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Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Question by George Curzon, with Inserted Papers [741v] (1499/1814)
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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THE MONTHLY RECORD
395
They show that, as in other South American States, a real effort is being made
to supply the needs of the public in the matter of a map suited to modern
requirements. In a Boletin of the “ Servicio Geografico ” brought out in
1914 , Colonel Mato describes the history of the organization of his department,
and sketches its aims and methods. Somewhat the same ground is also covered
by him in an address before the “ Instituto Historico y Geografico del Uruguay ”
in 1917 . Until quite lately practically nothing had been done to supply a geo
detic basis for the mapping of Uruguay, the existing maps being almost wholly
the result of private enterprise. In 1903 a first move was made towards the
preparation of an improved map, but even this, which was brought out in
1908 under the direction of Colonel Mato on the scale of 1 / 200 , 000 , was
based only on compilation from existing departmental maps and plans. Not
content with this, Colonel Mato continued to work for the establishment of a
“ Servicio Geografico ” attached to the Army General Staff, and his efforts
resulted in 1913 in the passing of an Act creating such a department. The
Bolethi above-mentioned enters into full details as to the methods to be
adopted for the field and office work, describing the different class of triangu
lation with the probable errors admissible for each, the measurement of bases,
the instruments to be used, and so forth. The probable errors are given not
in angular measure but as ratios of the linear distances, and these vary between
1 / 100,000 and 1 / 10,000 according to the class of the
triangulation
A surveying technique in which the position of a network of points is determined by creating a series of triangles between them and measuring at least two of the internal angles and one side length.
. Such
errors, it is shown, will always be inferior to the graphical error of the map.
The seven bases measured down to 1914 varied between 7 and 12 kilometres,
and the results showed a probable error of less than 1 / 500 , 000 . Maps are
given showing the principal chains of
triangulation
A surveying technique in which the position of a network of points is determined by creating a series of triangles between them and measuring at least two of the internal angles and one side length.
suggested for the whole
republic, and also the complete net of the
triangulation
A surveying technique in which the position of a network of points is determined by creating a series of triangles between them and measuring at least two of the internal angles and one side length.
of the first, second,
and third order for the departments of Durazno and Florida, where the work
was first put in hand. The map will be published on two scales, 1 / 100,000
and 1 / 25 , 000 , and at the rate at which the work has progressed so far it is
calculated that twenty-one years would be needed for the survey of the whole
republic if the field work were plotted on the scale of 1 / 10 , 000 . But for two-
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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).
- Extent and format
- 2 volumes with inserts (898 folios)
- Physical characteristics
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
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- Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Questionby George Curzon, with Inserted Papers
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- 741r:741v
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- The Geographical Journal xx Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London xx Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography
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