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Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Question by George Curzon, with Inserted Papers [496r] (1002/1814)
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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FROM TEHERAN TO ISFAHAN al
cirSd 1 !. tha ‘ ** "•»»>
(Meshe<l Ali) near fte EupWes, whera he" rtpTJed the tigfif
by a jewelled substitute. The Hua ™o„„- ,, s mal
ever to be AH O P ,4*10 H ", meaning would appear, how
ever, to be AH (i e. Aali) Kapi or the Sublime Porte. Its sanctity
has now fallen mto comparative abeyance, although any one “S
under he ch„„ at the tacit, which it covered with rage at offm ™
Ld ™ .“tio^d he touched ; but in the Sef.vidJL itwatgli
and unquestioned No one m.ght walk over the threshold the
king never crossed it on horseback; all r ,ei p ie„ ts „f ^
favour went and kissed the gate; ,„ d it „a, held an inviolable
asylum, from winch none but the sovereign could drag a W
particulars^ ^ T ” e ™“ »«
Tis the custom of all Ambassadors to salute the Gate of 411 b v
reason of a white marble stone made like an asses back, and which
serves for a step • being, as they report, brought anciently out of
Arabia, where AH liv’d. That day that the new King receives Ws
Ensignia o Royalty, he goes to stride over that Stone, and if by
negligence he should chance to touch it, there are four guards at the
gate that would make a show of thrusting him back again.
. ^ r ° m ^evenot it appears that this sacred stone was not situated
m the gateway, but at the end of an alley leading from the AH
In the talar or open portal above, supported by twelve wooden
co umns and containing a marble basin in the centre, the kino-
gave audience to the ambassadors at No Ruz; and there he sat to
witness the horse races and polo, the wild beast fights and public
entertainments below. The building, when I Visited it, was
unoccupied; and presented a very forlorn and deserted appearance.
Inis portal is the most advanced portion of the Royal Palace
6 Various courts an< l gardens and pavilions of which occupy an
Palace lmmense s P ac e, estimated by Chardin as four and a half
A miles in circuit, along the entire western side of the
^ ei an, terminating on the far side in the avenue of the Chehar
a • In this palace still lives the Zil-es-Sultan as Governor of
saian ; but some of its courts abutting on the square are
surrendered to public officials, and, in the absence of the prince,
j TCre cr °wded by the applicants for ministerial or magisterial
avoiu. A ground plan of the entire block would alone reveal or
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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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