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Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Question by George Curzon, with Inserted Papers [333r] (668/1814)
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 GOVERNMENT
437
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uzier or minister,
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of the Kurdish,
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o the governor of
ng hierarchy, the
gain, however, in
’e found to exist
my chapter upon
is of Kuchan and
shall subsequently
lakhtiari Lurs, the
or from the ruling
re custom of direct
f local magistrates
1 the Jcedkhodas in
free choice, yet in
*eeable to the in-
rnment falls into
serious in Persia,
ar choice as a rule
■ these offices, and
de, some
3 ctive or
[n many
a single
ruling family, much after the fashion of the Italian cities before
the Renaissance.
There is no fixed principle or permanence in the administra
tive subdivisions of Persia. Their separation or combination is
regulated by the ability or reputation of their governors,
nanve 1 "' and by the scope that may be conceded thereto by the
divisions or the fears of the sovereign. Thus, for
instance, a larger number of provinces were collected under the
rule of the Shah’s eldest son, the Zil-es~Sultan, prior to his fall,
three years ago, than have probably ever before been assigned
even to a prince of the royal family. Abbas Mirza, at the height
of his power, when Kliorasan had been joined to Azerbaijan and
placed beneath his sway, did not wield as extensive an authority
as this prince. Since his disgrace the vast dominion under his
rule lias been resolved again into its constituent elements; and the
following list of the Persian provinces and administrative districts
at the time of my visit in 1889, probably exhibits a larger number
of independent posts and functionaries than at any recent period of
Persian history. It should further he remarked that no principle,
geographical, ethnographical, or political, appears to he adopted m
determining the borders and size of the various divisions, which
vary in extent from a province larger than the whole of England, to
a small and decayed town with its immediate surroundings.
I. Larger Provinces or Districts
Administrative Division Capital
Azerbaijan .... Tabriz
Khorasan and Seistan . . Meshed
Teheran and Dependencies . Teheran
Fars Shiraz
Isfahan and Dependencies . Isfahan
Kerman and Persian Belu-
chistan .... Kerman
Administrative Division
Arabistan ....
Gilan and Talish .
Mazanderan
Yezd and Dependencies
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Littoral and
Islands . . . .
Capital
Shnshter
Resht
Amol
Yezd
Bushire -
II. Smaller Provinces or Districts
Administrative Division
Kurdistan .
Luristan
Irak and Ferahan
Kazvin
Astrabad
Semnan and Damghan
Kum
Capital Administrative Division Capital
Sinna Kermanshah . . Kermanshahan
Khorremabad Khamseh . . . Zinjan
Sultanabad MalayerandTusirkan. Dowletabad
Kashan
Gulpaigan and Khonsar
Mahallat
j
Kezzaz
I G errus
Ramadan
Nihavend
Natanz
Biabanek and Jandek
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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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- 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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