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Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Question by George Curzon, with Inserted Papers [656r] (1328/1814)
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 295
There are three official posts associated with the leadership of
the Bakhtiari tribes; and these, although never conferred upon any
The ruling can didate who is not a member of the ruling family, are
triumvi- both salaried by, and in the gift of, the Shah—at once a
fruitful source of bribery and an indication of the extent
to which the Crown has succeeded in vindicating its prerogative.
They are the offices of
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
or Chieftain, Ilbegi or Second in
Command, and Hakim, or Governor, of Chehar Mahal. The latter,
although not a tribal rank r per sg, is closely bound up with tribal
politics, inasmuch as the ruling family are the principal landed
proprietors in the district concerned. After the assassination
of Husein Kuli Khan, his next brother, Imam Kuli Khan, was
appointed
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
in his place, while a third brother, Reza Kuli
Khan, became Ilbegi; other members of the family were kept at
Teheran as hostages. With the fall of the Zil-es-Sultan, however,
in February 1888, came another turn of Fortune’s wheel. Isfen-
diar Khan, son of the late
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
, was released from confinement
and taken under the Shah’s protection. His uncle, Imam Kuli
Khan, was deposed, Reza received his place, and Isfendiar that of
Ilbegi. Upon the disgraced
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
refusing to evacuate his posi
tion, the successful rivals, with the aid of Persian troops, marched
against him, fell upon his following at Chaghkhor, and compelled
him to fly. Isfendiar emerged from the combat the bearer of the
ornamental title of Samsam-es-Sultaneh, or Sword of the State.
The existing arrangement was then confirmed, but only remained in
operation for two years. In 1890, just after my visit, all three
chiefs were ordered up to Teheran, and at No Ruz (March 21), when
all offices are either renewed or change hands, the wheel described
yet another and a backward revolution, inasmuch as Imam Kuli
Khan was reinstated as
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
, Isfendiar remaining Ilbegi, while
Reza became Governor of Chehar Mahal. Such is the triangular
arrangement that still prevails.
Though outwardly friendly, the triumvirate is secretly divided,
and the present modus vivendi is destitute of any stability. The
Character two uncles are separated by age, temperament, and tradi-
and feeling f rom nephew, who carries with him the sympa
thies of his people. Imam Kuli Khan, the present chief, is a man
of sixty-eight years of age. He is variously known as the Haji
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
, from having made the pilgrimage to Mecca soon after his
first accession to office, and as El KambalM, or the Unfortunate,
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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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- 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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