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Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Question by George Curzon, with Inserted Papers [695v] (1407/1814)
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
344
object of diverting its waters either into this canal or into the Karun-
el-Amieh. In the Persian invasion of Kerim Khan this dam was
destroyed, and the Blind Karun consequently achieved blindness
The canal is still navigable at seasons to Fellahieh. A long time
before reaching it, the pyramidal tomb, in thirteen steps or stages,
of Robein-ibn-Yakub, or, as it is sometimes called, Rewah Ali, on
the right bank stands out the sole feature in the ‘ the level waste,
the rounding grey,’ appearing alternately on the right and left
hand as the river twists and turns. Beyond, another small tomb
known as Imamzadeh Ali-ibn-Husein, shaded by a cluster of six
palms, succeeds and is in turn caught up and left behind Further
on we pass Imam Sabah (i.e. Sab’a, or the seventh) on the right
bank, the half-way stage to Ahwaz. Beyond this, a post named
Kajarteh has lately been established on the right bank, where is a
telegraph office and halting place of the steamers.
In the summer the banks of the river in this part are wholly
c estitute either of population or verdure. But at the time of my
Imp, V , 1Slt Arab encampments were to be seen on
the water’s edge, consisting either of black tents or of a
square enclosure composed of mat huts with a fence of thorns the
mrses and cattle being folded at night in the interior to keep
them from the attack of wild beasts. These nomads move upwards
rude e Jo m d erm °i nth l fr T tl16 date gr0VeS ’ loosel y turn the soil with
^tte T 1 f f 1 either by d ° nke y S ’ or ca ttle,
earK snrinr ’d Havi “g g^hered this in the
horses du 2 Tp Pr ° CUr f fl ° Ur for bread and fodder for their
Horses during the remainder of the year, they
Fold their tents
And silently steal away.
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O oe seen, the rest of the country havino' the aimear
ance of a desert. But the entire district l one °of incredible
lyingfdle fn a kndlh V S t0 866 St ° reS ° f poteiltial wealth
the h > i d 'f 18 & Ways bewail ing its poverty. At 8 p m
the Shushan dropped anchor for the nio-ht Wfi, ^ „
ofIsmailieh, on the left bank Tl t'i r by the Sma11 Vllla 8 ;e
B.hnii, 2 ' ‘ j™” ““ Sh “-» 1 - A “'>
reaches of the rUr • ^ 1S P ace ’ ai1 ^ the lower
Eliv in th f I, 0 "" 868 " nSe aDd faI1 ° f fr ° m four t0 ® 7e feet.
J following morning we passed Beraikieh, the first
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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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