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'Lord Curzon's Notes on Persia' [639v] (1280/1386)
The record is made up of 1 file (692 folios). It was created in c 1880-1891. 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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16
No. 20.
Mr. Thomson to Earl Granville.
(Substance received by telegraph, October 30.)
My Lord, Tehran^ October 30, 1880.
WITH reference to your Lordship’s telegram of the 16th instant, I have the
honour to inform you that the statement therein contained, which was tn ade by the
Turkish Charge d‘ Affaires in London, is not reconcilable with the views and state
ments of Sheikh Obeidullah, as gathered from letters which he has recently addressed
to the Ikbal-ed-Dowleh, Governor of Oroomiah, and to the American missionaries
of that place, with a view to their being communicated to Her Majesty’s Govern
ment through Mr. Abbott.
In these letters Sheikh Obeidullah distinctly states that the object of his son’s
being sent to Persia was in order to obtain redress for Kurdish grievances ; the Kurds,
he says, having been subjected to much ill-usage at the hands of both Turkey and
Persia; he and the other Chiefs of Kurdish tribes are now desirous of establishing
Kurdistan upon a united and independent basis.
I have, &c.
(Signed) RONALD F. THOMSON.
No. 21.
Mr. Thomson to Earl Granville.
(Substance received by telegraph, November 1.)
My Lord, Tehran, November 1, 1880.
WITH reference to previous despatches respecting the progress of the Kurdish
insurrection, I have now the honour to inform your Lordship that the Persian
Government have just received telegrams from Tabreez which report that the Kurds
have withdrawn from Oroomiah. It is further stated that disagreements and dissensions
have occurred amongst the Kurdish Chiefs, who now manifest a disposition to come to
terms with the Persian authorities.
I have, &c.
(Signed) RONALD F. THOMSON.
No. 22.
Mr. Goschen to Earl Granville.— (Received November 2.)
My Lord, Therapia, October 24, 1880.
I HAVE the honour to inclose copy of a despatch from Major Trotter containing
observations upon the rumoured attempt to form a Kurdish League.
I have &c.
(Signed) ‘ GEORGE J. GOSCHEN.
Inclosure in No. 22.
Major Trotter to Mr. Goschen.
Sir, , , Thtrapia, October 20, 1880.
I HAV E requested Captain Clayton to communicate officially any information he
may possess on the subject of the so-called Kurdish League.
W ith reference to the rumoured existence of a Kurdish League, organized to a
certain extent by the I urkish Government, my own opinion is that it exists only in the
imagination of certain organs of the press at Constantinople, and I cannot believe the
Turkish Government to be guilty of such folly as to organize a league which, if once
formed, must inevitably be directed against the Government itself.
I he policy of the Government has always hitherto been to set tribe against tribe,
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This file consists of letters, notes, and printed material on Persia compiled by George Curzon in the course of conducting research prior to the writing of his book: Persia and the Persian Question . The papers' contents and type vary considerably, but consists primarily of handwritten notes, some of which are organised roughly for individual chapters of the book. The rest of the file includes newspaper clippings, official reports, printed maps, and other published material on the history and geography of Persia. The official government reports are primarily government of India balance of trade reports, while published material consisted mainly of academic and non-academic papers on Persian archaeology by members of the Scottish Geographical Magazine and the history of the telegraph published by the Indo-European Telegraph Department.
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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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 692; 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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