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Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Question by George Curzon, with Inserted Papers [102v] (211/1814)
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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72
PERSIA
and terminus could be permanently fixed in a shallow bay, commonly
frozen over in winter, and presenting no advantages for the storage
or embarkation of merchandise or for the debarkation of troops
General AnnenkofF, however, had all the affection for Uzun Ada
that a parent feels for a single and sickly child, and his attitude
assured me that he would fight against the change with all the
energy of desperation. He asked me of what good were twenty-four
feet of water when the only vessels that were required were those with
a draught of fourteen feet; where could be seen better piers than the
wooden erections at Uzun Ada; and, when I pointed to the bales
of cotton strewn pell-mell in every direction and awaiting shipment,
where could more ample space be found than in their present
resting-place ? The only valid arguments against the change
appeared to me to be the capital that had already been sunk in
Uzun Ada, and the cost of the additional fifty-three miles of railway
that will be required, entailing a corresponding increase in freight
charges. Such an increase, however, will probably be more than
counterbalanced for traders by the reduced cost of transport to
Baku, which stands at 10 kopecks a poud from Uzun Ada, but
might, it is said, be reduced to 5 kopecks a poud from Krasnovodsk.
the. deviation of the line, as decided upon, will start from the
station of Mullah fvari, thirty-two miles from Uzun Ada, and will
mn to Kiasnovodsk, a distance of eighty-five miles.
Between the stations of Bala Ishem and Kazanjik, I heard of
a realignment of the railroad for a distance of sixty miles; but,
Further having passed over this portion of the line in the night,
ments Ve " ^ cann ot say whether this description was correct, or
whether the rails were merely relaid. The naphtha
wells of Bala Ishem, to which a Decauville railway was originally
aid, have ceased to be worked; the cost of production, in the-
sence of any refineries on the east coast of the Caspian, being
greater than that of transport from the stills of Baku*
i Arvat, 160 miles from Uzun Ada, a large workshop
fitted up, at a cost of 50,000/., by an English engineer
Workshop 1 e Ad e nt in St. Petersburg, for the repair and, it was
Arvu!t Zl1 Sai j ^ 10 manu ^ ac fure of locomotives, and for the general
cui^irt, 8 ’ meclmnical requirements of the line. He was expressly
and bridges Prohibited from employing foreign materials or workmen.
iese woiks, when completed, would oive permanent
employment to 600 men. The buildings were already illuminated
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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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