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Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Question by George Curzon, with Inserted Papers [720r] (1456/1814)
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 KARUN RIVER 335
Shushter to Teheran, which has been talked about, will be organised
for some time to come, owing to the expense that would be entailed
in constructing the requisite roadway. But upon the rougher and
more mountainous sections of the route mule transport may still
be wisely employed, and with greater security improvements will
gradually follow.
Among other measures that have been adopted by the Persian
Bov ernment may be mentioned the reconstruction of a telegraphic
Public w i re formerly in existence between Khorremabad and
woiU Dizful (in connection with Teheran), and its extension to
Shushter, Ahwaz, and Mohammerah. Like most such works,
however, in Persia, this has been badly executed; and the wire is
usually cut in the troubled belt of Lur country of which I have
spoken. There are times, indeed, when in this region the authority
of the Central Grovernment is absolutely Till. If we turn our gaze
to the Karun itself, a more gratifying advance may be recorded.
My obstructive friends have disappeared from the scene, and have
been replaced by officials, if not of perfect friendliness, at least of
a superior stamp. Bunder-i-Nasiri, or the new settlement at
Ahwaz, is now a flourishing place, containing a respectable cluster
of government buildings, barracks for a detachment of artillery
and two companies of infantry under a sertip, a large
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
and a bazaar at the landing-place below the rapids, and a similar
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
in course of erection on the opposite bank, in order
to attract to the Karun the trade of Hawizeh, forty-five miles
distant to the west. At Mohammerah the government buildings
have been completed at the mouth of the Haffar, and the new
settlement is called Bunder Sahib Kerani. Barracks have been
raised on the other bank of the river. A weekly Persian post has
been organised between Mohammerah and Shushter.
By far the most remarkable change, however, that has taken
place is the active, though tardily aroused, interest of the Persians
Native themselves in the river-traffic. Instead of limiting their
enterprise energies to thwarting the efforts of Messrs. Lynch, they
have set about the task of cutting them out. The Nasiri
Company, already mentioned, is responsible for this new develop
ment. Its leading spirit is the Muin-et-Tajar, a wealthy mer
chant of Bushire; Sheikh Mizal Khan, detecting a new loophole
of salvation in co-operation with those whom he ‘has hitherto
distrusted and feared, has joined the undertaking ; and there is
VOL. II. r r
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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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