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'Persia and the Persian Question by the Hon. George Nathaniel Curzon, M.P.' [41] (72/714)
The record is made up of 1 volume (351 folios). It was created in 1892. 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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WAYS AND MEANS
41
From Akstafa to Julfa is a distance of about 250 miles. The
traveller will pass through the interesting town of Erivan, the
capital of Russian Armenia, and will be able to make the excur
sion to the Armenian ecclesiastical centre of Echmiadzin. At
Julfa he crosses the river in a ferry-boat to Persian territory, where,
after passing through the custom-house, he emerges, upon the
system of chapar-lchanehs, postboys, decayed horses, physical dis
comfort, and execrable track, which I have already described
between Resht and Teheran. The distance from Julfa to Tabriz
is about 80 miles, or, according to Persian computation, five
stages of 4 farsakhs each, the post-houses and distances being as
follows :—
Name of Station
Distance in Farsakhs
Approximate distance
in Miles
Julfa .......
Airandibil |
Galand Kay a J '
Marand . . . . .
Sufian ......
Tabriz ......
5
5
5
5
20
24
17
23
Total
20
84
About Tabriz I shall have a good deal to say in a later chapter
upon the north-west provinces of Persia, to which I will refer
Tabriz to m y readers. The route from Tabriz to Teheran is the
Teheran second most travelled route in Persia, and has been
followed by a long succession of eminent voyagers, who have left
a record of their experiences extending over a period of two
hundred years. 1 The post stations and distances to Kazvin are as
follows, the concluding section of the road from Kazvin to the capital
having already been described :—
1 I only mention a few : Sir J. Chardin (1671), Travels into Persia, pp. 370-382;
M. Tancoigne (1807), Narrative of Journey into Persia, Letters xii.-xiv.; J. P.
Morier (1809), First Journey, cap. xiv.; Sir W. Onseley (1812), Travels, vol. iii.
cap. xviii.; Sir K. K. Porter (1818), Travels, vol. i. pp. 251-306; J. B. Fraser
(1834), Winter's Journey, vol. i. Letter viii.; Col. TV. K. Stuart (1835), Journal
of a Residence, caps, v., vi.; Lady Sheil, Glimpses of Life, Jjc., cap. vii.; A. H.
Mounsey (1865), through the Caucasus, $c., cap. viii.; Mme. Dieulafoy
(1881), La Perse, pp. 66-119.
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The volume is Volume I of George Nathaniel Curzon, Persia and the Persian Question , 2 vols (London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1892).
The volume contains illustrations and four maps, including a map of Persia, Afghanistan and Beluchistan [Baluchistan].
The chapter headings are as follows:
- I Introductory
- II Ways and Means
- III From London to Ashkabad
- IV Transcaspia
- V From Ashkabad to Kuchan
- VI From Kuchan to Kelat-i-Nadiri
- VII Meshed
- VIII Politics and Commerce of Khorasan
- IX The Seistan Question
- X From Meshed to Teheran
- XI Teheran
- XII The Northern Provinces
- XIII The Shah - Royal Family - Ministers
- XIV The Government
- XV Institutions and Reforms
- XVI The North-West and Western Provinces
- XVII The Army
- XVIII Railways.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (351 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is divided into chapters. There is a list of contents between ff. 7-10, followed by a list of illustrations, f. 11. There is an index to this volume and Volume II between ff. 707-716 of IOR/L/PS/C43/2.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the first folio bearing text and terminates at 349 (the large map contained in a polyester sleeve loosely inserted between the last folio and the back cover). The numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle and appear in the top right-hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. Foliation anomaly: ff. 151, 151A. Folio 349 needs to be folded out to be read. There is also an original printed pagination sequence. This runs from viii-xxiv (ff. 3-11) and 2-639 (ff. 12-347).
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- IOR/L/PS/20/C43/1
- Title
- 'Persia and the Persian Question by the Hon. George Nathaniel Curzon, M.P.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1:24, 1:86, 86a:86b, 87:104, 104a:104b, 105:244, 244a:244d, 245:272, 272a:272b, 273:304, 304a:304b, 305:306, 306a:306b, 307:326, 326a:326b, 327:338, 338a:338b, 339:344, 344a:344b, 345:354, 354a:354b, 355:394, 394a:394b, 395:416, 416a:416b, 417:420, 420a:420b, 421:520, 520a:520d, 521:562, 562a:562b, 563:564, 564a:564b, 565:606, 606a:606b, 607:642, i-r:i-v, back-i
- Author
- Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
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- Public Domain