Correspondence and Papers on Persia

Content

This file is comprised of notes, reports, memoranda, and correspondence received and compiled by George Nathaniel Curzon, on the subject of Persia. The file is largely concerned with possible routes for a proposed overland telegraph line between India and Europe.

Also discussed is Russia's interest in Persia, in some handwritten notes (author unknown) entitled 'The Antidote to Russian Advance Toward Persia and Herat'.

Notable correspondents include Arthur James Balfour (Lord Balfour), Prime Minister Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil (Lord Salisbury), and Charles Edward Pitman, Superintendent of Government Telegraphs, Bombay Division.

In addition to correspondence, notes and reports, the file contains seven photograph negatives (ff 30-36), which may have originated from Curzon's travels in Persia. Three of the negatives are blank; the remaining four show images of figures, and in one negative, a landscape, although none of the images is very clear.

Although the date range covers 1876-1892, most of the material dates from 1890-1891.

Extent and format

1 file (64 folios)

Arrangement

The papers proceed in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at folio 66, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-66; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

Condition: folio 34, a photograph negative, has been damaged and as a result some of the image is missing.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Mss Eur F111/58

History of this record

Date(s)

Jul 1876-Jul 1892 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Telegraph lines

People & organisations

Government of BombayCharles Edward PitmanRobert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne- Cecil, 3rd Marquess of SalisburyArthur James Balfour

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