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Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Question by George Curzon, with Inserted Papers [411r] (824/1814)
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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follow his example. Then followed the short period of French
ascendancy in 1807-8, and the mission of General Gardanne.
Napoleon having promised the tallest military assistance, the latter
brought with him a staff of seventy commissioned and non-commis
sioned officers, who set to work in Azerbaijan and Kermanshah in
the drilling and instruction of large bodies of troops, with whom
they attained some success. Of these the best known names were
those of Trezel, Bernard, Lamy, Bontems, Fabrier, Reboul, Verdier.
England having tardily axygke to the danger involved in this
rapid Gallicisation of the country upon which she had already spent
2 . British suc b extravagant sums, Sir Harford Jones was sent out
officers in 1808 by the British Government to oust the French
and to negotiate a new treaty with Fath Ali Shah. In these
objects he was entnely successful j and his treaty, which was
signed m Ataich 1800, contained a clause providing for an aijnual
subsidy of 200,000 towjcms^ and as many British officers and troops,
free of charge, as were required. It was in fulfilment of this contract
that Sn John JHalcolm, starting from India on his third mission
to Persia in the following year, took with him a number of Anglo-
Indian officers, who passed into the Persian service, and among
whom were included the distinguished names of Christie, Lindsay,
Monteith, and Willock. Sir Gore Ouseley, following Sir H. Jones
from England, in 1811, was also accompanied by some English
officers (one of whom was Major D’Arcy, afterwards H’Arcy Todd)
and a detachment of English sergeants of the 47th regiment, to dis
cipline the Persian infantry. Major Christie, of the Bombay army,
undertook the charge of the latter body, or serbaz ; Lieutenant Lind
say, of the Madras army, raised and commanded a corps of artillery,
and worked with the most untiring zeal under the liberal patronage of
Abbas Mirza. The latter, however, positively declined to humour his
officer’s partiality for a shaven chin among the Persian artillerymen,
until one day a powder-horn exploded in the hands of a gunner and
blew off his beard, after which unmistakable admonition of Provi
dence, smooth chins became universal. Lindsay (afterwards Sir Henry
Lindsay-Bethune) for nearly forty years from this date filled an
important position in the Persian army, of which he subsequently
rose to be Commander-in-Chief. Standing 6ft. 8in. in height, he
reminded the Persians of their national hero, Rustam. In recog
nition of his services he was afterwards made a Baronet by the
British Government, and received the local rank of Major-General
VOL. I. p P
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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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