindlerÁrmin Vámbéry

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