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Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Question by George Curzon, with Inserted Papers [633v] (1283/1814)
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
256
the invader. This object was effected ; but a second rebellion in
1849 was followed by a renewed Persian expedition, and by the
capture of the capital, Bampur, which has ever since remained in
Persian hands. Simultaneously the conquerors began to encroach
upon Geh and Kasrkund. Later on, a very capable man, Ibrahim
Khan, who had risen from a humble position entirely by his own
talents, was appointed Persian Governor of Bam-Narmashir and
Bampur, and steadily continuing a policy of aggression, began to
weld the recovered territories into a compact dominion. Serbaz
was occupied, being wrested from Asad Khan the powerful chief of
Kharan, Bolidi reduced, and Kej threatened.
These conquests, however, testified to no more than the
superior might of the victors, while they left a number of the
_ , bordering; Beluchi states in a position of semi-depend-
Boundary ® .
Commis- ence, which had no sanction save that dictated by fear,
sion, ism g- r Qoldsmid in his first negotiations for the telegraph
was naturally much puzzled and hampered by these unsettled
conditions ; and when in 1864 the question arose of extending the
wires from Gwadur (up to which point they had been admittedly
in the territories of Independent Beluchistan or of Muscat) to
Task, the evils resulting from the absence of any territorial
definition became more acute, and the situations provocative of
trouble more frequent. Moreover, in the interests of Kelat, a
protected state of British India, at whose expense each successive
Persian usurpation had been accomplished, a settlement was most
desirable. Constant diplomatic friction ensued, until in 1869 a
formal investigation was suggested by Lord Mayo, and in 1870
the appointment of a joint commission by Great Britain, Persia,
and Kelat was agreed to at the instigation of the Shah. It was
originally intended that this inquiry should follow that into the
Seistan boundary, which had been simultaneously proposed and
accepted ; but the delays in starting the latter suggested to Sir
F. Goldsmid, who had been named the British Commissioner, the
advisability of saving time by proceeding with the inquiry in
Mekran. Further difficulties and delays were encountered upon
arrival in Teheran ; and when, in January 1871, Goldsmid and his
colleagues finally reached Bampur, he found himself compelled to
act without instructions and upon his own discretion. Matters
were further complicated by the miscarriage of plans, and.by fl ie
impracticable obstinacy of Mirza Maasum Khan, the Persian
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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)
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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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