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Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Question by George Curzon, with Inserted Papers [118r] (242/1814)
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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The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
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(i.e. Boldness of the Empire, a title conferred upon him fey the
Shah), has, during his life of over sixty years, enjoyed a some- *
what checkered existence. In early days he took part f .*c, ^
in the campaign against Herat in 1856-7, and in the 0
Persian expedition against Mery that had such disastrous cr^ ' : 1,1,
consequences in 1860. Vain, ambitious, and inordinately proud,
he was unwise enough, after succeeding to the chieftainship, to
incur the enmity of the Governor-General of Khorasan. Sum
moned to Meshed to render account, he declined to obey, and held
out till a Persian army, sent to chastise him, arrived within sight
of Kuchan, when a compromise was arrived at, and the
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
was left in possession on payment of a fine to the Shah which I
have heard variously named as 3,00(P. and 7.000L Again, how
ever, he was either guilty or was suspected of rebellion, and on
this second occasion was summoned to Teheran, deposed and im
prisoned, his son being made
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
in his stead. After a short
time, probably in return for a second and larger ransom, he was
released and reinstated, and has since remained in undisturbed
possession, having learnt quite enough of the present Shah to find
that rebellion, even on the part of a Warden of the Marches, no
longer pays. Though the deterioration of his Kurdish clansmen,
arising from a long period of peace, and the weakening of his own
position consequent upon the strength of the present Shah, and
upon the centralisation introduced in all parts of the kingdom by
the electric telegraph, have shorn the Khan of much of his ancient
prestige, he is still one of the most powerful vassals of the Persian
crown, and, apart from his own personality, is interesting as per
haps the last survival of a vanishing order. /d tj2«^
With his eldest son, Abul Hasan Khan, now about thirty-six
years of age, he has long been upon the worst of terms. The
latter was once Governor of Shir wan, the second town of
the principality, but was deposed and imprisoned by his
father. He now resides at Chinaran, where he enjoys a fixed
revenue by order of the Shah, and had lately married a daughter
of the Vizier of Khorasan. It is not certain, however, whether
he will succeed the old
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
, as he is subject to fits of madness,
in one of which he was said to have beaten his former wife, a
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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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