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Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Question by George Curzon, with Inserted Papers [424r] (850/1814)
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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iments are disbanded;!
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of each infantry regime
of 100 officers and mei
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of 700. The
in
1), two majors
dtan), ten first
(naib-i-doyum),^^
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t ) The non-com®® ,
lominal pay " f tli ‘ J
to be received; when not on active service the last alone, not, how
ever, entirely in cash, 30 out of the 80 h'ans being so paid, and
pay and equivalent of the remainder being supplied in two
rations bharvars of wheat. A deduction of 20 per cent, is also
uniformly made on the salaries of all officers from the rank of
major upwards :—
Rank
Military pay
Rations
Home pay
Krans
Krans
Krans
Private .....
70
90
80
Corporal ....
80
90
80
Sergeant ....
90
\
90
80
Sergeant-Major
190
138
80
Ensign .....
190
126
80
Second Lieutenant
190
126
80
First Lieutenant .
Captain .....
280
126
80
Adjutant ...
Standard Bearer .
580
540
80
Second Major
1,000
1,140
80
First Major ....
1,200
1,140
80
Colonel (Serhang) .
4,000
1,860
0
3rd Class Sertip
7,500
3,000
0
2nd Class Sertip .
9,000
3,960
0
1st Class Sertip
12,000
!
6,000
0
1
Outside the capital the Persian soldier is seldom seen in a com
plete uniform. 1 Articles of private clothing fill the gaps left by the
inadequate or absent official garb. The ordinary uniform
0 s » for regiments of the line is a tunic of coarse bine serge,
with a brown leather belt, trousers of the same, and a shako ol
black lambskin with a brass badge in front; but it is rare to find
a soldier who possesses the entire equipment. Theoretically, every
private is supposed to receive two suits of cotton, one suit of cloth,
and two pairs of boots per annum; whilst, every two years, when
the regiment is disbanded, lie is entitled to a bonus ol six months
pay to help him home. The former he seldom receives ; the lattei
never. I have seen soldiers in many parts of the world, but rarely
have I seen such creditable specimens of manhood so woefully
attired, or so dismally furnished.
1 The parti-coloured diversity of Persian uniforms is no new thing. Two and
a half centuries ago the Factors of the East India Company at Isfahan wrote as
follows to the Directors : ‘ The King (Shah Abbas) has determined to distribute
2,000 cloths (pieces) to his soldiers, who are to the number of 35,000, in yeai y
pay. The colour should be hare colour, deer colour, popinjay, peach, brims one,
red, green, and such-like light coloursCalendar of State Papers (East incies),
vol. iii. No. 577.
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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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- 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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