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Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Question by George Curzon, with Inserted Papers [414r] (830/1814)
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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Persia in 1832-3; and in March 1834 K six months before the'y^ ^ vlt
death of the old king, Path Ali Shah, there Arrived in Teheran ^ ^7^
large detachment of officers and sergeants from India, with ample ^
provision for every branch of the military service. Included A p
among the officers were the names of Sir Justin Sheil and Sir JI.' ^ ^ ^
Bawlinson (both of them afterwards Ministers to the Persian C\Vh
Court), Colonel Farrant (afterwards Charge d'affaires), Colbnel
Passmore, in command, Colonel Stodd^rt (murdered in Bokhara A ,
in 1842), and Colonel D’Arcy Todd, who was placed at the head of ^ * * V
the artillery. Colonel Sheil was sent to recruit a regiment among ^
the Shekaki tribe in Azerbaijan; Major Rawlinson was given ^ c /<^
the command of regiments drawn from the two famous Kurdish
tribes of Kalhur and Gfuran, and in 1836 marched with part
of the army of Bahman Mirza,
Prince Governor
A Prince of the Royal line who also acted as Governor of a large Iranian province during the Qājār period (1794-1925).
of Kermanshah,
through Luristan and Khnzistan to Shushter. 1 Sir H. Bethnne
was now again in Persia, and, upon the death of the old king, was
placed in command of the army, which safely and expeditiously
conducted the new sovereign, Mohammed Shah, to the capital, and
seated him upon the throne. In the same year (1835) he crushed
the rebellion of the king’s uncle, Hnsein Ali Mirza, the
Firman
A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’).
Firma, at Shiraz. In the re-awakened burst of military activity, a
sum of 2,800L was granted to him for two years for the re-esta
blishment of a foundry; and he was authorised to lay out 400L in
the purchase of musical instruments ! Two thousand rifles and
accoutrements and 500,000 flints were despatched from England
as presents for the Shah; and Lieutenant Wilbraham and eight
sergeants of the Rifle Brigade came out in 1836 to instruct the
Persians in the use of the European arms. Such were the character
and the dimensions of the last serious attempt made by the British
Government to remodel the army of Persia.
A very good account of the army at this period has been left
by Colonel Stuart, who came to Persia in 1835 as private secretaiy
to the British envoy, Sir H. Ellis. 2 The relics of old
and the introduction of new uniforms, the varying age
and character of the weapons employed, and the bizane
combination of Eastern and Western ideas, rendered it a decidedly
peculiar institution. When the envoy reached Zinjan, he was
1 He wrote an account of this march, and of the country traversed, entitled
Notes on a March from Zohab to Khuzistan,’ in the Journal of the R. G- v °t 1X *
Army of
Moham
med Shah
(1889).
2 Journal of a Residence, <fc., pp. 186-94.
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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).
- Extent and format
- 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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- English, Urdu and German in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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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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