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Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Question by George Curzon, with Inserted Papers [655r] (1326/1814)
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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THE SOUTH-WESTERN PROVINCES
293
seized by an act of ill-faith; he himself took refuge with the Ka’b
Sheikh Thamer, but was persuaded to surrender to the Motemed
upon a guarantee of safety sworn upon the Koran. This too-
familiar device of Persian government was successful. The hero
was seized, cast into chains, and carried off to Teheran, where he
died in imprisonment in 1851. His brothers and sons were either
killed or experienced a similar fate. With the removal of Moham
med Taki Khan, the fortunes of the Chehar Lang suffered eclipse,
and have never since revived. Some member of the same family
has usually remained in occupation of Kaleh-i-Tul, the head
quarters of the chief; and I present a photograph of the fort and
its inmates as they appeared in 1890. 1 The present head of the
tribe is Chiragh Ali Khan, who married a daughter of the Haft
Lang
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
, Husein Kuli Khan, and is therefore brother-in-law
to the jDresent Ilbegi, Isfendiar Khan. Appended, too, is a pedi
gree of the Ilkhani’s dynasty, which I have compiled from a number
of sources.
After the fall of the Chehar Lang chieftain, the Haft Lang
regained their supremacy, which has never since been disputed.
The Haft JafK Kuli Khan, son of the Asad Khan whom I have before
Lang named, was recognised as
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
by the Motemed ; and
it pre-eminence in crime were considered a qualification for leader
ship, he certainly deserved it. To attain the position, he had
already slain fourteen of his relatives, including his own brother.
Like his father, when engaged in hostilities with the Persian
Government—a position into which he soon drifted—he withdrew
to his impregnable stronghold of the Diz, where he was unsuccess
fully besieged. Later he took to flight, and was succeeded by
Kelb Ali Khan of the Duraki tribe, who also possessed a famous
I)iz, that, along with its fellow phenomenon, will presently be
described. About the year 1850, however, the son of Jafir, Husein
Kuli Khan, began to assert his authority over the tribes. He slew
Kelb Ali Khan, and rapidly gained a predominance, which for
thirty years remained uncontested, and rendered him a worthy
successor to Layard’s hero and patron. He was a man of com-
1 Kaleh-i-Tul is a large stone and mud-brick fort, built upon a tepe, or mound
about 100 feet high, in a plain 80 miles east of Shushter. The fort is a square
with five towers, and is built in two tiers. In the interior it contains two courts,
and would hold a powerful garrison. A village of mud huts clusters at the foot
of the mound, and the black tents of the nomads are pitched around.
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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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