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Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Question by George Curzon, with Inserted Papers [330r] (662/1814)
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 SHAH—ROYAL FAMILY—MINISTERS
431
The
Amir-i-
Nizam
jealousies among the suite, obtained permission to retire from there
and undertake a pilgrimage to Mecca. One of his sons, who bears
the title of the Sani-ed-Dowleh, is married to a daughter of the
Vali-Ahd.
Among other prominent personages, though not actually a
minister of the Crown, must be mentioned the Amir-i-Nizam,
Hasan Ali Khan, who till lately was Vizier to the Heir
Apparent in Azerbaijan, and was for years the real governor
of that province. This remarkable man is a native of
Bijar, a small town in the Germs district between Sinna and
Kazvin. The country of Bijar, where his family have lived long
and have some influence, is Kurdish, though they are Persians.
It was no doubt owing to these patrimonial surroundings that he
understood the Kurds so well and kept them, on the whole, in
such excellent order. Formerly Persian Minister in Paris, he
speaks French with perfect facility and is imbued with Western and
progressive ideas. He has also been several times in London.
Before being raised to his recent high office he was Minister of
Public Works in Teheran. A man of very strong will and deter
mination, he reduced turbulence in Azerbaijan to a minimum
and was the best provincial administrator in Persia. Though far
advanced in years, being now seventy-five or seventy-six years of
age, he is hale and robust, is frequently spoken of as a likely
Minister of Foreign Affairs, and in a new reign would possibly
be appointed Grand Vizier to the sovereign. 1
Another powerful individual is the Sahib Diwan, Fathullah
Khan, a wealthy nobleman of Shiraz, who has been both Vizier to
the Vali-Ahd at Tabriz, and Governor of Isfahan and Fars,
and who formerly held office in the capital. His adminis
tration at Shiraz was reported to be hard and avaricious,
but strong. He is a man of enlightened views and intelligence’
and, in spite of his years, is said to covet the post of First Minister’
which he sees with reluctance in its present occupant’s hands In
the spring of the present year he was appointed Governor-General
of Khorasan, where it is to be hoped that he will prove less pliant
than his predecessor.
u ' He WaS reCalIed by the Shah C® 6 ?*' 1891 > on account of the disturbances in
iabriz arising out of the Tobacco Concession, which he is alleged to have fomented •
but has since been appointed Governor of Kermanshah and Persian Kurdistan’
I have before alluded to his unconcealed Russian proclivities.
The
Sahib
Diwan
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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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