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Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Question by George Curzon, with Inserted Papers [81r] (168/1814)
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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cormorants, geese, swans, duck, coots, divers, guillemots, gulls,
pelicans, crane, and snipe. They dot the surface and swarm in the
islets and reed-beds on its inner fringe, supplying a foretaste to
the sportsman of the richness of the entire belt of country between
the sea and the mountains, which abounds in game. At the
southern extremity of the lagoon the launch is exchanged foi a
native boat, which is towed up a creek for five miles to the fishing
village of Pir-i-Bazaar.
Pir-i-Bazaar (i.e. Saint of the Bazaar ; more probably Pileh-
Bazaar, i.e. the Cocoon Mart, so called from the silk industry)
Ph-i- consists of a
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
, a few houses and sheds, and
Bazaar a fishing establishment, a weir being thrown across the
stream at this point, resulting m a multitudinous capture of a species
of carp. Rickety carriages are here available which transport the
new—comer along a vile road, roughly paved, foi a distance of six
miles through the jungle to Resht. The Resht river, or Shah
Rudbar, flows down to the sea on the left hand, and snakes and
tortoises crawl in the slimy watercourses and swamps on the
right.
Of Resht I shall have something to say in a later chapter upon
the northern provinces of Persia, of one of which, viz. Gilan, it is the
capital city. In this context it is regarded solely as the
Ecslit town in which the traveller sets foot on Persian soil,
and as the starting-point of his journey into the interior. From
the aspect of the place and of the surrounding country he will
probably derive an impression of Persian scenery and life which
requires very early to be abandoned, and which is as unlike the
general characteristics with which he will afterwards become so
sorrowfully familiar as Dover is unlike Aden. At Resht he sees
red-tiled cottages and mosques, lanes, and hedgerows, and gardens,
which speak to him of other lands, whilst in the wealth of wood
and water that is spread around he observes a favourable indica
tion of the fertility of Persian soil. Let him take his soul’s fill of
both sights; for the modest yet appreciable architectural features
of Resht he will see nowhere repeated beyond the Caspian littoral,
and the forests and rivers will presently be succeeded by stony
deserts and treeless peaks.
At Resht the traveller will form his first experience of that
Persian wayfaring, of whose pleasures and pains I shall have so
much to say as I proceed. Here he must decide between the only
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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)
- Physical characteristics
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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- Mss Eur F111/33
- Title
- Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Questionby George Curzon, with Inserted Papers
- Pages
- 54r:135v, 147r:149v, 158r:180v, 183r:221v, 224r:224v, 227r:246v, 248r:257v, 259r:260v, 268r:362v, 364r:364v, 367r:388v, 390r:400v, 402r:416v, 419r:432v, 434r:444v, 448r:462v, 464r:471v, 475r:481v, 483r:513v, 516r:525v, 527r:544v, 546r:563v, 566r:598v, 600r:622v, 624r:656v, 658r:665v, 667r:675v, 678r:684v, 687r:688v, 691r:691v, 693r:693v, 695r:708v, 711r:721v, 724r:726v, 728r:729v, 731r:736v, 742r:742v, 746r:757v, 759r:761v, 763r:763v, 765r:765v, 772r:777v, 780r:789v, 793r:794v, 797r:809v, 811r:821v, 825r:840v, 843r:898v
- Author
- Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
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