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Manuscript of Persia and the Persian Question (Continued) [149r] (297/690)
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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mg visitor in the winter months, in the summer
time this all but inland sea possesses a climate
that to European constitutions is most trying,
and political officers on the list of the Indian
Foreign Office, or ships’ officers in the service of
the companies that navigate the Indian seas, hear
with horror that they have been commissioned to
what is spoken of, with a sort of grim personifica
tion, as ‘ the Gulf.” I have been told that under
the awning on the deck of a Gulf steamer the
thermometer has stood in the morning at 1204eg-.
Fahrenheit, while on shore at Muscat a black- ,
bulb solar thermometer has registered 387deg. in
the sun. The intense heat is aggravated rather
than relieved by the extreme humidity of the
atmosphere and by the dust which the slightest
wind raises in clouds from the Arabian ciesert,
and blows in an opaque yellow pall across sea
and land. The hot weather causes a skin irrita
tion known as prickly heat, from which every one
suffers ; nor is the torment of the day redeemed,
as it is further north, at Bagdad, by the coolness
of the night, although an abundant dew sometimes
falls and renders sleeping in the open air a ques
tionable relief. The prevailing wind is the
sharnal, or north-west, which blows down the Gulf
from its west extremity, alternating in the winter
months with the shur\i, or south-east wind, which
is cold and biting at sea, and is apt to bring short-
Jiyed storms of rain. „
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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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- Mss Eur F111/32
- Title
- Manuscript of Persia and the Persian Question(Continued)
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:344v, back-i, back
- Author
- Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
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