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Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Question by George Curzon, with Inserted Papers [504r] (1020/1814)
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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who reigned 1523-75 A d., to conduct to the Mohammedan suburb
of Marnuu to the west of Julfa. The bridge is built of brick, and
Bridge of pi erce d by arches of every size and shape resting upon
Marnun pi ers of roughly hewn stones. The city having so
greatly contracted its borders, this bridge is now little used. The
Armenians call it the Sarfaraz bridge, and ascribe its erection to one
of their own countrymen.
Next in order on the east comes the famous Bridge of Ali
Verdi Khan, the general of Shah Abbas, which is also known as
Bridge Of tlie Bri( % e of and th 0 Pul-i-Chehar Bagli, from the
Ali Verdi fact that it conducts from the base of that avenue to the
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southern bank of the river. This beautiful structure,
whose main features and proportions the march of decay has been
powerless to destroy, is alone worth a visit to Isfahan to see ; albeit,
a priori, one would hardly expect to have to travel to Persia to see
what may, in all probability, be termed the stateliest bridge in the
world. Approached by a paved ramp or causeway from the avenue,
the bridge is entered at the north end under a gateway. Its entire
length is 388 yards, the breadth of the paved roadway is thirty
feet. 1 Upon either side a narrow pathway, or covered arcade, two
and a half feet in width, is pierced, along the entire length of the
bridge, in the outer wall, communicating with the main roadway by
frequent arches, and opening by similar arches, over ninety in number,
on to the river view. In a few places, this gallery expands into larger
chambers, which were originally adorned by not too proper paint
ings, of the time of Abbas II. Access can also be gained by stair
cases in the round towers at the corners of the bridge to an upper
platform, upon which are now planted the telegraphic poles support
ing the wires to Julfa, but which was formerly used as a promenade
in the warm weather. Similar staircases, cut in the basements of
the towers and also at regular intervals in the main piers, conduct
from the road level to a lower storey, where, but little elevated
(Amaen. Jtfxot., p. 166); Chardin, Marenon. Krusinski called it the Bridge of
Abbasabad, the name, as we learn from Chardin, of the finest suburb of old
Isfahan, containing 2,000 houses, 12 mosques, 19 baths, 24 caravanserais, and
5 madressehs, peopled by a colony which Shah Abbas had transplanted from
Tabriz.
1 Again the measurements of our authorities differ irreconcilably Chardin,.
360-13 yards; Tavernier, 350-23 yards; Bembo, 250-20; Kaempfer, 490-12;
Le Brun, 540-17. All these writers referred to the entire breadth, including the
side galleries.
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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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