'Persia and the Persian Question by the Hon. George Nathaniel Curzon, M.P.'

IOR/L/PS/20/C43/1

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The record is made up of 1 volume (351 folios). It was created in 1892. It was written in English. 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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Content

The volume is Volume I of George Nathaniel Curzon, Persia and the Persian Question , 2 vols (London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1892).

The volume contains illustrations and four maps, including a map of Persia, Afghanistan and Beluchistan [Baluchistan].

The chapter headings are as follows:

  • I Introductory
  • II Ways and Means
  • III From London to Ashkabad
  • IV Transcaspia
  • V From Ashkabad to Kuchan
  • VI From Kuchan to Kelat-i-Nadiri
  • VII Meshed
  • VIII Politics and Commerce of Khorasan
  • IX The Seistan Question
  • X From Meshed to Teheran
  • XI Teheran
  • XII The Northern Provinces
  • XIII The Shah - Royal Family - Ministers
  • XIV The Government
  • XV Institutions and Reforms
  • XVI The North-West and Western Provinces
  • XVII The Army
  • XVIII Railways.
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1 volume (351 folios)
Arrangement

The volume is divided into chapters. There is a list of contents between ff. 7-10, followed by a list of illustrations, f. 11. There is an index to this volume and Volume II between ff. 707-716 of IOR/L/PS/C43/2.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the first folio bearing text and terminates at 349 (the large map contained in a polyester sleeve loosely inserted between the last folio and the back cover). The numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle and appear in the top right-hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. Foliation anomaly: ff. 151, 151A. Folio 349 needs to be folded out to be read. There is also an original printed pagination sequence. This runs from viii-xxiv (ff. 3-11) and 2-639 (ff. 12-347).

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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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IOR/L/PS/20/C43/1

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1892 (CE, Gregorian)

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