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'Lord Curzon's Notes on Persia' [631v] (1264/1386)
The record is made up of 1 file (692 folios). It was created in c 1880-1891. It was written in English. 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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vi
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
No.
Name.
Date.
Subject.
Page
78
To Mr. St. John ..
Jan. 7, 1881
Has Russian Ambassador taken any action on Per-
sian representations? (see No. 76)
73
79
Mr. St. John
8,
Russian Ambassador has on several occasions sup-
(Telegraphic)
ported Persian Representatives (see No. 81)
73
80
33 33
4,
Inclosing copies of despatch to Her Majesty’s Vice-
Consul at Van respecting Kurdish invasion of
Persia and rumoured formation of Kurdish
League ..
73
81
To Earl of Dufferin
28,
Conversation with Russian Ambassador. Russian
Government wish to co-operate with England in
preventing these disorders on the Persian fron-
tier
75
82
Mr. Thomson
31,
Report that Sheikh Obeidullah is preparing to
renew attack, and that Turks are taking no steps
to restrain him
75
83
99 99 • • * •
Feb. 2,
Conversation with Shah on the subject of informa-
tion contained in No. 82. Her Majesty’s views
respecting
76
84
99 99
Dec. 23, 1880
Forwarding copies of certain documents addressed
to Sheikh Obeidullah during the late invasion
76
85
Consul-General Abbott
30,
Further respecting false reports circulated as to
complicity of American missionaries with Sheikh
Obeidullah
78
86
99 99 . •
31,
Inclosing extracts of recent despatches to Her
Majesty’s Minister at Tehran on various sub-
jects connected with Kurdish invasion
79
87
Mr. St. John
Feb. 4, 1881
Captain Clayton reports that Sheikh Obeidullah
(Telegraphic)
is making preparations for fresh incursions into
Persia ..
81
88
To Mr. St. John ..
5,
To support Persian representations against violation
of their frontier by Kurds. Reply to No. 87 ..
81
89
Mr. St. John
7,
Has acted on instructions in No. 88. Answer of
Porte respecting ..
81
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This file consists of letters, notes, and printed material on Persia compiled by George Curzon in the course of conducting research prior to the writing of his book: Persia and the Persian Question . The papers' contents and type vary considerably, but consists primarily of handwritten notes, some of which are organised roughly for individual chapters of the book. The rest of the file includes newspaper clippings, official reports, printed maps, and other published material on the history and geography of Persia. The official government reports are primarily government of India balance of trade reports, while published material consisted mainly of academic and non-academic papers on Persian archaeology by members of the Scottish Geographical Magazine and the history of the telegraph published by the Indo-European Telegraph Department.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 692; 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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