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Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Question by George Curzon, with Inserted Papers [49r] (104/1814)
The record is made up of 2 volumes with inserts (898 folios). It was created in 1892-1924. It was written in English, Urdu and German. 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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* “Persia and Persian Question'*
J Page 94, , Zob ran t o Ko chan #
Regarding your Lordship’s remarks on the Stern end strict
abstinence from all sorts of intoxicating liquors on the part
of the Sunnis and on the indulgence of the Shias : 'in habits of
drinking to excess, I have my own humble observations to sub
mit to your Lordship*
Your Lordship’s remarks have raised two important issues
the one being the total abstinence from drinking on the part
of the Sunnis, and the other bring the seeking of the Shi as
an exemption from strict prohibition.Both these points are
open to question and require further support and proof. It is
needless to point out that in fact the case is just the re
verse. In accordance with the Sunni Boctrine, the use of cer
tain liquors such as ,, Nabiz rt -is permissible, on the other hand
‘H' *-
the Shias consider the liquors in all the varietie s totally
, *forbidden w and unlawful making no exception whatsoever.
The correctness of the remarks made by your Lordship in
this respect has rightly been challenged by mr^Zafar Ali Khan,
B. A.Alig (a Sunni by religion) who has lately rendered the
book "Persia and Persian question" into Urdu as "Khayaban-i-
faris" in a foot note which runs as follows
’The religions differences between the two Islamic Sects,
Sunnis and Shias, have no bearing on the prohibition of eat
ables or drinks.Both of them are perfectly at one in recog
nising the prohibition of all sorts of intoxicant drugs and
drinks.But, however, it is sad to observe that there are
people in the ranks of each of these two sects who sinfully
violate this commandment.Speaking from religions stand point
we find that neither of the two sects ever enjoyed exemption
in this respect!
Page 145.Tomb of Khwaja Rabi.
Your Lordship has observed "Continuing for a mile, we
reached the enclosure of the tomb of Khwaja Rabi, a holy man
who is variously reported as having been the personal friend
and the tutor of Imam Riza, and whose body, in order to be
J
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These two volumes are George Curzon's own personal annotated copies of both volumes of his book Persia and the Persian Question , which was published in 1892. Alongside the volumes are various loose papers relating to Persia [Iran], consisting of the following: received correspondence; newspaper cuttings; publishers' press releases; cuttings from various booksellers' catalogues; various journal and magazine articles; two items of printed official British correspondence; several prints of photographs and sketches; and a few handwritten notes by Curzon.
In most cases these papers, which range in date from 1892 to 1924, relate to the chapters in the book where they were originally inserted, suggesting that they were kept by Curzon with the intention of using them to inform a revised edition of the book.
Of particular note among the small amount of correspondence are two letters received by Curzon in 1914 and 1915 from retired schoolmaster and Islamic scholar Sayyid Mazhar Hasan Musawi of Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India (ff 5-9 and ff 44-53). These letters, which are written in Urdu and are accompanied by English translations, discuss in detail several inaccuracies found in the Urdu version of Persia and the Persian Question .
The various prints of photographs and sketches, which were originally inserted into volume two, are of different locations in the Gulf region. Several of these appear to have been produced in preparation for the publication of the second volume of John Gordon Lorimer's Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Oman and Central Arabia (i.e. the 'Geographical and Statistical' section) in 1908, as they are identical to the versions found in that volume.
Also of note among the loose papers are an illustrated article from Country Life dated 5 June 1920, entitled 'The People of Persia' (ff 36-37), and a printed family tree of the Shah of Persia [Aḥmad Shah Qājār], produced in preparation of his visit to Britain in 1919 (f 233).
Volume one of Persia and the Persian Question contains a map of Persia, Afghanistan and Beluchistan [Balochistan], which is folded inside the front cover (f 1).
The German language material consists of a publisher's press release for two books authored by German archaeologist Ernst Emil Herzfeld (ff 29-30).
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- 2 volumes with inserts (898 folios)
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Foliation: this shelfmark consists of two physical volumes. The foliation sequence commences at the first folio of volume one (1-463), and terminates at the last folio of volume two (ff 464-898); 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. Each volume contains a large number of loose leaves, which have been foliated in the order that they were inserted into the volume; for conservation reasons, these loose folios have been removed from the volume and stored separately. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers of the two volumes.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Questionby George Curzon, with Inserted Papers
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- 49r:53v
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- Musawi, Sayyid Mazhar Hasan xx Musawi Saharanpuri, Sayyid Mazhar Hasan
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