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Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Question by George Curzon, with Inserted Papers [773r] (1562/1814)
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 women increase their natural hideousness by a kind of veil
which consists of two strips of embroidery, with an aperture for
the eyes between, a stiff band resting on the bridge of the nose,
and connecting the two. Both men and women are extraordinarily
black, the genuine Arab having been swamped here in the African
type ; and many of both sexes present the purely negro physio
gnomy. It was of the people of Muscat that the English ship s
captain, being instructed, on visiting strange places, to make a
report of the manners and customs of the inhabitants, penned the
famous saying : c As to manners they have none; and theii customs
are beastly .’ 1
America is the only other Power, besides Great Britain, that is
represented at Muscat by a consul; an English merchant filling
that post, and presumably having nothing to do but
superintend the despatch of cargoes of dates, when the
gathering season comes round. In addition to his political
functions as adviser to the Sultan, the British Agent has extensive
consular duties towards the Indian subjects of the Queen, some
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thousands of whom reside, for purposes ot trade, in the town and
neighbourhood, and who have gathered the import and export
businesses almost exclusively into their own hands. Erom the
demeanour of these men, and, in a no less degree, of the Arabs
themselves, who commonly saluted or said Salaam, I inferred that
British ascendency is a well-established and popular regime in
Muscat. Oman may, indeed, be justifiably regarded as a British
dependency. We subsidise its ruler ; we dictate its policy ; we
should tolerate no alien interference. I have little doubt myself
that the time will some day come when, as these petty native states
crumble before the advance of a friendly civilisation, a more definite
possession will be required, and the Union Jack will be seen flying
from the castles of Muscat.
The chief local trade of Muscat, and indeed almost its sole
neighbouring communication, is with the town and port of Muttrah,
miner miles further to the west in another indentation of
the same coast line. This is a larger and more populous
place than Muscat, and the supplies of the latter come in the main
to Muttrah from the interior, and are shipped in small bugga-
lows round to the capital. Of the external trade of Muscat, the
chief exports are, dates, fruits, fish, and limes. In spite of the
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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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