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Publications, Newspaper Cuttings, Photographs and Correspondence about Persia and the Persian Gulf [52v] (106/879)
The record is made up of 1 file (436 folios). It was created in 14 Oct 1891-Sep 1911. It was written in English, French 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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12 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GEOGRAPHY OF
about 500 yards long and about half as wide. Its greatest elevation
near the southern end cannot be much more than 50 feet above the
level of the lake. It is grass-grown, and supports many small bushes
of the “ kharauan ” plant (Artemisia), as well as pigeons and lizards.
The Shazalan hills are of similar character to the east of Shazalan
island, but separated from it by a channel of about 4 fathoms in
depth. The cliffs of all indicate marine erosion for a very considerable
period.
Ispir lies off the west end of Koyun Daghi. Its lower limestone hills
do not rise above about 300 feet, and were yellow with dried grass when
I saw them. The island seems to be about 1 mile long. Abich main
tains that the same two geological divisions as on Koyun, may be dis
tinguished in its rocks.
Ishak lies to the south of Koyun Daghi. I was not able to visit it,
but believe it to be low and smaller than is shown on the maps.
Kizil Kugur and Jewitt Daghi have already been mentioned. They
seem to have been formerly connected by a ridge of rock which has since
been washed away, with the exception of two small rocks which stick up
out of the water like teeth between the islands.
Khar and the Jairli islands are shown on the Russian map. They
are all quite small, and I was not able to visit them.
Notes on Route from the Eastern Shore of Lake to Tabriz, and to Urmi
round the Southern End of the Lake.—The best landing-places on the
eastern shore of the lake are either on the rocky spurs of Mount Shahi,
or at the foot of the hills to the south of Khanaga. The latter is
generally the best, because the traveller who has disembarked on Mount
Shahi may find himself cut off from the mainland by the swamp which
exists during many months of the year. I landed at Yaram yatach in
an excellent little cove open to the south, but sheltered on the west by
a promontory of trachytic rock with quartz veins and nodules.
After the usual delay, horses were produced by the chief man of the
village of Ramanlui, and we were able to proceed to Tabriz by a route
very similar to that about to be described in the reverse direction.
Tabriz, the commercial capital of Persia where “merchants make
large profits ” (Marco Polo), has been described so often that I will con
fine myself to recording two scandals of but, I hope, transitory nature.
When we arrived at Tabriz on August 28, we were unable to obtain any
bread except at the most exorbitant prices. There was no lack of wheat
in the country—indeed, the harvest was of the most fruitful; yet, owing
to the corruption of the Government, there was a famine in the city.
Every day the starving multitudes of Tabrizlis might be seen fighting
for the few loaves round the bakers’ shops in the bazaar. It seems that
certain persons, said to be friends of the governor, had bought up all
the wheat, had made a “ corner ” in it, and refused to sell except at
famine prices. Fortunately, I was soon relieved of all unpleasant
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The file contains miscellaneous papers, mostly printed publications, newspaper cuttings and photographs, relating to Persia and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
It includes a few items of correspondence, including letters to George Nathaniel Curzon relating to the Trans-Persian Railway, and Russian influence in Persia, and handwritten notes by Curzon on topics including arms traffic in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and the Trans-Persian Railway.
The file also includes copies of printed publications relating to Persia, including: three pamphlets on Lake Urmi [Urmia] in North West Persia, by Robert Theodore Günther (two of which include duplicate copies of a map of the Lake Urmi Basin, Mss Eur F111/356, f 132); a paper entitled ‘Paper to be read before the Indian Section of the Society of Arts, Thursday, May 8th. 1902. The Past and Present Connection of England with the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . By Thomas Jewell Bennett.’; and an article from the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (Volume 5, Number 8, August 1909) entitled ‘Some Persian Folk-lore Stories concerning the Ruins of Persepolis.’ by Captain Charles Monk Gibbon, Royal Irish Fusiliers.
It includes in addition: two issues of a French pamphlet entitled Bulletin de l’Union des Associations des Anciens Élèves des Écoles Supérieures de Commerce (Reconnues par l’État) [ Bulletin of the Union of Associations of Former Students of the Higher Schools of Commerce (Recognized by the State) ], dated 20 January and 5 February 1904, which include articles by M E Peschier on the Baghdad Railway; and a German bookseller’s catalogue entitled Indica et Iranica Teilweise aus der Bibliothek von Viggo Fausböll Professor der indischen Sprachen an der Universität Kopenhagen I. Literaturen und Sprachen Indiens und Persiens [ Indica et Iranica Partially from the Library of Viggo Fausboll Professor of Indian Languages at the University of Copenhagen. Literatures and Languages of India and Persia ].
Folios to 250 to 370 of the file mostly consist of cuttings relating to Persia and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. from various newspapers and other publications, including: The Times , The Morning Post , The Spectator , The Civil & Military Gazette , The Times of India , and The Standard . The cuttings concern topics including: British interests in Persia; the Russian influence in Persia, including the Persian Government signing a concession to a Russian company for the construction of a cart-road between Kazvin, Resht and Enzeli, and Anglo-Russian rivalry in trade with Persia; the cholera epidemic in Persia; and the events of the Persian Constitutional Revolution of 1905-11.
Folios 386 to 433 of the file consist of black and white photographs, including:
- Three photographs in an envelope entitled ‘Photos of Koweit [Kuwait]’, of Mabarak-bin-Subah [Shaikh Mubārak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ], Shaikh of Kuwait, and his youngest son Naser (f 387), the foreshore of Koweit (f 388), and the residence of the Shaikh of Koweit (f 389)
- Two photographs in an envelope labelled ‘Photos by Parkin (assistant at Brit[ish] Resid[ency] Bushire / of Koweit Muscat. Bushire. Sent to me by Col[onel] Meade. April 1899.’ of Seyed Faisal bin Turki [Sayyid Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Sultan of Muscat (f 392), and Seyed Mohamed bin Turki, half-brother of the Sultan of Muscat (f 391)
- A set of photographs of the following: the South entrance of the Governor’s house, Bushire (f 395); the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and British Consulate, Muskat [Muscat] (f 396); the watch tower on Samana (f 397); Major and Mrs Leigh in Camp in Samana (f 398); Major and Mrs Leigh and Lieutenant Creagh [possibly George Washington Brazier-Creagh] at Mastar [Māster, Persia] (f 399); entrance of Muskat Harbour (f 400); town of Muskat from the harbour (f 401); Fort Jelali, Muskat (f 402); Fort Mahrani [Fort Al-Mirani], Muscat (f 403); and the British Vice Consulate at Mohamerah [Khorramshahr] (f 404)
- Printed images of the following: the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Manamah, Bahrain (f 407); Shaikh Khaz’ al of Muhammareh [Shaikh Khaz‘al bin Jābir bin Mirdāw al-Ka‘bī] (f 408); the view at Haz’-adh-Dhabi, Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. (f 409); salt rocks on Qishm Island near Namakdan (f 410); the Hindiyan River near Zaidan (f 411); a parade of British and Persian troops at Rishehr, 1905 (f 412); two views of Muhammerah Town (f 413); a creek near Basrah [Basra] from the Shatt-al-’Arab (f 414); a crowd at Ras-al-Khaimah (f 415); the Foreshore, Kuwait (f 416); the Hanaini well, Bahrain Island (f 417); ancient tumuli, Bahrain Island (f 418); Kumzar (f 419); Lingeh (f 420); the Tis Valley in Persian Makran (f 421); the West end of Masqat Town [Muscat Town] with the Sultan’s Palace and Fort Mirani (f 422); and the Eastern end of Masqat Town, with the British Consulate on the left, and the Sultan’s palace on the right (f 423).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (436 folios)
- Arrangement
The folios from folio 4 to folio 251 are arranged in rough chronological order. The newspaper cuttings are mostly between folios 249 and 359, and the photographs are at the rear of the file (folios 386 to 433).
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 436; 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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- Mss Eur F111/356
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- Publications, Newspaper Cuttings, Photographs and Correspondence about Persia and the Persian Gulf
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- 46r:81r, 82r:133v
- Author
- Gunther, Robert William Theodore
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