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Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Question by George Curzon, with Inserted Papers [469r] (948/1814)
The record is made up of 2 volumes with inserts (898 folios). It was created in 1892-1924. It was written in English, Urdu and German. 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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CONTENTS OE THE SECOND VOLUME
PAGE
Investiture of Cynadis—Fourth tablet: The captives-Fifth tablet:
Ormuzd and Narses—Sixth tablet: Triumph of Chosroes—Artistic
value The cave and statue of Shapur—Interior ramifications—Kamarij
Kotal-i-Kamarij Plain of Khisht—Kotal-i-Mallu — Daliki river —
Daliki — Borazj un — Shirking the kotals — Khushab — Shif — Bushire —
People and rulers—The town—Climate and water—The port—Reshire
—British influence .... iqt
CHAPTER XXIII
THE EASTERN AND SOUTH-EASTERN PROVINCES
Evidence of the map—Cities and deserts—Yezd and Kerman—History of
Yezd—Size and appearance—The Gfuebres—Yezd a commercial emporium
—Revenue and government—History of Kerman—Modern city—Trade
—Revenue and Government—The great deserts—The Dasht-i-Kavir—
Its origin—Different kinds of Zm-ir—Travellers in the Great Kavir—
The Dasht-i-Lut—Bam—Persian Beluchistan—Record of travel—History
of Persian encroachment—Boundary Commission, 1870—Persian nib
bling—Country and people—Villages and cultivation—Mekran—The
Beluch plateau — Serhad — Dizak — Serbaz — Bampur — Bashakerd —
Persian rule—Britain across the border 237
CHAPTER XXIV
THE SOUTH-WESTERN PROVINCES
Nomad life—Foreign elements—Tribes of Persia—Turks—Arabs, Kurds,
etc.—General characteristics—Persian policy—Province of Luristan—
Origin of the Lurs—Numbers—The Feilis—Pish-Kuh—Khorremabad
—Pusht-i-Kuh—History—English travellers —Husein Kuli Khan, Vali of
Pusht-i-Kuh—Mountains and rivers—-Character and life—The Bakhtiaris
—Their country—Their history—The Chehar Lang— Mohammed Taki
Khan—The Haft Lang—The ruling triumvirate—Character and feeling
—Catalogue of tribes—Winter and summer quarters—Bakhtiari life
and habits—Appearance and dress—Military qualities—Hill-forts—
Burujird—Dizful—Sabians—Ruins of the past—Shush an—Loftus and
Dieulafoy—Mounds of Susa—M. Dieulafoy’s discoveries—Tomb of
Daniel—Mai Amir—Susan—Other remains—The Kanin river—The
Kar Kunan—Kuhgelu Lurs—Mamasenni Lurs—Arabistan—The Arabs
—Ka’b Arabs—The Muhaisen sheikhs—Sheikh Mizal Khan—Persian
policy—Arab habits—The Muntefik—Summary . . . . ,268
CHAPTER XXV
THE KARUN RIVER
The Karun country—The Karun river—Ancient channels—Early negotiations
—Enterprise of Messrs. Lynch—The Shat-el-Arab—Turkish fort at Fao
—Telegraph station—Haffar channel—Ottoman amenities—Disem
barkation— Mohammerah—A Persian official—Bahmeshir channel—
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These two volumes are George Curzon's own personal annotated copies of both volumes of his book Persia and the Persian Question , which was published in 1892. Alongside the volumes are various loose papers relating to Persia [Iran], consisting of the following: received correspondence; newspaper cuttings; publishers' press releases; cuttings from various booksellers' catalogues; various journal and magazine articles; two items of printed official British correspondence; several prints of photographs and sketches; and a few handwritten notes by Curzon.
In most cases these papers, which range in date from 1892 to 1924, relate to the chapters in the book where they were originally inserted, suggesting that they were kept by Curzon with the intention of using them to inform a revised edition of the book.
Of particular note among the small amount of correspondence are two letters received by Curzon in 1914 and 1915 from retired schoolmaster and Islamic scholar Sayyid Mazhar Hasan Musawi of Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India (ff 5-9 and ff 44-53). These letters, which are written in Urdu and are accompanied by English translations, discuss in detail several inaccuracies found in the Urdu version of Persia and the Persian Question .
The various prints of photographs and sketches, which were originally inserted into volume two, are of different locations in the Gulf region. Several of these appear to have been produced in preparation for the publication of the second volume of John Gordon Lorimer's Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Oman and Central Arabia (i.e. the 'Geographical and Statistical' section) in 1908, as they are identical to the versions found in that volume.
Also of note among the loose papers are an illustrated article from Country Life dated 5 June 1920, entitled 'The People of Persia' (ff 36-37), and a printed family tree of the Shah of Persia [Aḥmad Shah Qājār], produced in preparation of his visit to Britain in 1919 (f 233).
Volume one of Persia and the Persian Question contains a map of Persia, Afghanistan and Beluchistan [Balochistan], which is folded inside the front cover (f 1).
The German language material consists of a publisher's press release for two books authored by German archaeologist Ernst Emil Herzfeld (ff 29-30).
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- 2 volumes with inserts (898 folios)
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Foliation: this shelfmark consists of two physical volumes. The foliation sequence commences at the first folio of volume one (1-463), and terminates at the last folio of volume two (ff 464-898); 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. Each volume contains a large number of loose leaves, which have been foliated in the order that they were inserted into the volume; for conservation reasons, these loose folios have been removed from the volume and stored separately. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers of the two volumes.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- Mss Eur F111/33
- Title
- Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Questionby George Curzon, with Inserted Papers
- Pages
- 54r:135v, 147r:149v, 158r:180v, 183r:221v, 224r:224v, 227r:246v, 248r:257v, 259r:260v, 268r:362v, 364r:364v, 367r:388v, 390r:400v, 402r:416v, 419r:432v, 434r:444v, 448r:462v, 464r:471v, 475r:481v, 483r:513v, 516r:525v, 527r:544v, 546r:563v, 566r:598v, 600r:622v, 624r:656v, 658r:665v, 667r:675v, 678r:684v, 687r:688v, 691r:691v, 693r:693v, 695r:708v, 711r:721v, 724r:726v, 728r:729v, 731r:736v, 742r:742v, 746r:757v, 759r:761v, 763r:763v, 765r:765v, 772r:777v, 780r:789v, 793r:794v, 797r:809v, 811r:821v, 825r:840v, 843r:898v
- Author
- Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
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