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Letters and Papers from Various People on a Number of Matters Mostly Relating to Persia [‎121r] (241/250)

The record is made up of 1 file (125 folios). It was created in 21 Feb 1906-20 Dec 1911. It was written in English and French. 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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Tresorler General
die
L*Empire de Ferae.
T)eeeinber 6 # 1911.
Bear Profeeaor Browne,
X have your note of the £Qth ultimo and
truet that you have received my laet letter to you dated the
29th of November, I thank you very much for the clipping*
concerning Lord Huraon , e splendid bj^eech which you were good
enough to send me. I had noted that some of the London papers
gave very meagre accounts of this. The news which reached
here by telegraph several days ago that Lord Curzon had asked
for a full debate on the Persian question day after to-morrow
(Thursday) the 8th instant, has been very well received by
friends of Persia, and the faint hope seems to exist that in
some manner he has great influence and those whom he will draw
to him will be able to do something to ameliorate the treatment
now being accorded by Russia and England to this helpless
nation.
I fully agree with you that the situation from every stand
point out here i» desperate in the extreme, and it is almost
impossible for me to believe that the British Foreign Office
has not made some secret agreement with Russia as to the conduct
of Persian affairs in future. Surely Sir Edward Grey cannot
expect any sane person to believe that he either believes in

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The file contains correspondence from a number of diplomats, army officers, political officers, explorers, orientalists, journalists, businessmen, and Persian notables, many of which are personal friends of Lord Curzon.

Correspondents include: Lieutenant Herbert John Coningham, army officer and explorer; Major Percy Zachariah Cox, British Consul General, Bushire; Cecil Spring Rice, British Minister to Persia; Massoud Mirza zil Sultan (also written Zelle Sultan/Soltan), Persian prince and Governor of Fars; J H Dill, British Consul, Shiraz; John Richard Preece, former British Consul, Isfahan; Sir Charles Hardinge, Foreign Office; Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Campbell Yate, army officer; Sven Hedin, Swedish explorer; Major William Frederick Travers O'Connor, British Consul, Sistan; J W Stratford Andrews; Ignatius Valentine Chirol, journalist, author, and historian; Charles Wallace Alexander Napier Cochrane-Baillie, former Governor of Bombay; Sir Walter Charleton Hughes, civil engineer and consultant; Albert Houtum-Schindler, former employee of the Persian Government; Tahir Bey; and Edward Granville Browne, orientalist.

As well as accounts of people's experiences in and around Persia [Iran], the correspondence covers a number of other matters relating to the region. Subjects include: the Anglo-Russian convention, 1907; German and Turkish activities in the region; the Persian Civil War of 1908-1909; Russian activities in Persia; the diary kept by Captain Arthur Conolly while he was captive in Bokhara; trade routes; the proposed trans-Persian Railway; the Baghdad Railway; the chaotic situation in southern Persia, including the region's gun traffic; and British relations with the Bakhtiari and Qashqai tribes.

Additionally, the papers include forwarded reports, memoranda, newspaper cuttings, etc., all relating to Persia, often with requests for Curzon's reviews and opinions. There are also several invitations to dinners and meetings. The file also touches upon more personal matters such as the death of his wife, Mary, in July 1906, a motorcar accident in 1908, and his appointment as Chancellor of Oxford University in 1907.

The French language material consists of letters from Massoud Mirza zil Sultan.

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1 file (125 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 125; 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.

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