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'Persia and the Persian Question by the Hon. George Nathaniel Curzon, M.P.' [556] (619/714)
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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556
PERSIA
Suj Bulak, with a population of 15,000, is the local capital of the
Kurds of Azerbaijan. It is ruled by a Kurdish governor (subject
to the Governor-General of Tabriz), the present holder of the
office, Saif-ed-Din Khan, being a well-educated man, with a know
ledge of French.
Between the provinces of Azerbaijan and Kermanshah is
situated the small province of Ardelan, or Persian Kurdistan proper,
2. Kur- inhabited mainly by sedentary Kurds. The capital,
proper Smna ' is situate d in an open, cultivated valley, and the
Governor, at present Ferhad Mirza, a cousin of the
Shah, occupies a fine palace, also containing the barracks, on an
eminence in the centre of the town. Here are commonly stationed
two Kurdish regiments of 800 men, and a battery of artillery. It
is only within the present reign that this province has been
thoroughly subdued to the central authority. For centuries it was
ruled by almost independent Guran cliieftains, of the house of
Beni Ardelan, claiming descent from Saladin, and bearing the title
of ^ ali of Ardelan. When Rich was here, in 1820, he found the
Wali absolutely independent of Teheran, and ruling his province
like a kingdom. Upon the death, however, of the last male in
the direct line, about thirty years ago, the Shah disinherited the
lemaining male relatives, whose family are now reduced to in
significance, and signalised his recovered sovereignty by appointing
his uncle as Governor. I have been supplied with the following
list of Kurds in Ardelan, but cannot vouch for its accuracv:—
Kallmr. -In the district of Sakiz .
Tailaku.—ln the district of Hawatu
Oulbaki. —In the district of Hawatu
Sheilih Isviail}—\n the district of Isfandabad
I urpisliah} —In the district of Isfandabad
Mundami. —In the district of Hasandabad .
Mamun, Jabrachi.~ln the district of Bilawar
In the district of Bilawar
Gurgai.—ln the district of Lailagh
Lch. —In the district of Lailagh .
Shamshiri} —On the frontier
Lastly are the Kurds of Kermanshah, or the province of which
Kermanshahan - is the capital. Through this district, and through
^ Nomads, migrating in winter into Turkish territory.
Locally, Kermanshah is the name given to the province, Kermanshalian to
us capital. By Europeans both are commonly called Kermanshah.
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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