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Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Question by George Curzon, with Inserted Papers [581v] (1177/1814)
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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166
PERSIA
architrcive or rootboam. TI.e.o con barfly have been ot etone, for the
reaaons that the pillar, * neither •- «>“*f “ “ ” S hi,
have supported the eegLte »,ehi«,e"tu„l
^ On” '.t.tnr.1 hall'rf-th, —« the ^
believing that the ceilings of the Pj se P the discovery of traces of
a fact which haS constructed
tliat material upon e 1 from the elements by a layer of
Were C n: lpea“ Ho-hly probable from the analogy of Persian
rammed clay, appe , i .m cp em to have been re-
building, for many «»*"“ 1“^ Tn ghe” .»“• -
hatred by the ' lieiBl<tK , t h oori«i nor to doginati.o upon
any direct evidence I f audacious theory'
,w rfr\rf 7 r™"r.r=i«h—ii» *>»* ~
wit re b ar Proceeding upon the solitary analogy of the rock
by Fergusson. Pr d ^ ^ Naks h-i-Rustam and behind
sculptures above y resembling the elevation and facade of
Persepolis, where, upoi bn denicted for devotional purposes,
the neighbouring palaces, he , f ? ie bmT-ned that this scene
standing upon a tw ° fo bcipalsecuirr edifices on the plat-
7 aS a . P a r nde e ven wen^t so far as to declare that ‘ it admits of no doubt
form ; and even wenu so , as on the tombs.’ It
that there were stages on e 10 anal y allude d to there is
woiW of the name
tion. 2 It is as though some future critic to reason he. ^ Qf ^
Column in Trafalgar Square to any o 1 mutilated or
Georgian age that might be found at a later date m
stunted condition. ^ to south) and pur-
Passing through the Hall ot Jveixes i o v i s itors’ foot-
suing the order that will naturally be followed by ^ ^ to
Palace ot ^eps, we next come, at a s i^l^ d ^ perfect bui lding,
Darms another and much smalle , ■ oivins: the
. vrf...«'”” ii 7k:“' l ;r 8 ,rv«kS
concepto, late fudit mcendmrn Le ^ b we ll-trodden caravan routes
nurseries of the ancient world, were connected }
with Persia. statement of the case, pp. 126-31, 167-70,
■2 Vide, however, Fergusson s ovvn £ existed of ascending to
190. Had such a second storey existet , m^n is w p 0 lly or in part pre-
it But though every other staircase on a ^ent to a higher floor,
served, there is not the remotest trace of any such accent to hig
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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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