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'Persia and the Persian Question by the Hon. George Nathaniel Curzon, M.P.' [495] (554/714)
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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INSTITUTIONS AND REFORMS
495
subjects as various as His Majesty the Shah, Andromeda, and
Landseer's ' Challenge.' In the English classes, I also witnessed
dictation, composition, and translation, elementary illustrated
school manuals being employed, and the text-books in use being
Robinson Crusoe and ' Karon Munchausen,' the latter of which I
thought a somewhat dubious selection. I was informed that the
majority of the pupils show an extraordinary aptitude for mathe
matics ; and that in the other departments they are quick and
receptive, but lazy. The chemistry branch has included the teach
ing of photography, and several of the best illustrations in these
two volumes are from photographs taken by pupils of the Royal
College.
I made inquiries about the management and discipline of the
college, and received the following replies. The institution is state-
Manage s^ppoi'ted, and costs 30,000 toTYians (8,o00L) per annum, 1
ment and being under the direction of the Mukhber-ed-Dowleh,
discipline Minister of Public Instruction. It is open to all. Parents
are not required to procure any nomination, but only leave from
the head of the school. The pupils are entered at all ages, usually at
ten or eleven, and remain for a period of six or seven years. The
royal endowment, or foundation, consists in the free gift of two
uniforms, or suits of clothes, annually, summer and winter, daily
breakfast, a small premium as the reward of passing certain exam
inations, a medal on leaving, and sometimes nomination to a post
in the Civil Service. The hours of work are from 8 a.m . to 3 p.m. ;
but there are frequent holidays for saints' days, and a vacation of
some months in the summer, the working period not amounting to
more than six months of the year. I was informed that the boys
are more often idle than insubordinate. Punishments are assigned
by the class teacher, but require to be confirmed by the head master.
They are administered by a band of ferashes kept in attendance,
and differ considerably from the European pattern. The lowest or
simplest punishment is that of standing sentry with a shouldered
gun, which is regarded as derogatory to self-respect. Next in
order comes the cat-o'-nine-tails upon the back. Finally are ' the
sticks,' or bastinado, a specified number of which are broken upon
the soles of the feet. This, I heard, was the only punishment that
is really feared.
1 One of the teachers informed me, with a sigh, that the salaries frequently
remained for a long time unpaid.
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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.
- Extent and format
- 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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- IOR/L/PS/20/C43/1
- Title
- 'Persia and the Persian Question by the Hon. George Nathaniel Curzon, M.P.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1:24, 1:86, 86a:86b, 87:104, 104a:104b, 105:244, 244a:244d, 245:272, 272a:272b, 273:304, 304a:304b, 305:306, 306a:306b, 307:326, 326a:326b, 327:338, 338a:338b, 339:344, 344a:344b, 345:354, 354a:354b, 355:394, 394a:394b, 395:416, 416a:416b, 417:420, 420a:420b, 421:520, 520a:520d, 521:562, 562a:562b, 563:564, 564a:564b, 565:606, 606a:606b, 607:642, i-r:i-v, back-i
- Author
- Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
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- Public Domain