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Correspondence and Papers on Persia [‎front-i] (7/316)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (171 folios). It was created in 1893-1897. It was written in English 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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This volume consists mainly of correspondence received by George Nathaniel Curzon, mostly on matters relating to Persia but also regarding Curzon's recent travels in Afghanistan. The letters are from friends, acquaintances and other correspondents, including a number of army officers, diplomats, writers and travellers with an interest in Persia and Afghanistan.

Many of the letters discuss Curzon's recent book, Persia and the Persian Question , as well as the internal affairs of Afghanistan and Persia and British policy regarding both countries, mostly from the perspective of British officers and diplomats who have resided or visited there. Of particular note are a number of letters received by Curzon from Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Molesworth Sykes, writing as British Consul for Kerman and Persian Beluchistan [Baluchistan] (later as British Consul, Kerman). Matters discussed in these letters include the settlement of the frontier between Persian and British Baluchistan.

Other notable correspondents include the following: John Richard Preece, British Consul at Ispahan; Sir Henry Mortimer Durand; Sir Frederic John Goldsmid; Henry Lake Wells; Benjamin W Stainton; Albert Houtum-Schindler.

All of the correspondence dates from 1895. In addition, the file contains the following: several printed articles relating to railway routes to India, which date from 1895-1897 (ff 141-157); a number of newspaper cuttings dating from 1893-1894, containing reviews of books on Persia.

The German language material consists of one of the aforementioned newspaper cuttings.

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1 volume (171 folios)
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The papers proceed in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

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The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 173; 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 also present in parallel between ff 4-169; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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Correspondence and Papers on Persia [‎front-i] (7/316), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F111/62, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100066415299.0x000008> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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