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Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Question by George Curzon, with Inserted Papers [397r] (796/1814)
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 NORTH-WEST AND WESTERN PROVINCES
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repeat what I have often said before, that no numerical calcula
tions in Persia agree, or can be accepted with implicit confidence.
The above-quoted table is, however, useful as supplying us with a
fairly correct classification of the Persian Kurds, about which some
more ample information may be opportune.
There can be no doubt that by far the most lawless and rascally
of the Kurds are the frontier tribes, who migrate forwards and
i Fron _ backwards across the border line, according to the season
tier tribes 0 f ^] ie y ear or the hope of plunder, seeking refuge from
an atrocity in the one country by retreat to the other. Twenty-
five years ago, Mr. J. G. Taylor, British Consul at Diarbekr, penned
the following paragraph, which is as true now as when composed :
This mixed nationality of one family and the still unsettled state
of the frontier cause interminable disputes between the governments
of Persia and Turkey. The Kurds being equally at home in one
country as in the other, cross the border whenever they feel inclined
or it suits their purpose, either for business or to evade proper punish-
ment due to crimes committed in one or the other country. All
attempts to levy taxes, enforce conscription, and arrest offenders are
thwarted by a hasty migration to Persia or Turkey, as the case may
be. The military cordon stationed along the line that ought, if
efficiently organised, to assist Government in enforcing order and
obedience is totally useless for either, while the jealousies and quarrels
invariably existing between the civil and military authorities thwart
any well-devised action of the former.
Of these border-nomads and Azerbaijani Kurds, the following is
the latest computation that I have received:—
Tents or ‘A - -—A
Families
Shehah }—Partly Turkish, partly Persian, and noted robbers ;
Sunnis of Shafei sect ........ 3,500
IZdr&i.-—Crossing in summer into Persia and descending in winter
to the plains of Mosul ........ 2,000
Oramar .—A few of whom cross the Persian frontier in summer
Karapapali .—Villagers of the Sulduz and Baradost (Beranduz)
plains; Shiahs 3,000
-p A+ka. Mihri. —East and north-east of Suj Bulak ; Sunnis and sedentary 2,000
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4 ( ^Menhuri .—South of Suj Bulak; Sunnis and sedentary. . . 5,000
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'Mamash .—In district of Lahijan, west and south-west of Su;
Bulak ; Sunnis and sedentary .....
Zeza .—In mountains north-west of Ushnu ; Sunnis and robbers
Haideranlu .—Large tribe on frontier near Khoi . . ^
1 Their chief, Ali Khan, is in prison at Tabriz
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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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- 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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