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'Persia and the Persian Question by the Hon. George Nathaniel Curzon, M.P.' [437] (496/714)
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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THE GOVERNMENT
437
ruling family, much after the fashion of the Italian cities before
the Kenaissance.
There is no fixed principle or permanence in the administra
tive subdivisions of Persia. Their separation or combination is
Adminis- re g u l ;ite< l bv the ability or reputation of their governors,
divisions and . by the SCOpe that ma y be con ceded thereto by the
confidence or the fears of the sovereign. Thus, for
instance, a larger number of provinces were collected under the
rule of the Shahs eldest son, the Zil-es-Sultan, prior to his fall,
three years ago, than have probably ever before been assigned
even to a prince of the royal family. Abbas Mirza, at the height
of his power, when Khorasan had been joined to Azerbaijan and
placed beneath his sway, did not wield as extensive an authority
as this piince. Since his disgrace the vast dominion under his
rule has been resolved again into its constituent elements; and the
following list of the Persian provinces and administrative districts
at the time of my visit in 1889, probably exhibits a larger number
ol independent posts and functionaries than at any recent period of
Persian history. It should further be remarked that no principle,
geographical, ethnographical, or political, appears to be adopted in
determining the borders and size ot the various divisions, which
vary in extent from a province larger than the whole of England, to
a small and decayed town with its immediate surroundings.
I. Largek Provinces or Districts
Administrative Division
Azerbaijan ....
Khorasan and Seistau .
Teheran and Dependencies .
Fars .....
Isfahan and Dependencies .
Kerman and Persian Belu-
chistan
Capital
Tabriz
Meshed
Teheran
Shiraz
Isfahan
Kerman
Administrative Division
Arabistan ....
Gilan and Talish .
Mazanderan
Yezd and Dependencies
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Littoral and
Islands
Capital
Shushter
Eesht
Arnol
Yezd
Bushire
II. Smaller Provinces or Districts
Administrative Division
Kurdistan .
Lurlstan
Irak and Ferahan
Kazvin
Astrabad
Semnan and Danighan
Kum
Capital
Sinna
Khorremabad
Sultanabad
Kashan
Gulpaigan and Khonsar
Mahallat
Kezzaz
Administrative Division Capital
Kermanshah . , Kermanshahan
Khamseh . . . Zinjan
Malayer and Tusirkan. Dowletabad
Hamadan
Nihavend
Natanz
Biabanek ami Jandek
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- Content
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.
- Physical characteristics
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