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'Lord Curzon's Notes on Persia' [672r] (1345/1386)
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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Inclosure 5 in No. 86.
Consul- General Abbott to Mr. Thomson.
(Extract.) Tabreez, December 29, 1880.
-A AGA and his followers, endeavouring to cross the frontier into Turkey,
encountered a large band of hostile Turkish Kurds. A sanguinary fight ensued. The
Mangours and their Chief, driven back into Persian territory, fled to Serdasht
. x A letter has been received here from two Cazis of Soui Boulak, bringing
intesigence that Hamza Aga, with a large force, had besieged Serdasht.
The Vezir Fevaiet, on learning this, lost no time in dispatching from Souj
Boulak to Serdasht a regiment of regular troops, some militia, and two guns. He
also infor med.the Veli Ahd of the steps he had taken to oppose the movements of
Hamza Aga, in consequence of which it has been thought advisable, for the present,
to retain at 1 abreez the Shahsavend cavalry, who lately returned from the seat of
war on their way to the capital.
Inclosure 6 in No. 86.
Consul-General Abbott to Mr. Thomson.
(Extract.) Tabreez } December 30, 1880.
ACCORDING to intelligence received here, which requires confirmation, the
Russian troops stationed at Naktchevan commenced returning to their depts on the
24th instant.
No. 87.
Mr. St. John to Earl Granville.—{Received February 4, 3*45 p.m.)
(Telegraphic.) Constantinople, February 4, 1881, 1*45 p.m.
I HAVE received a telegram from Captain Clayton, in which he reports that Sheikh
Obeidullah is making preparations for fresh incursions into Persia, and that an Aide-de-
camp has been sent to him from the Sultan.
The Persian Ambassador here has inquired if I have been authorized to support his
remonstrances at Porte.
No. 88.
Earl Granville to Mr. St. John.
Sir, Foreign Office, February 5, 1881.
I HAVE received your telegram of the 4th instant, stating that you have
received intelligence that Sheikh Obeydullah is making preparations for fresh
incursions into Persia, and that the Persian Ambassador has inquired if you are not
authorized to support his remonstrances at the Porte. ...
I understand that the Russian Ambassador has received directions to join in such
remonstrances, and I have to instruct you, in concert with M. de Novikow, to support
the representations which are being made by the Persian Government against the
violation of their frontier by Kurdish bands.
I am, &c.
(Signed) GRANVILLE.
No. 89.
Mr. St. John to Earl Granville.—{Received February 17.)
Mv Lord Constantinople, February 7, 1881.
WITH reference to your Lordship’s telegram dated the 5th instant, I have
the honour to report that I to-day spoke to the Minister of Foreign Affairs on
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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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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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