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Manuscript of Persia and the Persian Question (Continued) [‎27r] (53/690)

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The record is made up of 1 file (218 folios). It was created in 1890. 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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Mimhui w, the leave, such as it was, having been
obtained, Messrs. Lynch Brothers of the Euphrates
and Tigris Steam Navigation Company, who have
for many years owned the English steamers navi
gating tl\e Tigris, detached one of their boats for
the Karun service, and have continued to run a
boat at intervals of a fortnight from Mohammerah
to Ahwaz ever since. The boat at first employed
was the Blosse-Lynch,
the Tigris navigation between Busrali and Bagdad . 1 She was found,
ibowever, to be both too long for the abrupt bends and zigzags of the
Karun, and of too deep a draught to pass over the shoals in low
water. Accordingly, after running for some months she was
replaced by the Shushan, a smaller stern-wheel boat, with three
rudders to allow of her answering very quickly to the helm." -She-
was one of seven or eight boats built by Yarrow, of Poplar, for the
English Government at the time of the Nile expedition, but never
apparently used for that purpose. Some of them were sold to Messrs.
-Cook for pleasure-boats on the Nile, while the Shushan found its way
to the Karun.Sh^ in really unmuilid fm ihu putpiJU. 1 , llTiuug i.Yr
dontls- bi'on con! Irnctrd fui‘ ligh-H-^yurk lii a ^>u‘y
being a double drnlrnri vhflfinl|^Yntih BBginrTfind >rnilrr-rirpir ^ r1
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nnd m lightly rnnU-i mittill tipi'm
tho uppor dook-, thoig-roof curving as the-bridge.”-.^. She is supposed to
be able to steam from ten to twelve knots an hour, but against a
current running four miles cannot certainly^ manage more than four.
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Advantage of the Karun concession was alsoitaken
bv the Bombay and Persia Steam Isavigatiorf Com
pany, who for a short time ran a small steamer
named the’ I\an up the river ; but, finding that
they obtained no return, Imwgi gi*«*-up the experi
ment. Messrs. Lynch Brothers,.who iro fflaaUy
to bn tinrrr 1L have,
in spite of a steady loss, continued the service up
to the present time, and in the face of the greatest
difficulties have laid the foundations of what it is
to be hoped may become an important and iu cr y~l
tive trade in the future.
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Onc hundred and seventeen miles after leaving Bushire the British
India steamer which navigates the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , sailing from Bom-
^ bay to Busrah, drops anchor for a wdiile off the mouth of the Shat-
el-Arab, until the rising tide shall admit of her passing over the bar.
At high-water there is a good eighteen feet upon the bar, but the tide
rises and falls as much as from eight to ten feet, and vessels at all
heavily laden have invariably to cut their way through a shifting
bottom of mud, while they sometimes stick fast for days. No effort
appears to be made to keep open a channel by dredging or other
artificial means—an apt reminder that we are on the brink of Otto
man jurisdiction—and the present passage solved the difficulty by
arbitrarily cutting its own course in the year 1880. The Shat-el-
Arab, as is well known, is the estuary by which the mingled waters
of the Euphrates and Tigris, uniting at Kurnah, the lege ndary
garden of Eden, fifty miles above Busrah, descend to the Persian
Gulf. Its northern bank is Persian, to a point upon the river beyond
Mohammerah; its southern bank is Turkish throughout. At its
entrance from the sea it presents the appearance of a noble river, a
mile in width, flowing between low banks which, especially on the
Turkish side, are fringed with a dense and magnificent belt of date
palms. The opposite shore is more sandy, and is marked by the
occasional tomb of some depar ted saint.
(1) Tbe %lon»e Lynch t9 220 feet long, 30 feet beam, with 100 horse-power, a carrying
capacity of 2'C13 tons; and a draught of from 3| feet when empty to 5 feet when laden. - ^0
(2) The Shush art is of 16^ registered and 35 gross tonnage; length, 98 feet, beam - K v
19J feet, draught l j foot empty, 2—3 feet laden.

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This file contains sections of the handwritten manuscript of the book Persia and the Persian Question by George Nathaniel Curzon. These papers come as part of the full handwritten draft of the book that comprises the shelfmarks Mss Eur F111/30-32. The printed edition of the book can be found in the file with the shelfmark Mss Eur F111/33.

Eventually published in 1892, the papers in this file cover the ancient and modern history, geography, and social and political aspects of Persia during the late nineteenth century when George Curzon temporarily lived in Persia. The manuscript also discusses the Russian and British presence in Persia and the author's views on the two countries' respective strategies in the country. The papers also include some of George Curzon's own travel writing while in Persia.

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1 file (218 folios)
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The papers are arranged by chapter as part of a handwritten manuscript.

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Foliation: this file consists of two physical volumes. The foliation sequence commences at the front cover of volume one (ff 1-220) and terminates at the inside back cover of volume two (ff 221-345); 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 present in parallel between ff 2-344; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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