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Correspondence and Papers on Persia [6v] (17/107)
The record is made up of 1 file (64 folios). It was created in Jul 1876-Jul 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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would be strengthened against the more warlike mountain class in the north-
east, the political and strategic value of such means of communication is at
once apparent. ,
For the construction and maintenance of this line from Mashhad, indeed
from Herat to Teheran and from Shikarpur to Quetta, no difficulty, political
or other, need be anticipated, for the former section is within Persian territory,
and would consequently be merely an extension of our existing system, whilst
the latter section falls within the jurisdiction of the Khan of Khelat, who
doubtless would be shrewd enough to see in it an additional means for the con
solidation of his own authority over his turbulent
sirdars
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
. I he cential links
of the line, passing as they do through Afghanistan, should be prominently
placed before the Amir as being specially needed in the interests of trade
and commerce ; and it may be confidently hoped that his support would be
enlisted. Should it turn out otherwise, his refusal will emphatically prove that
no circumstances can arise under which we may rely upon him. The length
of the line might be some 1,500 miles; its first outlay would thus probably not
exceed. . . ., and its working and maintenance would certainly be at any
rate far less than would be the annual charges of the often suggested British
military outposts, whilst the actual value of these latter would eventually be
insignificant compared with the results which must follow on the establish
ment of this telegraphic communication.
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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.
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- 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.
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- Mss Eur F111/58
- Title
- Correspondence and Papers on Persia
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:7v, 16r, 17r:18r, 19r:28v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence