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Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Question by George Curzon, with Inserted Papers [281r] (564/1814)
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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TEHERAN 343
n sort of Iranian Jardin des Plantes, or Zoo, is evidenced by the
rent of 500 hrans per annum exacted by the crown from the lessee
of a small coffee-house at the entrance of the garden. In the
neighbourhood of Doshan-Tepe are two other royal shooting-boxes,
Kasr Eiruz to the south, and Surkheh Hissar to the north. Further
to the east is a more considerable hunting-lodge on the banks of
the Jajrud.
The Shah, as I have indicated, is not the sole patron of the
slopes of Shimran. His sons and the nobility in general have
British followed the royal example, and there are many tasteful
afcuiiahek anc ^ beautiful residences perched on the hill-sides or
hidden in the valleys. Of these, by no means the least
agreeable is the summer residence of the British Legation in the
village of Gulahek, about six miles from the northern gate of the
-capital, and said to be 700 feet higher in elevation. The seignorial
rights of this village—the lordship of the manor, in fact—were pre
sented by Mohammed Shah to Sir John Campbell in 1835; the
grounds and garden, in which stand the Minister’s residence, were
the gift of the reigning sovereign. Under the terms of these
concessions the villagers of Gulahek, which consists of about 100
houses, enjoy quite peculiar privileges, being exempt from the
obligations both of conscription and of the billeting of troops. Their
assessment is payable to the British Government, and is levied by
the Legation. Petty jurisdiction is exercised among them by a
village keclkhodoj (or headman), who is nominated by the British
Ministei, and is responsible to the member of the Legation invested
with Consular functions. As at Teheran, there are more than
one edifice in the enclosure belonging to the Mission ; but the main
building alone is of any size. This is supplemented by a great
Indian
durbar
A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family).
-tent, which is pitched outside and serves as a dining*
and drawing room during the summer months. The surrounding
gai den is a dense thicket of trees, and, though not comparable with
wdiat we style a garden here, is yet far better adapted to the torrid *
climate, from which its shade in the summer affords an invaluable
piotection. The recent purchase of a neighbouring garden, with
its water-supply (every gallon of the precious fluid having awell-
ascertamed and costly market value), has added to the attractions
of a residence without which it wmuld be impossible for the staff
of a European Legation to remain at the capital during the hot
months. Russia is similarly favoured in the possession of the
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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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