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Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Question by George Curzon, with Inserted Papers [50r] (106/1814)
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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near that of his Sainted Companion, was interred in this spot;’
In connection with this remark I may point out
that Khawaja Rabi was a Companion of Ali, the fourth of the
Great Caliphs.
The Khwaja|di ed. about a century before the birth of
Imam Riza.
The Chronological order of events makes it quite
irreconciable that the Khwaja and the Imam could have ever
been contemporarie». And, therefore, the former was fieither the
personal friend* nor ’the tutor* of Imam Riza. Your Lordship’s
remarkthat the hhwaja’s body was interred there simply be-
I
cause that spot happened to be near the Imam’s tomb is not at
all supported by historical facts. The fact is that long
after the death of the Thwaja the Imam came to Khorasan in
the reign of the Caliph mamun.He died there in 202 Hegira and
was interred in Meshed.
I am fully corroborated in my view by the two
great historian Asam Kufi and Ibni Khulkan. The former says
that ((English translation of the sferve) fOther representatives
and Officials came constantly one after the other from the
various parts of the Empire and presented themselves before
Amir-ul-mominin Ali, of these was Rabi bin Khasira with four
thousand armed and well equipped followers.’’J; and the latter
describes that |(Bnglish translation of the original ^rabic)
(’’Imam Riza died on the last day of the month of ’’Safar” in
202 Hegira at Tus. Mamun offered prayers and interred him
near the tomb of his (mamun’s) father Harun Rashid
Ibne Khulkan’s history,
Page 321, Published in Egypfr?)
Page 141
’’Tomb of Khwaja Rabi”.
Fateh Ali Khan was not the father of Agha Mohammad
Khan. He was his grand-i’ather. His son was Agha Mohammad
Hass an Khan, the founder of the Kajar dyne sty. Agha Mohammad
Khan was the son of the Agha Mohammad Hassan Khan and was the
second ruler of this family.
■ t^ge 161. Mo ague of Goh ar ah ad.
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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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