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Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Question by George Curzon, with Inserted Papers [90r] (186/1814)
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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WAYS AND MEANS
47
subsequently narrate my own experiences, I will only add here
that it leads through the cities ol Shiraz, Isfahan, Kashan, and
Kum, to Teheran, a total distance of just 770 miles. The first
170 miles, between Bushire and Shiraz, must be covered by cara
van, there being no postal road over the precipitous ladders ol the
southern mountains; but from Shiraz northwards the rider can
clatter along as fast as spur, bridle, and horse-hoof can forward
him.
The risks and desagrements ol this route, which are not incon
siderable, are likely before long to be obviated by the creation ol
X Moliam- ^ riew avenue ol entry into Persia fiom a point some
merah- w p at f ur ther to the west upon the southern coast line,
route Just as the aggrandisement of Russia upon the north
eastern borders of Persia has resulted in the construction ol the
Ashkabad-Kuchan road, already alluded to, so the predominance
of British influence in the south is likely to lead to the construc
tion of a new road from the Karun River, vid Ahwaz, Shushter,
Dizful, Khorremabad, and Burujird, to Teheran. A concession has
been procured by the Imperial Bank of Persia, lor the authorised
execution of this enterprise, which was commenced in the autumn
of 1890; and, should it be successfully completed, we may find
that the stream of future travel is largely diverted from the Bushire
line to one that will possess the advantage of being shorter by 250
miles from the point ol debarkation to the capital. More about
this, too, will be said elsewhere. For the present the line thus
sketched cannot be considered as practicable for travellers, nor be
recommended to the stranger.
The circuit which has already brought my readers to the
furthest extremity of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, and to the outlet ol the
XI Bagii an( ^- Euphrates does not require to be greatly ex-
dad-Tehe- tended in order to land them at Baghdad, which, it may
ian loute sur p r j [ S 0 many at home to hear, is one ol the most in
teresting points of departure for the Persian frontier and interior.
Not only is there a considerable movement of trade into and from
Persia in this direction, but some of the most notable Persian
cities and monuments of antiquity can be visited from this quarter,
and, it may almost be said, from this alone. Let me first state,
therefore, the various means of reaching Baghdad, and then briefly
sketch the route from thence across the Persian border.
Some years ago, when I was first contemplating a visit to
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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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- 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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