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Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Question by George Curzon, with Inserted Papers [459v] (921/1814)
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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20 A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS IN GENERAL LITERATURE
ROCKHILL. —The Land of the
Lamas: Notes of a Journey
through China, Mangolia and Tibet.
With 2 Maps and 6 Illustrations. By
William Woodville Rockhill. 8vo.
155.
ROGET. —A History of the ‘Old
Water-Colour ’ Society (now
the Royal Society of Painters in Water-
Colours). With Biographical Notices of
its Older and all its Deceased Members
and Associates. By John Lewis Roget,
M.A. 2 vols. Royal 8vo. 425.
ROGET. —Thesaurus of English
Words and Phrases. Classified
and Arranged so as to facilitate the Ex- !
pression of Ideas. By Peter M. Roget. j
Crown 8vo. 10s. 6<f.
RONALDS. — The Fly - Fisher’s
Entomology. By Alfred '
Ronalds. With 20 Coloured Plates, j
8 vo. 14 s.
ROSSETTI—A Shadow of Dante :
being an Essay towards studying Himself, |
his World, and his Pilgrimage. By Maria
Francesca Rossetti. With Illustra- |
tions. Crown 8vo. 10s. 6 d.
RUSSELL. —A Life of Lord John
Russell (Earl Russell, K.G.). ^
By Spencer Walpole. With 2 Por
traits. 2 vols. 8vo. 36s. Cabinet Edition,
2 vols. Crown 8vo. 12s.
SEEBOHM {Frederic ).— WORKS BY.
The Oxford Reformers—John
Colet, Erasmus, and Thomas
More ; a History of their Fellow-
Work. 8 vo. 145.
The English Village Commu
nity Examined in its Relations to
the Manorial and Tribal Systems, &c. 13
Maps and Plates. 8vo. 165.
The Era of the Protestant
Revolution. With Map. Fcp.
8vo. 25 . 6d.
SE WELL. —Stories and Tales. By
Elizabeih M. Sewell. Crown 8vo.
I-l 6 d. each, cloth plain ; 25. 6 d each*
cloth extra, gilt edges
Amy Herbert.
The Earl’s Daughter.
The Experience of Life.
AGlimpse of the World.
Cleve Hall.
Katharine Ashton.
Margaret Percival.
S HA E E S P E A R E. — Eowdlcr’s
Family Shakespeare, i Vol
8vo. With 36 Woodcuts, 14s. or in 6
vols. Fcp. 8vo. 215.
Outlines of the Life of Shake
speare. By J. O. Halliwell-
Phillipps. With numerous Illustrations
and Fac-similes. 2 vols. Royal Svo.^i 15
A Calendar of the Halliwell-
Phillipps’ Collection of Shake
spearean Rarities Formerly
Preserved at Hollingbury Copse, Brighton.
Enlarged by Ernest E. Baker, F.S.a!
8vo. 105. 6<L
Shakespeare’s True Life. By
James Walter. With 500 Illustrations.
Imp. 8 vo. 215.
The Shakespeare Birthday
Book. By Mary F. Dunbar.
321110, 15. 6<f. cloth. With Photographs,
321110. 55. Drawing-Room Edition, with
Photographs, Fcp. 8vo. 105. 6c7.
SHORT. —Sketch of the History
of the Church of England
to the Revolution of 1688. By T. V.
Short, D.D. Crown 8vo. 75. 6t7.
SILVER LIBRARY (The).—
Crown 8vo. 35. 6 d. each volume.
Baker’s (Sir S. W.) Eight Years in
Ceylon. With 6 Illustrations. 35. 6<y
Baker’s (Sir S. W.) Rifle and Hound in
Ceylon. With 6 Illustrations. 35. 6A
Baring-Gould’s (J.) Curious Myths of
the Middle Ages. 35. 6d.
Brassey’s (Lady) A Voyage in the ‘Sun
beam’. With 66 Illustrations. 35. 6d.
Clodd’s (E.) Story of Creation: a Plain
Account of Evolution. With 77 Illustra
tions. 35. 6 d.
Doyle’s (A, Conan) Micai Clarke. A
Tale of Monmouth’s Rebellion. 35. 6d.
Fronde’s (J. A.) Short Studies on Great
Subjects. 4 vols. 35. 6d. each.
Fronde’s (J. A.) Caesar : a Sketch. 35. 6d.
Froude’s (J. A.) Thomas Carlyle: a
History of his Life. 1795-1835. 2 vols.
i 834- i 88i. 2 vols. 75. each.
Froude’s (J. A.) The Two Chiefs of
Dunboy an Irish Romance of the Last
Century. 35. 6d.
Gleig’s (Rev. G. R. ) Life of the Duke
of Wellington. With Portrait. y.6d.
Haggard’s (H. R.) She: A History ol
Adventure. 32 Illustrations. 35. 6d.
I Eaneton Parsonage.
Ursula.
Gertrude,
j Ivors.
Home Life.
After Life.
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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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