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Correspondence and Papers on Persia [228r] (203/245)
The record is made up of 1 file (127 folios). It was created in 18 Jan 1897-28 Feb 1898. 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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K.C.S.I., to India and Afghanistan ; and was later
appointed assistant to the consul general at Meshed.
After this he became officiating second Oriental Secretary
in the Legation at Teheran, which post he left in 1897.
Is C.I.E.
IV. Haidar Ali Khan ; was in Persian Telegraph Service until
1879, when he was appointed British Agent at Shiraz,
which post he now holds. Some years ago he married
the daughter of Mirza Abdullah, Chief Secretary of
Kavvam°el Mulk II. In 1896 he was also governor of
Fessa, and the rayots of that district complained of him
to the legation.
V. Mirza Issa Khan ; was three years at school in England,
and is now in Persian Military Service in Teheran with
rank of Sertip III.
The present chief of the family is Gholam Ah Khan, son of I.
The mother of II and III was a sister of Hajji Muhammad Husain,
popularly known as Hajji Dai (uncle), who ONvns property in Fessa,
No. Ill now lives in London and is about 55 years of age. The
mother of No. V was a black woman.
17. IZZ EL MULK, HAJJI MIRZA AKA KHAN—
Son of Hajji Mirza Mehdi Khan (d. 1855), of the Hashimiyeh
family (q.v.).
Age 52.
tribe (q.v.).
Age about 40.
probably succeed him.
Age 70.
KHAN—
Son of Kavvarn el Mulk, of the Hashimi
chief of the Khamseh tribes of Ears. (q.v.).
Age 22.
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This volume consists mainly of correspondence received by George Nathaniel Curzon, mostly on matters relating to Persia.
The letters are from friends, acquaintances and other correspondents, including a number of army officers, diplomats, writers and travellers with an interest in Persia. Many of the letters discuss the internal affairs of Persia and British policy regarding that country, mostly from the perspective of British officers and diplomats who are residing or have visited there. Reference is also made to Curzon's recent book, Persia and the Persian Question , and the correspondence includes suggested revisions for future editions of the book. Notable correspondents include Albert Houtum-Schindler, Benjamin W Stainton, and John Richard Preece, British Consul at Ispahan.
Also included in the file is a first proof of a paper by Captain Percy Molesworth Sykes entitled 'Recent Journeys to Persia', which was read at the Royal Geographical Society on 28 June 1897.
The file concludes with a copy of a printed report entitled 'Persia: Biographical Notices of Members of the Royal Family, Notables, Merchants, and Clergy', dated December 1897 and compiled by Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Philip Picot, Military Attaché at Teheran [Tehran] for the use of the British Legation.
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- 1 file (127 folios)
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The papers proceed in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 123, and terminates at f 247, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, 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.
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- Correspondence and Papers on Persia
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, 123r:124v, 166r, 167r:168v, 187r:247v, i-r:i-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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